REPRESENTATIVE MEN
INTIMATi: YJKWK OF
WHO ARK PLANMXU AN1 IK)
IM(i THING.
W1LJJAM C. HAM.MoN.O.
Outsiile of the tenets of tie So
ciety of Friends, the plhtftibj if
the Democratic party and his ianr
ily, if there is cte 'thing that derk
of the Superior Ccuit Wi.l Ham
mond of Asbeb.io likts bttter than
bird hunting it is probably gocd
Toads. In fact, it may be flirt igcod
roads has a bit the e'g "n bird
dogs; for Mr. Hammond taQka gocd
reads In Eiiniffler as weil as winter.
As a Quaker and a Democrat W. C.
Hammond is of the aill-wccl vari
ety, warranted non-felirinkatle, hav
ing both in birtnright. He wa
once a school teacher, toe. but 1
now rounding ivt his third' term
ti3 cl:rk of tie Supuior Ctuit oi
Randolph county and is barely 40.
William Clittcn Hammond was
born June 4. 1873, in Bush Hill,
now known as Archdale. then ti'.e
home of the famous Bush Hill s'.i, ,
wHich was alto of the ccnsiU'iit
4ulL-le&tlir varkty. The rn of Mi
ses and Xancy Hammond, he is o
Quaker stock on both sidts and h:"i:
ever dung tenaciously to his birth
right. Beginning in tlq public
seho.Is. he later went to old T.ir
CoKkgt, wlich was located within
about a mile of his home. r.vto'V
he had linisUd h:s coune at Trin
ity, however, he bigan teaching,
first serving at Charlotte, Randolph
county, a district schctli abou. five
milts "out of Asheboro. Frcn there
he went to -w Salem, arnil t'ina
taught one year at RaJidlleman,
while there bringing the sclifccl up
to a point .;f ujiprect dtnted ef i
denev and being instrumertfl in
starting the movement which resum
ed in the building of the nrst mou
err. eradpd tcLcti' buil(Iilff in the
county.
Furn Randlemian he returned to
his studies, entering GuilfoiJ Col
lege and receiving his degree of I'.
S. im 1901. The college year cf
1901-02 he was a member of t';e
faculty cf Catawba CMEtge, New
ton, teaching English and helping
with tl.e basetEll team. (He was
mo sUouch of a firrt baseui-,n ir
those days.) It was at Catawba
that he met his wife, who was Miss
Margartt Whitfield and whom he
iaamel in 1904 at her heme in
Lumberton. Mr. Hammond s family
new inlu3s thrte ecna and a
daughte.r
In the fail of 1902 Mr. Ha'm
mond returned to RandcdpU county
and became the candidate oil hi
party for the office of clerk of the
Superior Court. Since then ha has
been twice ren: minsitd and a
many times elected. In 1906 he
became a member of the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
serving tee. term. He is high up
in the councils of the Junior Or
der and Knights of Pythias and for
11 years has represented the As'he
bciro Juniors in the State Council.
In the light (and It wae a rathei
warm one) which was waged for
the building of a new court house
In RandcJ'ph he was in the fore
front. Rand:liph needed a court
houre about as badly as ever any
community needed a public build
ing, but a good many couldn't see
it that way. The fight wae won ?nd
the handsome new building was lo
cated nearer the center of town
another thing that wasn't altogether
D0)u(Iter, but has since proved an act
of wisdom. In behajn oi B ro&aa
his voice has been Mfted so oniv
that it might be said to Stay1 put.
In season or out if there be any
"AUt" season in regard to Improved
thoroughfares he has1 constantly
worked for the building cf better
highways. ;:(:.
Mr. Hammond is secretary and
treasurer of the? Southern, Develop
ment Company and a stocKnoioer
in the Randolph Land and Truft Co.
two corporations wl Scb have helped
to interegt outsiders as well as
homefclksi it AshebcTO real estate.
He has a fine heme in the south
em nart of town, owns a farm a
mile eatt of Asheboro and takea no
small interest in the crops ana
stock thereon, esipecialliy -in) the
crcoa of quail, for the diminishing
ot which it is said be keeps any
where between three and 47 bird
dogs. Charlotte Observer. )
employes. No small part of his rep
utation can be attributed to J. A.,
for he has long been recognized as an
tUTlZKXs upn:; Cltlzerl w"ith a weu-dehned ue-
Mr. Odeil is well known throughout
the Western North Carolina confer
ence as an active meriber of the
Methodist church. He has been for
years an official in the West Market
Street Church and has taken an ac
tive part in the lay work cf the Con
ference. All religious movements at
tract his attention, just as do public
improvements and the broadening of
his town's business life, and his is
never r passive interest. It has
never been said of him that he is
content to pat embryonic progress on
the back. He catches step and pulls
or pushes, as the force man needs to
be applied.
The part of Mr. Odell's name prob
ably never had the apostrophe, for
his parents were of French stock not
Irish. James and Annie Odell, his
father and mother, were both natives
of North Carolina, residents of Ran
dolph; and when it came time for
James Alexander to leave Randolph
he did not altogether cut loose from
that county. Mrs. Odell, who was
before marriage Miss Mary J. Pres
cott, was a daughter of James and
Repsy Prescott of the same county.
They were married in 1S65.
One of the pioneer wholesalers of
his section, prominent for years in
the strongest church of that part of
the State, Mr. Odell has become one
of the best known men of Central
North Carolina and those who know
him respect and admire him. Char
lotte Observer.
The first time you get a
whiff of Stag from some other
fellow's pipe, REMEMBER
that Stag's taste is. as good
as its fragrance.
Try a tin and get a new
thrill in smoking.
H'!!l!!l
SPRING FEVER
JAMES ALEXANDER ODELL.
The name Odell around Greens
boro is synonymous with hardware,
although James Alexander Odell, the
founder of the Odell Hardware Com
pany, has resigned the presidency of
the corporation which he built up and
is now devoting his time to his other
varied interests. He is still chair
man of the directorate, however, and
the firm name bids fair to be per
manent. Certain it is that through
the outlaying country, whose orders
have placed the Odell Company well
in the front of the wholesale mercan
tile firms of the state will never in
this generation cease to think of the
corporation as Odell's.
Mr.Odell.who was born in Randolph
county in 1841, has been a merchant.
Beginning life on a farm, as a youth
he wag a clerk in a store and at an
early age was superintendent of a
cotton mill at Cedar Falls, in Ran
dolph, later entering the mercantile
business in his home county. Having
an aptitude for hardware, he first
conducted a retail store at High
Point, going from there to Greens
boro, where after 11 years he formed
the Odell Hardware Company and
became its president, holding this
office until two years ago when he
resigned.
It would be hard for Mr. Odell to
retire from business, if he chose to
do so. In addition to bis hardware
interests he has for many years been
something of a cotton mill man. In
1884 he helped to establish cotton
mills at Durham and was interested
with his brother, W. R. Odell, in mills
t Concord. The Durham, mills wom
very successful and established a rep
i.!.; Ion for square dealing with their
About this time of the year
spring fever ettacks the uniorfenair.
citizen and redouts him to tempi r
ary junk.
Spring fever is more terr;b!
than oti.ier fevers btcaute it cannot
be cured by swallowing a clinical
thermometer and turning ot a few
yards cf t.rgue in the prestoce of
doctor. Wiin a ma.n has pri-'
fever he has to -suffer si tig with
the knowledge that nothing i
matter with him and tha '.lere isnt'
sympathy encuigh in the wiae
world to fpare him ore little tear.
Spring fever is so called) btca-use
it removes the spring fsvim man and
leaves hni a ma.-6 oa helpless woe.
It begins by attacking the victims
feet. These rapidly increase in
weight until they weigh half a trn
apiece. It then, dissolves the back
bone into a thin jelly, removes the
muacles from the arms, and hari;
lead sinkers on the eyelids.
When the fever has completed: thi
job it sits back and watches its vic
tim trying to work, with fiendish
glee.
The efforts of said' victim to do
a dayV,work Kcoks likke t"he efforts
of a etim youngxrnan to throwa aa
elephant over a trolley wire by the
tail.
When he begins to woTk in. this
condition he has an ache for every
bone. A little later he has omlv one
ache, but he has not "improved Id
health. His one ache is mewM all
of hto former aches? run together.
We laugh at sprme fever because
it is only a temporary, though an
acute, affliction,. But la these cli
mates spring fever is often) chron c I
ana the starch in the human sys
tem remains permanently melted,
causing a pathetic flabbinefsi t
muscle aad will. There are in ad
dition many people who are "bm
tired." With, them it is alwajv
spring and their desire to work can
not be detected by the mo.Ht delicate
reaction. , , , , i -. .
The government is kind to thts
afllicted folk, giving vast nurar'
of them life positions in the bu
reaus at Waahtagton. But this is M
best a makeshift, hand id beside"
too hard on the bureaus. ' Medici!
science should focus its attentir
on chronic spiring fever and devis'
some means of relieving its vlc
time and theh- victim. Geo. Fitch
in Collier's Weekly.
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For Pipe and Cigarette
EVER-LASTIN6-LY GOOD
P. LoriUard Co. gat. I76Q
Cruelty in the Balkans.
Last year a commission was sent
to the Balkan peninsula on behalf of
the Carnegie Peace Foundation. Its
purpose was to investigate the stories
of needless cruelty and horrible atroc
ities that came from the seat of the
recent wars.
The Commission last week issued
its report, a book of 200 pages. It says
that the rules of civilized warfara
weie broken by all the armies Green,
Bulgarian, Servian, Montenegrin,
Turkish; but that the Greek army
was the worst offender. The report
is sad reading, especially when we
consider that all but one of these coun
tries claim to be Christian.
State of North Carolina
Department of State
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION
To all to bom these pre Beau may come
Qreetiop:
Whereas, It appears tu my satiefac'ion, by
duly authenticated record of lb proceedings
for the voluntary dissolution thereof by toe
unanimous consent of all toe atoccboiders,
deposited in my office that tha Liberty Mer
cantile Company, a corporation of this State,
whose principsl office is situated at Snansn
oa Street, in tha town of liberty. County of
Randolph, tale of North Carolina, (A. W,
Curtis beiDg tha ag nt therein and in charge
thereof, upin wb"m process may be served),
has cnmp'ied with the requirements of Chap
ter 21, Revieal of 1905. entitled "Corpora
tions," preliminary to the issuing of this
Certificate of Dissolution:
Now, therefore. I, J. bryan Grimes, Sec
retary of State cf the State of North Caroli
na, do hereby certify that the said corporation
did, on the 11th day of March, 1914, file in
my office a duly executed and attested con
sent in writing to the dissolution of said cor
poration, executed by a.l the stockholders
th reof, which at. id consent and the record
of the proceedings aforesaid are now on file
in my said office aa provided by law.
Id testimony whereof, I htv hereunto set
my hand and affixed my ifficial seal at
Raleigh, this 11th day of March, 1914.
J BRYAN GRIMES.
Secrrtarv of State.
NOTICE.
HAVING QUALIFIED as Admin
istrator on the estate of W. F. Hughes,
deceased, before W. C. HAMMOND,
Clerk of the Superior Court of Ran
dolph county.
All persons having claims against
said estate are notified to present
them to the undersigned, duly veri
fied, on or before the 28th day cf May,
1915, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery; and all persons
owing said estate will come forward
and make immediate settlement.
This 27th day of May. 1914.
C. E. HUGHES,
W. H. HUGHES,
Admrs.
Shatmburger-Gordon.
The following announcement has
been received by friendb in Ashe
Dr. and Mrs. James Rufus Gordon Nuewl If yen want to b y it Is vat-
Notice of Land Sale.
By virtue of tile powers vested
in the undersigned by the last wl.f !
and testament of A. L. Coble, de
ceased, recorded 1 the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court cf
Randolph county in Book ot Wills
No. 19. page 126, I wiW sell) at pub
lic auction on jhe premises on Sat
urday, the 11th day o JuMyt, 1914,
at 2 o'clock P. M.. thf follow tag
lands 'teifuate im said county and
in North! Carolina and in Liberty
township, bounded as follows to
wit; Beginning at a stone la A.
E. Pickett' line; thence, west ?4
chains and 25 links to a stone in Z.
a FoiEt'g line; tfcenoe tout'-,26
channel and 95 linkka to a Hon,,,
thence west 60 Ulnkfl to a sto
in Z. C. Pouet's line; thence south
5 chains and 47 1-2 links t a Mack
oak. Will Marley's corner; thence
east 34 chains and 60 links to a
white oak now Sam Buirnipaasrs line;
thence north to the beginning, con
taining 108 1-2 acres, more or less.
Terms icf fale; -One-third j cash,,
onethird in six and balance in 12
months, approved Eeeurlty to be
given for deferred payments, same
to bear interest from day of sale.
This sale will not be left open for
raised bod. This wllll be the only
Notice.
Having qualified as Extr. on the
estate of Mi J. Leach, deceased, be
fore W. C. Hammond. Clerk of the
Superior Court of Randolph county,
all persons having claims against
said estate are notified to present
them to the undersigned, duly vori
fld, on or before the 29th day of
May. 1915. or this notice wlllf be
toleaded In bar of their recovery;
and all persons owing said, estate
will come forward and make imme
diate settlement. j
This 25th day of May, 1914.
W. L. THAYER, Extr.
' Uwharrie, N. O.
DIG CANS
ONLY
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Pearl, to Mr. Charles L.
Shamburger, Thursday. May 8.
1914, Jamestown, N. C.
up Me Hand now Is your only chance.
This June 4, 1914.
. A. T. OOBLiE,
Executor of A. U ' CoLle. ov d
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I'll rot leaves, straw, stalks, mannrs,
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Just keep me on the Job and I will save
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If yon want to know all about this
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Iam Red Devil Lye
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the great tonic and conditioner is sure to make yea
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Prates Lies Killer. Powder 26c and 60c. Aiwa
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Hurcules Stump Puller
For sale. Practically new, at a
bargain. Write or call to see us.
McCrary-Redding Hardware Co.
Asheboro, N. Carolina
Beef and Milk A-
plenty
Cattle are kept for two purpose; for beef pro
duction and for milk production. To do either right
they mutt be heaUhy. There is nothing better to
keep thera in continued good health, or to make
them well quickly when tick, than a few doses of
Bee Dee
STOCK
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Stirs np the liver Drive
disease poisons away.
Any taw sot ol bit cat-
tit get anything wrong
with Uxa I girt Uwm
lew doses of B t e D
STOCK MEDICINE.
Thej soon get wsQ.
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Moorlwad, Mita,
25c, BOc gad 1. per caa.
Ill II LIU SllwT "" Pj.fi, t
No Alcohol in Navy After July 1.
Secretary Daniels order forbidding
the use of wines and liquors in the
Navy is to be enforced after July 1.
Strong pressure has been brought to
bear upon Prisdent Wilson to have
him countermand the order, or at
least make an exception of the higher
officers; but the President declined to
interfere.
Whole Colony Perished.
New University
The new University at Washington,
called American University is to be
formally opened this week by Presi
dent Wilson, assisted by Secretaries
Bryan aad Daniels, and a large num
ber of church dignitaries. About 150O
students have already applied for entrance.
The entire colony in Nova Zembla
about . 100 persons perished of
hunger and cold during the past win
ter. A Russian expedition lately
made the shocking discovery. The
colony had depended upon supplies
sent from Russia: but last vear the
winter shut in earlier than usual and hill nrkih v, .v
nVihft-Waa b,e t0 reach tne ialand House of Commons for the third and
until this spring. iast time
Home Rule Almost Gained.
The final vote in Parliament on theV)
Home Rule bill for Ireland, is expect
ed to come within a few days.
Premier Asquith, in a speech, said
that the Ministers were willing to list
en with sympathy to any proposals
for a suplementary bill to make Home
Rule more acceptable to the province
of Ulster: but thev were resolved not
to alter the principle rf the original
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