THE COURIER
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
WM. C. HAMMER EDITOR.
Asheboro, N. C, September 24, 1914
A few may thwart the will of a
whole community but it will not last.
It will not be so always. There's a
bright day comin' all sing."
REGISTRATION FOR THE COM
ING ELECTION.
The registration books will open
Thursday October 1, and will close on
Saturday October 24, at sunset.
The registrars are required to at
tend at the voting precincts on Sat
urday October 3, Saturday October
10, Saturday October 17 and Satur
day October 24, with their registra
tion books to register the qualified
voters, they are required to attend
from 9 o'clock in the forenoon until
sunset.
Saturday October 31, is challenge
day and the registrars and judges of
election arc required to attend at the
voting place from 9 o'clock in the fore
r.oon until 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
so that any one who desire3 to chal
lenge one registered, can do &o.
The election is fixed by law on Tues
day after the first Monday in Novem
ber and this year the date is Novem
ber 3.
TIME FOR ECONOMY
Nixie Yeaigin, a Republican office
holder in Illinois and editor of the
Oakland Ledger, whose father, J. S.
Yeargin, moved his family from
Franklinville, or near there, in a wag
on before the Civil War, has this to
pay about economizing because of
scarcity of the necessaries of life due
to the European war:
Millions of the American people
are feeling the pinch of high
prices, especially food prices, as
the direct and indirect result of
the European war.
With all the efforts to relieve it
this pinch is going to continue.
Enforcement of the laws against
extortion will help some, better
organization of distribution will
help some, but for many millions
the only help is by self-denial and
economy.
Economy is a policy enforced
upon the masses of citizens and
their families. It should not be
confined to them. It should be
come a resolute policy of govern
ment, city, state and national.
The war has raised the price of food
products because the number of con
sumers is so much greater than the
number of producers because of the
war. The price of cotton is lower be
cause of the fact that Europe has
stopped buying our cotton or buys so
little as compared with former years
that three-fourths of the market for
cotton has been shut off.
, .THE PRESIDENT ON THE JOB.
In view of the grave and perplex
mg questions necessarily involving
this country owing to the European
war. President Wilson is to be com
mended for staying on the job this fall
instead of speechmaking in the cam
paign.
There were grave international and
national problems, commercial prob
lems for him to dial with. Woodrow
Wilson went to Washington with the
knowledge that tho people required
him to be in reality as veil os in
name, president of the United States.
They had full confidence that he
would not be a political pawn in the
hands of hidden players, he went into
office with the promise, direct and im
plied, that he would help to make this
country a republic i:i fact and in theo
ry. He had been preaehinjr the doc
trine of a great country, where the
people should rule and should enjoy
the fruits of their labors. This country
looked to ! im to sweep away the
shameful nolitieal conditions which
had been filling the land with corrup
tion and inefficiency; everywhere were
hpard reports of scandals ami inves
tigations. Men and money were shame
lessly r.llied for profit, plundsr and
gain. All these things Woodrow Wil
son promised to change, and how well
he has kept his promise is evident to
the minds of the most biased. He has
demonstrated to the world that when
honest men and fearless men are
placed in power, clean government is
easy of accomplishment.
THE GERMAN SIDE
(By Mr. Buerbaum.)
Theodore Buerbaum, a prominent
retired business man of Salisbury, N.
C, recently received a letter from his
old home at Bomn on the Rhine, tel
ing of events just preceding the out
break of the European war and inci
dents subsequent thereto are also giv
en. This interesting letter translat
ed into English is as follows:
Bonn, on the Rhine, Aug.. 10,
1914.
"Dear Brother, Theodore: Well
war is declared on all sides. Rus
sians, French, English associat
ed. With the Servian regicides,
all, like beasts of prey they assail
ub, in order to pull Germany to
to pieces, and they believe in
their blind hate, avarice, and
thirst for revenge, that they can
do it. While Germany has been
; peacefully forging a head and has
striven to cultivate science and
culture for itself and other na
tions our opponents have for dec
ades schemed to rush us at an op
portune moment.
Then the crude lies which have
been persistently uttered, twist
ing the truth, it is horrible how
the opposing governments and
statemen have directly lied, in or
der allay German suspicions, they
considered our well known phleg
matic indifference. But in vain
was this speculation. Germany is
strongly armed, mobilization is
going on. Sunday, August 2, was
the first day of mobilization and
on Friday we had taken Liege.
The Belgians are a rot gang like
the wildest savages in Africa.
When we learn how they mistreat
poor German fugitives, assail,
torture, kick, beat, rob and finally
cruelly kill them, it makes your
hair stand on end. Their indepen
dence was guaranteed them, Ger
many only asked passage through
their country. But no, they were
in connivance with the French to
whom they had promised what
they had refused us. The French
were to march through Belgium
and attack us in the flank and en- .
ter the Rhenish province. How
would we have fared?
But the German military au
thorities were on the alert and we
advance with great dispatch. We
fight for our very existence, for a
"to be or not to be," not because
we want to fight but are forced to
by our treacherous enemies, we
fight for our life through adversi
ty and death, exerting every
ounce of our power. And you
should just see we do this with
enthusiasm and courage, our
troops go to war, regulars, re
serves, landwehr and landstrum,
and all young and old, rich and
poor in full confidence of the di
vine justice of our cause.
From my residence we see the
military trains pass by; it is a
pleasure to see how they enter the
contest, full of spirit, singing pa
triotic songs, waving handker
chiefs, etc. One day we calculate
that 100,000 soldiers passed here,
and then all that war material,
and all has now been going on
for eight days, one can hardly
conceive where all the men and
material passing comes from. The
moral feeling of our troops is
splendid, we all know well the
sinful and corrupt intentions of
our enemies. The courage and
will to conquer is there, the peo
ple are thoroughly permeated
with it and then with God's help
we will win the victory. The be
ginning is good, we hope it will
continue, we realize the terrible
strain, the awful sacrifice and ef
fort which will cost fearful. We
have the best hope and confidence.
Lovingly your brother,
EMIL.
NEWS AND COMMENT
London post card dealers say that
post cards with President Wilson's
picture on are the bent sellers they can
get. Has a President of the United
States ever been so popular w ith for
eign nations before ? If the European
countries that are now engaged in a
death struggle had a Wilson at the
head of their governments ueace
would be reigning supreme.
On page one there appears in dou
ble column form the President's proc
lamation for a day of universal prayer
for peace. Ministers of all churches
should observe this day by nreachino-
on the subject and holding a prayer
for peace service.
The Courier don't blame the Repub
ieans for not issuing a handbook this
year. It reminds us of the little boy
that carried his dinner to school in a
pint tin cup. His teacher asked him
why he didn't get a larger vessel and
he replied, "Got nothin to put in it."
Anyway they might have gotten out a
vest pocket edition.
The Republicans over in Cleveland
county are are in a serious hole ac
cording to an article which The Cou
rier reproduces this week from the
Shelby Star. Instead of holding a le
galized primary, as the Lovlace Act
calls for, the bosses went ahead and
put out the ticket themselves. Thp
Act says that each man having any
thing to do with such a practice "shall
be subject to a fine of not exceeding
$o0 or imnrisonmpnt not ivrcrlmir sn
days."
The New York Herald says that
Theodore Roosevelt has abandoned the
idea of running for the Presidency in
1916, but it doesn't say why. The rea
sons are the failure of the Republican
party to do his bidding; the immense
popularity that President Wilson has
attained; the practically breaking up
of the Progresive party and finally the
slump in the Progressive vote in the
Maine election. The Colonel says he
hopes his party will not insist , upon
his standing for any kind of office.
The political campaign in the state
is about to open. From the moun
tains to the seashore you will hear the
cry of the Republicans appealing to
the people to awake and save them
selves irom Democratic ruin and to
give them (the Republicans) a chance
to save the grand old state o North
Carolina. They will make all sorts of
promises as to what they will do for
the state. Yes, they will "do" the
state, in fact, they have "done" her
for all they could every chance they
have had.
Keeping the price of cotton at ten
cents will be impossible if those who
are joining the "buy-a-bale movement
are not able to hold it. The only way
to make the movement a success is
for those who buy the cotton to be
able to hold it indefinitely. Liverpool
which governs the cotton markets of
the world, will handle very little cot
ton until the European conflict is set
tled. So buy your cotton and hold it
until times become quiet.
There recently appeared in the Win
ston-Salem Journal a story of the ed
ucational progres in Wilkes county.
The Courier has kept up closely with
the work of Prof. C. C. Wright who
has charge of the schools in that coun
ty and is safe in saying that there is
not a county in North Carolina that
has made the progress in the last few
years that Wilkes has.
GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR
Every man who had anything to do
with nominating the Republican, or
as it is called the Progressive-Repub
lican ticket for Cleveland county the
first Monday in September is guilty
of a misdemeanor and is subject to a
fine of not exceding $o0 or imprison
ment not exceeding 30 days. We have
no objection to the Republicans put
ting out a ticket in Cleveland, but
they have gone about it in an illegal
manner anil the men they put out are
not legal candidates. When Hon. D.
S. Lovelace was in the Legislature in
1909 he passed an act specifying that
candidates must be nominated by a
legalized primary, yet a handful of
Republican would-be bosses met here
Sept. 7th and took it upon themselves
to put out a ticket.
In order that Republicans may know
that the men who put out the tick
et are guilty of a midemeanor and
that the candidates are not legally
named let us quote the Lovelace Act,
Chapter 553, Public Laws of 1909:
"Section 1. That every political par
ty, organization or association in
Cleveland county running or naming
a ticket for election at the general
elections held every two years for the
election of county officers and mem
bers of the General Assembly shall
nominate its candidates on said ticket
for those respective offices in the man
ner herein provided, and m no other
way; and any political party, organ
ization, association or its agents, re
presentatives or managers, offering a
ticket for the purpose of havinir it
voted by the electors at such general
election for the said county officers
and members of the General Assem
bly not nominated as herein provided
(by a legalized primary) shall be guil
ty of a midemeanor, and for each and
every offense shall be subject to a
fine of ot exceding $50 or imprison
ment not exceeding thirty days.
Then the act goes on to provide for
legalized primaries for Cleveland
county, the kind the Democratic party
has been holding for these 5 years.
But instead of obeying the law a
few would-be Republican bosses called
a rally or a mass meeting or a con
vention at which the whole proceed
ings were cut and dried from Jake
Newell's old time Republican speech
to the nomination of candidates. These
would-be bosses have no hope of the
election of their candidates, but they
want to keep in good graces with the
bosses higher up, so that if the time
ever comes, which it won't, when the
Republicans get the reins of govern
ment again, they might profit from
political pie handed out from Wash
ington. By attempting to hold the dis
rupted party together, they profit at
the expense of the candidates whom
they name.
This sort of trick wil not go in
Cleveland county. These candidates
are not legally nominated. While some
will no doubt submit to the ordeal,
we feel that there are several in the
list who will not be a party to an
ilegal transaction by letting their
names go before the people. Shelby
Star.
A MEAN CAMPAIGN FALSEHOOD
REFlTKIl
To whom it may concern:
Coleridge, N. C, Sept. 17, 1914.
We, the undersigned officers of the
Farmers' Educational anil fn.nnpra.
tive Union, of Local No. 789, at Cole
ridge, Randolph County, North Caro
lina, having had our nttpntinn eolloH
to a certain article printed in the Ran
dolph Bulletin, at Asheboro, N. C, in
which it was stated that Mr. Johnnie
M. Caveness was strongly opposed by
this union as the Democratic nominee
for Clerk of the Court for Randolph
County, he having opposed the organ
ization, the union men would not sup
port him.
We are in a position to say this re
port is absolutely untrue, we have
never heard of, Mr. Caveness opposing
our organization, or doing anything
to break it un or Ret if harlr o-nA
are glad to set the minds of the peo
ple of Randolph County straight on
this.
While Our organization la ofrnoflir
non-political, and we hope the people
will excuse us for this letter, yet we
cannot afford to keep quiet in the face
of such false statements as the Bulle
tin is printing on Mr. Caveness, hop
ing thereby to excite prejudice among
the union when this should not be the
case.
Respectfully submitted,
L. A. CRAVEN, President.
R. H. MOFFITT, Secretary.
Changed.
First Chorus Lady "What An von
think, dear? George is back from Alas-
aa, stony-broke, and so altered that
you would hardly know him!" Sen.
ond Chorus Lady "I'm sure I shan't,
aear." judge.
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Forward
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Town Property, Improved and
Unimproved.
FOR SALE AT A BAR
GAIN 105 acres more or
less, with good 6-room house,
good barn, smokehouse, crib,
&C 35 acres very good soil in
cultivation, of which Vi
acres is bottom land, 70 acres
in woods, good timber, farm
well watered, 3 miles from
Rameeur, N. G, post office on
new sand and clay road. A
BARGAIN. Cash or Terms.
FOR SALE AT A ' BAR
GAIN 95 Vi acres good
house, barn, crib, smoke
house, etc., l'i miles from
Ramseur, N. C. po. office.
Farm situated on Deep River
35 acres fine, rich soil ready
for cuhivatieii,about 12 acres
bottom land. CO acres wood,
no timber, well, springs,
creeks and river, unusually
well watered. Terms to suit.
FOR SALE in Coleridge
Ridge township, 9't miles
from Ramseur, N. C. p. o.,
and 1 1-2 miles from Cole
ridge p. o. 75 acres more or
or less, on good sand clay
road, 25 acres in cultiva
tion, 50 acres woods, no tim
ber, 2 story 7 room house,
halls and porches, barn and
outhouses, well, spring, creek
Cheap For Cash.
One 1-story 6-room cottage
in the heart of Ramseur,
Main Street, fronts east, ce
ment sidewalk, near post
office.school, churches.screen
ed summer porch on west
side, nice front porch, fine
75x325 lot, north front, well,
barn and outhouses. This
house is in fine condition in
side, and surrounded by the
best of neighbors. $1,200.0Q
takes it. Terms, one half
cash, balance 1 and 2 years,
6 per cent interest.
One 2-story i esidence
(frame), 6 rooms, halls up
and down stairs, porches
front and back, barn and out
houses, one half acre lot, ma
jestic trees, also fruit trees,
Campany well on adjoining
lot, fronting west on main St.
(sand clay road) in Ramseur
(Brooklyn) N. C 5 minutes
walk from post office, good
neighborhood and fine neigh
bors.. This hous is situated
where the growth of Ram
seur will soon make itself
felt. If you have an eye to
business this is your chance.
First money takes it. $800
one-fourth down, balance in
1, 2, and 3 years, 6 per cent
interest.
The Last But Not the
Least A 10-room one and a
half story brand new resi
dence and two and one-half
acres of ground in south
Ramseur (Brooklyn). .The
coming to the front part of
tamseur. Now, Mr., if your
name is "Wise" you will in
vestigate as this is an ideal
locaton for a home and a
nice one. .$1200 takes it.
Don't all speak at once.
FOR SALE BY
VILLERE
REAL ESTATE
Local and Long Distant Phone
RAMSEUR, N. C.
She is Growing.
EDITOR'S CUTTLES
The country editor, according to the
Clay County, Ohio, Clarion has few
duties to perform. It says to run a
newspaper all a fellow has to do "is
to be able to write poems, discuss the
tariff and money questions, umpire a
baseball game, report a wedding, saw
wood, describe a lire so that the read
ers will shed their wraps, make $1 do
the work of $10, shine at a dance,
measure calico, abuse the liquor habit,
test whiskey, subscribe to charity, go
without meals, attack free silver,
wear diamonds, invent advertise
ments, sneer at robbery, overlook
scandal, praise babies, delight pump
kin raisers, minister to the afflicted,
heal the disgruntled, flirt to a finish,
set type, mold opinions, sweep out the
office, speak at prayer meetings and
stand in with everybody and every
thing."Exchange. BUILDING
A grocery business like ours takes
time and experience and a thorough
knowledge of the value of all kinH
of provisions. We make a study of
our business to learn how we can best
serve our many patrons. The evidence
of our success is proven by the im
mense volume of our business and its
steady growth. Polite attention and
fair treatment at our store.
C. C. KIME,
South Asheboro.
Saw Prsur f Pworty.
Mrs. Newri'iha "I bell our next
oor neighbors on the risht are aa
door as church mice, Hiram." Mr.
Kewriche ""Vhot makes you think
loT Mrs. Newrlche "Why, they
can't afford one of them mechanical
planoplayert; the daughter Is Ukiag
lessons by handf Puok.
Ten cents per lb., for Cotten
Geo. E. Nissen Company, Winfton-Salem, N. .
C, have authorized us to buy one bale of Cotten for
them at 10 cents per pound, under certain conditions.
Any one desiring to know further about this, call at
our &ore.
McCrary-Redding Hdwe. Co.
GIVE ME A TRIAL
On Your Next Suit. I Clean, Press and Repair.
Ladies' Work a Specialty
Asheboro Pressing & Tailoring Go.
W. P. ROYSTER, Manager
Phone 137. Next to Rexall Drug Store.
The Ladies nf Handolph and adjoining Counties
Jtrc GJordmlhi Snorted to Attend onr
Fall and Winter (Dpentttg
September, 23-25
&II the newest and latest Slglrs
TOill be an gisplap
Ultss -Nina Vnxks
be in (Charge of this gepartment this Season
The Franklinsuille IHfg. (Enmpang'a Start
Franktinutlle, N. E.
Low Round Trip
SUNDAY EXCURSION FARES
TO
Charlotte and Raleigh
Via
NORFOLK-SOUTHERN RAILROAD
From Asheboro to Charlotte $1 25
From Mt. Gilead to Raleigh $1 25
Tickets on sale September, 20 and 27 only.
Fares in same proportion from intermediate sta
tions. Ask Ticket Agents for complete information.
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We endudt a firA.rU
Buggies, Carts, Carriages, etc.
At WW - .
xvjso norsesnoemg and Painting & specialty.
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