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VOL. 48 Asheboro, N. C. Thursday, November 11, 1915 No. 47
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE NEXT FEW DAYS?
CONTEST CLOSES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30
ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS TO DO YOUR WIN
NING WORK BIG REWARDS FOR A LITTLE
HONEST EFFORT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO ABOUT IT?
The second section of the last period of the contest
closes next Tuesday night at 9 o'clock p.m. There are
but a few more days to work for the premium ballots that
will be awarded at the close of this section of the contest.
Everv moment is valuable. Not a minute is to be lost if
you win one of these extra vote ballots. There are only
three to a district and the competiton will be closer this
section of the contest than it was in the previous section.
It means something: to your standing to win one of these
premium ballots. It means that are not only the amount
of votes of the premium ballot ahead of your competitor,
but that you have more clubs than your competotor and
therefore more regular votes.
Please Bear In Mind.
There are three districts and there are three extra vote
ballots for each district. The first of these ballots is good
for 350,000 votes, the second 250,000, the third 150,000.
These ballots will be awarded to the contestants securing
and turning in to the contest department the largest
amounts of money before next Tuesday night at 9 o'clock.
No offer could be fairer. You cannot be too sure of win
nine the largest of the premium ballots from your district
Every day the race is getting closer. Some of the candi
dates are snowing unexpected strength and it is hard to
tell who will cet the large premium ballot. There is not a
candidate in the race but who can win this ballot. It mat
ters not how mueh vou have turned in before if you turn
in to the contest department before next Tuesday night
the most money for this section of the contest from your
district you will be awarded the largeit of the ballots.
The other ballots are well worth the effort required to
win them. What are you going to do about it?
What You Should Do.
There are onlv a few more weeks of the contest and it
is to your advantage that you put forth your very best
effort the remaining weeks of the contest A little real
work the next few davs will mean more than dollars and
cents to vou. You can win one of the grand awards if
you will and these are many times worth v the' time and
effort it is necessary- to expend to win them. You cannot
afford to remain idle now the time is too limited and too
Erecious for that. After the close of the contest you will
ave regrets if you miss the prize you had aimed at by
a few votes. You could very easily miss that prize by a
few votes. But you can make the possibility of those re
grets very remote by doing the very best you can the next
lew weeKS and getting every suDscripnon you can possi
bly. Then if you win your prize by only a few votes you
will be glad that you did your very best; if you fail you
will have the consolation of having done your bsst
The Close.
After this section of the contest closes next Tuesday
night there will be but two more weeks of the contest,
Tuesday night, November 30th, has been selected as the
date fox the close. The time is not long, yet the grand
awards can be won or lost during these next few days of
the contest. It is up to you what are you going to do
about it? You can get busy and win if you will or you can
remain idle and lose.
The Prizes.
Would you like to own the Ford touring car? Of course
you would. There is but one way to get it in this contest
and this way. is not diffcult The candidate who at the
close of the contest Tuesday night, November 30, will be
awarded for his or her efforts the Ford hve passenger
tounng car absolutely free.' The only way to have more
votes at the close of the contest than the other candidates
is to get busy and gel more subscriptions. You can do
this by putting forth your very best effort the few remain
ing weeks of the contest and getting more subscriptions
than your competitor. The piano will be awarded the
contestant having at the close of the contest the second
largest number of votes, and so on down the list. The
recipe for getting the most votes and winning these in the
orcjer that they will be awarded is the same. Get busy
me next few weeks and secure a larger vote than your
competitor. You can do this if you will, ft all depends on
j what are you going to do 7
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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
ITEMS OF LIVE NEWS GATHER.
ED FROM OUR EXCHANGES
AND CONDENSED IN BRIEF
FORM FOR BUSY READERS.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
DRIVER LOSES CONTROL MESS-
ERS. G. H. BEAN AND NEWTON
ALLEN INJURED ACCIDENT
OCCURS NEAR SEAGROVE.
FIRE AT HICKORY
Fire causing property loss estimat
d at $100,000 and endangering prop
erty valued at over $1,000,000 com
pletely destroyed the plant of the
Hickory Manufacturing Company at
Hickory Sunday night. An entire city
block was burned over and much was
burned over in addition to the mill.
Brantley C. Hicks', a prominent mer
chant of Louisburg, wied Friday
morning after an illness of mofe than
year.
EDUCATIONAL RALLY AT
LEXINGTON
Fully 10,000 peoplo attended the
educational rally at Lexington last
Friday. This demonstration was the
opening gun of the moonlight cam
paign in the State. Dr. J. Y. Joyner
made the address of the day.
He made a powerful appeal for the
man who had never had a chance.
He enunciated the bad advertisement
the State was getting from the fact
that 14 out of every 100 men in North
Carolina could not read the ballot
their vote.
The Baptist State convention meets
at Charlotte Dec. 6th.
A new $10,000 Methodist church is
under construction at Biscoe.
Thomas A. Edison has been select
ed by Sweden as a recipient of one
of this year's Nobel peace prizes.
The sixth district meeting of the
Improved Order of Red Men at High
Point closed Saturday night. Ex-Gov.
Cole Bleajje, of South Carolina, was
the speaker of the evening.
On his way home from Raleigh
where he had sold cattle, -Louis Craw
ford was held up in the vicinity of
the city by two negroes and robbed
of $68.
A Chinaman convicted in New York
of opium smuggling and serving a
term in the Federal prison in Atlanta
has died of starvaton. He refused to
eat and went nearly two months with
out food.
The Census Bureau estimates that
300,000 babies died in this country
last year, and it is stated that one
half of these deaths was needless,
The nation's corn crop this year
was the most valuable ever grown.
Based on prices paid farmers Novem
ber 1st, it is worth nearly two billion
dollars. In size it is second only to
the record crop of 1912. The pro
dliction was 3,090,509,000 bushels,
The fragments of the body of an
unknown man were found scattered
along the railroad track for a dis
tance of a hundred yards at Thomas
ville Friday morning. There were no
marks for identification.
The Greensboro city commissioners
have passed an ordinance calling for
an election to be held Dec. 14 for the
purpose of voting a bond issue of
$125,000 to be used for the improve
ment of the streets and sewers of the
city.
' Near Wilmington two- negroes tried
to hold up H. M. Hodges, who was
carrying $350 to pay off a construe
tion force. Mr. Hodges knocked one
of them down and drew an unloaded
gun whereupon both fled.
Stefansson, the Canadian govern
ment Arctic explorer, believes that
the newly discovered land in Beaufort
Sea, upon which he planted the Union
Jack in the name of the Dominion, is
very extensive and will add many
thousands of square miles to the ter
ritory of Canada.
Nellie Wyrick, a 1 year old child
was killed at Rudd, eight miles north
of Greensboro, Wednesday morning
by a Southern passenger train.
Dr. Charles E. Taylor, formerl;
president ef Wake Forest College,
aged 74 years, died at his home at
Wake Forest Saturday morning after
an illness that had lasted for several
days.
Private W. L. Dudshek of the Ma
rine Corps was seriously v mnded
and five Haitiens were killed Wednes
day in a fight between a marine pa
trol and natives near Le Trou, Haiti.
Early Friday morning a car loaded
with horses, a part of a circus train,
was struck by a freight train at
High Point and two draft horses were
killed and sixteen others injured.
Seven hundred and fifty boys are
members of the pig clubs in North
Carolina. This represents the number
enrolled in these clubs during- their
first year's existence in the State.
More than 58,000,000 meat animals
were slaughtered in establishments
under Federal meat inspection dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 1,
1915. It is estimated that the total
number of meat animals killed in this
country each year approximates 100,
000,000. Nine hundred Irishmen who intend
ed to sail for New York Saturday
from Liverpool, England, were pre
vented by the steamship company
from taking passage. The steamship
company took the view that able
bodied men should not be permitted
to evade liability to mlitary service
in this manner.
One day last summer a Southern
railway shifting engine struck an au
tomobile at the Conover crossing and
killed two men, Eulon Bridges, of
Cleveland county and J. W. Diggs, of
Lumberton. The suit for damages
was compromised by the Southern
paying the families of the two men
$4,600 each.
FRANKLINYILLE NEWS.
NEW MEAT MARKET CHRYSAN
THEMUM SHOW WELL AT
TENDED PROGRESSIVE
YOUNG PEOPLE
As a result of an automobile acci
dent Tuesday afternoon near J. H.
Spencer's place below Seagrove G. H.
Bean, of Jackson Springs, is seriously
njured internally and Newton Allen,
of High Point, is suffering from sev
eral cuts on his body.
Messrs. C. Cf Muse and Newton Al
len, of High Ijoint, were en route to
Raeford where they were to engage
in a fox hunU Near Seagrove they
took in Mr. G. k. Bean who was walk
ing toward Jackson Springs near
which place he operates a saw mill.
At the time of the accident, which oc
curred almost in front of J. H. Spen
cer's residence below Seagrove, Mr.
Allen was driving the car. He last
comtrol of the car which ran out into
side ditch and then into a wire
fence about fifteen feet from the
road. , The car turned turtle throwing
Messrs. Allen and Muse out and pin
ning Mr. Beaja underneath the car,
Mr. Muse escaped with some slight
bruises and Mr. Allen with a few cuts
on his leg. The car is almost a com
plete wreck. Mr. Bean was. injured
internally. A (passing car carried Mr.
Bean to Seagfove where he is at the
home of Mr. Russell Williams under
medical treatment. Another car
carried Mr. Allen to Star where his
injuries were treated.
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
OUTLINE OF ARMY'S PART IN
PROGRAM TO BE SUBMITTED
TO CONGRESS IN DECEMBER
NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN
BLOCKADE INDEFENSIBLE AND
INEFFECTIVE -GREAT BRITAIN
MUST HEW TO THE LINE
An outline of the army's part in
the national defense program to be
submitted to Congress in December
has been made public by the adminis
tration by Secretary Garrison disclos
ing officially for the first time details
of the plan tennis a great Continen
tal or Citizen army to supplement the
regular establishment.
In brief, it is proposed to increase
the regular army from 108,008, to
141,843 officers and men (changing
the term of enlistment from four
years with the colors and three on
furlough to two years with the colors
and four years on furlough); to or-
ganize a Federal citizen army of
400,000 (to be enlisted 133,000 a year
for three years); to strengthen the
State militia by increased appropria
tions and closer co-operation; and to
spend $20,000,000 a year for four
years on coast defenses and $26,000,
000 . year for four years in the accu
mulation of reserve material for use
by a force of 500,000 men.
Mr. Garrison says that the fram-
ers of the new policy are fully con
scious of the possibility of formulat
ing military policies much better In
theory,' but that "after concentrated
consideration of existing legal and
other conditions they think it will
be found that almost insuperr.ble ob
jections and difficulties arise in car
rying into practical operation sug
gestions that from the military stand
point might otherwise be very accept
able. The statement reveals that in the
preparation of their plans, War De
partment officials have called into
consultation specialists in various
lines of private industry.
Rev. J. T. Rogers preached his last
sermon at the M. E. church Sunday
evening for the conference year. Mr.
Rogers is an excellent preacher and
is very popular with our people and
it is the wish of our people that con
ference return him not only for an
other year but the full time limit.
Mr. Oliver York has bought Eli
Williamson's house and lot on Persim
mon Creek near G. H. Jones'.
Mr. W. R. Hughes has almost com
pleted his meat market building near
Thomas livery and feed stables and
will be ready in a few days to install
refrigerators and other implements
for conducting a first class market.
A. M. Swaney went to Greensboro
Monday.
Allred Brother have improved the
appearance of their store building by
us of the paint brush.
Messrs. Bruco Weatherty and G. C
Julian, of Pleasant Garden high
school spent Saturday and Sunday at
home.
Mr. T. A. Slack and Master Her
man went to High Point Wednesday,
Mrs. B. H. Cheek, who has been
spending some time with her daughter,
Mrs. John Hicks, at Thomasville, re
turned home last Friday.
J. W. Steele moved his family to
Revolution Cotton Mills Monday. We
are sorry to lose these good people,
The splendid exhibits at the Chrys
anthemum Show and Industrial Fair
Saturday and Saturday n'ght were
very much appreciated by a large con
course of people who speak in highest
terms of the efforts of the Ladies'
Aid Society who are already planning
for a better one next year.
Mr. Gile Smith is at Cedar Falls
this week, where he has a contract for
doing a lot of brick work.
Mr. A. V. Marley has bought the
Culbertson residence on Progressive
street -from Hugh -Parks, Jr and will
move his family to it in the near
future.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Campbell, Miss
Pane, Mrs. Webster and Miss Buie
of Greensboro, attended the Chrysan
themum Show Saturday night.
Messrs. Clate Moon, Tom Patterson
Theodore Kinney and Henry Kivett
spent Sunday at Greensboro.
We are glad to see that our peo
pie are not only interested in raising
beautiful flowers to perfection but are
very much interested in raising some
thing to eat, such as pork, lard, fine
poultry, and many own their own
milch cows and make their own milk
and butter, and gardens where all
manner of delicious vegetables are
produced. Even some of our young
girls are taking an active part in th
work, and we especially wish to men
tion Miss Vannie Ausley, whose gar
den and vegetables the past season
can hardly be surpassed and who has
introduced a new variety of pumpkin
which promises to be a valuable ad
dition to the vegetable kingdom. It
pays to have a home where you can
board at the same place.
The American note to the British
government on Great Britain's inter
ference with American trade has
been made public. It calls the block
ade of the entente allies "ineffective,
illegal and indefensible" and declares
that the United States cannot "with
complacence suffer further subordi
nation of its rights and interests."
It insists that the relations beween
the United States and Great Britain
be governed not by a policy of ex
pediency but by those established
rules of international conduct to
which Great Britain in the past has
held the United States to account
when the latter nation was a bellig
erent in a struggle for national existence.
Declaring the United States "un
hesitatingly assumes" the task of
championing the integrity of neutral
ghts, the note proclaims that the
American government will devote its
energies to the task, exercising al
ways an impartial attitude.
The body of the note is divided
into 35 points, dealing with all phases
of the contraband question, seizures
and detentions, prior to as well as
after, the so-called blockade was in
stituted, and announces that a sepa
rate communication will be sent soon
dealing particularly with the-- "pro
priety and right of the British gov
ernment to include in their list of
contraband of war certain articles
which have been so included."
HONOR ROLL OF FARMER HIGH
SCHOOL FOR OCTOBER
First grade Inez Trogdon.
Second grade Alvis Stout.
Third grade Friendless Harris,
Mildred Russell, Leah Hammond.
Sixth grade Elsie Cashatt.
Seventh grade Birdie V.'ood.
Eighth grade Justin Cox, Carl
Hammond.
Ninth grade Ernest Slack, Luct'.e
Kearns, Sarah Shaw, Reece Kearns,
Hobson Johnson.
Tenth grade Robt. Hammond, Ida
Myers.
ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMER
ICA PURCHASES BIG WHIT
NEY PLANT
The Aluminum Company of Ameri
ca has taken over ihe entire French
holdings in the hydro-aluminum
plant near Whitney. Transfer of the
property took place last week. It is
understood that the aluminum com
pany will rush work on the plant and
some millions of dollars will be ex
pended.
TRIAL IN ASHEVILLE
Judge B. F. Long a few days ago
handed down his decision refusing
move to New Bern, the suit of H.
Craven of Ridgecrest against Mrs.
Martha A. Munger, of Black Moun
tain and New Bern. The suit is for
approximately fifteen thousand dol
lars for services rendered by Prof,
B. Craven in managing the half mil
lion dollar estate of the defendant for
two years. Prof. Craven was former
ly superintendent of the New Bern
city school, Lut now lives at Ridgi
crest. A strong effort was made by
the defendant to move the case
New Bern and the argument about
was heard by Judge Long in Ashe
ville some time ago. Ex-Judge O,
Guion, of New Bern and Merrick and
Barnard, of Asheville, represented the
defendant. Bruce Craven, of Trinity,
was the sole attorney for the plain
tiff. The case is due to be tried at
the next term of Buncombe county
court.
NEWS AND OBSERVER PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Fire in Raleigh early Saturday
morning destroyed the buildings and
equipment of the News and- Observer,
the printing firm of E. M. Uzzell and
Company, and the annex of the Ral
eigh apartment house, the latter con
taining three stores and a moving
picture show. - -
The loss is estimated at $300,000,
the greater part of which falls upon
the News and Observer and E. M.
Uzzell and Company. The State of
North Carolina lost about $60,000 in
books, records and other forms that
were stored in the printing house of
E. M. Uzzell and Company.
The publication of the News and
Observer will be continued from the
office of the Raleigh Times until the
new home is built and equipped.
FRANK SNIPES AND TWO SONS
UNDER BOND
Frank Snipes, Sr., the notorious
Forsyth blockader, who was r.rrested
recently charged with resisting and
interfering with Revenue Officers
Neeley and Johnson, waived examina
tion when earned before United
States Commissioner Beckerdite, in
Winston-Salem, Thursday after noen
for a preliminary hearing. He was
held under a bond for $10,000 for his
appearance at the December term of
the Federal Court at Greensboro. '
Twelve men and girls lost their lives
Saturday in a f.re that destroyed an
did four-story brick and wooden fac
tory building in the Williamsburg
section of Brooklyn, N. Y. The build
ing was occupied by a candy manu
facturing concern and three olothing
manufacturers. ,
PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON DE- "
FENSE PROGRAM 4
-.; 'tew
President Wilson opfened the admin
istration campaign for its national de
fense program in a comprehensive
and carefully prepared address deliv-'
ered in New York Thursday night at
tlie Manhattan Club banquet. He de
clared solemnly that the United
States had no aggressive purposes
but must be prepared to defend it
self in order to assume "full liberty
and self-government."
The President called up "men of
all shades of political opinion" to
rally to the support of the defense
program. He said it represented "the
best professional and expert opinion
of the country" and gave warning
that "if men differ with me in this
vital matter, I shall ask them to
make it clear how far and in what
way they are interested in making
the permanent interests of the coun
try safe against disturbances."
PRESIDENT QUOTES SCRIPTURE
President Wilsoa finds support in
the Scripture for his policy of nation
al defense and in a letter to Seth
Lowe, of New York, who wrote tlie
President commending him for his
speech before the Manhattan club,
cites the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th
verses of the 3rd chapter of EzekieU
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