North Carolina Newspapers

HEBORO COURIER. Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year NO ?() VOL XXVII. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY JUNE II. I90J. THE BRITTAIN & GREQSON, ATTORNEYSATLAW, Asheboro, - North Carolina, Practice m llii court of Randolph and adjoining counties; in State and Federal Courts, Prompt at tention to business of all kinds, (Civil Pnotic Onlr.) HAMMER & 8PENCE, Attorneys at Law Asheborn, N. C. North of Court Htwe.) Praolioe In all the court E. MOFFITT, Attorney at Law, ASHEBORO, N. C. Phone No. 22. Practice in all the courts. Special attention given to set (lemon of Estates. MtOpficr Nrak Cocut Hoima 0. L. 8AFP, Attorney-at-La w. rmkN to BUM u4 PIral OntH. 0r ratios. Ooaawsial sad Prs bait Lav. All baatatat rsBptlj . Bryant. President J. I. Cole, Caihier UAe Ba.nk of R.andlema.n, Randleman' N. C. wapital paid in, I Protection to depositors. $20,000 40.000 Directors: S. O. Ncwlin, A. N, Bulla. W. T. Brvant. C. L. Lindsov. N. N. Newlin, J. II. Cole, S. Btyaut II O Barker and W K Harwell. If YOU WANT. THE EJEST LAUNDRY Sand your Laundry to Hi Old R-.ll.bU CHARLOTTE STEAM LAUNDRY. They are better prepared to do your work right than any Laundry in me outui; nnu uu it rigui, uiu. Leare your bundles at Wood & Moring'i store, Basket leaves Tues days and rcturns'Fridaya. W. A. COFFIN, Agent. Have you ever rend uny of Swc dcnlioig's works? If not, will yon end me your addict enclosing n stamp or two urn! L will mail yon one of his books free. State whether you want it in English or in Ger man. ADOLF1I ROEDER, fn Cleveland Street, 4-8-1 It. Orange, N.J. Double Daily Trains Carrying- Pallman Steeper. Cafe Can i anc) ana iuir kin Bectrte Lighted Throvghovt BtraiiCUa, flcf4U ass Kaatat City MS Tt u minti I Texas, Oklaksma u4 ItaUa Territories ' ' MB tM fu Wert as Nrtawctt Tin amv Tmtmi wumpmn cat un Deacrlotlm fitsratoM. tlekat af" nal and Ursme ' Uie aiade poa apjutcauos io . W.T. ItMBIM, . , . . . oa .. . . . W. T. SAUNDERS teal Jt lkHtjl essMtftrM j j We have a complete jj ; line of ;j ; Elastic and Hard Rubber Adjustable and ij: jij Double TRUSSES i j With Water, Felt ij and Laid Pads ' ;! ;! to fit all sizes. : ! - Ij; Standard Drug Co. ij Depot SifMt. ! WASHINGTON LETTER. Post Office Frauds and Scandals Hanna and Roosevelt. Hlwcinl CorrcKHi(leiif Courier. Washington, I). C, June 8. The scandal in the Post-Office Depart ment is still holding the boards as tho chief attraction in the nation's capital. It lias grown to such pro portions that some of the Kepubhcun (iDliticians are beginning to gasp and to ask where it will end and who will be the next victim to land in the toils. The outcome of this thing has verified all my predictions uueut he rottenness that would come to the surface, if it were pursued to logicul conclusion. Ever since the return of the Postmaster General, who was paralysed by tho revelations that confronted him, he has been doing his level best tojeover up the nvestigution ana to suppress it. The ton has onlv been scratch ed and the people do not know one-tenth; of the corruption that lies beneath. Mote and bigger scandals are yet to come out involving officials of nigh degree, provided they are not suppressed by the administration It is not likely that the whole truth will ever be known, for even if a congressional investigation were or dered it would be iu the hands of the Republicans who are interested in suppressing the facts that could lie uncovered. The railway mail service offers a fine field for exploration, and i some or the reports are true that are openly talked in, Washington, the worst scandal by tar lias not yet been developed. The Star Route fruuds, of malodorous memory, would iwver have been unearthed, if Democratic Congress had not been elected and the whole truth about present conditions will lie concealed until the voters conclude to give the Democrats the opportunity to clean out the Augean stables. Fraud and corruption arc rarely uncovered by tne political triends ot those guilty of the crimes. Aside from this there many congressman either directly or indirectly involved that rent pressure will he brougliton the onest men to let up for "the good of the party." The truth will be brought out only bv the intervention ot Democratic luvestigtitors. The people know how to get them if they want them. The manner in which clerk Oil mer was reduced in salary and placed in such a position that he could no longer stick his inquisitive nose into the business ot some high officials who were interested in a graft, will be a lesson to other government clerks to keep their eyes and ears closed. They must never see or hear anything that is crooked. That is peculiarly a Republican method of teaching honesty m public oflice. J he 1'ostmaster General "regrets to report" that one of the assistant attorneys in his department has been arrested for boodling. It is also sad lo relate that the prisoner charged with the crime is a got! Republican mid was vouched for by that good and great man, Senator Fairbanks. he good State of Indiana srems to be furnishing more than her share of these patriot! for pelf discovered in the post-office scandals. The Hepnblican post-onice stew is getting thicker by the addition of new ingredients almost every day. It is now reported that a Jnited States Senator is mixed up in a charge of boodling in the interest of one of the get-rich-qmck concerns, for which he used his influence with the department. Evidently this is what the Republicans call "running the government and the country on a business basis." The manner in which Mark Han na dttftly placed President Roosevelt hole the other day is causing amusement here among Democrats and consternation among some of the administration Republicans. The very next day after the President had issued his official statement that he had never asked any man for help to be nominated, Mark Ilanna comes ont with the statement that the President telegraphed him that he wanted Chios indorsement, and thereby causes him to withdraw all further opposition to such a move by the Uhio state convention. Hitherto no President has made such an open bid for votes, but precedent seems to have no charm for Roosevelt and be no check to hit remarkable method of doinir thiners. A citizen of New York, albeit be is President, cictat- ing to the leaders of another state concerning "their political action is a new move in politics, and the implied thieU that he would consider as enemies those who did not forward his ambition is much below the high plane upon which the President of the United State should stand. What is the meaning of this anxiety to secure delegate to long in advance of the national convention? Public opinion may endorse this open and unseemly tight that Koosevelt it making, bnt hitherto it ha stamped it disapproval of official interfer ence with the free will of the voters. Bv this action on the nart oi Room- veit, all Federal officials are virtually invited, if not ordered, to take an active interest in securing delegates for their chief or be considered persona non grata and outside the pale of hit esteem. If Senator Ilan na had called on all the Federal officers who are nnder obligation! to him, to rally to hit standard, what a bowl would there have been, my countrymen. . That would have been called coercion. The President's action it limply the "eccentricity of genius." Xo wonder Hanna it in a satisfied frame of mind over the tarn of affair; he ha forced the Prvai- dent to throw the ethics of Civil Service Reform to the four wind. And yet, we are told that such didoes are making the President e tremely popular. Well, let it go at that. The Republican programme for any political legislation uud adjourn in May. there is to be no tariff trust legislation, but a financial bill is to be passed. J. Jits certainly not a strenuous programme. Pe haps this do-nothing policy will pre. vail and then again perhaps it won So long as trust prices and starv tion wages are the order of the day the Democrats are not going to let up in their endeavors to get at the trust-conti oiled schedules in the Dingley bill. The Republican ma jority ic tho ucxt Congress will be about thirty, and if sixteen reculci trant Republicans join with the Democrats some of the trust-shelter' ing schedules will go glimmering so iar as tne House is concerned, and when the bill strikes the Senate there will be tariff music in the air to which the Republicans will bo com pelted to dance far into the summer lhe Democrats will have som lead ership in the next Congress, and tnere will lie something doing from the very minute the extra session meets in JNovember. Murk the pre diction. CHARLES A. EDWARDS. Stale Senator Thayer. N. M. Thayer was born in Mont goinory county in 1K45. This makes the Senator from Montgomery fifty eight years old, and he doesn't look it. for twenty years he was survey or of his county mid for two years a commissioner. lie was elected to STATE SKNATOlt TIMYEK. the Senate ot 1903 from the 23rd district, composed of Randolph and Montgomery counties. The president of the Senate named him as chairman of the Public Li brary Committee and as a member of the committees on Insuraucc, rublic Roads, Public Buildings and Grounds and several others. Mr. Thayer advocated the passage of the London Liquor Hill. Cutting Affray. Press Covington, a negro, was lodged in jail here Monday, churged with seriously cutting another negro at Star Sunday. It seems that the two had a difficulty over a lu.or, mid it ended us stilted above. The ounded negro is said to he seriously cut. Troy Examiner. W. D. Siler, Esq. Representative W. I). Siler in the House of Representatives from Chat ham county in 1003, is a lawyer vmg at hiler City, near the itan- olph comity line. He was liorn iu 'liutliam Nov. 25th, 187H, ami was the youngest member of the General Assembly of 19(13. He was educat ed ut the Thompson School at Siler w. n. SII.KH, KSIJ. City and graduated at the University I jaw bcnool. . He served on the following com mittees: Judiciary, Kdu cation, Manufacturing and Lalmr, Counties, Cities and Towns, and Election Laws. He is a Kight of Pythias. Oeorfe Washiaftoa's Happy Escape. How a mail's whole life may lie influenced by a trifling circumstance. Suppose George's father, instead of being a sentimental old cuss, on hearing that his son had been mon keying with edged twls, hail hastily removed him to the seclusion of the wood-shed, and hail then and there with a shingle or other convenient weapon, proceeded to tan that por tion of Georee's anatomy which th British were never permitted to gaze upon. Instead of growing np to be the father of his country, he might have become morose and sullen, and developed into a life insurance solic itor or an advertising agent or a man peddler, or even fallen to greater depths of depravity. The moral of all this is, that on should ever tnve to tell the truth, even at tome oeraonal inconvenience, especially when one ia likely to be found out anyhow. Simeon Ford in Every body a Magazine. . t Nothing tirea one twra than to hoar other boast ot xtmr Honesty. GREAT FLOOD AND CLOUDBURST IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Three Large Cotton Mills and Three gtilroad Bridges Washed Away 60 or More Lives Lost la the Floods Millions of Properfv Destroyed. Owing to the heavy ruins last week early on Saturday morning three large nulls on the 1'ucelot river m S. C. were washed away by a de structive Mood. The loss amounted to at least $ 1 ,2.)0,000. All the mills were washed away in twenty minutes. The mills are neat Spartanburg. The river is 40 feet higher than the usual water level. The mills were swept awny like chaff before the wind. The Pacclnt mills had 5(,00) spindles; the Clifton mills 112,000 spindles; the new Glenilalc mill 30,000 spindles. The three null: nearly 8,000 looms. rour thousand bales of cotton unci 3,500 bales of cloth were swept uwav. At I'acelot the Presbyterian church, mill oflice, mill stores, cot ton gins, grist nulls, black smith shops, and a number of tenament houses were swept away. I he population ot 1 acelot is near 5,000. 1 he river has not u: many years been more than ten or twelvo fi-ot high, this year it was 40 feet. Three large railroad bridges were washed away. The scene of desola tion was u horrible spectacle. Nxtv null operatives at least Irowned in the Hood. At the Clif- iii mills alone 3,000 pcoi f employment and (i,0)0 people are irectly affected. At Clifton is mills numbers 1 ami and the main offices of the com pany. .Mill nuinliiT :) is at Converse, mile below. All the cotton was lost us was also he cloth anil products of tlx- mills and fid homes ami a large iiiiiiiIh-i' of nit houses. Stale Senator J. T. .lohnsim, of piirtiiuliiirg county, has gone to asningion io iisk mil or ine rrcsi- nt. Trains were stopped the Sonth be several m Railway ami it wil lavs before the trains can pass over he main line of the Southern from Charlotte to Atlanta. Chas. T. Luther, Esq. (.'has. T. Luther, Ksu., was tin- prcsentutivo from Montgomery in House of the General Assembly f 1903. He served us chairman of Democratic executive committee Montgomery county in the great campaigns ot 1WH ami 1900. .Mr. Luther was educated in the CHAS. T. I.I'TII Kit, KSy. gh schools of this state and South arolinii. He read law under J. R. air, Esq., of Trov, and afterwards the Stuti' University, and was ait tted to the bar in 1S98, forming a partnorsliipwitliJ.il. Blair. Esq., iiinlcr the firm name ot Itluir & uthor, ut Troy, N. C. He eras iru July 14th, 18T4, in Montgoni- rv countv. He is u rreshvtoriun, a asoii, and a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. Mr. Luther served ns a member of the committee on Judiciary, Corpo rations, Education, Appropriations, Expenditures of the House, Insane, Blind Institutions, Justices of the Peace. He is a good looking bachelor, and the alsive picture, the ladies shv, loos him an injustice in personal ipcarancc. Governor's Reason for Pantonine Ros- coe Marrow. Governor Aycock has pardoned Roscoe Murrow, who was convicts! of criminal knowledge of his cousin, a little girl nnder 14 years, and was sentenced to 7 years on the publi;- roads. The Governor assigns the follow ing reasons for his pardon: "The prisoner is pardoned at t he reoiiest of more than 3,000 citizens of Randolph and Guilford conmies, and npon the certificate of physicians that hi health has been greatly im paired by imprisonment, and that longer confinement would result in hi death. The doctor makes affi davit that the prisoner is a wreck: that he ha disease of the heart which incapacitates him for work, the heart being greatly enlarged. He ha been almost entirely blind in oi.e eye, while the vision in the other is greatly impaired. The crime of which he stands convicted is a horri ble one and justly deserve theseve est pnnishment, but it is notbelievod that either justice or public opinii i. remiires the death penalty in tuis case, and it appears certain thai longer confinement will lead to this result. It also appear that the of fense was committed several yea.'i before indictment, and that he was not indicted until after hit marriage. Hit conviction and imprisonment have wrecked his young and iono- 1 cent wife, who, frets' a strong. healthy woman bat bet reduced by snnenng v omj ov puunus. Gold in Montgomery. The recent discoveries of sold in tins county nre exciting the miners considerably, and bringing I hem to this county. Titles of real es tate in those sections w h i c h gold is known to exist, are constantly changing, and some of the apparently worthless land brums a fancy price. We are glad to sec northern capital come tins way. ami hope it will continue to conn", as it docs more toward developing u sec tion tlinii anvtliine else. Every in ducement should be offered that will bring money into this section to In invested. Troy Examiner. Robbers Got $609.00. The postofliec safe at Thoinusville was blown open on last Wennesdny night and $10 in cash and $459 in stamps were taken. The postmaster, C M Hoover, had $500 insurance on safe ind contents. Rev. D. I. Offman. .Mr. Offman was elected a member of tho House of Representatives 1902. He was born in New Market. irginni, in 1804. He was edmiitwi at the New Market Poivtcchnic In- titute and taught school for four yeius iu Virginia. He entered the ministry in issu. He has taught one or two years, or probably more, in inu piionu senoois since coming to this State. He lived at Mclaiichtlion, in this county, until since the adjournment of the General Assembly, when he moved to China Grove, in Rowan, to accept the pastorate of a Lutheran charge. He is one of four ministers who has been elected to tho House HKV. P. I. OFFMAN. since the war. The first wiis Rev. 11. T. Moflitt, of tho ChriHl church, in 18T2; the second Rev. M. L. ro, of the Lutheran church, who was also a physician of line abil ity, in 1870; Rev. A. M. Lowe, as a member of the Constitutional Con vention in 1S75. Like Mr. Brittain, ho was likewise a useful ineinliei and made a faith ful one. He was appointed on the Commit tees on Claims, Kducation, Enrolled Bills, Libraries, Oyster Interests, Deaf, Dumb and Blind, and Print ing. .Mr. Offimiu ran a printing oflice near Liberty, Randolph coun ty, for about four years. Representative J. T. Brittain. Mr. Brittain was bom near Oak Ridge in lsiii. Ho was educated in the public schools and at Ouk Ridge Institute. In 1SS0 he married Miss Virginia Lamer, of Guilford. They have live children. Ho was licensed to practise law in 1SS, having studied law in the Dick & Dillnrd Liw School at Greensboro. Mr. Brittain is a member of the Presby terian church of Asheboro. Mr. IIlMiFKNTATIVK .1. T. IIKITTAIN. Bi itt-r.n was elected to the House of Representatives in 1900 and again by an increased majority in 1902. 1 l.irins the last session he was ci.aiiuian of the Committee on Inter nal Improvements and a member of ti,e Committees on Judiciary, Coun ties, Cities and Tow ns, Salaries mid Fees and Claims. Anli-ssloon League. "There are only forty counties in North Carolina," says editor J W Bailey, of the Biblical Recorder, vin w iiicfi liquor mav be sold and it will be easy to carry four-fifths of these ti.il year against saloons if the pco- p.e w ill organize. Liquor is sold il legally in many of the counties, and there should be organizations in them for the purpose of suppressing Hind tiger. The Anti-Saloon Ljague will not stop with righting the saloon, but will go right on and make war on the blind tigers. It aU,Ucisos itself to the monster drink evil in all its forms. The leagues nunc into existence, therefore, not iora summer' campaign, but for a pcvuiancht mission. A writer in Home and Farm says the if yon will bnil cedar twigs so as to make a strong tea and sprinkle, after it ha cooled, yonr potato vine two or three times with this mixture potato bugs will be routed. SAM JONES' LETTER. Allimlii .limniiil. 1 spent last Sabbath at Villa Rica, tui., preaching the commencement sermon of tho Villa Rica city school. 1 was interested in the great crowd that gathered there, and preached to them twice, morning and afternoon. Villa liicn is a thriving town of n most splendid citizenship. Respect able, ki idly folk they are. 1 cer tainly enjoyed the day there, and loft Allunlii lust Monday morning en route to Mobile. Our train had twelve coaches unci sleepers tilled with old soldiers en route to New Orleans. I was charm ed with the spirit of the old Confeds. They were jovial, cheerful, happv old fellows, on their way, some of them perhaps, to the last reunion they will ever attend. While it has not been my privilege to attend one! ot their annual reunions, I have al ways read with interest the proceed ings and reports. 1 notice with sorrow the illness of General Gordon. He is the living lion, the greatest Confederate soldier living. A lion in war and as gentle iu spirit us u lamb in peace, but af ter all his gieat head and heart and noblf character make him but a rep resentative of a cause and of com rades of what has been called "the lost cause." - Hut no cause ever fought for by such an army and bv such men was over lost, Thev lost a point, maybe, but thev never lost their cause. 1 he chivalry, the man hood, the courage of Lee's and John son's armies will shed luster and be itieath character to humanity as long as history is read ana memory hold its place. J-orty years has passed since the last gun of the war between th States whs fired and after 40 years of reflection no Confederate soldier con cedes to any other soldier or any oilier army or any other cause a deeper sense of right and more con scientious adhoraucc to convictions than those which belonged to him. When it was suggested ut the re union of the blue and gray iu Atlan ta bv one of the speakers that south ern histories ought to teach that the parents of southern children were wrong in the war between the States, General Gordon arose to the occason and replied by saying: "Me tench my children that their father was wrong? As soon would I," said he, "write dishonor on my sainted mother's grave. Because u larger brother w hipped a smaller brother is that evidence that the big brother was right and the smaller brother was w rong?" said lie. And Yankee doo dle are beginning to concede some tiling!-, that thev strenuously denied bot'ore. But one by one the heroes fall by the wayside, and scarcely do we pick up u daily paper but what we see re ported the death of some noble old Confederate. Hurriedly thev will pass awav in the days to come, for they are all now grav-headed old men ind must soon puv the debt of na ture and go to their reward. Thous ands of them are God-f curing men, and they will reap the reward of ternal life ami happiness. "So mote it be w ith all of them. In the sleeper in w inch 1 rode the South Carolina deb-nation was on board. ujoved their nenuaihtaiicosliips mil had much fun with them. Four f them got out n deck of cauls and began to plav whist, and 1 said, Hello, w hat does this mean, mem bers of the church playing cards?" Tin y replied, "Yes, thev didn't see anv harm in whist, do von Brother ones?" '.Well," I said "maybe it ! no hui in for the Lord's chiliun to lav together.'' I said "one Metho dist, two Lutherans, and what is the tber.' I hey replied, "he is not a member of anv church.' Then 1 aid, "stop this game, it is wrong for the Lord's chiliun to plav with the levil's chiliun," and very soon thev topped. I fold the Methodist broth er 1 did not know how it would be ith the Lutherans, but that a Met li list would lose his religion accord ing to his ow n creed, and 1 said to all of them, "Gentlemen, my advice vou is not to die uwav from home, for the average member of the church bettor man at home than he is when he gets uwav." There was some beer and maybe a little led liquor on board the tram that day, but there was no drunkenness or de bauchery. It is painful, indeed, to see a young ma u drink, nut it is a ilamity to see an old man tanked up on beer or whiskuy. It is as un sightly a sight as my eyes behold. 1 notice in passing out towards tne locution of the new union station that the old buildings are coining down. It will lie a glad day to the travelling public and to the citizens of Atlanta wJieu the great new union station is finished. The inconveni- nces of the old and the magnificent conveniences of the new station can not be appreciated until the new sta tion is 0en for business. ith the wish that it mav be com pleted in the near future, I am one of the travelling public. .nam I . JONES. "The postmaster-general has dec ided that a husband has no right to receive mail addressed to his wife and open her letters against her pro test" Now for an "even up" by, u decision from some competent authority that a woman has no right to go through her husband's pockets. Ex. It may be true that Senator Uauna doe not want the presidency. It may also be true that Mr. Hanna doe not want, any man to be presi dent who it not bound hand and foot to the Ohio bos. History it apt to repeat itself and the future cm only be judged by Uyj pant 3 BARGAINS AT WORTHVILLE! And the people are liiidiny; it out from the v H. A. Hoffitt & Co. are selling the tfoods since they bought out THE WORTH STORE We ura well aware of the fact that big price.- will nol do in these times, when even the wealthy cannot afford to waste their money and the poor require double duty of every dollar and every peiu.v. Who can tell the waste of money when vou act .your "nods of houses that buv and sell on long time? Compare our pi ices below wilh I hose of other hatiscs w here you hae been buying sunn- go.ids: Good Calico, worth To. for 6c. yd. Colored Lawn, worth 10c for 5e per yd. White Law n worth ! 5c for loo vd. Bleaching worth 10c for He yd. Ratter & Cos. Oil Cloth worth 25c for 15e yd. Apron Gingiiains worth Tc for 5c yd. Black Dress Goods from 15c to . 1. (in per yd. Open and Shut Fans worth 5c for 2c. White Shirt Waist Goods from S, to 15c. Ladies' Parasols from oil to $130. We keep in stock all kinds of Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Fund I lire, Mens mil Hovs' Cluthing, Hardware, First-class (inn-cries, and, in fact, almost an; tiling usually Kept iu lirst-cluss General Stores. We invite an early ami repeated visit ami inspection. F.verybody invited Kwrvbody welcome H. A. Moff itt & Co. "Ceeapest Store on the River." Worlhville, N. C. Successors to Worth Store Co. gOf Moneu Saved! BY BUYING YOVR DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, GENTS FURNISHINGS, FURNITURE, &C, &C, of WO () I) & M O I Largest stock to select from and prices that are sure to catch those seeking bargains. We've Got Just Stacks of NEW GOODS of every description and of the very latest styles, and when you want a new dress, new hat, new suit of clothes, a new pair of shoes, or anything else that ts up to date, why pst go to see Style Originators. WOOD & MORING. New Goods! WE ARE pleased to announce to our friends and customers that have the latest and most exquisite styles in white goods, lawns, dimities, and dainty shades in dress goods fabrics are now awaiting your inspection. Our large as sortment will convince you that we are leaders in dress goods. Gents Department! OUR CLOTHING counters are laden with rare bargains, and we can fit you out spic and span in a new suit, shoes, hat, etc. All the styles in shirts, collars and neckties at prices to command a purchase. Come to see us. BARGAINS! WE ARE lose Our Clothing, as we Haven't Room to Carry it. You can sec u iv some good bargains iu Clothing, 'Shoe anything kept in a general store. We mean just what w closinir out oi'r Clothing aliout 9n sails. Come in and be Youis to please, Phone 42. RIDGE, DICKENS & COMPANY D. M. OSBORNE & CO. T5he Largest Independent Manufacturers of Harvesters and Binders In the World. J. H. CO. 1 X (1. .Miller ft Wood. GOING TO u t d iiifact . We inced are BURGESS, Agent, fS anise ur, N.C,