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VOL XXIX.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY MARCH 17th, 1904.
No. 11.
BRITTA1N & GREGSON,
ATTORNEYSATLA.W,
Asheboro, - North Carolina.
HAMMER & SPENCE,
Attorneys - at Law
BACT1('E In til the Court..
North o! Court Uouie, A-uii-boto, N.
E. M OFF ITT,
Attorney - at Law,
ASHEBORO, N. C,
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1 Hay ti and 1
I Santo.... I
I Domingo.
Since we have taken charge of
the peace, prosperity, and .civiliza
tion of the . world setting ? tip onr
own .standard in every case why
not rim an eagle eye over the de
plorable conditions of Hayti and
Santo Domingo, which are simply
crying ont lor missionary workr
That inland or we should sav conti
nent is much nearer to us tnan
China is. It tranquility la far more
important to our actual welfare and
it is auaoeptible of -conversion into a
maiket worth ten Chinas, twenty
Japanese, and fifty, Bawaiiat? If
there be a garden, apot jon earth it Is
there in that great island, inhabit
ed bv frugal and industrious people,
and governed with wisdoouuid jus
tice, it would become an empire in
the commercial sense at least such
as no similar area elsewhere could
equal or even approach. Why do
we not take tnat lanquishing Uol-
condo under our wing and convert it
into a aural example, and, inciden
tally a sumptuous enyidendr I -
. The Post makes no aecret of its
opinion that we have no divine call
to meddle with foreign' peonies. It
has always seemed to ns that we
might afford to contemplate- the in
feriority and the sufferings of Afis,
Africa, etc., with, at mi as much
Christian resignation as we uumuion
to our support in endur;ig the bar
barism of our own' shmiyod alleys'
here at home.' Nevertheless, since
ardent and altruistic. pojtcy
moves ui to olicitude-oiuctir,!--? UA
tears, ven-4ouchin the 'forlorn
condition el wtipoda Jl Jrho
might, if properly ednctts-deal at
onr shop, there .seems id -be.iio reason
why we should not take an even
deeper interest in nearer laads and
still more abject populations, , and
most important of all large and
riehrr coudition of trade. The
emotional premises are at least equal
weil-infortned person, we assume
will pretend that the moral, social,
and religious environment of the
uhinoae for example is worse than
that of the Haitians and Domini
cans. The . Asiatics worship false
gods and so do the: islsuders or
most of them. Kvangelrcaily srmak-
ing, we can keep an eyen keel. But
when it .comes to plain, ordinary
huckstering, when we are called
upon to cnoose between the two
propositions with reference to tueir
respective value in cold cash, who
will venture to say that Northeas
tern Asia compares with the Ilaiti-
Santo-Domingo continent as a Held
for frugal exploitation?
1 he 1'out has no sentiment in this
matter. e are proud of a policy
of altruism and beneficent interfer
ence, no matter to; what object it
may be applied, but, after all isn t
it more profitable since that is the
real, underlying consideration, all
other .things being equal isn't it
better to rescue populations and ter
ritories which pay $10 per soul on
easy terms, tnan to take chances
with those which, at the outside,
will hardly yield $5? We offer the
tribute of grateful admiration fx) the
general policy. ' We swell with pride
in thinking of the noble and unsel
fish motives which inspire it. We
venture toJpropose, however, that if
benevolent meddlinir will Dar better
in Hayti and Santo Domingo than in
Africa or Asia, our course as unns
tian statesmen and evangelical ped
dlers lies, plain and unmistakable
before us, Haiti and Santo Domingo
present a condition which we could
not contemplate with patience if our
solicitudes were not wastefully dis
tributed. Washington Post.
Heary Grady oa Cotton.
What a roya! plant it is! The
world waits in attendance on its
growth; the shower that falls whis
pering on its leaves is heard around
the earth; the sun that shines on it
is tempered by the prayers of all the
people: the frost 'that chills 'it and
the dew that descends from the stars
are noted and the trespass of a litle
worm en its grfen leal is snort 10
England than the, advance of the
Russian army on her Asian outposts.
It is gold from tha instant it puts
forth its tiny shoots. Ita fibre ia
entreat in jaierjt Asank. and when,
loosing its fleeces to the sun it floats
a sunny banner that glorifies the
fields of the bumble farmer, that
naa is marshaled - under a flag that
will compel 'the allegiance of the
world and wring a anbsidy from
y aattoa Oa earth, it is the
heritage that God arave to this peo
ple forever as their own when he
arched our skies, established oar
mountains, girt us about with the
ooean, loosed the tireews,tefflperu
the soaahtiiaaiai usanrm tnenua
ours and our children's forever; as
nnneelv a talent that ever, came
from His-hand to moral aUward-
ahip."
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, WASHINGTON LETTER.
Democrats and lepibllcsa Mai With Uw
Preiident- Wall , Street Scared
SeasaUea U tie tisace. , -
Special Cor, to lb CourUr,
Washington, D. 0., March 14, '04
Many Democrats as well as Re-
publicans in Congress are ripping
mad at the President of the United
States because he has done something
thut they consider reprehensible, and
this is the - story in brief: ' Several
months ago the President sent two
agents or commissioners to the Ia
dtan Territory to investigate the
stories of corruption and rottenness
down there among the Federal offi
cials. They went, made the investi
gation and reported to the President
through the Secretary of the Inter
ior. Their report has been in the
hands of the President for more than
a month, and some three weeks ago
the House, by resolution, asked the
President for the report. At that
time the Indian appropriation bill
was under consideration, abd the
House wanted some informatics on
the report that there was rottenness
in the Territory. ' Thef got none
Sftd the bill was named hv the Hftnae
nd therj passed by the Senate atnd
has been signed by the rresidcnt.
Now, after the thing has become the
law, the- President sends in the re
port of iis agents 'who investigated
the stories of corruption, and the re
port corroborates every charge that
has been made concerning the Dawes
'Commission and the mea who rep
resent the government in the Indian
Territory. If that repot t bad been
before the House before the Indian
appropriation bill had been passed
ine appropriation continuing me
Dawes Commission Mn existence
would have been- khockei galley
west ' The President, by holding
that report, mis continued the very
men in office who, 'his own agents
say, are corrupt and venal ana snouia
be driven ' from the pnblio service.
The people may draw their own con
clusions. The administration has got the
daylights scared 'out of Wall Street
and the big business interests of the
country because it is going to with
draw the money from the banks of
the country, deposited there by the
government, to pay the ojiera Sonde
republic of Panama for the canal
strip and the French people for the
canal. Everybody seems to be mor-
iany airaiu mar. it win create aucn
a stringency in the money market
that it will precipitate a panic. Xh.
money sharks and trusts are lying
awake nights now' wondering what
will be the next move of the politi
cal aciobat in tbe White House.
Well, thev nut him there, now let
the galled jade wince. Lay on Mac-
Duff !
There was a small sized sensation
in the House last Monday morning
when the committee to investigate
the report of Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow made its report. It
was rumored that not less than 150
of tbe House members were implica
ted in the report as having Violated
the law and there was eeasiderable
doing about""Until' the 'printed re
port was brought into the House.
It was eagerly seized and scanned
with much fear and trembling by
the members until they were satis
fied that they were not in the list of
alleged evil doers. , Those implicat
ed were charged -either with renting
bnildino-s owned bv them to the gov
ernment for postomces, or else that
they bad been instrumental ia get
ting the allowances of the poatoffices
in their districts increased, the in
ference being that they bad done so
with some ulterior motive and not
for the good of tt ervice. This
whole thing ig a case of great cry
and little wool. The members who
have been thus publicly charged by
Mr. Brie tow with violating the law
have only done so technically and
for no" sraft or". loot. Tbey have
simply written to the Postoffice De
partment autnonues wnen appeaicu
to by their constituents or by the
postmasters jn their districts for
greater facilities for handling the
mails. , Many of the cases of increase
have beinn justified by . the increase
of business ia the offices asking for
it and perhapa not one per cent, of
the so-called offenses have been com
mitted with guilty intent The
whole truth of the matter is that the
report was started by the Republican
postal authorities to hide the real
culprits in this disgraceful lust of
loot and distract the attention of the
people of the country from the head
devils and center of- this volcano of
venality. Tbey are trying to do the
cuttlefish act which spews out an
inky stuff to hide from ita enemies.
it will be tne xauit oi toe peopie u
they allow themselves to be hood
winked by this sort of diaphanous
attempt to hide tbe Republican
thieves ia tha department at wasn
ington. Charm A. Ecwabd.
S rising Wrwrf.
OoidtboroAnp-
The oritiotsnt that seeks merely to
tear down and destroy, or that is
launched purely to satisfy the mord
bid. appetite penny sarcDaaar
that thrift may follow falso witness,
a absotateir worthless, ana tne man
who feejs that he would be happier
if he .could destroy something the
usefulness of which fails to appeal
ltd his reason, would do well to
soanh hit mind carefully; ana wane
he i doing this, be ahoald call ia tbe
family doctor. .There it sure ta be
sjemiiiiig wrong with eueh people
eiilMr ia tbe reoeceeaai weir menm
apparatus, or la aowe of the tells tad
uaaH M Iff-i h anatomy;
WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN.
Trait Fata ,ai Mrs. Robert McCrary
' . ef Tjro, Davidioa Ccmtif,
While driving in a buggy aowf
the track of the Southern Railway,
half a mile south of Lin wood on last
's,turday afternoon, Mrs. Robert Mo-
Crary, of Tyro, Davidson county,
was Instantly killed by tbe engine of
the Southern's fast mail tram, No.
07. Her daughter, Miss Lillian Mc
Crary, who was in the buggy with
her, was seriously injured and the
chaw seem to be against her recov
ery. !
Leaving Lin wood the engine
mounted steep grade and had start
ed down a sharp decline. At this
point there is a deep cnt and a carve.
At tbe southern end of the' carve
there is a crossing for
thoroughfare.
The train was running at about
65 miles an hour.
The two women had no thought
of danger. They were driving from
their home to Linwood. where they
intended to visit relatives. Just at
the buggy was fully on the track the
engine whirled round, killing tbe
horse instantly and smashing the
buggy to pieces, ibe engine ran
nearly half . a mile before it could
be stopped. Then the train crew
walked to tbe front of tbe engine
and 'saw a ghastly sight 'lorn,
crashed, mutilated, there lay the
body of tbe mother, outstretched on
the pilot
Mjss McCrary, picked up by the
pilot, aad been carried a hundred
yards and tossed aside. Never for a
moment did abe lose consciousness.
Miss McCrary was taken to the
Whitehead-Stokes Sanitarium. It is
feared that internal injuries were in
flicted, and her condition ia critical.
She ia about 20 years old, and, it is
said, had intended to be married
next month. She was her mother's
only daughter.
Mrs. McCrary is a member of a
family well known and prominent in
Davidson county. She was about 50
years old. Surviving her, in addi
tion to her daughter, are her hus
band and two sons, Mr. Arthur Mc
Crary, ot Winston, and Mr. Lawrence
McCrary, of Atlanta, Ga.
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
VlrgB Jester Lived Several Hoars After
Beloi. Desperately Woanoeri.
One mile nut of High Point on
the old plank road on" last Saturday,!
Virgil Jester, eighteen years old, was
literally torn to pieces by a blast
An instrument in the hands of Will
iam Jester, his father, caused the ac
cident The force of han Is engaged
in macadamizing the roads were
blasting at the bridge on tbe Ashe
boro road near town. A blast was
being prepared by young Jester, but
it did not go off. illiam Jester
and Mi. Steele also prepared two
junk holes. After the explosion
William Jester's father and 8. W.
Down II were enpa?ed in nulling the
wire up to the battery, thinking all
bad gone off, but at the same time
young Jester, thinking it was Jis
blast that had gone off, was at the
hole, when another explosion toox
place. Young Jester was found
near the hole witn bis text teg pin
ioned by a rock weighing one thous
and pounds, hia right arm torn off,
hit back and body torn, one eye
blown out and several holea in his
head and forehead, with the brains
ooiing out in places. Although so
badly wounded Jester murmured
rational remarks. He was brought
to the office of Dr. Stanton herej
about 4 o'clock, when it waa aeen
that it waa hopeless case. Around
him atood hia mother and father in
deepest gloom and sympathy. The
end came at 7:30, some five or six
honrt after the explosion.
A correspondent savs:
One of the nerviest little boys the
writer ever saw ia a youngei brother
of Jester, After the accident it was
Mr 8 W Corroll who first reached
the wounded man and with nerve
that would have failed moat young
btye he helped to gather the torn
and horribly mutilated body of hia
brother and place it in a wagon,
holding the shattered head in nis
lap on the way to tbe doctor's office.
and for three long hours they were
under such circumstances, he stoou
at the head of his brother and gently
soothed his feverish bead aud
strained him from getting np. Stout
brave men wbc viewed the body
could only look for a while, so ghaat-
it was the signu x et wis young
man atood through it all like a little
hern, and was gaxing earnestly and
sympathetically in the eyes of his
beloved nrotoer wnen oisioiuuvb
took place.
Jester, it i said, worked here last
summer oa the Momt-Bcarnoio
Moffitt store.
. Do At Yea Please.
Par your money and take your
choice. If you want to iraue awaj
fnun hnma Too nave a ngnt to QO so.
II you are a raraier ana live near a
town and spend your money in that
town instead of going away off, yo
ooutribnt ta the enhancement of your
owa farm and tbat of others. By
ending your money away from town
you are helping to build up elae
rlun and aidinw in tearing down at
home. There is oaly one thing that
willamkea town prosperous aaa
that ie business.
One offer ot Thi Ccuaixt aid
Farra Life both one year for only
ont 5-.-!Ur still holds good.
BURGLAR SHOOTS POLICEMEN.
Sessstion In Salisbury The Calmioal
Supposed to Be Ernest Murphy.
Chief of Police J. F. Miller, of
Salisbury, heard a man in the hard
ware store of D. A. Atwell near 11
o'clock Saturday night last. He
blew his whistle, and Policemen
Cauble and Monroe responded.
Monroe waa stationed at the frr-nt
of the building while Miller and
Canble went to tho rear. As they
walked into the alley in the rear of
the store, they came under the full
glare of an electric light. At once a
man standing at a window in the
second floor of the hardware store
began firing.
' Of the four shots fired three took
effect One struck Miller in the
left foot and another struck him in
the right leg below the kuee and
passed downward into his foot
Cauble received a flesh' wound in the
high. Both policemen pulled their
revolvers and returned the fire of the
unseen man. Miller dropped to the
ground.
Suddenly a man appeared at the
window sill, sprang to a tree that
was close by, and jumped to the
around, in his descent he dropped
nis revolver and his cap. Policeman
Monroe appeared from the front and
began firing on the burglar, and
chased him, with no success.
The cap has been identified as that
of Ernest Murphy, a tough character.
As be entered the building tbrougl:
a window he wus cut by glass and
left a trail of blood as he movsd
about in the store. His wound, it
is believed, will furnish a means of
identifying him.
Chief Miller will be unable to
walk for several months.
GUILFORD COUNTY NEWS.
Greerunjorn Pntriot.
Mrs. J. K. Stockard attended the
funeral of her father, Mr. P. P.
Freeman, at the family residence
near Julian last weeV. Mr. Freeman
was about 85 years old and leaves a
wife and three children. Apoplexy
was the cause of his death. I
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Foust, of Mt.
Vernon Springs, have issued invita
tions to the marriage of their daugh
ter, Miss Ina, to Mr. Claude W.
Smith, which takes place today.
.Miss Liiila vrutchlield, a daughter
of Mr. Wm. Crutchfleld, of Friend
ship, "died her of typlto'fd fever last
Friday tticm. .. bhe pad been em,
?"id in the cigar factory for some
time. Her remains were taken to
Pleasant Grovo church for interr-
mcnt.
Our old friend J. W. Ellis, of
Liberty was here with a lot of his
tobacco last Salurdnv. llis prices
ranged from $7 to $25 per hundred.
He said ho got more tnan no ex
pected for it, and of course he was
pleased.
Mr. U. r.. I'carce returneu 10 ros
ter, Indian Territory last week,
where he will spend sometime. Hit
family will not return to the Terri
tory at present.
Mr. Word 11. wood, a son or mt.
W. W. Wood, this city, will be mar
ried in April to Miss Fan Burwell
one of the most popular young ladies
of Charlotte. Mr. Wood is secretary
and treasurer of tbe Southern State
Trust Company at Charlotte.
The spoke-makinc machinery oi
the Carolina Spoke and Bending
Company has been moved to Cher
aw, S. C, where tho company has
established a braneh factory that
will be managed by Mr. Clements
and Mr. Foushee. Tho factory at
Greensboro will continue to turn out
handles and the products to which
it is best adopted.
MONTGOMERY NEWS.
from the Rxamlner.
Several new tenant houses aie
being erected for the Snuthernian
Cotton Mill.
Ex-Sheriff I. E. Saunders has been
right sick this week and we are sorry
to note he is not improving.
Mr. W. H. Watkins soent a few
davs in town the first of the week,
returning to his home in Ramseur
yesterday.
iter, r . M. enaiuourcer oi oiuira
is spending some days with his
father and brother, ana mining a
few pop calls on others. We have
noticed from the press how well he
it received on hia new work, and
learn from him that he is more tban
delighted with bis new people. The
change at conference brought him
nearer his aged father, and has add
ed a number of pounds to hia weight
He wis formerly from star,
Miss Ethel Low who bat been
visiting her sister. Mrs. ivy.u
Nance for several days, returned to
her home in Randolph Tuesday. Her
visit was shortened by receiving a
message stating that her father was
nuite ill.
A few shade trees nave recennv
been planted out on our streets, aud
there ia ample room for a few more.
No town ia attractive until it ia
made so, and we know of noth-ug
more beautifying to a town or vu
lags than well kept and nicely ar
ranged shade trees.
Mr. Aleer Maness. of Blscoe and
Mies Stella Dickens of Troy, were
happily married by Rev. K. C Hot
ner at the - borne of tKe bride'
mother. Mrs. L. R. Dickens yester
day morning. Miss Dickena it the
beautiful and lovely daughter of the
lot W. K. Dickena, and Mr. Maneet
it a tea of Mr. Spina Maneea of that
taction. The young coupla let t on
. " . , . f 1. " i.
the 11 eciocK tram lor uiscoe ww
thsy will make their future home.
COMMON SENSE IN THE POULTRY YARD.
Aa Instructive Article on fit: Problems
and Results of Successfi l Raising of
Chickcsj for Market ia iW.i
Section.
B. 8. PtTt, in Charlotte Kcui.
Let the farmer place his fowls on
i lno fme I00l,nS as u s ow"'r 8C0CK'
80 lar IwumK Bml "01lsin8 ' 18
concerned, and he will ho convinced
tnat the7 (the fowU "ro the k'st in-
vestment be has iu stock
This may seem a strange state
ment, but 1 will try from time to
time to produce arguments and sta
tistics to prove it.
The Year Book of tho Department
of Agriculture savs that as high as
400 per cent is realized on invest
ment, the same authority states that
the egg product of 180'J vvus valued
at a higher figure than tho combined
gold and silver product ox the I mtcd
ibtatra and the same is true of th
poultry product. The surpri
cosioced by these figures is still
futhcr heightened when we learn
that the poultry and eggs together
for 1900 were wwth more than tithe
the gold or silver production of the
world,
Comparisons of this kind me al
ways interesting, and th-.-y are ulso
prohtable iu that they give an ade
quate conception of the immensity of
the poultry industry of the country.
Pursuing the comparisons further,
we find that tho poultry mid eggs of
lU9 outvalued the towl exports ol
animals and animal products
the total wool i)rodiictu:i was
worth $45,723,739 beiuir .1K'J,731,
370 less than the wort h of poultry and
eggs, lhe total value of poultry and
eggs in the Uuited Vuics for the
year 1899 was J-.'Sl,! V8,-,47 for
North Carolina the v;ilue wus '4,-
500,080 and for MeekU-ub'.irg county,
$85,825. Not onr iun share, but it is
being augmented very l nese
figures are compiled from tho census
report of fnrnis oulv, no poultry
from in the cities and towns being
considered by the depuitiiieut.
I ho majority of fowls are found
in comparatively small nnrrl-ers on a
very large number of Iannis, where
thev receive little or no euro- and
make their own hvinjr.
Seven vears aeo "rown fctb sold
on the Charlotte matke' for 20 cents.
today they are selling for 12 to 15
cents per pound, making u good hen
worth from CO to 90 cents. Asc-iub
that at best, will weigh three pounds
will take tbe same feed that you can
produce a thoroughbred for, that
As an
doue, two years ago a farmer friend,
bought a bronze turkey gobler weigh
ing 35 pounds, he nutted with him
bis common turkey nmis and unit
fall sold 29 turkeys and the smallest
weighed 19 pounds, practically doub
ling the sizes of his pn-Juct, mid
more than doubling the amount of
cash received, had he sold the same
umber of turkevs of the usual size,
raised from common stock. This is
true regarding chickens, the
farmor can put with bis barnyard
fowls, a thoroughbred male of any of
the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandotts,
Brahinas, Langshans or Cochins and
double the size of his poultry in one
year, then if he sees fit ta! the best
of what he raises to breed from aud
in a very short time the result will
be most pleasing. Of course to do
well with anything it must have
some attention; chicken arc not un
like a hoise or cow in this respect,
and they will give witr- a little care
the best result ol anything raised on
tbe farm.
Try and hatch early, as the little
ones are freer from the p' St of ver
min, therefore standing a better
chance of growing to maturity. Did
you ever notice that wnorevcr me
"fancy" poultry industry thrives the
market poultry industry is prosper
ous also? Where is the connection?
Who kuows or who cares to investi
gate so long as this glaring truth
stares men in the face so clearly that
it cannot be denied.
The truth is. the producer of mai
ket poultry and cess is nobody's fool
and nobody knows better than he
does that the excellence of his mar
ket poultry depends upon the blood
that ia produced bv the breeder of
thoroughbreds.
The mau who succeeds is u:o man
who works at his business.
This is as true of the poultry busi-
nes? aa any other, although it is well
known that the hen will pay a greater
return on the investment and at tbe
same time endure without complaint
the most cruel treatment thau any
other creature living.
While the hen may be said to ie a
money-making machine, the nmchinc
does the best that is attended to the
best in any line.
The farmers or poiiltrynmn who
recognizes this fact, is the one w ho
finds that hia hens shell out the
greatest number of nickels in a given
time, while the fellow no neglects
bis hens wouders why they don't
"in one year a nen eats iikhi cquai
to 16 times her weight and lavs eggs
equal to six times her weight.' Her
food costs about oue rent a pound
while her eggs bring about 16 cents
a pound. The yearly tgg products
will sell for six times tbe cost of
food."
"An average hen should produce
240 eggs a year, her food for the
Tear will cost at the most 80 cents,
tbe egg will sell for 2 cents each,
bringing 4.80."
These figures are given by Mr T
E Orr, of Beaver, I'-, secretary of
. U tnn.n ln.il Attnniarmn
r ....ui. in t.ni
f" vl r'"J ""-""'? M.'.,. .. . i ti ,r,u IV.
University. McCrary ltWg K.rure Ui
I
Sam I
Jones' 1
Letter.
Me and my poor wife and daugh
ter. Mrs. Maves. and two grand
children are now at DeFuniak
.Springs Chautauqua, enjoying the
balmiest climate and kindest hos
pitality ot Hon. Wallace Bruce, at
the (Jbbutauuua hotel,
Mr. iinice. tbe poet, statesman and
lecturer, is president of the Chautau
qua and fully in charge of program
aud nrounus.
This is tho winter chautauqua re
sort aud has on its platform every
year the most splendid talent of
America and f.urope. Ibis is tbe
twentieth anniversary since its inuo-
guration'. W. D. Chipley, I think,
was its first president, and tbe insti
tu lion has struggled aud grown and
prospered until to-day you will find
not only an ideal winter resort and
chataiKiua, but a most beautiful,
thrifty villago of more than two
thousand people, and quite a busi
ness center.
This is my tenth visit here, and I
can see how wonderful it has grown
in tho twenty years. There are many
most splendid homes filled with peo-
pleof culture and refinement The
Chatatiqita Hotel, large and com
modious, and quite a number of
boarding houses. One can sleep
about 16 hours a day here, and get
well doing nothing, and eat all the
waiters bring tbem. Wife and daugh
ter unit tbe granddaughter are tak
ing the whole thing in, grub and all,
md enjoy here what they might not
banker after at home, I came down
four davs ahead of time to rest and
recuperate and am resting faster
than 1 can recuperate or vice versa,
Uumesville and St. retersburg,
rla., chautaumias are also to begin
sessions soon. 1 will take them tbe
14th and 15th of March. The trains
on the New York Central railroad
were blocked yesterday by snow and
the temperature above 80 here yes
terday and today. What a great
country i ours, rrom Alaska to
the Florida keys, from Maine o
Mexico. A Mluw can get anything
he wants between those extremes
from Polar hoars to strawberries,
from gold to gophers, from snow
to surf bathing, from lizzards to sun
blisters, from It rant to cabbage, from
Laplanders to sandlappers, frommil-
lonaires to bums, i-verything to
eat, to drink, to wear, to kill or to
any desire to even visit anotner
country and uo special hurry even
about going to Heaven, though I
sho' want to go there wnen 1 leave tnis
country.
Of all sections ot this grand coun
try, all ill all, give me old Georgia.
Her people, her climate, her products
are good enough for me.
I love to circulate and perambn-
:tte around, but am glad my home
is in dear old Georgia.
In the summer months 1 like to
isit and speak on the platforms
from Massachusetts to California,
from Wisconsin to Texas, and meet
nnil niincle with the neonle of all
sections, but still I am glad I live in
old Georgia.
This chuatuunua begins February
9th and closes April 3rd, and the
yisitors as well as those who winter
heie have food for soul, feasts for
mind aud health for body during
their sojourn here.
Do Fnniak is m miles west oi
Pensacola, and 20 miles from the
gulf, and tbe gulf breezes coming
through the pine forest maae a
most whslesomo atmosphere. The
brethren from the cold north are
beginning to see that they need our
sunshine as bud as we need their
corn, bacon, beef, and manufactured
products.
We invite them down in winter to
enjoy our climate and ship them our
fruits and vegetaoies in spring, anu
early summer, and we are getting
back much of the cash they got
from us for mules, beef, corn and
bacon, wheat, oats and hay. We
would soon be the richest section ot
the United States if wo had the
thrift and industry of Yankee Doo
dle, and play keeps with what we
got
1 am g'ad to see cotton coming up
again, if yon nave neiu your coiujd
ti now. then 1 say, noia it longer.
I think it will more than likely be
17 cents again by the first of April,
The bulls and bears have it now, but
the manufacturers will have to have
it by and by. The south ia going to
plant for a bumper crop bat Provi
dence seems to checkmate the cotton
rrowers. so they can t succeed in
playing the fool, and selling their
crops for 6 cents a ponnd. Boll
weevil and droughts may oe a gres.
blessing to the South.
Ita much easier ana netter m
raise one pound of cotton and tell it
for fifteen cents, and much more
profitable. Common sense advises,
raise jour corn ana meat ana live mi
home. Then raise ail tne cow on
vott can.
a uey nave no sienograpuere uvwu
here, and I've written until I am
tired. I keep telling you it don't
take much to tire a fellow oat down
in Florida.
Truly yours.
Sax P. Jomka.
Pafart Yew Baft? lor 75c
with TWoe Gloss tkrriatra Paint It I
weighs 8 to 8 ounces more to the
pint man vtueis, vcaii ivw,
trives a g ooseiiuai to pew wuia. o
MEN
CAPABLE Of EARNING
$1,000 TO 05,000
A YEAR
TRAVELING SALESMAN, CLERK,
MERCHANT
NO MATTFR WHAT YOUR
BUSINESSI
A mmntote TOnmnlattton of th. praftnetnf :
department ! in
Itutual Life ln.ur.nc Com-
iu prevloui.exporlenc to neaaMrj. T
A coun. ot pralMlantl lnitmotloa ft? tnm.
TBI MUTUAL UTt IrmCRANCS OOKFAWT
F.letunl A. MoCardr. PraMnl,
HAS PAlDPOLlCT-HOLPSRSOVaa
6J0 MILLION DOLLARS -
HARRIS S.WILLCOX,
Manager lor Monk Carolina,
The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of K.
CHARLOTTE, H.C.
t
Balloon Soap I it
For Sc. you get a pound -package
of our Balloon
Soap. Yon get one third
more soap than of any'
other brand on the mark
et, besides it takes less to
do yon it has the lasting
qualities. Try it
White Eagle, . ,
The best all-wheat
straight flour on the
market, kept constantly .
on hand.
T. E. LAS51TER 4 CO.
Asheboro N. C.
MMt I
Greensboro
Optical Company
GREENSBORO, N. C.
HetDO HOTEL.
We carry Optical Goods and
supplies; axe isxpwt up
ticians and Jawalers. .
We fit glasaer
No charge for examination,
We repair glasses, ' ',
MfAlcVflESfhs,
Repair watches, .
Do stone letting,
Make Diamond Mountings,
' Make rings,
Make medals, -;
Make class pens,
Make' society pins,
Repair jewelry,
Do engraving,
All at lowest possible cost. '
BRING OR MAIL US YOUK
WORK. h .
GREENSBORO OPTICAL CO.
SPOON.
The Mtvrket Mtwn.
Wants Your Trad.
He buys and sells all
kinds of country
PRODUCE
and keeps constantly on
hand '
Fresh Meswts
at reasonable prices. Also
a stock of Groceries.
W. D. SPOON,
Asheboro. Depot St.
Cut Prices ,
While you Wait"
We find we have a great
number of Odd Suits ou
hand, and in order to move
them at once wewill ' .
Cut ths Prlct to tult Your
Pocket.
For Underwear and every
thing nice in Men's anil
Boy't Wearables, come to , '
ns and save money.
THE MERlTT-JOKNCfl C3
Clothiers and C ants' Fura- '
labors, 308E. Im Eit.
Salesmen Thos, A. Walker, C" '
A. Tucker, Wade H. Btork '. i .
C. Johnson, J. W. Mem it
RAY ED.Y.ONDX:
Opposite EtamVl Tr-.j
. SSHIJiORO, w. a.
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