North Carolina Newspapers

1 -X EBORO CQU issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year VOL. XXIX. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1904. 3E i 'l 1 I fl r S Bryaat, President . H.Cole, Cashier . 56 Da-iik of Randlema-n, Randlematx N C Capital paid in, Protection to depositors. $20,000 40.000 Directors: S. O. Ncwhn, A. N. Bulla, W. T. Bryant, C. L. Lindscy, N. N. Ncwlin, J. H. Colo. S. Btyant H 0 Barker and W K Harwell. BR1TTAIN & GRUQSON, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Aaheboro, - North Carolina. T3RACTIC In tticetMirta ol ! Randolph w'OwJj &ujtSLvtSSSi taSiol all Mad.. HAMMER & 8PENCE, Attorneys - at - Law E. IWIOFFITT, Attorney - at - Law, ASHEBORO, N. C. O.L. SAP?, Attorney-at-Law. 'reevteo la BUt ana Fd.rl Ooarto OorporeUoa, Ooaaneroial and Pr bat Law. All buaiaata preaa.it.1 ttteniea to. Cut Prices "While you Wait" We lint! we have u grout nruilier of Odd Suits on liiiiul. mul in order to move them at once wo will Cut the Prices. to Suit Your Pocket. For Underwear and every thing nice in Men's ami Boy's Wearables, eome to us "ami save money. THE MERRITT JOHNSON CO Clothiers and Gents' Furn ishers, 308 S. Elm St. Salesmen Tin s. A. Walker, ('has. A. Tucker, Wade II. Stockurd, C C. Johnson, J. V. Morritt. If You Want The Best Laundry Sand Your Laundry to tho Old Rellabts Charlotte Steam Laundry. They are better prepared to do your work right than any Laundry in the State; and do it riyht, too. Ix-ave vour bundles at Wood & Mnrimr'a store. Baskets leaves Tuesdays and returns Fridays. W. A COFFI N. Agent WINTER RESORTS SOUTH UKA !li:i II Y SOUTHERN RAILWAY n,.MUll,U Kl. lin.IOH lir'kcUl t all till' principal raorta " the Smith. twctimiUK OVtnher Tli winter rranrta nl North ami Htiuth Carolina. Ooontta and riorl.la are eiecially liivltliia ui Uvtm In aran-h ol lunUi or i4iur In lh .....n. Atei mirta an IliM-hurst. N C fknulm. Atkcu. nimmm-lllp. S C.. Chiirh-stoii. S.C Aurusta. Havaiiiiah,, Bruii.wh-lt. J;; IT I' ....1 Tl,..t.u.,ill,- on.. Jn,kw.nvlll.-. S' Autruetliw. OibkhuI. Uaytnia. Palm Htwrh, K.'; ulna. Miami an.l Taliil ITa.; ali In r.ru- "I Maawi and Cuba, brat ll via (kaiUierii Ticket on aal un to anil rrirlnilltit: April SO, ISM. limited u rrlnm until May ai, iiw. niythuin lof the ooml"rt ami pleasure of the Ak n carat Ticket AireM l further Informa- Nou and ilecniive literature.. Wood'sSeeds. Twenty-flvo vara prartirai ex- peri-nce, and the fact tlutt we do the I invest businrm i n 8rda in the Southern Ktatca, eaaMea us to supply every requirement in GARDEN AND FARM SEEDS to the rery rxt ad vantage, both as Rarda qtuiiity and prioa. Trackers and Farmert reqtiirinff largo quantities of Seeda am rquetxi to rit for apeoial nrtcra. If yon have not rewHved i eop of WOOD'S 8KKI BOOK fclk,arrltforit. Thera te aot anaatiMr publication anywbera tkat appcoackes It hi Uia aaetul aad aracUcaul latonawUoaj that It f tvaa to SoaUtara tarnwa M (ardeswra. WaaS'a aak U aaaMaf aa mi . Wrna ta Sayt aaa4aaay. T.W.Wittd&SsfiS, Seedsmen, ICIIOCk, VH81IIA. WASHINGTON LETTER. THE NEWS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITOL TERSELY TOLD. Hanna's Death Roosevelt Easy to Beat War in the East Baltimore Fire Secretary Shaw and the Tariff. Price of Cattle anil Bee'. Slt'ctnl c)rrvKimli'ncu Omnvr. Washington, I. C, Feb. !'.', 1004. The politieal complexion of the United States has been i-hutigetl ma terially by iho death of Senator lliinnu. While to the outside world llanna and ltuosevelt were friends, really, the bitterest antagonism ex isted between them. Had Senator Ilanim lived there is no doubt that Mr. Koosevolt would have a very hard time in inning out at the Chicago Convention. As- things stand now it is a thousand-to o.ie that Mr. Koosevolt will bo nom inated and in his nomination the Democratic party will lind a very easy candidate to beat. A pretty good evidence of the way M r. Koose volt switches is demonstrated by a dispatch printed on February 1st in the Chicago Koeonl-IIerahl, a l!e publicau newspaper, signed by Mr. Walter Wellniaii, a veiy prejudiced partisan writer for the Koosevell cli(iie. In this dispatch Mr. Well- man a.hnits with almost t harming frankness that the differences be tween the Koosevolt administration and the Wall Street magnates have been patched tip, thai several of these magnates have recently been entertained bv Mr. Koosevolt at the White House; that they were geiier- ',ly tatislied with the course of af fairs so far as the administiation is oncerned, mid that 'wen the Kocke- fellers aie shoning a disposition to fall into line." Then after savins; that Mr. Koosi- volt was "a pietty good politician," Mr. Wellmati backed up his claim with this interesting statement: "It requires genius of a high order to carry on a little crusauoagaiusi van Street and through it gam immense popularity with the musses of tin people as'the foe of the trusts and then to turn lound and gain the ap proval and possibly the help of a consideiable share of Wall Street it self." Mr. Koosevolt having placed him self on record as a sycophant who comes pleading at the. door of the money power, we nave got to consul- er the man in the IKmociatiu party who is the direct colli iat to I he 1'ivs uleiit. That man is William Ran dolph Hearst. For twenty-one yars, ever since he stalled the San Fian- iseo K.viiuiiier and then crossed the orilineiil to maintain papeis in the Fast, he has been a consistent foe of tne gambling game in Wall Street. lie has opposed tile trusts lairiy. never employing anarchistic meth ods, but reducing his opposition to a business basis as a man naturally would who hits millions of dollars at stake in the commercial world. Two matters have occupied public attention during the past week to the exclusion of politics the war in the Fast and the . Baltimore lire. Both of these events are disastrous to Immunity and niiieh more far reaching in their terrible effects than is generally supiKwed. The enor mous financial loss by tire will have its effect upon the money problem which inny result in hastening , the hard time's that are surely approuch iir, for the withdrawal of money from the usual channels of trade to rebuild the city of Baltimore clm llv comes from the banks and trust companies of New York, w here the principal deposits ot tne insurance companies are used in biock market siieculation. 1 lie war lielween tins sir anu Japan wilt increase toe de mand for some of our products for a time, but ns the belligerents become exhausted it will decrease their abil ity to puiehase and take them years to recuperate from the loss and waste that war entails. Tbeie is a great difference between war in Asia and war iu .Europe, and the popular de lusion that any war will bring in creased demand for our cereal pro ducts and bull the market for wheat and corn, will not lie found 'rue of this Faateru war. Tso large tract of country devoted to agriculture will be devastated in this case, and Kussia can supply her army with bread from her own fields, while the Japa nese exist principally on rice of which a vast store has been laid nr in preparation for the event. Our farmers must not, therefore, expect I to make large protiU from any rapid increase in the price of wheat, which 'would undoubtedly be the case if j F.urope were the battle scene. The most interesting political event of the past week outside of the death ! of Senator H anna, Wis the attempt !of Secretary Shaw- in a Chicago 'speech to retire the tariff and trust i issues from the coming prudential campaign, which be declared had ! passed out of the realm of discussion. I Being the chief adviser of President i Roosevelt on financial and economic 'affairs, what SoceYtury Shaw rays must be taken as the voice of tbe administiation. That the tariff and ! trust issues are tbe principal topics of discussion in most of the states, I and eJpecially in Iowa, the bailiwick from which Secretary Shaw was in jected into tbe national aiena, does I not seem to hare any effect upon the dogmatical politician. That trust prices are at the top notch is ignored bv Seeretarv Shaw, vet Davis' Index ligurrs for February', which had been published a week before reorctary Shaw made bis dn-binilioti, show that the price of ('inuiodilir hud reached the highest, point in two de cades, except in May, l'.ioj. That the turilT fostered the tiiistsanil sui ported those high prices of most of the articles ot general consumption was net considered by Secretary Shaw. Or if he did consider it he purposely evaded the issue, because it was impossible to reply to the Democratic content ion and the clamor of the people for reform. The much heralded legal pro'oedings againt. the beef combine has had a nmst disasii ions effect on the pockets of the fanner and the consumer, for in spite of the injunction to prevent the beef combine from controlling the market for cattle and the whole sale market for beef, the price of cattle has declined nearly liO per cent, and the pr:oo of moat is much greater in proportion to the price cf ttle than lief ore the injunction was obtained. CIIAIM.KS A KDWAKDS. A Japanese Royal Wedding. The rova! wedding of the Crown 1'iiiu e of Japan, some four years ago, was celebrated witii national rejoie- t" writes Florence Fildridge in her article uii Yoshihito, Crown I'rince of Japan, in the Maich Pear sons, lie city ol l ouio was trans formed into a veritable fair ground with a reins of How era, festivals num erous processions, and coiigiatiuaiory 'inbleins. A new postage slump was ssued to commemorate the happy I lav. Thousands of people thronged the streets mid gathered to s.-e the imperial procession pass, standing re- -tin 1 1 y with heads reverently i bowed when the curlee .tppcun-d. The cost nines worn bv the iinpe- lial Initio and bridegroom during the i-reiminv were funliii.ned after the ouii diTses of oTiilmvs ago. The Iress of the Crown I'rince was a ing robe of satisi vein s seven feet i with silken eiiglh, that trailed on the ground behind Mini its he walked, an outer coat of eieiie. inbroidered on sleeves, back ami .east with bis crest. Willi this he Hole a cup ot iiiaen. variusiied ma terial, bound by a lillet of gold, with long streamer of still wire ribbon hanging from the back: this cup was ,ept in place by a light-colored "ilk ord n Inch passing once over the top of the he.i i, was brought down and tied under the chill. Then lie Wanted to Stay. Shortly after the expiration of his term as governor ol iigiuu, (u'li.-r- il Fiuhugh Fee decided to lest f.n a few weeks, and Sehcted Palm lieuell. Florida, :i the place, ex-l'ivsideiit and hu ing also selected thai for a few weeks' sojourn, (ion- oral Lee's emoluments as governor had not been very large, and he was not seeking expensive hostlerv. "Imagine my surprise and cha ?rin," he said, "on arnving late one veiling at Palm Beach, and after ieitering al the hotel, being escort ed with great attention to a suite with this notice on the door: 'The price of these rooms is one hundred lollars per day. "It was too'late for me to attempt to make any change, besides I was ;'ien to understand that the rooms jveif eeeiallv pHpitred for the ex- governor of irgihia. One hundred dollars a d i . Hair that iiiglil I tumbled and tossed, thinking about the price of those rooms and wonder ing where 1 was going to get the monrv. I finally concluded that the only thing left for me tn do wa to quit that hotel without loss ot tune, ns it would certainly be beneath the dignity of an ex-governor of Virginia to ask for anything cheaper than the room especiully assigned to him. Ac cordingly I arose at an early hour, packed my trunk and proceeded to thu oflice. 1 informed the clerk that had changed mv programme, and was obliged to leave on tho next tiain uid that 1 wished my bill at once. " 'Whv, (iovernor'.' exclaimed the clerk, 'vour sudden depaituro will prove a trroat disappointment, as we eipocted you would remain several weeks. 1 itni sorrv, ton, I said, 'mil I must leave on that ten o'clock train." Indeed, ' was sorrv to leave, but there w as that hu id red dollars a day. which I knew I could not pay. "The clerk, however, made no move, and 1 reiterated my request for mv lil'. " 'That's all right,' replied the clerk. 'Mr Flagler left orders, as sism as we heard that vou were com ing, that there was to be no charg. as Ion'' as you remained with us, whether one day or si:i weeks. We are only sorry that you can't re main: Home Marriage at Lumherton Lmnbcrtou, N. ('., Febriniry 1 8. A iltiet home wedding took place this afternoon at live o'clock at the home ,.t Mr. und Mrs. (i. M. bit field, corner of Kighth anil Elm streets, when their daughter, Miss Margaret, was married to Mr. . C Hammond, of Asheboro, X. 2., the bride's pastor, Key. '.. Paris, ofticiat inir. Owing to a recent illness in tin. family no ciicsts werr present. The bnde wore a traveling suit of blue broadcloth with hat to match. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond left, on the 5:30 train for Kan fort), where they will spend some time w ith rel atives, after Inch tney will go to their home iu Ashboro. News and I rott District Passenger Agent, At Observer. 'lanU,Ga. F COLLEGE BURNED. FLAMES BREAK 0LT IN DEAD HOURS OF NI0HT. Pupils Escaped and Part of the Furniture Saved Water Supplylaadequale for Fighting Flames Greens bnro Homes Opened for tbe Homeless Girls. On the morning of February the 1 rth. tire destroyed the historic old (u-eelisboio Female College, the loss aggregating in the neighborhood of $ l.ri,0i 10. The building and contents were insured for .3.",000 for the benefit of the bond holders and this amount will be applied to the bond ed indebtedness of the college ($40, Ooii) when a settlement with the in surance companies is initde. None of the insurance wus held in the Greensboro companies. The lire -was discovered by Miss Mary Harden, n student who occu pied a room on im-j tuna noor oi me t wing at tho rear. When she first saw the lire the flames were bursting through the roof over the music rooms at the rear of the ros trum in the chapel, which is located on the second llonr of the central wing. She gave the alarm, which was Mushed to all parts of the build- , and the eighty or ninety occu pants escaped without injury. The tire alarm was turned in at 'i:i" and the lireiueii responded promptly, but w In n they arrived the Inn. cling was nveloiicd in Haines. 1 wo streams ..f water were turned on the lire from a four-inch main which runs out to the college, but it. wus soon realized tli.it the building would be consum ed. Hundreds of citizens assisted in reiuov mg 1 u nil i lire, trunks and oilier properly, and most of the contents the nr-d and second llo.u.s vv. re tl. Several of the young ladies who hail looms on the third Hour lost their trunks and clot bin;., and a it deal of furniture on this lloor went up in smoke. Ol tne linriy- i.iniejjpiaiios in the college ullj were lest roved except three w hich were removed I -.un t lie parlors. How the lire started is not known. A number of theories have been ad- cod and many people are of the opinion that the building was set on lire, though ot course no proot ol tins is at hand. It is si range that two weeks ago the college caught lire in ibout the same part of the building when the la.t lire started. It n ilso str i'ige that there were no elec tric wiring and no stoves in tnai part of the building. I he board ot trustrees, reproseui r t lie two Methodist F.piscopal Conference of Noith Caiolina and iho Alumine Association meet in (ireensboro Tuesday to arrange for the rebuilding of the college. Gl'ILFORD COUNTY NEWS. ca-l I'utii-.t. The Patriot is pleased to learn that Dr. M F Fox, of Guilford Col lege, bus recovered siillieiciitly from Ins recent injuries to resume his olliee practice High Point has a new roller Hour mill. It was put in operation last week by Messrs. A K Hummer and D S (iiirlt-v. V. A Hammer, an ex perienced miller, is in charge. J P Turner, u white man from Davidson county, was arrested here Saturday on a warrant t barging him with abandonment. W B Palmer, of Itaudolph county, sol.l a load of good tobacco here last week We'gbillg 1,'J."2 p"lllllls for which he received ,f Ul'i.i o, his prices ranging from s to .-f :tT per hundred. Mr J K Brooks, formerly of Chat- hunfTountv, who has traveled the outhein slates the past six years for the. I Van l.indlev Nursery Com pany, died in Burnsvillc. Ala., Sun ,I;IV ailer a l tnori unices. we was a irother of Dr J F ami Mr U II Brooks, of this citv, and a brother- in-law of Mr John W Wilborn, of High Point. Mrs Hubert L Steed, w ho lives on Asheboro street near the city limits. was painfully bimied Saturday w bile polishing a Hove Willi some combus tible material. Her clothing took tire at the time, but with commenda ble presence of mind she extinguish ed the llames bv rolling iu the snow- She will be laid up for two or three weeks. A small force is at work between (ireeiislMiro and Spencer making a rade for the Southern's double track. As soon as the weatheropens the force w ill be greatly increased, as tho road between those points is overrun with business and the addi tional trackage facilities are an ab solute necessity. Mr J II Iddings, who was home from Virginia last week, says the work of double traek iiic there has progressed satisfactor ily most all winter, notwithstanding the cold weather. Cheap Seltlers' Tickets. On January 19th. February 2 and U'.lh, March 1st and 15th and April 3rd and 13th, 1904, the Frisco .System i Saint Iaiiiis and San Fran cisco Kailroad) w ill sell reduced rate one-way and round-trip tickets from Atlanta, Birmingham and Memphis to points in Arkansas, Missouri, - i Kansa, Oklahoma and Indian Terri- .tones and lexas. nnten, u rr- fl " l EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. BETTER PAV F0k TEACHERS. Salaries Should be Sufficient to Com maud the Best falent and Make Teaching Profession and Not a Make-Shift. The campaign of education in North Carolina has been for the pur pose of stirring up the people to the impoi tance of educating their child ren. This is a splendid piece of work and Got. Charles B. Aycock and his able coadjutors iu this noble work deserve the commendation of everybody. Enlightenment is the safety of the future and we want to see tho flood-light turned on from the mountains to the sea. The educational campaign is one that ought never to end. There is no necessity to stop to count votes and politics are not in it. Before the campaign goes further, however, there ought to be some propogaudism of tho policy of better pay for the teachers. We want to see the salary of teachers so compensative in North Carolina that it will command the bsst talent and stimulate education as well as stir up the people to their j obligations to educate their chihT- reu. The pay of the teachers ought to j be high enough to induce men and women to make teaching a profes- j sion and not a make-shift. We don't : want to see competent men and wo. men to it(, the school room smir.lv to stay there till some other avenue j opens up a better opportunity to tliem. Positively the poorest paid people, considering their talents, ac quisition, and versatility, not to men tion the tremendous results of their work, are the patient teachers of onr children. Let good pay and better , teachers be a part of the campaign of education in Noith Carolina. j It veenn 111 it (.'nebel-a am nnorlv I i, i,,,,. i u r;t.,i sit. and recently we mentioned in the Star . that in some of the Northwestern i States teachers have got so ,carce . that the public schools had to close until teachers could be had. While! the holiday recess was on the teachers simply hunted up belter paying posi tions. J lie only way to nil their placet was to employ mediocre peo ple or give their jobs to somebody who was out ot employment and on UI teach till they could hnri something better to do. Speaking of 111 niovementfor bet ter puv for teachers, the New York Commercial Advertiser published this item. "Dr K A Winahip, editor of the Journal of Kducatian, has returned from a '.i.iHio mile trip, taken for the purimse of investigating the progross of the movement for the higher pay of school teachers. He reports that Nevada and California stand highest among States, while New York pays the highest salaries in the world. He attributed the general upward trend in part to the unusual scarcity of teachers and the higher cost of liv- I he higher standards now de manded by the States have also done part, and the poorer teachers are weeded out this wav." Wilmington Star. Bombay Items. ( Too late for last week.) Mr Editor I saw in the Coi'ricr, of the 11th inst. a piece from Trinity signed Citizen, on public roads, which caused me to study over tne public roads of New Hope township. The roads of the township are in the best condition they have been in lor t he past ten years. We admit they are a little muddy, caused oy ireez- ingaiid thawing. When winter is over, it the overseers win can in their hands and open out the side ditches and clear out the trunks acioss the roads, we will have as good roads as are in the county. Professor S. T. Ijwsiter and his sister, Miss Dora, of Bombay ltmti t ute, are giviiiR us a first class school. They are good instructors and have the school under good control; yes, tbe ilicipline is fine. Mr Aithur I-ollin is going to Mr J M Henderson's very often of Satur day and Sunday nights, womleii if any of them arc sick. Thos N KussoM.of Farniet, visited in this commiiuitv last week. Mrs Thos L Kusscll is suffering vi ry much with a Tery sore ankle, w Inch w as caused Ifv an absess w Rich came nearly three months ago. She is not able tj walk around mncn. Mr F'.rastus Kearns is eoine to leave this community ou the 15th inst. He has accepted a iiosition with Thos Birkhead, of Hamlet. We regret very much to give F.rasttis up, he is a eood boy and is tun ot iu (iirls of Hamlet lookout Krastus will furnish tou plenty of fun. Mr Alex Steed and E C Spencer, saw mill men were in this comniuu ity on business last Saturday. They are both eood business men and know a nice, first class plank when they see it. Mr S S Kearns, of Salem Church, was in the community on business last week. Thoa Ingram, who is teaching school at Piney Glove, spent Satn day and Sunday with home people. Much success to tbe Cl'KHR. Many man who carries a night key needs a wife to open the door for mm. - MONTGOMERY NEWS. FVi.m the Examiner. Mrs Marvin Bruton, who ivas so terribly burned last Tuesday, the 9'Ji inst. died the loth inst. Thus pass ed out of this world, a kind mother, and an affectionate wife. Mrs () M Wade and Miss Dora Wade spent from Wednesday till Fri day of last week in OeeiiBboio. Miss Iua Pool, who has been teach- ing in Mt (iilead township, finished ! her school last rruiay and is visiting j in town this week. Miss Alice Smith, l man spent Sat urday and Sunday nt home, and re turned to her school near Star Mon day morning. Mrs W A' McDonald, of Kocking ham, after spending several days visiting in town, left for Jackson Springs Monday, wheie she will spend a short time. Trivate citizens i district No 4, McKaj Springs MouutOilead town ship, have donated ten dollars for a rural library and the same with an application,' has been forwarded to the County Superintendent. This is two to he established in a tlioit tune and leaves only four more for this county. We would be glad to see the remaining four takeu at an early date. Miss Nora Bruton, of Wadeville, passed through town last Tuesday on her way to China ('rove, where she accepted a position as bookkeeper and stenographer for the China Crovi Hardware Co. Miss Nora is a most worthy young lady, and we trust she will have pleasant woik in her new location. She was clerk and bouk- keeper for W W Mills at this place for 8"erfl1 ",0."lLs' ulu i"-, tthi,.'.h tm,e ane won t no respect anu conn- 01 " "" mv 111 co",!,c''; The Central Hotel has 1 ee n sold to Mr W L Hurley, the present prop rietor, who will haveexclusiveoharge of it after this. The old Carter mine, three miles north of Troy, after nearly fifty years , inactivity is oei. g re-op -m-a anu " ne MMSrs J '-""". u lomiinsim anu v, a xrm- ro g, rf vrJ U1I1CI1 eilCOUrageil Willi int prospects at present. When the min Wl "J Hjeration it was consid- ?rfU ule Te'" was 'V"""'!1 " Uhor and time was spent in trying J 1 w" )"u efr,M;,s wrr' futile, and .nice that time it has not peeo regarded as extraordinary an, able property. One of the old shafts has been opened up and ore worth from $75 to $150 per ton found in abundance. The ore in sight will furnish a fine stamp mill twelve months. The owners expect to put the mine in operation iu a short time. Mr. Hamilton Writes Again. Central Falls, NI C, F'cbruaiy 22. To The Coi-tiiEii: lUving returned from mv trip south 1 will say to your readers that I am home to slay ns there is no place like home be it ever so humble, especially in bad weather. My trip south was pleasant and profitable, pleasant in meeting my friends, profitable in learning how industri ous the soul hem part of the Slate is becoming. The farmers as well as the cotton buyers are drunk, so to speak, over recent, piices.and future prospect, which I fear will prove detrimental in the end. However, il cannot possib'y be a disadvantage to the raising of corn, wficat and meal throughout this section. Between this and the cotton licit, there are extensive industries now lieing start ed, in the way of fruit growing iu the sand1 hills. I saw lou acres be ing prepared fot peach and grape culture, and I saw- thousands of small trees ready to he set out ae soon as the ground is ready lor tne work. Otheis have already made it a success and are now reaping re wards from their orchards and vine yards that have begur tojbear 1 saw the remains ot one tar kiln that had just been run, where 12C barrels of tar had been caught ami sold at about $4 to $5 per bairel. Mv old friend Capt V F Nlcr is conducting quite an interesting high school for boys and girls at Star. hich is well attendei and worthy of meat ion. The towns along the railroad from Aberdeen to Asheboro, all put on a thi if ty appearance, with their n duatiiea in full blast; lint none exec old Asheboro, where I stopped ft for a near cut home. It mav be said in the beginning, "there is place like home. Hut I am pioiid to say that old Kandolph, wnli her poor blaok jack ridges and rockv hills, is not by any means behind", and if her people will only push the wheel and cultivate the soil, ehe is sure some day to lie in the front rank with a worthy backing. Politics arc looking up now and then all over the south, and it is not hard to find out the choice for the next governor. 1 think Scotland county will lie solid for Glenn, ttohcreon is vet divided, and so u Kichmond. But Glenn v. ill be the choice of thousands w hen it conns to the scratch at the polls. I notice, Mr F.ditor, since my re turn, that the supervisors of public roads have had no Febiuary meeting at the law provided. At least the magistrates of my section have riot been notified of any, and 1 tail learn of any having been held. was resting in hopes of much being done, as the bridge over Deep River at this place is getting dangerous and should be looked after. Tbe magistrates ' of West FrankHnville township put the condition of the bridge before tee commissioners dur ing tbe December meeting, but uo action was taken. ' J. F. Hamilton. WHY JAPAN BEGAN WAR N'.wkhii.I oMctier. Japan exercises a . irt'.ial torato over Korea It d. vol ptoteC .e.l the country, and it is a iialaral Hold for commercial enterprise and indispcii eablu source of food si.;iply. Japan virtually controls all Korean shil pine trade, its merchants control the trallie iu imports and exports, end jap.m C.M,U alu :1i- ;Me buildii railroads in Korea. Japan's control ! is due to propinquity uml to natural conditions, chief among which, next t) nearness, is that the Koreans: ui.d .Japanese speak the same laiiua'.-e. Added to these thing', in 1SUS .Japon guurauteed to Korea that "Ihe do mestic affairs of Korea should re main unaffected by foreign interfer ence," and that Kussia should not meddle with the progress of "com mercial and industrial relations he tween Japan and Korea." Kecentl; Kussia ha-, established, or attempted to establish, a fortified trading post in Nort heraii Korea. Thereiiion Japan considered and no don I t rightly that Kussia had broken ils lKHS pledge, and was trying to get a foothold iu Korea and supplant Japan's power in that country. Japan has had another grievance against Kussia. Manchuria is re garded by Japan as an integral p u t of the Chinese Empiie ami other countries, also regard it. And yel for three years Ktis-ia has continued to occupy it, and Japan believes tiiat Kussia intends to annex Manchuria or to become so poweiful there thai it cannot be dislodged. At this'lime Kussia uiaiulains in Manchuria -Y,it-000 soldiers. The presence of o large an army by the Kus.-iuns in a Chinese province is regarded as a de claration that Manchuria belongs in everything except name to Kinsiu and not to China. It does more tlian thai. :t menaces Iho whole of North China and puts th.it country at. the mercy of Kussia. The Japanese be lieve'that Kussia keeps that larje amy iu .Manchuria not only f. .r tin purpose of dominating Manchuria and North China, hut to I.e ready to march upon Peking whenever the occasion :i.:enieil opportune sueee-s-f nl I v to attack that Chines- city. Japan thinks that Kussiu's massing these troops in Manchuria iu tne Boxer uprising, osu-nsibly t-i protect its railroads and investments, was for the can ving out of its ultimate design of crabbing part of Chum and driving Japan out of Korea, events which vvoiih. destroy the pro gress and prosperity of the island iugdoin. ith such convictions as to Kus a's intent ions. Japan demanded a rittcn pledge of Kussia to wilhdiavv its troops fiom Manchuria an.l hv up to its treaty that binds Kussia to respect the "integrity of tin- Chinese empire and to make no attempt to stabiish fortified trading posts m Korea. Kussia agro.'l or rather in diplo matic language intimated that it would be w illing to bind llsell not tn establish fortified trading posts in Korea if Julian would reeog:;ize Kus sia as ihe paramount power iu Man- biiria. Itiissia ul iu sit .stance: Von shall have Korea if von will recognize luissi s supremacy in Manchuria. But Japan declined to make the trade, muiutsming thai what power it has in Korea is natural and not dependent upon a sunning aimv to uphold, nhile Kussia's stay in .Manchuria is continued onlv bv a very large etanditir army. It savs it needs no help to bold ils supre macy iu Korea, and that liu-ia is honoiabiv bound bv treaty to respect the mtegi ity of t he t hinese einpir hich it i I. leaking bv massing its armv in Mam huria. In the negotia tions, Kussia, instead of direct !i answering Japan's demand,- was pro noeine I his compromise and lP.il ompromisi'. never actually tied in ing. but never indicating that it ould meet what Japan declared must be done unless it was reu.lv for Kussia wished to postpone a final answer as long as ihmmIiIo. II was not ready for war, w hile Japan was prepared befoie it issued llsulti malum. 1 he parleying and counter propositi. .ns of Kussia convinced Ja pan that Kussia would bind itself to nothing that lessened Its hold Manchuria and its strong nosition to strike Korea and China. Japan he- ieves that Kussia intends to exert supremacy in all Northern Asia an that no truce it will make win cause it to give up its determination to be master of Manchuria now, and ulti niately of Korea, and to make China pav it obeisance. And it is liriiiiv convinced that if it would not itself be later confined to its island tern tory and then, perhaps, forced to tight for that alier Kussia lias oi tained in Korea w hat it greatly needs a port that does not liecome i bound, that it must light now. Japan is forcing the war not lie cause it believes it must fight Kussia now or later if it wishes to maintain its power as a nation. It believes it can win victory now but fiurs that ten years later Kussia would be able to crush it. With that belief, it is easy to understand why the whole country was enthusiastic for war and w hy the Japanese are all ready to enlist and to veuture all upon" the f ulcome of war. They believe that national greatness depends upon a present victory. The first encoun ters justify the faith of the Japanese, and most of the civilized world will pray that Japan's army may be lugiiieneu anu inui u niuy m v it,-Urioua. Legal Advertisements. Notice. 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