The Courier
Ashebero, N. C. October 21, 1915.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
WM. C. HAMMER, EDITOR
There is great demand in Ashe'
bore for rent houses. It is a good
time now that a new series of Build
ing and Loan is being started for
people to build homes of their own,
and houses te rent. Through the a
& L. Association many houses have
been built. It is a good thing and
enables persons of moderate mean.3 to
own their own homes.
The man whe said there could be no
prosperity under a Democratic admin
istration should nowadays read every'
thing unde the New York data line
with reference to the foreign ex
change situation. Owing to the fact
that the vaults of the banks are piled
up with idle gold, the financiers are
endeavoring to prevent any further in
flux of foreign yellow metal to Amer
ica. One of the plans to stop this
inrush of of gold is to lend it to the
European natiors to carry on the war.
The idea is to make them a loan so
they can give us bonds and securi
ties instead of gold. Wilmington
Star.
FRANKLINVILLE NEWS
Quarterly Conference Meets New
Laundry Prospects Good For Bak
ery. The fourth quarterly conference of
Franklinville and Ramseur charge of
the M. E. church was held at this
place Sunday and Monday. Rev. J. H.
Weaver, P. E., of Grensboro district,
was present and preached two able
sermons Sunday which were greatly
enjoyed by large congregations. A
business session was held Monday
morning with Rev. Weaver presiding
and the reports from all the different
departments of the church were very
gratifying. They showed that all the
finances are well paid up and the spir
itual condition, of both churches and
Sunday Schools are. in fine condition
and it is the unanimous opinion of all
our people that if conference will re
turn Brother Rodgers to us again that
better work will be done the coming
year
Mrs. Jessie Brower is having her
residence on Asheboro street remodel
ed. Mr. R. W. Jordan is doing the
woochverk and John Langley has the
contract for the painting.
Mr. W. A. MePherson has built a
large addition to the barn at his fath
er's place.
A fine little girl at G. H. Cox's
keeps him smiling.
Allred Bros, are enlarging their
etore building on R. R. Avenue and
when completed will about double
their floor space. A shoe shop "will be
run in the same building which will be
managed by Mr. Peter Allred.
Mr. I. S.Wallace, of Rockingham,
has moved to his farm south of the
cfty.
Messrs. G. H. Maner, W. C. Tippett,
J. H. Fentriss, and L. P. Buie have
about completed their new home laun
dry building near Center Well. First
class implements and skilled labor will
complete the equipment and satisfac
tion is assured, and other partners will
be added as the community grows and
work enough to justify an increase.
Both mills closed last Wednesday
And quite a number of our people at
tended the fair at Greensboro and sev
eral went to Asheboro for the show.
Mr. aid Mrs. B. F Graven spent
Sunday with their aunt near Moffitt's
Mills.
If present plans mature, a first-class
bakery will be the next addition to the
city's mdsstries.
TV
ULAH NEWS.
' Miss Bea'.ah Crave? and Mr. Ray
mond Weight, of Franklinville, were
the guests of Mier.es Evona and Moe
den Allred Saturday and Sunday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Cox, were the
guest cf their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elwood Cox, Sunday evenieg.
Mrs. Rosa Vuncannon, of Ellerbe, fe
the week-end guest of Mrs. Rrney
Vuncar.non.
Sunday Ssheol at this place will be
re-organized Sunday, Oot. 24. Every
body cordially invited to attend; es
pecially the older people are urged to
come and take a part. If you think
you can't be helped by the Sunday
School maybe you might help the
Sunday School by coming.
On last Friday, Oct. 15, n. erowd
gathered at the home af Rev. Elwood
Cox's to celebrate tat birthdr.ys of
Mrs. Elwood Cox ?.nd her brother-in-law,
Mr. Jordan Spencer,of Seagrove.
'These two had seoTi just 68 summers
And we wish far them many more
such days. There was plenty to eat,
, with persimmon pudding to head the
list. All reported -a most enjoyable
tune.
School Life.
Our school doors are open from :30
a. m., to p. m., and there is yet
plenty of room.
We return our thanks to "Mrs. I. T.
Cose for conducting the devotional ex
orciscs on the opening of the school,
Messrs. E. Waatley and B. L.Kearns
visited the school a short while during
the past' week.
The patrons who have received the
Tist of books that your children must
have please get them immediately, so
that we may begin work in earnest.
Why waste valuable time ? Those who
do not know what your children will
need da not buy anything until you
.find out.
Paper and pencils are every hour
necessities; please arm your children
with these implements of war.
The following of the primary grades
deserve a word of praise for faithful
work: Sylvia Moore, Auba Cogle,
Johnny Cox, Claud Cagle.
At the end of the year let us be able
to say, "We have kept the faith."
My pupils I thank you.
Yours for a greater interest in school,
Wm. W. HURLEY.
SOME COMPLIMENT.
It is not oftci: an editor hands him-
elf a compliment.
But this is the exception, and that
is just what we are doing, because a
certain well known citizen of this com
munity has and is persistently recog
nizing the value of his paper as a re
liable dissemination af local news, and
has paid us this compliment in a man
ner which speaks volumes for his
knowledge of the good things of life,
He is not destitute ef this world's
goods, but he possesses the rare facul
ty of holding on to that which he gets,
lest the pangs of poverty overtake
him in his declining years.
He possesses a wide knowledge of
local affairs, because he is a CON
STANT READER of this paper, and
the knowledge extracted therefrom is
turned to good account in his own be
half.
In an important event is soon to oc
cur, he knows of it in advance because
he has read of it in this paper.
If there is a bargain to be had any
where in the community he is promptly
apprised of the fact, because of that,
too, he has read this paper.
And if an acquaintance is sick, or
death has overtaken some , member of
a family, or the stork has paid a visit
to the home of some friend, he
among the first to extend his cor.do
lencss or congratulations because of
these, also, he has read in thia paper.
He is a man of wisdom a pillar of
strength, with a brain which absorbs
ta the utmost of the essence of lLTe.
Few things escape his notice, for he
is ever on the alert.
Bnt the ONE THING which he Nev
er Overlooks is THIS PAPER, and
therein lies the compliment which we
take unto ourself. It gives us a
feeling that we are something mora
than a mere worm in human shape,
that we may be even a whole cog in
the community wheel.
True, he is NOT A SUBSCRIBER
to the paper his dollar never reaches
this office but he READS THE PA
PER JUST THE SAME.
For his neighbor is a subscriber,
and pays in advance, and in his ge-ier-osfty
he lends the paper to the "pillar
of strength BY REQUEST.
But it may not always be so. In
time we have hopes that the "pillar"
will pay us the super-campliment of
permitting us to add to his own name
to our subscription list; paid in ad
vance, of course.'
Time sometimes works wonders,
even in the newspaper field.
And. we. have hopes-strong hopes.
ALUMINUM THE MOST ABUND
ANT METAL. ;
Aluminum is the most abundant of
all the metals. In the form of its
oxide,, alumina,, it constitutes about
IS per cent of the' earth's crust,' ae
cording to the United State Geologi
cal survey. Yet until recant years it
was a curiosity: there were only a faw
hundred or thousand pounds in exist
ence, and its iaIue.was.S14 or $15 a
pound. Within a generation, it has be
become Yery useful, now acllinr at
about 29 cents a pound. The eatry of
aluminum into the field of useful met
al came with the discovery that it
could be extracted from the mineral
lauxite, a claylike substance. This
mineral itself is by no means plenti
ful, but known deposits are sufficient
to make aluminum an important com
petitor of certain metals, each as cop
per and tin, in a good many lines of
wort
Already aluminum has displaced
steel in certain classes of construction
where strength is required in combi
nation with extreme lightness, such as
in me manuiaciure el flying ma
chines. An allov known as duralu
min, containing about 95 per cent of
rluminum, is claimed to have qualities
eg good as those of good Bessemer
E'.eel, although it is only one-third
neavy. ihis alloy possesses great
hardness when annealed, and its melt
ing point is above 1,200' F. The great
future of aluminum lies in the perfec
tion of a process whereby it can be
commercially extracted from the un
limited deposits of alumina rich clays
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
Pitt county's oldest twins, J. B. and
J. H. Whitehurst, were 77 years old
last Saturday. Both of them were
soldiers. in the Confederate army.
Eleven directors and former di
rectors of the New Haven road are
now on trial for violation of the crim
inal clause of the Sherman anti- trust
law.
Mr. Levin W. Holt, aged 59 years,
died at his home two miles west of
Graham Monday" evening of last
week.
The Southern Appalaebiaa Good
Roads Association, in session at Blue
field, W. Va., Saturday, endorsed the
Week's bill for the preservation of
the Alleghany forest system.
Sufficient ""souice noot to supply to
bacco manufacturers with temporary
relief will be bronght to the United
States as soon as a vessel is obtained
There are 10,000 tens of this material
in Asia Minor for shipment to Amer
ican manufacturers and this may be
had as soon as ships can be procured.
Figures compiled from the lates-t
United States census give the number
of Americans born m other
stakes who were residents in New
York City at the time the census was
taken five years ago as over 75,000.
Of this number 10,736 were born in
North Carolina.
W. A. Copeland, of High Paint, will'
leave soan for Havana, Cuba, to look
after the interests of the Southern
Car Company in that territory. The
High Point Company has received sev
eral large orders from Cuba recently
and the prospects for business there
are bright.
Moses Harrison and Thomas Yates
of near Denton, were arrested Thurs
day by Deputy Marshal A. H. McKin
zie, of Salisbury, on a charge of block
ading. Their arrest was caused by the
seizure of a still near their homes a
short time ago. The men were given
a hearing before the U. S. Commis
sioner at Salisbury Friday at which
they gave bond for appearance at the
next term of the Salisbury Federal
Court.
Work is progressing at a rapid rate
on the Davidson county roads. About
three miles of the Thomasville road
has been graded and the work is go
ing on in the direction of Cid. The
road from Lexington to Abbott's
Creek, on the Thomasville road, is be
ing topsoiled.
The St. John's Hotel, at Hender-
sonville, a 120-room pebbledash struc
ture, covered by $25,000 insurance and
owned by R. D. Murray, of Orlando,
Fla., was burned Sunday morning.
The origin of the fire is attributed to
defective wiring or the work of an
incendiary.
Miss Marie Godfrey, of Jonesboro,
and Mr. Carl Buchan, of Aberdeen,
were married in the Methodist church
at Jonesboro Tuesday evening of last
week..
Sheriff J. M. Deato.n, of Iredell coun
ty, accompanied by his deputy, G. L.
Gilbert, made a raid into the North
ern part of the county Friday morn
ing and captured a 75-gallon copper
still. The operatives of the still suc
ceeded in getting away.
At least fifteen persons w;re killed
and many injured Saturday when a
motor train on the Union Pacific Rail
way plunged down an . embankment
near Randolph, Kansas. A washout
caused the accident .
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HARVESTING A PEANUT CROP
Among Method In Use le That of
Merely . Plowing Plants From
Ground With Turning Plow. .
Various methods of harvesting pea
nuts for the market are practiced. In
many cases the plants ere merely
plowed from the ground with a one
horse turning plow, and afterwards
separated from the soil by hand. ' An
other and very common method Is to
remove the moldboard from a turn
ing plow- and run the plowshare under
the row at each side at a sufficient
depth not to sever the pods from the
vines. The side from which the mold
Hoard is removed Is kept next to the
row. The plants are Mfted by hand or
by means of forks, and the dirt Is
shaken from them. They are then
thrown In small piles to dry. Tbe po
tato digger may be used in harvesting
peanuts.
As soon as the plants have dried
sufficiently, which requires about three
or four hours, they are put in email
stacks. Poles about seven feet long
are driven securely in the ground.
Around the base of each pole a few
pieces of short poles are placed to
keep tbe peanuts off the ground. Tbe
peanuts are stacked with the vines out
and the nuts in next to the pole. The
stacks should be made rather slender
and tapering toward the top to shed
water. Every stack Is usually capped
with grass to protect the nuts.
Peanuts should not be picked from
the vines until the pods have become
dry and the peas firm. A better grade
of peanuts will be obtained If harvest
ing ts deferred until late autumn. '
WORK IN STRAWBERRY PATCH
At Expiration of Fruiting Season
Rake Down Straw Mulch Between
Rows to Conserve Moisture.
As soon as the strawberry plants
are through bearing, rake the straw
mulch from the vines, leaving It be
tween the rows to keep down weed
growth, conserve the moisture, ana
for future fertilizing. The new run
ners are laid along the row so they will
take root. Rows should be left from
12 to 18 Inches wide, the runners be
ing clipped off as they reach a greater
length, or laid along the ows.
Where the patch has become matted
over with the vines, they should be
mowed after fruiting. When they are
dry set fire to them while there Is a
brisk wind so it will carry the fire
over the vines too Quickly for them to
be damaged by it
The old row should then be plowed
or disked out, the new vines In the
center of the row being left to form
next season's bearing plants. The bed
then may be harrowed and cross har
rowed, to level and pulverise the soil.
A narrow float, drag or roller, passed
between the rows will greatly aid In
conserving moisture.
Cultivating Corn.
Keep the cultivator going in the
corn until out In tassel. But shallow
toward the last, please! About two
Inches deep Is light. Muzzle the
horses and they'll work better.
COTTONSEED MEAL FOR EGGS
Substitute for Beef Scrape Should Bs
Kept Before Hens All the Tims
in I Self-Feeder.
(By F. C. HAKE, Clemkon Agricultural
College.)
A dry mash for winter egg produc
tion in which cottonseed meal is used
as a substitute for beef scraps to sup
ply protein is made up as follows: (
Cottonseed meal 100 poundf
Corn meal 60 pounds.
Ground oats 50 pounds
Wheat bran 60 pounds
Wheat Bhprts 60 pounds
Ground lime rock 18 pounds
Ground charcoal . .........12 pounds
Salt '2 pounds
Keep it In the house before the hens
all the time In a self-feeder, or In a
low, flat box covered with slats 6r
wire netting so the hens cannot scratch,
it out The ground lime reck Is fer
tiliser lime, . not the' burnt lime. used
for whitewashing. Te ground char
coal can, be. left. out. if. it cannot ",
readily obtained, but always add the
sit' ' " '
' TbJs mash contains from 18 to SO
per cent protein, which' make It' it
food for egg production equal to the
most expensive commercial egg
mashes. It requires several days for
the hens to become sccustomed to this
mash, but they soon develop a: fond
ness for it and eat it greedily.' . "...
VINE PRUNING IN THE SOUTH
Proper Time to Work on Grapes Is in
Spring, Just Before Growth Starts
Leaves 8top Bleeding.
(By C. af, 8CHTJLTZ.)
In the South the only time to prune
the ordinary grapes Is Just before
growth starts in the spring. Then
the leaves will soon stop the bleeding.
One spring in North Carolina tbe
weather turned hot the first of March
and the vines that had been pruned
In the fall made shoots six inches long
while those that had not been pruned
hardly swelled the buds.
The last week in the month the
mercury suddenly fell with a norther
to 20 degrees above zero and the
, "hooU oa the Pruned vines were fro-
Mn- ter "l free" Pned my
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STANDING OF CONTESTANTS
(Continued from page 1.)
. District No. 1
District No. 1 comprises all the ter
ritory west of the Norfolk-Southern,
and Southern railroads, including all
of Asheboro.
Asheboro.
Mrs. J. Bart Robbing 951,000
Asheboro Route 2
R. J. Pierse 942,800
Trinity
Miss Maud Phillips 465,400
Miss Daisy Jordan 170,800
Caraway Route 2
Mrs. Clarence C. Ridge 43,500
Mechanic .
Miss Ina Ellington 29,100
Trinity Route 1
Miss Letha Royals 278,000
Salem Church
Mrs. Lee Kearns 555,000
Eleazer
Mrs. G. E. Carter 133,600
New Hope Academy
Mrs. Jesse Luther 8,500
Pipe
Miss Jennie Lassker 10,000
Randleman Route 3
Miss Angie Speneer ' 16,200
District No. 2
District No. 2 comprises all ef Ran
dolph eounty east of the Norfolk-
Southern, and Southern railroads with
the exception of Ashcbere.
Randleman
Mtsis Hannah Johnson 946,200
Ramseur
Mies Elise Grimes 940,100
Kanoy
Mifs Rosa Owen 646,000
Seagrove Route 1
Miss Hester Stuart 924,800
Franklinville
Mr H B Buie 925,300
Erect .
Miss Alma Leach 91,200
Climax Route 1
Mr Boyd Barker 113,000
Seagrove
Miss Bertha M Luck 100.000
Cedar Falls
Miss Eunice Wrenn 18.800
Asheboro Route 1
Miss Essie Cox 36,400
Miss Sudie Brown 9,000
Randleman Route 1
Miss Claudia,Frazier , ', ., 15,200
. Coles Store
Miss Sue Lambert , . 33.600
High Point Eoste 3
Miss Lola Shelly 21,000
Drown
Miss Grace Brown ' ' 2 WOO
' Julian
Miss Hester1 Patterson 13.600
District U. 3 : '
District No; 3 compuses all the ter
ritory outsido df 'Randolph soscty. '
High Point
Mrs W H Dewdy " 712,500!
Miss Carrie Lowe . 65,000
Miss Elsie Sink - v 10,600
Jerry Thurber, R 3, 25,000
. . Deatoav 'i
Mr. Frank Surratt ': ' 25,000
': Siler City ' -!
Miss Hazel McAdams 24,800
Mt. Gilead
Mv J. A. Lisk 22,300
Thomasville . j
Mr. Julias Bailey . 16,200
Capelaia
Miss Mabel Chisholm 21,200
FruiLiaud Institute Endorses the York Piano.
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Notice that Dr.' Brown did not base lis opinion on the
appearance of the York Piano. He bows what tie Ycrk
Piano is because of what it has done csder severe con
ditions at Frnithnd. It is a piano that gives perfect
satisfaction.
Remember Mr. Hammer selected k the York Piano for
the Courier contest oyer all competition.
Yon can hare a York Piano in your home, church or
school under very reasonable conditions if yea Write or
call at once.
A. N. CULLOM, Factory
. , ASHEBORO, N. C.
BUSINESS BUILDERS
YouH find a new Tine ef shirt, la
latest styles for men said boys at tU
Wood Cash Clothing Co.
G09D FARM HORSE FOR SALlC
Price reasonable. Address
Asheboro, N. 5.
JUST RECEIVED A barrel ef dry
batteries fresh from the factory. Ihe
kind you have bees looking for. Regig.
ter 30 to 35. Riverside Telephone Co
Ramseur, N. C.
FOR SALE 94 art-rti rn4
land 2 miles from Hoffman nn . j
ed road leading to Rockingham. Near
graaea scnooi ana cnuscn. Write or
see J. Rufus Richaedsos, Seagaove N
& 021-2t '
Sympheny Lawa.Stasioaeny finest
quality boxes and ponnd packages
with envelopes to match, white And
blue Standard Drug Co.
We have two -or three new Fords
for sale. Get yours while you can.
Tin demand is greater than the sv.p
ply ASHEBORO MOTOR CAR CO.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
Flower Bulbs
Remember now n the rrrae to plant
your fall bulbs. Ask us we have the
fresh Narcissus, Hyacinth, and Daffo
dil Bulbs ready fdr you.
THE ASHEBORO DRUG COMPANY
Automobiles
FOR SALE OR TRADE
One 5-passenger Ford for $250.00.
One 5-passenger 1915 model Ford
touring car, only been run 2 months,
good as new, for $375.00. Cash or
terms.
E. G. MORRIS
Asheboro, N. C.
Dealer' in new and second hand au
tomobiles.
Ether
Mrs. FJi Freemen . . -8,500
Spies
Miss Nora Baldwin. 68,100
Eiscoe
Miss Nannie AsbeU " 19,000
Miss Ethel Monroe 6,000
Biscoe Route 1
Miss Lillie Maness 10,500
Eagle Springs
Hiss Annie Stutts 16.000
Miss Emily. Bowd - 18.100
Candor
Mrs. Emma McCaskell ' 12.000
Miss Myrtle Seawell ceo
: Troy
Mr. Coy Bell 15.200
GrecnaboTM
Hiss Ulah Glaoyow 21,600
; Wohave three Yrk Piano at
FniitlanH Tnof itt : rr
dersonville, N. C, and they hare
given uoo satisfaction that I,
have .instructed two other sohoola
f OUT :ftvn0rh tn mmriaaA ' alia
York. ' .... 4 ..,
I wish to add farther that my
business relatiena with the Wea
rer Organ and Piano Co. hare
been pleasant and gatigfaetorv .
A. E. BROWN, D. P., "Aaheville, N. C.
Supt Mountain School Department
Home Missien Board
Southern Baptiat Convention.
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