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rm Cf" IT TTO) TTTPTl) ioLJKf ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. 39 Asheboro, N. C, Thursday, May 28, 1914 No. 20 v DEMOCRATIC PRIMAk." AND COUNTY CONVENTIOh The Democratic County convention met, in conformity to the proper call, in the Court House in Asheboro, on Saturday the 23rd day of May, "for the purpose of electing delegates to the State, Congressional and Judicial Convention, and for the transaction of such other business as might be brought before the convention." Mr. John M. Caviness was elected Chairman and Messrs. Bruce Craven and Geo. T. Murdock, secretaries. The following resolutions were in troduced and unanimously adopted: "Resolved, that all good Democrats of this county who shall be present are hereby authorized to serve as delegates at the State and Judicial conventions, and that the solid vote of this county be cast for Lee S. Over man for United States Senate, E. H. Travis for Corporation Commissioner, Hayden Clement for Solicitor." "Resoived, That primaries for nomi nation of Township and County Offi cers, and member of the General As sembly, shall be held on Saturday the 8th day of August, at 3 o'clock p. rn., except in Townships where the Pre cinct Committee may desire, and who shall publish 20 days in advance, a different hour for such meeting. These Primaries must be held in ac cordance with the Democratic plan of organization. Resolved, That the County Conven tion for the nomination of candidates for County Offices and a member of the General Assembly shall meet in the Court House in Asheboro, on Sat urday the 15th day of August, 1911, at noon. Resolved, That the Democratic Countv Executive Committee shall meet immediately after adjournment of the County Convention, for the election of a Chairman and a Secre tary of said Committee, and for the transaction of such other business that may be brought before the commit tee." JOHN M. CAVINESS, Secretary. BRUCE CRAVEN, GEO. T. MURDOCK, Secretaries. Democratic Plan of Organization. Precinct Organization and Meetings. Section 17. The chairmen of the several precinct committees shall compose the County Executive Com mittee, which shall meet at the same time and place as the County Conven tion first, held in each election year, and elect a chairman of said county committee, who need not be a. member- of th committee and he shall preside at all meetings of said com mittee, and shall hold his place until his successor shall be elected'. A ma jority of said precinct chairmen, in person, or by proxy in the person of some active Democrat of the pre cinct in which an absent chairman re sides, shall constitute a quorum. The county committee may appoint a cen tral committee of five, who shall act in its stead when the county commit tee is not in session. Sec. 18. In case there shall be a failure on the part of any precinct to elect its executive Committee for a period of thirty days, the County Ex ecutive Committee shall appoint said committee from the Democrattk vot ers of said precinct. First Method: Precinct Meetings. Sec. 21. If at the meeting of the County Democratic Executive Com mittee it shall be determined by a ma jority of the full committee, proxies not counted, to nominate candidates by delegates chosen at the Precinct Meetings,- then the sard precinct meetings shall be held in the follow in? rules and regulations: Sec. 22. At the meeting held in each precinct in pursuance of said no tice, delegates and alternates to rep. resent it in, the County Convention shall be elected from the body of the Democratic voters of the precinct; and said delegates or alternates, or such of them as shall attend the Coun ty Convention, shall be entitled to vote the full Democratic strength of their nrecinct in the nomination of eandi dates and upon all questions which may come before said County donven tion. If there is a failure to hold a pie cinct meeting in pursuance of said no tice, or if said meeting shall fail to elect delegates to represent it in said convention, ' the precinct executive committee shall appoint delegates and alternates from the Democratic voters of the precinct. At every precinct meeting there shall, if requested, be a vote taken for the different candidates for office whose. names may be presented, and the delegates shall vote in the County Convention of their respective counties in accordance with this vote; that is to say, each candidate shall receive in tne county v,onvenuon inac pro portion of the vote to which the pre cinct may be entitled which he re ceived in the precinct meeting, and the vote received by any candidate In the precinct meeting shall not be changed unless by a two-thirds vote of the delegates representing said candidal from said precinct The chairman or presiding officer and sec retary of the precinct meeting shall certify to the County Conventioon the vote received by each candidate at the precinct meeting, together with the names of delegates and alternates selected by said meeting. Sec.23. Each precinct shall be en titled to cast in the County Conven tion one vote for every 25 Democratic TURNER'S ROMANCE NO. 12. ide our arrangement to cross the Pt, jmac river again. Lee's army crossed about June 26 or 27, and camped for a day or two at Carlyle, Pa., and then marched toward Har- risburg. Before reaching there, how ever, we turned south and went about twelve miles on the first day of July. We found the village of Gettysburg, in possession of the Yankee infantry and cavalry. We drove them back beyond the town and then fell back and camped for the night. All through the night we could hear them at work, hauling their cannon up on Cemetry Ridge, and when morning came we were looking into the mouths cf huuui oi uieir cannon, ye ,- ed a short distance to the left and l formed a line of battle in a piece of woodland. Lee's artillery, coming up was placed in readiness and the two armies were in line of battle about one thousand yards apart. There was a small ravine, between them and all the land was cleared. We Jay there all day, under the fire of those shells. Lee was waiting for the Yankees, to come to us, and they were waiting for us to go to them. The infantry had little to do except they would try to find the end of our line of battle, and we would drive them back. Large numbers of our boys were killed by bursting shells. In front of our brigade lay Genernl Sycles and his New York troops. So when night came, Lee's lines were changed some, our part being moved to the right something like a mile, near what was called the peach or chard. When morning came there were the same New York troops in front, and we again ate a small cold breakfast and then went tu fighting. Both lines were firing as fast as they could load, with charge after charge, and about 225 cannon on each side, all firing as fast as they could be loaded, it was a shocking time around Gettys burg, one long to be remembered by all old soldiers who took part on eith er side. I was with the flag of our regiment, and saw two men, who car ried it, killed and another shot in the knee who lost his leg and was cap tured. About 12 o'clock, the Yankees stop ped firing their cannon to let them cool off. and Lee. thinking he had si lenced them, charged with his whole army across the open space for a thousand yards. The Yankees did not fire a shot, and we. looking as u on dress parade, got within fifty yards of them, when they threw lead in our faces from both musket and cannon. It was a terrible time around there yith those who were not killed or wounded. Several of our boys did not get a scratch. We retreated and night coming on, we left many of our boys sleeping their last sleep near Gettysburg. The battle was over, and in the night we took up our march back to Virginia. Lee s entire army did not cross the Potomac at the same place, but some crossed at Williamsport and others at Falling Water. 1 was among those who crossed at Falling Water. When w got there, the river was swollen and we had to lie over a few days. During this time, the Yankee cal alry was after us, and one morning they charged in among us firing and wounding General Petigrew, who died eight days later. We crossed the bridge and marched to Bunker Hill, Virginia, where we stayed for some time. The next battle was at Ger man's Ford, where we crossed the Rapidan River. This was just a small engagement, and we remained in that part of Virginia until we went into winter quarters near Orange Court house for the winter of 1863. Here General Pender was promoted, and General Scales was our brigade com mander for the remainder of the war. (To be continued.) Pride in Temperance of Navy Secretary Daniels reports with proper-pride, that not a single American sailor became intoxicated during the nine days that the men were ashore, capturing and holding Vera Cruz. And this in spite of the fact that the heat was almost beyond endurace, the drinking water under suspicion and the soda fountain unknown. votes ,and one vote for fractions over 12 Democratic votes cast by the pre cinct for Governor at the last preced ing gubernatorial election: Provid ed, that evry precinct shall be entitled to cast at least one vote in the Coun ty Convention, and each precinct may appoint as many delegates to said convention as it may see fit, not ex ceeding three delegates and three al ternates for each vote to which said precinct may be entitled in the Coun ty Convention. Sec. 24. The chairman of the Pre cinct Executive Committee shall pre side at all precinct meetings; but in the absence of the chairman of said committee, any other member thereof may preside. Sec. 25. The County Executive Committee shall have power to make any rules with regard to holding pre cinct meetines which it- may deem proper, not inconsistent with the rules prescribed in this plan; it shall be the duty of said committee to prepare and furnish-all forms and blanks needed in making the returns from said pre cinct meeting; and any reported chal lenges and appeals therefrom; and it shall have the power to raise the funds necessary to pay the expenses thereof. DAMAGES FOR CAUSEY Supreme Court Confirms De . cision of Lower Tribunal The Supreme Court of North Car oiiaa n May 20, Justice Allan speaking for the court, affirmed the case of R. L. Causey, administrator of H. O. Caueev vs. the S. A. and A C. L. Railways, tried at the December term of Randolph! Supe.4 Court. The jury rendered a ver dict for $6,075.00, the .largest ver dict ever rendered in a damage suit ' Randolph county. The case was of ereat lniDortance because of the ifact thr.t it creates' a new precedent , Carolina, and construes for ' . ..' , , i. wie nr:i wine uui mbiuib ao- n mc iehts of an administrator, .to bring suit for wrongful death when ' the decedent's cause of action was bor rowed at his death. H. O. Causey was injured by a blow on the head in a head-rn col lision December 1, 1903. but did not dia till Iune 6, 1912. The plaintiff proved by physicians trat this blow set up an inflammation which caused a cancer to form in the man's head and kill 11m m-re Mian eight years after the injury. A Dost-mcrtem. examination! was performed, the brain examined and found to be in a diseased condition. One of the pleas of the defendants was that tliey had paid causey, t a ad he had signed a release, me nlnintiff attacked the ielease on the ground tl.t it had been procured by fraud and undue Influence, and e jury set It aside. l Death of Garland Blair People in Asheboro were shocked and saddened one day last ween. when tl)e news came of tne sua den death of Mr. iGarland A. Blair in an auto accident in the far west. Mr. Blair was. about 31 yeais oi age. He was a son of the late J. a Blair of this town. Some years ago he and his brother, Mr. Colbeit Riair removed to Republic. Wash., and engaged in the publlicaticn of the Republic News-Miner, a weekly newspaper, which was very success ful. In the summer cfj 1910 he married a Mlse Bain of Oklahoma C.itv. who sur"tvs him. F.iwidM tho wife.' Mr. Blair is survived by hU mother, Mrs. Mar tha, a Rlair of Asheboro; one brother,. Colbert Blair of Republic, wiaMnxrton. and four sisters. Mrs. A M. Rankin and Mies Florence mir nf Hlh Point: Mrs. E. L. Auman of Asheboro and ftirsi iNooie of Chicago. I I II To Mineral and mirjai were " Republlic, Washington, the adopted home of Mr. Blair. RanHnlnh County Rural Carriers Meet. T Porriara nf RandolDh County! At the meeting last May we voieu to have only two regular meetings each year, and the meetings come on May 30th, and on Thanksgiving Day. mu, oa Mav the 30th is the time to elect new officers, it is important that every carrier be present, aiso aeie gates to the state convention at Bur lington, July 3 and 4 to elect. We feel that every member of the association will be present, and want everv carrier in county to come and ioin if you have not, and also get your sub. to come and join, and let us report to the State Association every carrier a member. The dues for the year are due, and should be paid on May 30, and save the expense of writing each carrier for $1.25, the amount oi me annual dues. ... Tt everv carrier come and bring your Sub, and if the Sub. doesn't car i to pay the fee, you can pay it for him, and thereby neip me asswuiuuu. Yours fraternally, D. M. SHARPE, Sec & Treas, M. F. HINSHAW, Pres. - Rogers-Trotter. Mr. Harvey Rogers and Miss Esth er Trotter, both of Asheboro, were married at the home of the groom on Mav 21. The ceremony was perform ed by Rev. J. F. Birkhead, pastor of the Holiness church. Mr. Roe-ers is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rogers, and is an industrious young men. His bride is an attrac tive young lady. Their many friends wish for them mucn joy on tne jour ney through life. KorfoUc-Soutliern President Vtelte AsheWro. ' On last Thursday mornind special train over the Norfolk-South em arrived In Asheboro rrom Ab erdeen. On the train weret Preai riani LTsttenh W. Youn.gr. Vice-Presi dent Hix and several other offlcialls 0,The rSStorsl were very eompll- trv thTouKh: which) they had come After staying in AsneDoro ior an hour the left for Charlotte by way of Star. ' liberty Boy Successful. Dr. Harley Foster of Liberty, wh recently completed the course at the Baltimore Dental College, won high' honors in hla class, being awarded a handsome medal for ex cellence In work. INTERESTING LETTER FROM CANAL ZONE Mr. Editor: Referring to yours of a few days ago, in which you requested that I write you a letter for the paper, I mailed you a few days ago a small book giving you quite a little infor mation, which I trust has reached you promptly. I am sending you a copy of the Canal Record a paper published week ly by the Canal Commission, the in formation given in this paper is cor rect and parts as taken from the of ficial records. I have received a copy of the Cou rier and was more than glad to get it. 1 am sotry to see the notice of the death cf so many of my old friends and acquaintances. As to writing to your paper, there is so much to write about in this country I am at a loss to know just what would interest your readers most. They may be interested to where Colon and Panama are located and how far from old Randolph coun ty, and how to get here. We wi:l start from there Ashe boro to New York, from New York we take a steamer for Colon, which is about 27,000 miles, taking six days to make the trip by sea. On the way we sight land only four times, first, we pass Waiting Islands, which is noted in history, next in sight is For tune Island, Hayti, Cuba, and Novas sa Islands. Going to Colon you will sight land early morning of last day, which takes about half a day to reach Colon, if the current is not too heavy coming out of Colon Boy. Next you land at Colon, the Atlantic end of the Panamal Canal. Most people who have not been here think Colon on the east and Panama on the west, but it is not the case. Panama is almost direct south of Colon. This is under the Panarr.aian gov ernment, except the Canal Zone, a strip of country ten miles wide across the Isthmus, five miles from center of the Canal, both sides which is gov erned and controlled by the United states, except Colon and Panama cities, they are under the Panama government. The towns of Christobal and Balboa are controlled by the United States. They are adjoining towns to Colon and Panama, only a street dividing them, like some of your towns in the States, Winston-Salem, N. C. TK is a tropical country, the cities are inhabited by all classes of people, mostly negroes, as this is a negro country. The jungles, that is the sur rounding country, is inhabited by Spanish Indians who are of a very friendly nature. They come into the town to sell fruit, chickens and any thing they can get without having to work for it. They are a lazy class of people but we might be lazy also U we could go out to a tree and get our breakfast or any other meal without having to work for it and in the jungles they don't wear clothes to a great extent other than on the style of some of our primeval women, who go out with scarcely enough clothos on to hide their person. In the towns a great many children don't wear any clothes at all up to s to 10 years old, only one day last week 1 was on the street here and saw a native boy sup posed to be about 6 years old, the only clothes he had on were shoes anil stockings. He thought he was fully dressed, when he put on shoes. The people here are all shades of color from white to the blackest type Most of them speak only Spanish, es pecially the natives. We have a great many negroes from Jamacia, Barbo does, and other islands who spe-ik English, a great many French rw groes here also. Having been foreman of laborers since coming here I had in my gang? white Spanish, Jamacia, Barbadoes, Trinidad and Martinique negroes. A great many of them could not speak English at all. When I was in the States last year to hear nothing but English sounded just as awkward to me as when I first came to the Isthmus and heard noth ing but Spanish and other foreign languages. (Continued on fourth page.) TERRIBLE EXPLOSION Former Randolph Man and Negro Woman Injured On last Monday afternoon, an 80 gallon boiler used in a laundry operat ed in the basement of Mr. R. C. Yow's home in Greensboro, exploded, seriously injuring Mr. Yow and Su san Watkins, a negress, who was working in the laundry. Lack of wa ter in the boiler caused the accident, and so great was the force of the ex plosion that the boiler went crashing through two floors, out through the Ll Lair; Tbl The Yow home was a two stor frame building, and practically the entire rear end of the house was de stroyed. Mr. Yow and the colored woman who were both badly scalded and otherwise injured by being buried under the debris, were taken to St. Leo's Hospital. Physicians say thoy have a fairly good chance of recovery. Mr. Yow was born and reared in Richland Township, this county, being a son of the late Spinks Yow. N. CAROLINA COLLEGES The Commencement Season is Now On The commencement season with our sclio. ls and colleges lias openel end boys and girls are being r.tp-Idij-! transformed into men and women, ready to go fottli tu the Journey of life. Salem Female College, one of our olJe.-t institutions of higher ed'ucati.ii for girls, has forty-five .graduates this year, the largest -las9 since 189o. Of these are from our own State. The baccalau reate sermon was preached last Sunday morning by Rev. A. -. Mc Geachy, pastor cf the Second I'r?? bjterian church of Charlotte, for merly of Sherman. Tex. Cia-s day exercises were obseived -Monday and on Tuesday morning the an nual addre's was delivered ly 1);. D. J. Durrell of Xew York City. The commencement exercif es at hoth Greens-boro College fr.r We ill en and the State Normal College, (Jreenboro. began last Saturday nd c7 sed Tuesday. On Sunday inorn,l.ng Rev. L. P. Howard of Memorial church, Durham, preach ad the baccalaureate serin- f-i fcr Greensboro College fcr Women; and Rev. Win, Wilkerson of Trin Itv Church, New York,' preached to the graduating class of the Normal College. Monday was alumnae day at both colleges- and class day ex ercises were also observed at berth In the afternoon. The literary ad dress of the Greensboro College for Women was delivered on Tuesday by Dr. Wm. A. Webb, president! of Randolph-Macon Women's College and at the Normal by Dr. Stephen 3. Wis of New York. ' The graduating class of the State Normal College numbered 69. 1 Meredith College commencement seasi:i. OD'ned Saturday.! The bac- c:la treatfc sfti'in fol ,-wed lSi'ndaj morning) by Rev. James W. Lync'i of Athens. Ga.. who also delivered Uie missionary sermon Sunday nleht. Monday there were Class day exercises, art exhibit and a nual conncert, the graduatingg exer clses on Tuesday morning, when th literary addrers was delivered by Dr. William L. Phelps of Yale Uni versity. 1 There were abbout eighty grad uates to receive diplomas Tuesday morning in commencement exercises .f A. and M. College, Halelgh. The irst 'feature cf the commencement .eason was the commencement ser mon Sunday night by Dr. D. H. Ral ton pf Charlotte- one of the strcng and most attractive pulpit or--ators in the State. The alumni as sociation met Monday morning. At the clafs day exercises Monday afternoon the class presented the college a handsome stone drinking fountain that will be conveniently placed in the college grounds. The alumni address was delivered Mon day niight by Lieutenant Walter S. Sturgflll. instri'Ctcr at West Point, who was cadet major in the class of 1901. The commencement ad rtiesa wa-' delivered .Monday tven ina by Dr. Er'win E. Spark , pres ident of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural and Mechanicau Col li ege. Other colleges recently htlding tneir commencement exercises weie Carolina College. Muxtcn, and Ca tawba College, Newton. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS The little town of Bixby, Davie county, was almost wiped off the map hv fire last Saturday. The loss was something over $25,000. The Senate based the agricultural appropriation bill for $19,700,000 last Saturday night. This was a little more than the house had provided. Charles Becker, former Police-Lieutenant was for the second time found guilty of the murder of Herman Ros enthal in New York last week. Dr. W. W. Early, of Marietta, Robe son county, has been appointed Unit ed States Consul to Leicester, Eng land. Fire, which probably originated from a pasing locomotive, destroyed the mammoth plant of the West Box and Lumber Co., Newbern, last Sat urday, entailing a loss of $125,000. After a session of eighteen days, the quadrennial general conference of theM ethodist Episcopal Church South adjourned in Oklahoma City last Friday night to meet probably in Richmond or Atlanta next year. Clarence Poe editor of the Progres sive Farmer has recently been grant ed the doctor's degree by Wake Forest College. This brilliant young Carolin ian has never studied in a college but has been educated in the "university of men." William O. Bradley, United States Senator from Kentucky, died in Wash ington last Saturday. Senator Bradley was sixty-seven years of age, and had been prominent in his State and nation as a Republican leader for forty years. OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN He Gets Wise to a Great Many Things If we are not out of order we would make a motion that an effort be made to secure a street sprinkler for Ashe boro. The streets have become almost unbearably dusty from lack of rain. We believe that a street sprinkler would be a good investment for the town. It would not cost very much to operate it. The writer is heartily in favor of a county fair and home-coming week to be held in October. The fact is we have got to do something for the country people who make Asheboro what she is and without whom grass would soon grow in the streets of our town. Farmers complain that there is no pulilic fountain in Asheboro where ; y can water their stock when in this town. The city fathers should provide for the comfort of poor, tired draught horses that under ordinary conditions travel for miles without being given an opportunity to relieve their thirst. The fountain should bo placed at a point convenient to all who pass through the city. Randolph county does not raise enough Irish and sweet potatoes to furnish her tables. Why don t the formers in the county raise enough of these potatoes to furnish the local market : All farm products are high and going higher, especially Irish and sweet poteatoes. Mrl W. J. Barker, one of the best citizens of the Jordan section has re modeled his residence and added sev eral rooms to it. The work has great ly improved its appearance. There is a strong sentiment for a gravel road between Asheboro and th3 Guilford county line. The plan is for the citizens- to raise a certain per cent and call upon the county com missioners to give the balance and thereby give those that are sufficient ly interested an opportunity to have a good road just where it is needed. We understand that the college building that is being built at Star will soon be completed after being delayed for some time. Rev. R. S. Arrowood who has been superintendent of the Elise High School since it was first established has resigned and is succeeded by Prof. W. L. Cooper. Mr. Arrowood will move to Candor and devote his entire time to the ministry. The Elise High School has done a great work in edu cating the boys and girls of limited means. We are going to have plenty of fruit this year. The faithful old black berry is also on the deck. The man who conducts his business on the theory that it dosn't pay and that he cannot afford to advertise sets up his judgement in opposition to that of all the best business men in the world. The advertisements in a newspaper if the merchant means what he says, are a very valuable part of the pa per to its readers. Through them the people learn where they can se cure bargains and thus save them selves money. For this reason the merchant who has bargains to of fer and who always does by his custo mers just what he advertises that he will do, is the man whose "adds" are read with interest, and who is sought when the reader wishes to buy. The prosperous merchant, when he has bargains to offer, advertises the fact to the people because he wishes them to come and see him; and then he does just as he advertises to do. Peo ple are always lookin for bargains. Now is a good time to take a glance over your back yards and devise some plan to ostracise the fruit cans and rubbish which have accumulated sico the last installment was removed. You generally judge of the occupants of a house by the condition in which the front and back yards are kept. In a general sense we all pride our selves on being cleanly and tidy. Home and its surroundings above all places in the world should be scrupu lously guarded against c. 'taminating influences. Plot to Murder Huerta. According to advices from a reli able source, Gen. Huerta has recent ly "nipped in the bud" a plot involv ing trusted officials in the army to seize and kill him. As a result the Inspector General of Police has been supplanted by the youngest general in the Mexican army. To Scan Sky From Mont Blanc A new astronimical observatory is to be established on Mont Blanc, by the French Academy of Sciences. The site chosen is on a group of bare rocks situated in the midst of the glacier Du Geant. This spot is nearly three miles above sea level. The at mosphere is of extreme clearness. With a powerful telescope the Acade my hopes to learn more of the secrets of the heavens. Case Against Gompers Dropped. The U. S. Supreme Court decided that Samuel Gompers and the other labor leaders cannot now be punished for contempt of court in the famous case of the Bucks Stove Co... TwjcJ, the labor leaders were sentenced to" irnprisonnent for contempt, because they 'disregarded an injunction. Ap peals were taken, and the case has been several years in the court3. The Supreme Court now says in sub stance that it is too late to punish them.