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iy. n ocou 1 me COURIER o? COURIER S Leads in Doth News and I Circulation. j Advertising Columns Bring Results. J Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. ASHEBORO, nTc, THURSDAY APRIL 21st 1904. $1.00 Per Year No. 16. VOL XXIX. i TTTTTTT A TTlFm ITh ITh a- n II II n n I I tt B tl IL-i IL.il II IL f I 11 IL- MEN CAPABLE OF EARNING $1,000 TO $5,000 A YEAR TRAVELING SALESMAN, C RK, MFRCHANT NO MATTFR WHAT YOUR BUSINESS! A cnin.lt'li- n-iiivntilrutlniiot lnlin-in !R.rlii.-nl nf Tin- Mutual l.tl." Iiiiirjin.-.i 1 ..m Paliy of New York In lhiMll.m'.!.l i-Ii.i i o nirc liry loriv IVHmlll l ' ,n.r!Vi and llllly. y.m an flint init l.y wrlllim h. lh. l It vtll t? worth whlli- lor y.m to ninki' u .-Iminv, 110 prvii i--riciu- In ncniiry. BjA cinirwot nnifwhilinl lretrtlcll..i illv.ii fie.-. THE MCTCAI.-UrK ISSt'KAM'K COMPANY HKNKWYoHK, 6J0 MILLION DOLLARS A.I.I r.-., OKORflltT. IlKXTKIt. Riirinti-n ml of IKiraaitlc Akvik Im, St Nivwii St., H VRRIf R. WII.U11X. ' ManwrcrtopNortlU-urollim, The Mutual Ute liiurune Or. ol S. Y. CHARLtiTTK. N.C. Greensboro Optical Company GREENSBORO, N. C. McADO HOTEL. We carry Optical Goods and Supplies; are Expert Op tioians and Jewelers. We lil glasses, No charge for cxuiiniitition, We repair glasses, Duplicate louse, Fill prescript ions liepair watches, Do tiKiiii' setting, Mtike Diitnioiul Mountings, Make rings. Make medals. Make clans pens, Make society pins. Ik-pair jewelry, Do engraving. All at lowest possible cost. BRINO OK MAIL US YU1! WOKK. GREENSBORO OPTICAL CO. xooooooooooooooooooooooc SPOON, The Ma-rket Main, Wants Your Trade. He buys and sells all kinds of country PRODUCE and keeps constantly on band Fresh Meads at reasonable prices. Also a stock of Groceries. W. D. SPOON, g Asheboro. Depot St. R Gents' And Little Gents' Clothing & Furnishings. Our Spring liues of Cloth ing for both men ami boys are now ready for your in spection, liefure buying your next suit cull and see the latest and get our prices They Will Fit Your Pocket! Our Shirts, Underwear and 1 Iiils urc the very best for the money. Our buyer's exterience of more than 20 years with manufacturer!) is a guarantee of the liesl values. THE MERRITT JOHNSON CO Clothiers and Gents' Furn ishers, 308 S. Elm St. Salesmen T A Walker, C C Tuck er, K K Cartland, C C Johnson, J W Merritt. Carter & Auman, Mfgrs. of Furniture, Sash, Doors, Brack eta, Columns, Balusters, Mouldings, Wash boards, Etc. Send its your orders. Will re ceive our prompt attention. CARTER & AUMAN. Brow Kits Mills. TSt. C. SUIN1NYSIDE FLORAL. INUUSEnY James M Lamb, Proprietor Lock Box 9 rayst'cvllle, N. C OUR ANNUAL CATALO(;UE of Tree, Shrubs, Green bouse I'luitU. Roses, Hulbs and Ifeddiuir and Or namental 1'lauU now lewdy. Your name on a jwnuti will oritig It Ircc. riSE STOCK I JTCsH AL I'HK ES. 100 one-yeir-tdd Aibourvitess for fl.50. WASHINGTON LETTER. The Tariff and Other Questions Discuss ed Ttie Trust and N.-gro Problem Dealt Willi. Washington, l. ('., April IS, 'vi. I here li:te been Koine excellent speeches matte ill the Hons" of Hep rescntativ.' dining this session by the democrats, und, aside from those speeches imulc bv the Hon. John Sharp Williams, who always makes a good one, the best th t have been made and that will 111:1 Ko cxt campaign material for the dcinoerats in the approaching campaign were those iiniile by the Hon. Champ I lark, of .Missouri, the lum. haloii Bowers, of Mississippi. Mr Clark, of Missouri, spoke entirely on the tariU question, mid his speech may be taken us a clear and concise exposition of the demm-nitie position on that question. Mr. Clai k is otic uf the hardest hitters on the demo cratic side of the Hows;', and he usually calls a spade a spade mi l does not minto won!-, lie hit the republicans some haul jolts in the course of his speech ami they sqiiirm- d like a cut worm and attempted to rattle him bv asking questions. I hoy gained uutlrng, hoivever, and he proceeded with Ins lambasting to their utter dismav mid the uelight of the democrats. It was one of the strongest and most virile speeches made on the tariff question in years, and will be freely used as one of the campaign documents this summer. Another good speech on the tariff iiiestiou wits the one made by the lion. Adam M. Hvrd, of Mississippi, and was devoted entirely to the man ner in w hieh the tariff affects the farmers in this country, and it will lie read with gr, at interest l.y them in this campaign. Mr. Hvrd should conclusively that the present itppar- ii t prosperity of the tanner did not mite from the I tinalev tariff rules. nit from the failure of crops across the sea and a shortage in the world's apply of cotton mill other crops. He also showed that this prosperity was more apparent than teal, for the cost of living had increased more than thirty per cent, since 1 Si7, which made it seem itnpoililc for the present wave of prosperity to Inn.' continue m the uurictilturtil listi ids unless the govt niiueiit conies to the rescue and reduces the cost of production by removing the tax tiom agricultural implements, nni- liuiervand other necessaries of life, the price of w hich is no only allect- 1 by the consciences of the heartless trusts organized and perpetuated by the thieving schedules of the tariff lie showed lip the fact that the per capita wealth of Mississippi is only about 143, while that of Massachusetts is $1,41 0, and asked why it was that the fanner had been shackled in poverty for the past lifty years w hile his nuiiiiitacturiiig broth er bad prospi red, and said that there ould be no answer except that the ne it being robbed to enrich the lluT, and that the republican palty s a joint heir in I bis legacy of shame. lie shotted up (lie tact that tile trusts were selling goods abroad hen per than at home, ami that this method of rubbing at home and uu- lerselhug a'irosd is rapidly rcvolu- tiouiziii'' the liscal policy ot r.n- glund, which, if carried out accord- to the ideas ot .lost-ph t liumhcr- Iiiiii, will destroy the greatest market in tlie world for the products of the farmer in this country and absolute ly impoverish him. This dire result he brought about simply inrongn the "stand pat' policy of the repub lican party, and its refusal to revise and reduce the tariff schedules on the trust made goods. Mr. Hvrd's peech was a splendid effort and brought forth the encomiums of ins colleagues. It will be made u cam laii'ii document in the campaign, uid will tto much to make the farm er think of the miserable treatment he is, and has been, receiving at the hands of tho republican party. The best stteei h of the session on the negro ptoblein was that recently letivered by the lion. Kuton J. Powers, of Mississippi. It was the I leech of a statesman, u deep student and a learned lawyer. It was made to reply to u speech recently made by Mr. iStllett, of Massachusetts, ar raigning the .South uncut the negro. Mr. Howers speech was temperate but forceful, and had the precision of a Kentucky t itle and the force and fleet of a capitis proline. He dem onstrated clearly the validity of the Mississippi constitution on the suf frage iiticstion to the satisfaction of eveiybody, with tin possible excep tion or t lie L nion lA'Ugue c luu oi Xetv York, which he showed up in u ridiculous light as the possessor of an unwonted burden of ignorance of the law as to the operation of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments upon state limitations upon tho suf frage. He showed tip the fact that the negro in Massachusetts was six times as criminal as the negro in Mississippi, aud that the negro all over the North was tnore criiuiual than the Southern negro, though possessing a better education. He demonstrated conchwivefy that the reason for this was that at the South the negro had a lietter chance to earn his livitiL' in all the innsuiistlr.il de manded brawu and that therefore he was mere contented. His speech was a lucid aud luminous argument. and will do much to stop the ignor ant talk in the North about the treat ment of the negro in the South. Mr, Bowers was beartly congratulated bv his colleagues on (he floor of the House, w ho gave rum generous an platise throughout the sp,ch and the Iclmest attention. It baa been re marked here that the state of Mis IcUstppi has tent it a exceptionally I strong delegation to this Congress, amongst the strongest members of which may be nieiitioued the Hon Sharp Williams, tho ablest limn in i leadership f the minority since tlio tlavs of Crisp and Sum Ifaudall, the Hon Katdn J Howers, tho Hon Adam M Hvrd, n d the Hou Wilson Shedrick ni II. The Kastcrn Drees Bureau of the Louisiana l'tircliase Exposition has been advised that Traffic Mauuger Hilleury reports as follows regniding the first cheap coach excursions from the East to the AVerl'l's Fail; On May 17th the Baltimore vt Ohio, in connection with the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern It. it., will hart a cheap coach excursion from Xpw York to St. Louis, $18.00 for the round tiip, and on Mav 'I'J the l'eiiiisylvunin H. H., via Washington, in connection wit h the Chesapeake & Ohio li. It., to Cincinnati und the Big Four to St. Tjoitis will have coach excursion from New York to St. Louis, S 1 n.0i round trip' Orders have been issued for the organization at the Marine Unp acks in this city of a manna guard of two companies for duty at the Louisiana rurcliase Exposition at be. ixnns. Major James E. Muhouey will com mand the guard, and the other offi cers assigned to it are Captain Will iam II. Clifford, Captain Alexander S. Williams, and First Lieutenants hank C. Lander, James 1 Buttrick, and Frank Halford. A model camp will be established and exhibition trills given daily. States', will bf present at tlio Exposition for about a month aud give daily concerts. Inasmuch as Congress is likely to adjourn about the time the Exposi tion opens, it seems as though the majority of the members of Congress will go home by the way of St. Ixtuis und take a view of the Exposition before going their respective homes. I here is much interest manifested here in the li show. If young men and women who de- si'e to see the World's Fair and have not the means wherewith to do eo who are going to school and who would be liberally educated by see the things there exhibited, will write to Mr John V Lebaus of the World's Fair Press Bureau, they wilt get a pointer ns to how they can do some work mid get through the World s rair und sec all of it at no cost to themselves. This is soiitelhiug that all young people ought to know. (Jet busy. ClIAKl.ES A. KPWAKIIS. Telling the Truth oh Each Other. WilkvMir.i('linmirli The most astonishing featuie' of lut Republican meeting here was the frequent and vehement, charges by Hlackburn ami his friends tnat .Mott ami Limicy wore trying to steal the convention, and by Linney men that Blackburn had stolen several county conventions, i here must surely be some mistnke. We have heard all our life tlie old worn-out stereotyped charge against Democrats for steal ing which every Hepuhlican speakfr is required to make in order to bo "regular." But the idea of Repub licans boldlv and onenlr charging each other with stealing conventions and such like things, is appalling. We fear that when the news of such charges spread, Urccnsboroand other temporary residences will "silently fold their tents, and as silently steal awav and "tiee to me mountains in Hepsidam"' and for centuries wear the regulation lign of mourning and distress: and Stone Mountain will melt into a liquid stream of astonish ment, and Mitchell's dome will escape in dismay to Hattems and bury itself in the rougn sanua or me sea. The idea ot a itepiioiican stealing? "(rood Lord, deliver ns!" Goes to Durham. Mr. A. M. Moore, formerly editor of tho Chatham Observer, spent yes terday in Kitleigh, and left in the afternoon for Durham. Asked about his future, Mr. Moore having decid ed not to continue in the newspaper business, he said: '1 am going to devote all my time to the practice of the law, and will go to Durham this afternoon with the intention of locating there. It has an able and strong bar, and Dur ham is growing rapidly. 11 will double its population in the next few years und I iceard it as one of the best cities in the State, affording ex. rentimnd ml Villi tjlCCS to a VOIIIlg 11)1111 Kesuies, it is lull ot uniiinani county people and most of the folks on that side ot the river tio tneir business in Durham, so I will lie near to coiintvmen. I think when a lawyer changes his location he should go where there is an utile bar and plenty of business. 1 hat why I am going to Durham. Mr. Moore has been commissioner, town secretary and trcasiuer and mayor of rutsboro. county superm tendent of schools of Chatham coun ty, and editor of the Chatham Ob server, a paper that' prcache-: the soundest Iteniooratic doctrine. Nes and Observer. Mr. Moore formerly lived litat Liberty in tht cotiuty. ... Farmisf pa Larf e .Scale. Mr II C Ornbb.'ef Jubilee, is uiuk iug preparations to blaut thre hnn' dred and fifty acre's in cotton on the Hadea and Barber farms which he has bought in the lust 'fear. This is the largest cotton crop' that has ever beeu put oit by spy one man'ln Davidson comity, lie. lias . twenty- eight families on these two places and they contain joDie eighteen htm dred acrea of hi)d. Ir ,!rubb(al8d intends to plmit-mxtyor. seventy Jive acres at bis ooh hwlt.'-LeMngwu North Stats. " GUILFORD COUNTY NEWS. The Newt of our Neighboring County Briefly Told by the Patriot. Our old friend Jacob Cook, of Handolph, was here during the past week with a load of tobacco. His prices ranged from $ ; to ti per hundred aud he was delighted with same. J. N. Longest has been awarded the contract to erect an ijtt,0o0 resi dance on Spring (iarden street, east of Lindloy park, for W. I. Young, the promoter of the big cotton mill to be built tit l'omoiia junction. . Brother W. II. Cuitis.of the Mnd- ison Obseiver, announced last week mai. uis ptiper woum oe iiiovett 10 Keruersvillu after this issue. I he business men of Madison failed to give the patter the support it deserv- cd, hence the removal. Tun nf th WilLnii nnt.li,,,.. ,,t l temlil rr FVilen.l emirt aiiffolinrr frnm nciue nuucKS oi uiconoiism were dmeenl fmin f.uinnV innrim nn the iitnnrv hirchin.r b,t Tbin sdue bv Officer Pugh. Their ataiUible asset's amounted to unmithinrr over liftv dollars in Confederate mo acy. Wheii askol wtmf.thpv wpi-i ilnnirr wil i audi stuff they protested that it was : good as cold aud "went" all right up in their country. The highway commission put the grading force to work on the James town road lust week, establishing a camp near the old Aruilield mill. By a change in the route below James town the road between this citv and I High Point will be sho.tenod one j mile, while hereafter it wild not run ! .... ill, , , , ..... t parallel to the ra road until it nears I ,i8CjfV -' J Li the Federal court the past week 1 A. J. Davis, charged with irregular-1 itics while ganger at the Oak (irove Distilling Company, Milton, was convicted after a hard-fought legal ; battle. Senterce hits not been tiro- nounced. The case of cx-l'ostinas- ' tor Lewis, of Madison, was continued to next term, bond in the sum ot j f 10,001) being required. Cliff Cur-: tis, of inston, was found not guil ty of sending obscene matter through j the mails. Memories of Ml. Shepherd School. A recent notice in Tiik Coi i!ii:i! columns that Col. Wood was to give an address at Ml. Shepheid school housv, revived in me the memories of loug-goue years. In the year 14 1 1 was a boy ot nine years ot age 1:1 that school. Boys and girls frmi! the Keams, Wood, Pierce, Hoover, ; Kobluns. Dougtiu, Miller, (iregson, nmiiK.. pupils. A. J. Hale, a worthy grad-j 1 deplume. Company, spent one day unto of Trinity, was teacher in 1S44. j last week in (ireonsboro in confer Among his successors were John ance with other prominent telephone Hoyd, Henry liusli ami .ebedee t men relative to establishing mi lime Hush, older cousins of mine. Coiioin pendent system throughout the Zebedee gave mo the first and only whipping I ever received at schooi. j As we both became preachers, I never attempted to pay the debt which . then seemed to me ought sometime , to be due. Well, I must say that Mt. Shepherd was blesed in that day with good teachers teachers that taught well the lessons of the text- , book; and the better lesson of a laud-' able ambition. A teacher that is; not to his pupils more and belter than his text-books, is not nt to be a uiolder of moral ami intelectual life. : Impressions that I received from those noble Mt. Shepherd teachers; have been from that day to this a . helpful and ever-present inspiration And so the good things that Col. W ood said to pupils ami peop oin his recent valuable address at Shcp herd, will tell upon the better life of: children and young people who heard him for fifty or more years to come. . Such lmblie school occasions becoine ' a i-reat Held of usefulness for com-I petent, sflakers of upright lite and ; maiihood example. Let every school : in the emintv be so visited." I re-1 joicfto ler.rn that old Handolph maintains her traditional good name for popular education that she keeps well to the trout lb tlie mini- ty of her teachers and in all her intellectual and religious standards, How dear to me, therefore, are the memoiies of Mt. Shepherd its wtHtds, its crystal riverlets, its ma jestie inoiiiitain, its neighborin,; cliurch, and the cemetery doubly sacred for its nious deftil! How 1 should like to have met the children, Col. Wood, and the good people who Ilockeu to hear mm a lew weeks ago. That humble house holds u history deursr to me than that oi costiy cm - lege walls, and written on every pine log are rcniniscenses that increase in sacrcdncss with the passing years. Dear old Mount Shepherd, Thv nehT..! rnillilull) ll- Ki.rk A. til tlieilay. of vore. Ami lM 'lli-rnnf tliy v..iilli .hull liie Whi'ii tlty liKiuiiuilli 1. imi lui.r.-: Hkxiiv Y. Ui sn. West Milton, O. IThere is a comfortable new school building on the Salisbury road now. hit. Will Return to High Point. I'n.f. Ch. V. Tninliiwoi. wh,.f,.i - a niinilier of veurs has been annerin - tendent of Bonie of the larger graded schools of the State and is now al 1 the head of the Winston citv schools' ffwl- ut tli ..ml nf lli Mr.u,t i..r,.i On Juni? 1st he will be with Tom - liusou Chair Co., this citv. -High Point Enterprise. No Oloss Carriaf e Paiet Made trill wear as long as Devoe's. No others are asi heavy bodied, because Devoe's weigh 3 to 8 ounces niore to the pint. Kohl by McCrary Ki dding Mw. Co. ' " DAVIDSON COUNTY HEWS. (irubb Gets Two Yea's for Counterfeit, ing Satterwhite in Jail on Sams Charge Other News. Tho .'-mt,.i. W C (iuibb, of Yadkin College, was tried in the Federal court in ses sion at Oreeiisboro this week on the charge of counterfeiting by raising bank notes ot 1 ueiioiiiiiiationatioii to vio. It is said that Orubl acknowledged being guilty. Ho was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the United States peniten tiarv. Wilson an accomplice of (inibb's, turned State's evidence thereby se- """ i -.-.- nmu mn o- tiou. I'iuiU Can iek, of Healing Spring; township, wua convicted of bloekud- mg ami sentenced to two months in I Pl'lSOIl ' " Havisalld 1Cdter DuvisCOlll- i , .' ' " ,v land concealing certain honor seized I ''V te government. The court order i i' I vid to pay a tine of $800 M"11' 1-cbler I Mvin to pay 4Ul. lioth ; ,illC3 lmv'' lail1 thl' ,t'fL"- o.iiiib iiiih leLtuiuii iiiinu A letter received here vetterdav stated that A L Satterwhite, an insurance agent who made jA'in;- ton his headquarters a year or more ago, had been arrested anil was in jail at Washington, N. C, awaiting trial on the charge of embezzling money from an insurance company. .L , .. , , f ',n I"'.'"''1 ' ''"1 ' report such "'""H" ciiiiime He has a reputation in this county for , . 1 , . ,. . .. J. being a very sleek article. Has been under indictment in our Superior , ,.r f,,. ,,lfi,,i,, ,,,.. Im.b.e fa,0 im.t(.nses. was" convicted and ,larm.v escaped sen ing a term on .i.,. ,.l ... ., Sli;.rirr ,)l)rerlt ()Ilt illKll. ..... ..i,;., ,..,i ,i,.,t ,i,.. Evans distillery has been cleaned up ami that all violations of the Watts law hate come to an end. Kvmis is under bond for his appearance at court. A faith curist in Davie county went to see a smallpox patient. Faith did not line the patient, but the faith curist look the disease and is now in a critical condition. There are lots of new dwellings being erected in all parts of our tow n and every one is being occtt- pied us fast as completed. This neaks well for our town for in al most every case they arc occupied by new ciiizens. Tlioiuasvillc is grow ing more rapidly than ever before. ThoiiinsviHe cor. Manuiai oT Cbe State. I hoinasville cor. Mr W II Badgett. bus a hoi so we think must be at least 05 years old, for it is said he roile hi in horse-back w nen ne was going 10 sec me gins and he is about 90 years old and he has old Frank until this day and they go o plowing these mornings befoie it is good day. Jackson Hill cor. MONTGOMERY NEWS. Items of Interest Clipped from the Troy Examiner, r u,Mn tmt. .,' qu-inie of . f ; KctioM ()f ,ht, (.(miuv No ,,.,, re. hl T,.v, . n , J ',,. "Ti J"df ' 1 w J'1?; f 1 ' r ''"'' ' Ml lie-' S- -."' tht' sister ol lied 5 th Mr .Neil Clark has opened up ' getteiai mcrcn iuuur in ute oppouc m.- ium. Trey athletes organized a basoball club Satiirdayiiight, with Ben T : "' wipu'ii. nun im h v j-mnrm, nianu; ; A lire licocrcil in the interior ol , the io.it ol sir .1 lutehiiis cook rooiu about li o'clock Monday creat- ed quite an excitement, hut with ! bsioic work it was soon extinguished with only slight damage. Mr C W Luther and daughter, Miss Hettie, of r.xway, were in town Saturday looking after the rection f tombstones at the . tll(f (j 'p I,uther. iirave of the ., , - , ... , - , ,.1nlj ... .,.r.,li s.m.i,.. w..- , . ie .,Tijii i At a recent meeting the town com- 1 missioners of Troy decided to have ; tlie streets lighted by the Chandler 'lectrie plant on Little river. The I lights will he put in operation at ' once. Mr and Mrs T S Illuke, after j spending a month at Nails recreat ! ing and prospecting for gold, return ed to Troy Thursday and left for j Philadelphia Saturday. Mi Blake mi to bo very much im pressed ' with the mining' interest of Mont - gomery. and speaks of investing in 1 sonic of her property. Thcv will re- 1 turn to their home In Ixutdon, Kn - gumu. anoui me ursi oi na. " . u r. ...... i v.r,... r.... '. day last wed. whiK lllllo.ld- ! tt ll,r8e b.Ioc'k'f ni'll,'1' weighing ,T0O pounds, Mr H (i Gregory narrow ly eseaiied beiug killed. He was on the front end of the wagon and when the block of marble began to roll the front part reared and threw Mr. Gregory about M feet in th air. He fell under the atone aud just did get out before the stone fairly caught him. He was bruised a little but not seriously. Lexington North State. TURNER FOR fiOVERNOa. Many Reasons Why lion. W. D. Turner, of Iredell, Should be Chosen for this Important Position. l'iim.imlc' i.f The t 'Mirier To ho chief magistrate of a com monuealth, something less in extent thuii the Kingdom of England, to exercise a directing i ntlucnee over the Mules most vici.i'litv interests, m certain ease.-, to sit in the sent of im perial Cit'sar, holding the scales of life and death, such things the gov ernorship of North Carolina implies. Upon him. who a few months hence is to hold this place, will be oust the burden of no small responsibility, und out in the unknown future al ready destiny is preparing his work. There are those, now perhaps care less ami happy, who will entreat him with tears anil la'iieututioiis; lives, w hose whole future current fur good or ill. joy or sorrow, peace or misery, will hecbanged bv the touch of his hand. Some there are whose st ambitions his unstrained arm will dash down to the dust: and others whose most cherished w ish, at bis decree, w ill be granted. Then- is need that he be a wise man and a strong man, but above till, there is need t hut he he a good man, w hose heart beats in response to the high- t impulses ot human na'ure. Foi- tiinately, the great party, which brought North Carolina mil of the alaclvsm of war and the horrors of reconstruction, which has been true to its interests these thirty years and more, is still rich in material of leadership, and among those, who have entered the present contest for that glittering prize, is not one w ho, lioubl it full to bis lot, would not wear it litlinglv; therefore, a word poken for any of these men, the recognition of hi merits, and the oninii-mlatioii of what seems in him iiiiiiii'lidable, must not be taken its f disparugeim-nt of the rest. It is my purpose to make some comment upiin's"M-nimi upon the record ant! character ol the pivs- nt lieutenant governor, w hose name. it is understood, will be presented o the next Democratic State cou nt ion us a candidate for the Oti- bernatorial nomination. Born fortv-six vears ago. Wilfred D. Turner is in the iirimt of a vig orous manlioiid, iippi'oaehiiig the zenith of a life tilled with useful labor and crowned with success. A glance at his clear cut features, ami an shaven lace, surmounted l v a mass ot iron gray hair, shows pun one possessed of marked individual ity: a forcetiil man, not easily tiirn- l from his purpose, when once Ins re'gray and' keen,' mo"king tTie lie older "square in t he face, with an unfaltering gaze, which has nothing to conceal. I he son of a slurdv itizeti of Iredell counly, a pioneer ottoii nianufact tner, (lov. Turner eiijoved good advantage" in his voutli. ami made good use oi tnem. After rocciv ins tin academic training in his home schools, he took his de- ree at Trinity, graduating from that institution with an enviable id. School davs over, he began the study of law in the office of that lisiiuguislied jurist, Judge K. F. Armlicld. From pupil he rose to arlncr, and his association with bis earned instructor, tcnninaicd onlv the death of the latter. Steadily tiov. Turner has risen in a slow profession, until he stands in the loreiiiost ranks ot the ricdmmit bar. Keen p.-rceptinii of the crucial points in a case, caret ul and coiisci- i i t kiiis preparation, unusual powers ts an advocate, and absolute lidehtv to the cause entrusted to him, con stitute some of his chief character istics a.- a lawyer. Those who have been long and intimately associated w ith him in combat at the bar, bear -beerfiil testimony to his higb ami lelicate sense of honor ami his rigid observance of professional obliga tions, lie takes mi short cuts, adopts iio method of doubtful pro priety, savoring of the shyster's sin ister practice, W Imlcvcr agreement makes, whet her verbal or w ntten. that he keeps in the fullness of the piril and the exactness of the letter. In other fields beside the law, he has given signal proof of his ability. He is closely identified with several large and successful business enter prises, which Ins executive capacity lias materially helped to set on foot and keen in successful operation Doing with his might what his hands find to do, the breadth al versatility of his talent" are n-veal bv the 'incontrovertible argument of results." In politics he has ' ul wavs been a Democrat from princi ple, and an illicit-nt worker in th lilt- party ranks. His creed is ae qiiiecence ill the will ot the uiajoi'itv when the party has spoken throii the atilhoiized agency of its national convention. If mistakes are made and blunders committed, the proper course, according to bis view , is to correct those errors within the party councils and not to disrupt the or- 1 ganization on account of lifferences in individual opinions. During the m-ssions of s 1 SJS'.I Iredell iaiid I Sill, he represented . ...i.... ... w -i...v .-.-naie, ne j his nitliience was Mt for good i i e of the lluwt inipoiiaut l.-i"! tion in those years. Ik liied among the Dciihh r.itlc Sena tors as a w ise and safe leader. F'or several vears. he served as chairman of the county "executive committee of Iredell county, in w hich position ho aenionsti-iitiKt Ins skill as a pract ionr jMilitician by bringing his forces into a high tate of organization, and winning an unbroken series of victories. When the tide of fusiou swept over the Stub-, he labored un ceasmgly throughout that orgy of difgrnce to raise the fallen fortunes of Deiiioci-acy i t arolina In .Nort Car never ut faith in i he r doubled llie eventual Iri f,m,.f g. gv , ,,,,. upon i in- political con: r gro, fa-ion c.iiitni-i i clement" of it- oh i. ii. : d' the !' Mill tail I'- lln Sootier or later this uui.. Illllst fall to pieces of its ne-s." Such wa- hi made in a public ml.li. -tin- darkest period nf ,1, !' aster ever w itlicss. il lc, cralic iiai'lt in North alliance II lnlti'll- .l.cla 'at ion " ill J"',lo, i al and dis tlie Dcniu Carolina. Subsequent cvelils ,'ove, hat "lilt. - im-ii ( prophetic. He bore an honorable pari in t lu great campaign of ''.is. which nit nessed the Stale's redemption Iimiii the clutches uf Bull,-,, Young. Abe Middle-tun, Iliissdl ami otli,-r politi cal harpies that had prey... I on its vitals. Two years later he was chosen as the running ma!..- ol Chin. B. Ayt.-uck, in the memorable si nig gle which seated the victory of 'tis and gave the State its gu atc.-l. nn lire for half a century, tin- Coiisiitu- tloiial Amendment. If;- canvu.-. during that campaign wa- bold, : gressive, ciiiiviucing. Whenever he. spoke, lie was received by eulhusias- -tij crowds upon whose minds, lie' created a deep and laMuable impn-s- j siun. lie h-is presided mo-t accept-i ably in the Senate dining tic !a-t two sessions of the legislature was; instrumental in promoting sound ami honest legislation. The man! trith a job up his sleeve, hanging: about the lobbies in the ; hope, if shoving it through l.-gislature I peeinllv ill. i he acquit him- credit, while presiding over pcaeluneiit pio.-ecdiligs in against Chief Justice Fare' Justice Douglas. Thou-:, ing a place of peculiar dilli tilled it so cuji.ihlv ami u li impartiality, 'hat his inline tv di-pulv 1 lle en loved the respect denco ol both the advoci UlllOlll'lltS of the impel I c 11 t. inuiia- III all the bitterness am tion w Inch marked that not .1 iiici- dent, net a breath .-I' blame wa" i!i- reeteil ic-aitis! linn. j A pi'iimiiieiit democrat recently said: "I like Turner. YnuaUavs1 kliow where to place him. lie keeps j bis promises." Shakespeare tells us of a "politician who could cireuiii-: vent tind." but Turner e-ches tin-1 Clunked wav. I In- Iv in dec.-pl ion ,-itnl ! trickery, to -.ihi.-ii i he L-ueriUa sorts in i he bi-'i.-f that it i" on I lirty game to ! played by d ""ue'tiM tile c"ii.-a,e..expi.'ss llHQome' Atld Sfif ' convictions w hen occasion rcqiiires.tn! IIU CC . xpress them biavt Iv ami fully, iv- gaidlcss of w hethef they arc likely to prove popular or unpopular. W lib him, there is no laving of ih. the giound with contemptible loiiei tude to discover in what direction the proeis.-ion is moving. lie docs nut bad; and till and trim his sails to catch a favoring br.rve ready to iiihurk for any port that promises li easy voyage. I ' uconscioii.-ly . he once described ins mural aiiiiuu.' in his ivnurk addressed too friend. "I have made it it rub-," said he "lo consider all questions re (u'iilig toy attention upon their merit, and then pursue the right course. lie lirst consnlci's, then tbcnlcs u jumi i lu right colirse, and having iheided, pursues it. There you have Turner. Indeed lie is not a politician at all lecoiiling to one concent i..ii. 1 he c. in ception nf an oilv-tongucd e.nib- iiihii w ho gra-ps the great quest i.nis with every manifest. ition ol pi. as- lire, expresses great couccrn lor t !n health and happiness ol t he i ll i.-n s family, meanwhile hungering for hi" vote, and after that not taring ii tie- itizou and ins famrv are burnco m their beds. With that class of ii.diliciaus. Turner has no kinship. ills is peech plain ali'l direct, liiselosing I the man uf action, lb' lias a kunl and sympathetic heart, which ca'i-cs him to led a natural intcM-st in lie welfale of men ill all eoii.litions of life; ami many an act of genuine charity has he dune unknown to thr world. lie despises the hollow and boisterous assumption of gio.l fel lowship which your wily professional place-hunter dues, when on the trail of ollice and lavs aside like a worn, out garment after the chase is ov-.r. Thoroughly Democratic in l.tste an opinion, plain and nn.i-suniing in addre.", his quiet cordiality sits up on him gracefully and thoe who meet and find him friendly instinc tively feel that he would be n aside front politics. In all the vuiicd ex periences of life, whet her in law. business, or politics, he is a : nlle niaii, of clean hands and pure life, the upright mini walking' a: his in tegrity. His is is a nature which Acf eat doesn't enbitti r lioi'disappoint- inent warp, a nut tire which shows singularly free from env y or revenge. lie manifests a full appiu iatioli of the merits of his opponents iinii should one of them prove successful, his support from Turner will le tor dial uui! sincere. lie has also a quality yet more remarkable, he can bear success. His elevation to ollice would not I c another case of "man dad in a little brief authority'' w. Hun' u ilii pride and consumed l.y vanity. All ih.; wot Id knows what a sjH-ctaclc before high heaven is presented by the beggar on hot back. 1 i.rner will not grovy dizzy Stwi Machines, Farts and AtUi from having climbed too high, or be , mMltg. Also have a lot of gt intoxicated bv that rare atmos)here , t.(Jthilu( that will be closed t which euvircles the mountain tops ! cj,wlp of political ambition. His eye will i pr'duce bought and Sold.' Y be as clear, his band us steady as J patro,1Hge wlicited. Oive me a . when in other years he trod the quiet ni ytt treat you tijjt and nuobtrusive paths of private . r Tnvto citizensttip. There is no danger of I ' . JONES, his forgetting from whose bands he Allen stand. Depot t : ii-ceived his commission any how that. In- who would be greatest must first bccoiii a servont. Kipo in ex pel ieiice, firm of purpose, sound in .- J with tin- details of legislation, wide he; ly informed us to the needs of th! i'c; Mai'e. honest, able, fearless, should n. i the inablle uf tho governorship fall upon Ins shoulders we may rest as sured that he will wear it worthily, Thomas M. Hi i'it mI llickorv, N. C. River Locals. - preparing In plant ariners at corn. r tjiiile a nuuilici- of our people are on t In- sick list at present. Mr .1 W McLeod has gone to Eagle Springs to work, Mi"s Ida Martin, daughter of Mr an.. Mis A V 'Martin, died Mch a8, aged 1- years. She had beeu ill for i sometime. Measles are raging iift his section ! of Montgomery county. Echols Piedmont Concentrated Iron & Alum Water. not a patent medicine, but a ... ::.!:;. i;, I,; t-oi:.vnll.dcd J' wiilii form, 1 lib tunes as strong us the ,e im-' natural water. It contains 20 itut.-d I tliffereiit minerals, which lire s and nearly idenical with those found eciiiv-j in a healthy litiman body. Over ity, fie so" V irginia Physicians pre ; 'such ; si i ibe it. If vim have Indigestion, iv j Kin uinatisin, Catarrh, Female Com- ,1. plaints, Kidney A Bladder Troubles, 'i-: Stomach Bowel Disordera, Inact 1, ive Liver, Scrofulu and other Blood d Skin Diseases, give it a trial on guarantee that if results are not :. Cactory after a fair trial your ii. will In- cheerfully refunded. For do by Standard Drug Co. and ai. good druggists: Soz bot tles on , uls, I Soz bottles $I.(h. Tea"pooi,i il in half glass of water a du-e. The 11.00 size scut by piejiaid express on le-t-eipl of price, if your druggist will not supply yon. jj. ,M. ECHOLS COMPANY, LYNCH BUKU, Va. Our -pring and Milli ner showing of : : Dross Goods, Notions, Embroidery, L a c c s, liibbous. Underwear, Hosiery, Corsets, F'.tc. 3. r. S ieitman Trinity, IN C, New Blacksmith Shop. Y e have opened up a new -Imp in South Asheboro for general repairing and black smithing. Wo make a specialty of mak ing Timber Wheels, (live us your work. We guarantee prompt ncss i,nd durability. A. M. Presnell. WE WISH I., e.ill llie i.e. oli-.i, ..I llie i-o..le i.f K.lll...lih Je-weliy, - "Watcls.es and Circles. Optical Department IMIall Orders curry a Sue dry Hr iliiiiu tn our lint'. Very truly ymirs jfj. j?. 3TALE7 vSc BUO. Pdat, X-T. C. If Von Wont The Best Laundry Sand Vour Laundry (o the Old Reliable Charlotte Steam Laundry. They are better prepared to di your work right than any Lanndr "in the State; nnd do it right, too. Leave your bundles at Wttod ' Moriiig's store. Baskets loavi Tue-ilays and returns Fridays. W. A COFFI N, Agent. w. w.Ton"e?. Di1t In GKOC lvKILS, PUOYISIONS A ITI0DUCE,
The Courier (Asheboro, N.C.)
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April 21, 1904, edition 1
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