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VOL. 40 Asheboro, N. C. Thursday, August 26, 1915 No. S3
SNAPSHOT OF THE POET OF OUR PRESS ASSOCIATION HEALTH EXHIBIT WEEK
S. S. CONVENTION MEETS
ONLY SEVEN MORE DA;; OF THE FIRST PERIOD
NEVER AGAIN. IN THIS CONTEST W. THE VOTE SCHEDULE BE
SO LARGE AS IT IS NOW STRIKL "H1LE THE IRON IS HOT,
FOR ENERGY AND AN EARLY STA , v ARE NECESSARY TO
SUCCESS.
"Strike while the iron is hot", is a
time worn adage, contaInir.gr moTe
truth than poetry, and should be ob
served by the candidates in The Cou
rier's great automobile and piano con
test. The interest in this big contest is
becoming more intense each day. Each
day mt.ny readers of The Courier dia
cover that they have a favorite in the
contest. Each day more and wore
friends are becoming interested in the
race being made by the various contes
tants. The Iroa is B
The time is ripe for results now. The
iron is hot The contestants should
lose o time in "striking" their friends
and aoquaMances for subscriptions
and votes. Every one in the county
and in the adjoining territory is wl
iug to help the candidates secure 'me
f the valuable prizes that will be rw
en away. But hi orier toatret thai-as
eifitance which is here for the asking,
the candidates must let "their friends
know that they want it People are
triad ta "help those who 'help them-
selves. If he caadidatea want the
"golden ;apple" tlrey mast go -to the
sarden tto (TOt it
The ig vote iperioa, he tbisgest to
the contest, is n, but 'it will end at
midnight Thursday, September 2nd.
There is still time to get the subscrip
tions, but there is t tone ;to -waste.
Now is the time to go after the sub
scriptions, -axiA it is the chosen time
tto Treto your friend S toe ns in e
'contest It is not mecessary to wait
until tine nd sol :the Terioiioturn an
ihe subscriptions. Turn them in at
any time ami" the votes will be ranted
Kt (ones.
Tfew Candidates
Kew uanSidettes oan fitter 'the oon
test now, today, and with a few hours
work secure 'enough votes to vplaee
their nomas aTBmg tin leaden. "Sett
stand a good chance to win a prise if
you enter now, as their is plenty df
room, and subscriptions win come easy
during fbm period oT'big votes.
This Tirst Periei
This .first period lasts until midnight
next Thursday. After this time there
will never be a time when the regular
votes will be as large for the subscrip
tions. Now is truly THE time -to put
forth the extra effort. Now is the
time to work over time and place your
name am on fir the leaders. It is the
time to get the big lead that will be so
valuable later in the contest. IT you
have just ented it is the more neces
sary that you get busy for the sub
scriptions.
All Free to the Contestants
Every one of these prizes is to be
given away in the strictest sense of
the word. It will cost you nothing to
enter this friendly struggle for the
prizes; it will cost yoa nothing to
stay in, and it will cost you nothing
to win.
To make it more emphatic: The
Courier does not want the money of
those who compete in this contest; it
wants only a little work in its behalf
and their good will. The offer is one of
exceptional merit and a number of
people will profit handsomely. The
Courier hopes to be benefitted in new
subscriptions and in new friends made.
As has already been said the prizes
will be awarded to the contestants re
ceiving the highest number of votes.
Two ways of obtaining votes are
offered: First by clipping and send
ing in the weekly ballot that appears
in each issue of The Courier; and,
secondly, by securing supscriptions to
The Courier.
No Cost For Information
If there is anything you do not un
derstand about the contest, do not hes
itate to cat! contest department and
full information will be furnished you
as to how you may win the automo
biie without one cent of cost to you.
It is safe to say that 98 per cent,
cf the residents of Randolph county
do not appreciate what The Courier's
contest really is. Truly there have
been contests in this county before,
but nothing like this one. It is en
tirely different from any that have
ever been conducted in this part of
the State. It doesn't cost anything
to find out whether or not you might
be interested. In fact, the people that
allow this great opportunity to pass
unheeded are the losers. -The woman
that allows opportunities to go con
tinually by without investigating will
some day look back in sorrow. There
are many women and girls in this
county who if they would but take
advantage of this great opportunity
would have .a good start in life, both
from a financial and social standpoint
What do these people need? The
answer is a simple one, ENTHUSI
ASM.
Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is the greatest busi
ness asset in Use world. It beats
money, and power, and influence.
An enthusiast convinces and domi
nates where wealth or even a small
army of unenthasiastic workers would
scarcely raise a tremor of interest
Enthusism will go a long way to
ward helping you win the big prises.
It mil make ipeople understand that
you are out for the bis eame and
they will be glad to help, you (get it
CONTEST i
Tan world ffkes to help 1e ;prosper-
otts person. They will "help you if
yeu will osfly ask them, and make
them understand that you -live ; after
fihe big prizes and will be 'satisfied
with nothing less than (the automobile-
tor the piano.
Let's Go Now
There is nothing gained 'by waiting.
You caxrit hope to set the subscrrp
tions unless you go alter them. You
can't get anytiuBjr. by merily -wishing,
you most get up and jro after the busi
ness. & is easy t sret ?ff: you "will
only get out and try. The next few
days am the ones Soring which "you
ought 'to get sp sod rgv. The big
lead yu will wa for yourself will
more ' than repay you Tot 'the uflPorts
yoa wjn make. Tfrry "hesitate while
so muflt is at stake nd 'dependent
upon, your action?
Veto Schedule
GooS until nudnigVt, "Thursday
September 2.
1 Year Subscription, 31.00, Counts
5,000 votes. ,
. 2 . Year Subscription, 2.00, (Counts
15,000 votes.
3 Year Subscription, $3.00, -Counts
45,000 votes.
4 Year Subscription, $4.00, Counts
75,000 votes.
5 Tear Subscription, $5.00, Counts
135,000 votes.
Get busy while the big -vote is on.
The First List of Contestants
District No. 1
District No. 1 comprises all 'the ter
ritory west of the NorfDTk-J3outhern,
and Southern railroads, nicbiSing all
of Asheboro.
Asheboro.
Mrs. 7. Bart Robbins
Miss Ulnah Rush
Miss Lillie Parrish
Miss Nancy White
Miss Ivey Miller
Miss (Clarice Presnell
Randleman
1 1,000
1,000
I
' 1,000
" 1,000
1,000
1,000
Miss Nina Ingle
Miss Mary Davis
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Trinity
Miss Daisy Jordan
Miss Maude Phillips
Asheboro Route 2
Mr. R. J. Pierce
IfiOO
Farmer
Miss Luna Kearns
1 1,000
Caraway Route 2
Miss Fannie Morgan
Mrs. Clarence C. Ridge
Seagrove Route 2
Miss Ethel King
Hills Store
Miss Hdith Parrish
Trinity Route 1
Miss Berta Welborn
Miss Letha Royals
Miss Beatrice Bulla
Salem Church
Mrs. Lee Kearns
Martha
1,000
' 1,000
' 1,000
4
1,006
1,000
I. 1,000
! 1,000
: 1,000
Miss Ella Morris
1,000
Mr. J. P. Tucker
1,000
1,000
Eleazer
Mrs. G, E. Carter
New Hope Academy
Miss Lydia Lassiter
Fullers
Miss Pearl Snyder
Thomasville Route 4
Miss Maude Fuller
Miss Clara May Skeen
Jackson's Creek
Miss Bessie Cody
Miss Blanche Ingram
Pipe
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Miss Jennie Lassiter
Glenola
Mr. J. M. Richardson
1,600
(Continued on fourth page.)
William Laurie Hill, who has for al
number of years been the poet of the
Press Association of the Old North
State, was " to the mane born." He
first saw the light of day through
eyes he has Itept open ever since on
the old Mill Grove Farm in Wake
county about four miles west of Ral
eigh, N. C which was the home of
his grandfather, Green Kill. This old
hoirestead was afterwads sold and is
new a part of a large stock farm be
longing to Mr. W. T. Upchurch, of
i&ileigh, N. C.
While only aa infant William Laurie
Hill was taken to Leaksville in Rock'
ingham county., when his father, Wm.
R. Hill, removed from Raleigh . to
LeakFville to 'take charge of a branch
of the old Bank of North Carolina.
This arrangement continued . about
four years antil this branch was cloa-
ed -and Wm. R. Hill was transferred
to Milton hi Caswell county where he
remained identified with the old Bank
of North Carolina and its successor
oaitil the close of the Civil War in
1365. To his credit as a bank officer
be it said that he turned over to the
mother "bank at Raleigh about sixty
thousand dollars in gold and silver
which he had carefully guarded during
the war and this was better than
any other branch of that institution
did.
Being reared in the old town of Mil
ton on the Dan River, among a peo-!
pie mar-famed for their intelligence
and hospitality, William Laurie Hill,
Early -imbued a love of the true and
the! beautiful. His ifirat attempts at
a pastoral began with these lines:
"See the little tambs,
How they skip and ijump,
First over a gaily
And then over a stump."
If this was not poetry 'it was at
least a picture of facts. INot being
able to get a collegiate course, William
Laurie obtained the best academic
course he could from one of the best
schools in the State, one Eibat sent al
ways to college the . beat prepared
beys who catered them. 'Then, like
other' youths who -were to -vorateh fori
a living, he went to Richmond, Va.,
soon after the completion of the old
.Richmond and Danville, raiirvad.
Here he was engaged in commercial
life when the war between the North
and South begun. It is needlees to
say that he passed through it all;
1 heard the guns at Gaine's Mill and
Malvern HilL aaw old 'Richmond
crowded with twenty thousand sick
and wounded soldiers of the Southland
and afterwards saw !the heart of the
Southern capital inrushes and in these
ashes was all Eor which he had toiled
ARABIC ISMPEDOED
BRITISH STEAMER IS SENT TO
BOTTOM NEAR GRAVE QI THE
LUSITANIA TOUPEDJE
WITHOUT WARNING.
The big White Star Liner steamer
Arabic from Liverpool :to New York,
was torpedoed andsurlk hy a German
submarine at 9:15 o'clock Thursday
morning southeast of iFastnet She
was attacked without warning and
went down in ten uninutea. Of .the
423 persons on board (181 jjassengers
and 242 members of crew), 32 are Ik
lieved to have perished. Onby six pat
sengers are reported missing. Wheth
er any of those not yet accounted uoj.
are American has not been determin
ed, bat there were only 26 citizens of
the United States on board.
The -survivora who left the sj earner
in the ship's boats and were picked
up by passing vessels, were taken to
Queenstown, and are being cared for
in the little town which sn recently
cared for the survivors and dead of
the Lusitania.
The small loss of life was doubtless
due to the fact that the weather was
fine and that steamers plying the Ger
man submarine war zone now keep
their boats swung out and are ether
wise prepared for emergencies. The
torpedo that sunk the Arabic struck
her on the starboard side 100 feet
from her stern.
The vessel had left Liverpool Wed
nesday afternoon and taken a south
erly course, well off the Irish coast.
doubtless with a view of avoiding the
submarines which frequent the waters
nearer the shore.
One of the passengers was Kenneth
Douglas, well-knov.-n English actor.
He was on the Lusitania when it went
the bottom. His good luck followed
im again for he is among the sur
vivors.
for years. -,
Then William Laurie Hill began life
again j striving for an existence, and
was for some years the business man
ager of the Southern Planter at Rich
mond; Va., which publication is still
alive and thriving. About the year
1870 he was the position of field
manager of the New Eclectic Maga
zine, pf Baltimore, which was after
wards consolidated with Gen. D. H
Hill's magazine the Land We Love
and called the 'Southern Magazine.
He was for two years the publisher
of the Southern Magazine and had
the owners only have followed the
plan he outlined for them they would
have created a very valuable property.
As a writer and editor, William
Laurie Hill has spent' more than half
his busy life and has several books
prepared for publication in addition
to the "Master of the Red Buck" and
"Boy Doe" already published. In col
laboratlon with Rev. Dr. Halbert G.
HUl he hopes soon to offer to the pub
lic aeoltn poems entitled, "Blue
BiruSngsof" Hope and Joy." It has
been with William Laurie Hill, the
poet of the North Carolina Press As
sociation, a life ambition to try to
do his arfhsre in wiping away the stain
of the lack of authorship in North
Carolina. One reason we have suf
fered so long under the stigma is be
cause our people are slow to recog
nize the talent they have and many
born North Carolinians have to leave
home to get recognition and their tal
ent is then accredited to other local!
ties. The ola mother gets no credit
for rearing a prodigal son.
LATE WAR NEWS
ITALY DECLARES WAR ON TUR
KEY ACTIVITIES ON THE
SEAS RUSSIANS CONTINU
RETREAT COTTON CONTRA
BAND OE WAR
Italy has declared war against
Turkey and "hostilities between the
two countries will begin ti once.
Turkish puppsrt of the revolt in Liby
and the prevention of the departur
of Italian residents from Asia Minor
are the reasons Italy gives for her
hostile move.
Italian warships which have been
held in readiness pending the doclara'
tion of war will be sent to the aid
of the British and French at the Dar
dandles. An army of 150,000 men is
exported to be Italy's contribution to
the Dardanelles campr.ign.
Activities on the Seas
Activities of the belligerents on the
stas continue. A British submarine
hii torpedoed a German cruiser in
the Baltic Sea. German submarines
haw been unusually active during the
past week. Two small steamers from
American ports were sunk S.Vuruay.
p:;in has protested to the German
Government against ihe recent sink
ing of Iwo Spanish merchant vessels
The Russian armies are continuing
thnr retreat under the persistent
pressure of the Austro-Germans. Von
Maclcensen's army is closing in on the
Bresl-Litovnk stronghold. The army
of rn.ue Leopold has broken the
Russia:: lines and is forcing the
Muscovites back at a rapid pace.
The German fleet that entered t!ie
Gulfvpf Riga has had minor engp.ge-
cnts with the Russian naval forces
in which both sides suffered small
losses.
Cotton is Contraband
Great Britr.in has issued a state-
BEGINS HERE NEXT MONDAY-
BETTER BABIES CONTEST SEP
TEMBER 3 DR. McBRAYER TO
LECTURE
Beginning Monday, August 30th,
the State Health Exhibit will be in
the court house for ten days. This
exhibit has many interesting and in
structive features which have attract
ed much attention wherever they have
been displayed.
The exhibit will be in sections. The
first section will expose patent medi
cine fakes and frauds. Much of the
widely advertised patent medicines
will be shown up i.i its true light and
its fallacy exposed. The tuberculosis
exhibit will be in three sections. This
part dealing with the Great White
Plague is complete "n every particular.
From prevention on through the va
rious stages the disease is vividly de
picted. Stress is given to the pre
vention of the disease. There will be
three sections dealing with the care
of the baby. This part of the exhibit
is full and complete. Another section
will deal with the progress and de
velopment of the health work in the
State. Marvelous strides have been
taken in this direction during the past
few years ar.d every indication is to
the effect that greater progress will
be made in the future.
Dr. L. B. McBrayer, superintendent
of the State Sanatorium, will be here
Thursday and will lecture in the even
ing beginning at 8 o'clock. Arrange'
ments have been made for the colored
people to occupy the gallery. Dr. J.
T. Burns, of High Point, will lecture
Friday afternoon at 3:30 p. m. His
address will be the closing feature of.
the Better Babies Contest
The Woman's Club, through whose
efforts the exhibit was brought here,
3 anxious to have everyone who can
come and inspect this exhibit. Ev
erything from the first day to the last
is absolutely free. Many lessons in
sanitation and hygiene may be learned
without one cent of expense. That
this exhibit is worth seeing- is indi
cated if "by- nothing1 else bythe fact
that it goes from Asheboro to Dur
ham where it will start in with the
Central Carolina Fair Association and
go from one fair to another through
out the circuit.
Better Babies Contest
Friday, September 3, will be the
dav for the Better Babies Contest
Last year two babies scored 93 per
cent, and it is hoped that this year
there may be babies who will make
higher scores. Surely Randolph has
one 100 per cent baby. Who owns
this perfect baby?
You are requested to fill out the ap
plication blank found below and mail
it to Miss Esther Ross, Asheboro, N.
C. Each child registered will be prop
erly entered as a contestant.
All babies from 6 months to 48
months old will be eligible for the con
test. Do not hesitate to enter the
baby in the contest. Who knows but
that it will be the perfect baby?
APPLICATION BLANK
Better Babies Contest
To be held at the court house in
Asheboro, Randolph County, North
Carolina, September 3rd, 1915.
Farent's Name ,
Address ,
Name of Child in Full
Age in Months at Time of Contest.
Sex
GENUINE COPPER STILL
CAPTURED
bheriff Birkhoad accompanied bv
Messrs O. R. Fox and Gus Havworth
made a trip down to Reedv Creek in
the southeastern part of the county
Monday afternoon and captured a
small genuine copper still along with
one of the operators. When found
the still was running full blast and th
operators were busy with the work
All of the meu at the still escaped
except one, R. L. Owen, who was tak
en before 'Squire J. A. Monroe at
Why Not and placed under bond for
appearance before J. S. Ridge at
Asneboro rriday.
While some things out of the ordi
nary occurred in the capture of the
still, no one wr.s hurt.
ment announcing that cotton hr.s been
declared a contraband of war. The
French Government has issued a sim-
ir statement. The United States
Government will lodge a protest im
mediately against iiiis action on the
part of the Allies.
TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SUN
DAY SCHOOL CONVENTION OF
RANDOLPH COUNTY AT RAM
SEUR LAST WEEK FORWARD
STEPS TAKEN RAMSEUR HOS
PITABLE m.
The twenty-sixth annual Sunday
School Convention of Randolph coun
ty met at Ramseur last Thursday and
continued in session three days. Prom
inent Sunday school workers from all
over the county and State were pres
ent and the program rendered was one
of the best and attractive ever before
a North Carolina audience. This was
the best convention ever held by tho
Randolph Sunday School Association
and has been pronounced the best ever"
held in the State. One hundred and
forty delegates were enrolled.
Prior to the holding of this county
convention all of the 20 townships in
the .county had held their annual con
ventions and the county secretary, F.
M. Wright, was able in his report to
give accurate statistics showing con
ditions as they obtain throughout the
county.
On the first day of the convention
Dr.. A. G. Dixon, of High Point, deliv
ered a forceful address. A house to
house canvass of the town of Ram
seur was made Thursday to ascertain
the population and the number affiliat
ed with the various Sunday schools
and churches of the community. This
canvass was very successful and it is
planned to carry this work into every
section of the county thus making a
complete survey of the county for the
benefit of the Sunday school work.
The nineteenth annual , report ': of
President -Ross wasrperfaaps the most
interesting event of the convention.
It showed that there has been an in
crease of nearly 800 members to the
various Sunday schools of the county
during the past yer over the precede
ing year. The report also suggsted
that a great tent be erected at Si
suitable place in the county which the
annual conventions might be held.
Randolph is the leading Sunday school
county in the State and it is likely
that the progressive steps set forth by
the president will be followed.
The features that made the conven
tion a complete success may be summ
ed up as these: H
First, the splendid and painstaking
work during the 26 years that have
passed since the county was organized,
and especially the work of the past
year.
Second the well built program that
carried through it a definite idea that
revolved itself in a clearly outlined
plan, which plan seemed to be the
mind of every speaker and leader who
participated.
Third, the fine spirit which pervad
ed every session of the convention,
which spirit manifested itself in mu
sic, devotions, earnest effort and whole
some humor.
Fourth, the grasp which each speak
er seemed to have on his subject and
the consciousness of the fact that he
was playing an important part of a
well laid scheme that called for team
work. . -
Fifth, the splendid hospitality of
the people of Ramseur who seem to
have developed the perfect art of put
ting the convention to the best advan
tage in accomplishing the purpose for
which it had met their hospitality
was unbounding and did not leave a
single detail unprovided for.
Sixth, the fact that the represen
tative people of Randolph county were
taking stock in the work of the county
as well as the convention, as shown
in the fact that in the convention could
be seen some of the county's leading
business, professional and educational
leaders with no lines of demarkation
evident to indicate class or casic.
D. M. Weatherly, of Franklinville.
was chairman of the program commit
tee, and T. O. Pender was the director
of the convention music.
Those participating in the nroirram-
were as follows: T. J. Rogers, A. G
Dixon, A. W. McAlister, A. R. Wil
liams, W. A. Harper, E. J. Cole'trar.e.
. ... . iu. orougnton, jr., w.
. Hutchens, W. O. Johnson. Mrs. R.
R. Michcaux, J. W. Long, P. R. Thomn
son, J. Rom Smith, W. B. Webster,
Miss Martha Dozier, Miss Esther
oss, D. M. Sharne, E. G. PowpII
Joseph Peele.
Mr. L. F. Ross was re-elected nresi.
ent for the coming year. The ot.W
officers are as follows: Vice-presidents,
Drs. J. D. Gregg and W. I.
Sumner, and J. Clyde Auman: lihi-o.
n and office secretary, Miss Mari-
(Continued on fourth page.)