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VOL. XXIX. " ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY MAY 19th, 1904. No. 20.
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WASHIN0T0N LETTER.
Young Men Conine to the Front lm
portant Parliaments to Convene at
St Lonls The Telling Effect of
the EfforU of Hon Joba
Sharpe Williams and '
Colleagues.
Corresiulence to The Courier.
Washington, D. C, May 16. It is
th opinion of a great many people
in this world who have been close
observers of human nature, that the
one thing in a newspaper that inter
ests people more than anything else
is something about live people. Upon
the theorv. then, that "the nroner
study of mankind is man, 1 will
during the summer give to the read
ers of this correspondence a number
of sketches of some of the bright
young Democrats who came to the
tront in tne titty-eigntn uongress,
and who deserve more than a passing
notice in democratic correspondence,
In this connection I may mention
that one of the brightest young dem
ocrats who developed in the Fifty
eighth Congress, and who attracted
the favorable attention of the old-
timers, is "Hob" Lamar, as he is called
by his many friends here, of the 1 6th
Missouri District, the tall sycamore
of southern Missouri. The Hon
"Hob" reminds one of the pictures of
Abraham Lincolu in his youth, and
he lKwsesses many of the mental
chiuacteristirs of Lincoln, notably
the old fashioned, hard common
sense, so rare now-n-days in most
public men. Lamar is a hard
student and an indefatigable worker.
He has, during tins session, secured
the passage of two important and
much needed laws of a general
character, and of immediate benefit
to his district, and also several bills
of a private character. He is a
forcible and eloquent speaker, and
his upeeclies in the House always
LMinmaiid au audience. Iast Janu
ary ho delivered u speech in the
House on the tariff and the farmer,
that brought forth most favorable
muient from his colleagues and
doubtless will be widelv distributed
as one of the campaign documents
lurinc the summer ind fall. Mr
Lamar is ulwavs in his seat and at
tentive to his tlutiif, and if his dis-
nct fails to net its rights "liob
Lamur will be found on the tiring
ine asking why. The people of his
'istrict will compliment their own
iiiellicuiiec bv keepinir him here
where he will grow to be one of the
strong men of the House.
1 learn from the hastern rress
Human of the St Iuiis World's Fair
that there need be ik alarm about
hotel accommodations at St Louis
during any part of the Exposition.
, large number ot tho Hotels in tne
ourw of construction have practical
ly been completed and tho remainder
will lie finished at an early date. The
pioprietors of the various first-class
hotels have made the statement that
rates would absolutely not be ad
vanced during the Fair and that the
rates are lower than those set by
other large cities.
1 also learn if the newspaper
space that has been t'evoted to the
Louisiana r tircnaso r.iposmon were
made into a single strip.the width of
an average newspaper column, it
would extend three times around tne
world. Kewspatvers throughout the
world have been used in telling the
neonle of the universe what they -will
see at the St Lonis Fair. In every
country of the globe, in every lan
guage "known to civilization, stories
of the Exposition have gone forth.
As a universal Exposition, the gen
eral public than Has been the case of
any former expositions.
I also understand the following
international parliaments will be
held in St Louis during World a l'uir
period:
May 13 to 'il till' rnalional Tress
Congress. ,
May 16 to 21 International Uood
Koarda Congress.
Jnne 28 to July I International
Congress of Education, under the
auspices of the ftalional Education
Association.
August 29 to tJeptember 4 Inter
national Dental Congress.
September 12 tulB Interuatioual
Electrical Coneross.
September 19 to 24 International
Congress of Ana and Sciences.
Octoliel 3 to s International Con'
lrress of Entrineorine.
October 1U to li international
Coneress of Military Surgeons.
October 10 to 15 International
Coneress of Temperance.
October 11 to -14 International
Sunday Kest Coniness.
October 1? to 20 International
Congress of Heads of Schools for the
Deaf.
October 18 to 21 International
Library Conitress.
International Congress of Forestry
(date not fixed.)
International Congress or Aerou
antica (data not fixed.)
There is one important fact in con
nection with the Session of CoQ?res
i just closed that cannot be overlooked
and that is tho bearing of the Demo
cratic minority of the House.
Thanks to the untiring industry, the
parliamentary skill, the brilliancy
oi intellect and the honest zeal of
their leader, the Hon John Sharp
Williams, the ' Democrats of the
House for the first time in a number
of years rose to the height of the po
litical situation. But with all his
energy the leader could have accom
plished little cr nothing toward
maintaining, the strength of the op
position had be not made an army
out of a mob and thus been most
heartly seconded by his party as
sociates in the conflict with tho
majority. As one of the results of
this harmonious action, the Demo
crats are inspired with fresh vigor
and confidence on tho theshold of
the new strnggle with the party of
tariff spoliation, class rule and pater
nalism in government.
In a session brought to a prema
ture close, with many important
measmes unconsidered, the net re
sult Qf general legislation ia null
save in the passage of the regular ap
propriation bills, and those arc
swollen beyond all precedent of Re
publican extravagance. In the
abandonment of public duty, even
the legislation for the Panama Canal
is left to the arbitrary will and pleas
ure of the president.
For the barrenness of the session
the Democratic minority of the
House bears no responsibility. On
tho contrary, it is chielly due to their
vigilance mulct the inspiration of
their able leader that the Republican
majority in Congress precipitately
closed the session with their schemes
suspended in the air. There were
all the old bills, and some new ones,
for steamship subsidies, restraint of
immigration, modification of the
land laws, transportation of the
Philippines, and kindred objects.
Some have passed the House and
some the Senate, to hang up till the
short session of Congress, when the
Kepublican majority will he relieved
in a large degree of the dread of pub
lic opinion. Such but partially de
scribes the condition in which the
two parties enter the presidential
campaign, from a mere point ot
ve the Democrats surely have no
cause to complain of the situation
presented bv the Kepublican majority
at the close of the session of Con
gress. Ch aki.es A. Edw.vuds.
DAVIDSON COUNTY NEWS.
The llMtli h.
In lloon township last Thursday
two negro men forcibly entered the
home of Mr James Heck and stole
therefrom $8.50 in money and one-
half gallon of whiskey. Our inform
ant says the names of the negroes
are George and Sam Sears and that
the stolen money has been recovered.
lie further stntcd that the negroes
were still in the community but, up
to yesterday morning, they had not
been arrested. Just why they have
not been taken into custody lie did
not seem to know. Also that these
same negroes hud been accused of
several thefts in that neighborhood,
and had heretofore escaped for lack
of evidence, but that iu this cae
there was sulticicut proof to convict
both negroes of burglary.
Only live prisoners aie now con-
tiued iu the county jail four whites
and one negro. Of this number two
are demented and are in jail for safe
keeping, while the remainder are to
answer to criminal charges at the
next term of Davidson Superior
court, which convenes in August.
Thomusville Items: Dr Hill A
Lambeth, of the faculty of the Uni
versity ef Virginia at Charlottes
ville und one of Thomasvillc's most
successful young men who has re
flected great credit to our town,
spent one day last week in the city
with his mother, airs J n Ljimoetn,
who has been verv ill. but now we
are glad to learn is much improved.
t he ground is being plowed and
tho foundation work is taing made
ready for the brick work to soon be
gin on the large block of storerooms
of Finch Bros., to be erected on
Salem street.
Dr F C Frazicr, one of Randolph
county's successful farmers waa in
the city one day last week, ma
many friends in the city were glad
to see him.
MONTGOMERY NEWS.
The Kiaiulner.
G W Allen and daughters, Joe
and Thelma, are at Jackson Springs
this week.
Misses BUuche and Eva Asbury,
of Asbury, spent Tuesday night at
tho home of W D Al'en.
Mr Coleman King, of Brazile,
I lid., has been visiting at the home
of S J Stnithernian and AWE
Cape).
Mrs Sula Pritchard, of Asheboro,
visited her brother, U B Jordan, last
week.
Deputy Sheriff, J H McKenzic
went, to his home at Pekin yesterday,
having leained that bis mother, Mrs
John McKenzie ia very aick.
Misses Mattie Bruton and Lillie
Monroe spent Saturday and Suuday
at their homes at Waderille, return
ing to their work in school Monday.
Mr and Mrs D 8 Pool and daugh
ter, Miss Ina, of Rockingham, came
Saturday to attend the revival meet
ing. Miss Ina will remain a few
weeks.
A little child of Mr and Mrs Rob
ert Eury died Saturday aud was bur
ied Sunday. The bereaved ones have
our sympathy.
Misses Ina Smilherman, Jessie
SmithernuiQ and Stella Warner left
Monday to attend commencement at
Raeforu Institute.
DEMOCRATIC CONVOtTiON.
A Larf e ami Eutbailaitic Crowd tf ta
Unterrifled AaaeasMe asd Beet
Deleratea to State aad Co'
gre small CoareDtioat,
At the democratic county conven
tion held in Asbaboro May 14th,
Col. W. P. Wood waa mada eh air
man and II C Causey and I FCravan
were secretaries. A committee ap
pointed by the chairman, consisting
of one representative from each town'
ship, recommended the following,
which waa endorsed by the oonven
tion.
Following are the delegate to to
State convention: W. J. tJcarboro,
Chi m. Ex. Com. & member ex-offlcio,
T J Finch, W N Elder, L C
Phillips, T J Redding, E C Laaaitor
C O Shaw, J M Lnther, M A Cagle,
W T Bryant E L Moffitt, J M Cava,
ncas, W II Watkina,0 E Stuart, J R
Smith, a JL Coble, C V Kandieman,
R L White, II C Causey, A S Pugh,
N M Lowe, K K Ross, J no L Fields,
David Thomas, Chaa Rasa, Geo
Bulla, L M Kearns, A J Rush, 0 H
Lucas, M J Presnell, Chaa M Tyaor,
II T Caviness, Joe T Lambert, Hugh
Parks, Ji, W H Griffin, I F Craven,
J W Howell, J M Hinshaw, Dr C H
Lewis, A C McAlister, C O McAlis
ter, R L Causey, W P Wood
L C Andrews, Jno M Yow.
Alternates: E Moffitt, H A Tom
linson, J Parkin, R L Coltrane, Sr.,
J A Wall, W 8 Lineberry, Kobt W
ti,i;.n a n...n p a 1ur.n.ni..ii
W C Russell, J F Hamilton, W f
Foushee, O T Leonard, Jaa T Tur
ner, J L Hardin, W J Stalay, J P
Phillips, E B Leach, J C Lowder
milk, David Sykes, Laban Slack, H
O Lassiter, T W Ingram, R I Dick'
ens, D G McMaaUrs, Sam'l H Walk
cr, J F Cameron, J T Lowe, S C
Smith, J W Morgan, L A Finch, J
A Spence, W J Armficld, O L Sapp.
W F Bray. T S Graves, W Taylor
rergurson, J T Wall, Allan Scott,
J L Swaim, J O Redding, Wm C
Hammer, Jno T Rrittain.
The delegates go to the state con
vention instructed aa follows for the
candidates for governor:
For Glenu, 8.73
For Turner, 6.89
For Stedman, 1.39
A warm fight is anticipated in the
state convention.
No instructions were made for
Lieutenant Governor. Mr. Morton,
of Wilmington, has some following
in the county, but it, ia thought that
Judge Franois D. Winston il the
strongest.
The convention unapimonsly in
structed its delegates to east its en
tire vote for Hon. B. N. Page far
Congress.
The convention also unanimansly
instructed for Hon. Jno. T. Brittain
for Presidential elector in this dis
trict, and Hon. M. H. Justiea for
Judge of the Supreme Court.
Instructions were also made for
all the present State officers.
The list of delegates to the Con
gressional convention, which con
venes at Jackson Sprints June 16th,
is as follows:
L O Sugg, J F Merdenhall, B 8
Lambeth, I) M Weatherl? J A Wall,
S Bryant, W O Barker Sam Coble,
Dr T S Troy, O T Hatch, W H
Watkins, II A Russell, Troy Red
ding, Dr C H Phillips, 8 D W
Pierce, M J Presnell, Will Glasgow,
S A Cox, E J Stridor, Geo T Mnr
dock, J T Shaw, R M Moffitt, L A
Craven, W C Hammer, R R Roas,
John T Brittain, L M Kearni, H M
Robins. T J Ellis, R W Kearns, M
W Pairish, W P Wood, W A Under
wood, C C Cranford.
Any other Democrat of the county
that will attend.
(treat interest will be taken by the
Randolph delegation this year as all
the state officers are to be elected.
Enthusiastic speeches were made
by Col. W. P. Wood, Messrs. J. O.
Ilcdditig, Wm. C. Hammer and Ddve
Weatherly.
A Forjer Jailed.
A rather well dressed vounr man
appeared at the store of Mr C C San-
ford, of Mocksvilie, fllonuay ana pre
sented a check to tie cashed. He waa
unknown but talked so learnedly of
local affairs that he was accorded at
tention. In payment of $25.60
worth of goods, he gave a check for
f47 and took the balance in money.
The fellow talked too much, he had
told Mr San ford that he was a mil
ler and had work offered him in
Horn's mill. Mr Horn was inter
rogated about this, denied it and Mr
San ford went after the crook. He
caught him at Barber. Williams then
being in the act of putting on the
clothes he had bought. He gave
back willingly the money and soon
after was arrested by Deputy E A
Barber. To both of these gentle
men, he confessed the crime, and de
clared to Mr Barber that he would
kill himself. This he evidently
meant to do after being brought to
Salisbury. Mot knowing that he was
under arrest, Mr J n 1 sen hour sold
him three grains of morphine which
the officers took from him.
About 11 o'clock Monday night,
Esq. D M Miller heard the case and
committed Williama to jail. He re
newed his confession, but declared
that be was drunk when he did it,
Williams was taken to Mocksvilie
yesterday morning and Disced in ia.il.
He had another check for fit that
he did not use. This had the name
of J D Welchman (himself) as payee.
and given by J L Zimmerman on the
Peoples National Bank of Winston.
The case will be tried in Davie
county at October term of court, the
crime having been committed in that
county.
RALEIGH LETTER.
Funeral of Editor Furman Many County
CoBventluDi Rnpubllcans to Put
Up Lianey or Reynolds for
Governor.
Correspondent of The Courier.
i Raleigh, N. C, May 10, 1904.
The body of the Hon. Robert M.
Furman, late editor of the Morning
Post, was laid to rest Saturday in
Oakwood cemetery, this city. His
sudden death, from heart failure,
last Thursday, was a great shock to
his army of friends here and through
out the 8tato for every one who
kpew Mr. Furman admired and loved
him. He was, indeed, a most lova
ble, companionable and golden heart
ed gentleman considerate and kind
to every human being that came
within the province of his associa
tion. This writer knew him well.
for several years I was associated
with him on the editorial staff of the
Post, and I can truthfully say that I
have never known a kindlier spirit,
lit possessed the most emiable tern-
Sirament of any man I ever mot.
e was a courtly, thorough gentle
man, alwavs and under all nirenm-
stances. I never saw him angiy in
my life, I do not believe he ever lost
bis temper, and I am very certain
that I never heard him abuse any
one on any account. He was the
personification of modesty aud did
not have a grain of egotism in his
composition. Yet he was a particu
larly able man. His mind was a
vast store house of knowledge from
which he drew with a facile and
fluent pen to enrich the editorial
columns of the newspaper over which
he so ably presided. It is no mere
form of words to say of Robert M.
furman, "we shall not look upon
his like aeuin" morc's the nitv
for such unselfish and lovable spir
its are all too rare in this day and
generation of cold und selfish men.
God rest his soul!
Four counties held conventions
Saturday. Brunswick instructed its
delegates to cast the solid vote of the
county for Maj. Stedman for gover
nor and Hon. George L. Morton for
lieutenant governor. Durham conn-1
ty did not formally instruct, but the
convention was entirely in the hands
of the Stedman men. Of the 36
delegates elected (each having a
vote) only two are partial to Mr.
Glenn, the dispatches state. Most
of them are for Col. Morton for Lt.
governor. Randolph divided its vote
between ulenn, iurner and Stert.
man. Mr. Turner gets seven of the
sixteen votes of Randolph. The
Iredell convention will be held to
day and will send a solid Turner
delegation. Col. Morton will re
ceive strong support from - both of
these counties also. Perquimans
slsu lutld its coii veution, but no news
has yet been received of its action,
though the Glenn men are clamiug
a majority of the delegates.
It appears to be a foregone con
clusion that all the state officers will
be renominated with the exception,
of course, of Governor and Lieut
Governor they having served only
one term each, with .the exception of
Com r. of Agricult ure Patterson, who
is just finishing one full term, is of
course included in the list. Ho has
made such an excellent official that
be will probably be called upon to
serve even longer than a second term.
It is thought that the Republicans
will put up either Ex-Congressman
Limiev or former Secretary of Slate
Cy Thompson for governor, and
"they say" that Postmaster Chuilcs
Reynolds of Winston will accept a
nomination for Congressman in the
5th district. The latter will not re
sign his Federal oftice, of course, but
will run "to help the county aud
legislative candidates" of the Repub
lican party in that district.
AO report yet from the A. & a. C.
Railroad investigating committee.
The hearing of the Cuybr applica
tion for a receivership is set for next
Saturday, but it is intimated that a
postponement is also likely to be
made in that case. It seems that
Earl Turner, who was manager for
the railroad company of the Moore
head hotel last season, -and from
whom it was alleged the investiga
ting committe could secure some ra
cy evidence concerning the dining
and "wining" of the "free brieade"
at the State s expense, has not lieen
examined by the committee, for the
reason that he cannot be found."
"Turner's" "'mysterious disapear
ance" is creating considerable unfa
vorable comment i
These Letters will not knowingly
do anyone an injustice. Last week
an extract was copied from the Lum
ber ton Argus wnick stated that
Congressman Patterson of the uth
district would probably be unable to
secure the endorsement of his home
county (Robeson) for another term.
Aow comes the Liumtierton Koiieson
ian, the leadiug paper of Mr. Patter
son's county (and which, by the way
has jnst been eularged to an K-pagc
semi-weekly) stating that such re
ports are incorrect, and adding that
"we believe we voice the setimenl of
the peonlo when we say that the couu
ty has no disposition whatever to re
cede from the time honored custom of
returning congressional representa
tives for a second term."
The contempt case of the Liim-
berton lawyers is being heard to-day
at Lumber to u by Judge Peebles, the
ease having been remoyftd from Fay-
etteville, where it was opened Satur
day. The results will be announced
in later uispatcluss.
.Ll.KWXAll.
A battb) royal ensued' in Wilkes
county one day last week after rev
enue offices cut up anillicit distillery
tne sesparadoes concealed in tne
bashes opened fire on the officers.
Many shots were exchanged with but
little results of a serious nature.
FIRE AT BISC0E.
Aberdeen ft Asheboro Railroad Depot and
General Oflice, Eatinf Hoase, Hotel,
Two Fine Residences and Other
Property Destroyed.
May 13th fire at Biscoe, iu Mont
gomery county, where the general
offices of the Aberdeen & Asheboro
railroad is situated, did much dam
age.
The buildings consumed were the
depot, general offices aud railroad
eating house of the Asheboro & Aber
deen railroad, valued at over $4,000,
the Adams Hotel valued at over
$4,000, the residences of C C Crock
er, C C Martin and Mrs Burt, valued
at about $5,000 and two or three
other small houses. Most of the
furniture in the buildings was saved.
The tire took place between one
and' four o'clock iu the afternoon
and it began in the eating house,
consuming the depot and general
offices. The street between these
aud the residences bnrned is a wide
one, but the fire Swept across aud did
a great deal of damage.
There is no fire department of any
kind at Biscoe, hence the flames
were fought only by a bucket bri
gade.
We learn that most, if not all, the
buined buildings will be replaced
At the time of the firs Mr Henry
a rage, president of tne A, A A
road, was in Raleigh and learned of
the lire by telephone. There was
only about $500 insurance on the
depot property.
'
GUILFORD C0UNTT NEWS.
The Patriot.
A Bpecinl from Washington to the
Uhariotte Observer of the 10th said:
"Mr. M. L. Mott has at last landed.
The Secretary of tho Interior reced
ed from his position, under pressure
from the White House, and has ap
proved the action of the chief of the
Creek 'ndiuus in appointing him to
the position ot attorney. Mr. Mott
will draw a salary of $5,000, and his
good fortune is directly attributable
to the kindly intervention of the
President"
Judge and Mrs. Wallace N. Scales,
of Idaho, stopped over here last week
ior a snort visit wim relatives, leav
ing yesterday with the remaius of
their little son, who died in Danville
recently and will be buiied in
Crangcville, Idaho. Mrs. Scales has
been quite ill since the death of her
promising boy and was scarcely able
to undertake the long journey home.
The body of John W. Gaun, the
Rockingham county murderer who
died from enjures received while at
tempting to escape from a convict
force employed on railroad work in
eastern N. C., passed through this
city the first of the week en route to
the man's former home, where it has
been entcrred.
A fourteen-year-old boy who had
taken uucermouious leave of the
Friends orphanage at High Point the
previous day was arrested at Prox
imity last week and returned to the
institution.
Mr. A. V. Sapp, who recently
moved from High Point to Greens
boro, gave a contract Thursday to
Mr. W. 1. Montgomery for the erec
tion of a $6,000 residence on the lot
recently purchased by him at the
corner of South Edgeworth and Mc
Gee streets.
A gentleman writing from Stokes-
dale under date of the 10th says:
"Mr. John II. Southern, one of the
oldest citizens and Democrats of
Rockingham county, was knocked
from the track and killed by a train
between Stokesdalc and Madison on
the 16th in et. He was walking aloug
the track looking for fire when the
train, running at a high rate of speed
came up behind him, and although
there was a clear view for nearly two
hundred yards the engineer failed to
blow any alarm, and only blew for
brakes about the moment he was
struck. It was a shocking accident
and could have been avoided had the
engineer done his duty. The com
munity is iadignaut at such negli
gence.'' Wanted Blackburn as a Dclefste.
At the Guilford county Republi
can convention last week to select
delegates to the State and Congress
ional conventions a prominent Re
publican in open convention suggest
ed that E. Spencer Blackburn, the
Republican nominee for Congress in
the eighth district, be selected as a
delegate from the Pnxiinity Mills
precinct to the State convention. It
was stated that his residence was in
that locality and that he was about
the only dyed-in-the-wool Kcpnbli
can there. When the names of the
delegates were read out Mr. Block'
burn's name did not appear, but
prominent on the list was that of
W. N. Mebane, who is indicted in
the federal court and is out on
$2,500 bond charged with false re
turns as a rectifying government
ganger in connection with the Mil
ton and Reidsville liquor cases.
Killed His Brother.
In Madison county last week Dan
Norton killed his brother Hack Nor
ton. It seems that the Norton
brothers in company with others bad
started to their home in the moun
tains of Matiison after having spent
the day in Marshall. While on the
road borne Hack and Dan Morton
quarrelled and Dan cut Hack and
otherwise injured him so badly that
he died in a short time of his injuries.
Dan Norton and the other members
of the party were arrested, and at
the coronal's inquest the jury
found that Hack Norton came
to bis death at the hands of his
brother Dan.. Dan Norton is said to
bo a desperate character and has
been lu a great deal of trouble.
SAM JONES' LETTER.
The Great Evanrellst Writes of His Visit
to Greensboro, N. C.
Atlauta Journal.
The pastors, churches and good
people of Greensboro, N. C, when
Brother Stuart and myself, at thei:
solicitation, agreed to start an evan
gelistic meeting in Greensboro May
1, proceeded to arrange and seat out
of their largest tobacco warehouses
and when we arrived here we found
that the best arrangements had been
made and everything in good shape
for the beginning of the meeting
May 1. 1 hey have seats for four
thousand people, and perhaps five
thousand crowd into the building at
every service. The unity of the
churches and pastors is charming in
uicse uaya oi uivisions aim ecciesias'
tical cliques.
The meetings from the start with
their crowds and interest, have man'
ifested a desire of thereoDle for i
great old-fashioned revival. This is
the first meeting iu which Brother
Muart and 1 have joined hands for
nearley two yeais. My health has
been in such condition that I have
been forced to do lighter work. In
the meantime Brother Stuart has
gone steadily on with his revival
work, with great success both north,
south, east and west It is a great
joy to both of us that my health is
in such condition as that we can be
yoked up together again in a great
meeting. 1 am stronger now than 1
have been in five years, and preach
with less sense ef physical tiredness.
and if my health shall continue to
improve, I shall go back fully into
the evangelistic field, for surely the
field is white unto the harvest I
had much rather preach the gospel
in these great meetings for $1.00 per
day than stand on the lecture plat
form at $200 per night. It, however
takes five times as much physical
strength and energy to pull through
one of these great meetings as to
carry nightly engagements on the
platform for weeks. I am sure that
I have beeu much missunderstood
and much misjudged along this liue
but those who have been closest to
me know that from 1890 to 1900 I
was almost constant in these gieat
evangelistic movements, and I know
that there is scarcely a man dead and
not one living who has preached
more sermons than I have preached
iu the last thirty years.
Already these meetings have taken
on a depth and breadth; already there
is manifested of what our fathers call
the old-time power in these meet
ings, and we look for results such as
we have not seen in years. Greens
boro is one of the many splendid
towns in North Carolina, within a
city and suburban population of per
haps fifteen thousand people. This
figures in its commercial and busi
ness life, spleudid in its homes, and
really it is a young city of splendid
growth, and with a future of great
promise.
There is a tidal wave of temper
ance sentiment flooding this State
to-day. The saloons of Greensboro
feel that they are doomed, and the
dispensary is not good looking and
cannot come in. Raleigh has swapp
ed her saloons for a dispensary. Fay
etteville has swapped her dispensary
for prohibition. Charlotte is now
inaugurating a movement to put the
saloons out of business, and perhaps
twelve months from now liquor'
be driven from the State, u
perchance, Wilmington shall h.ve
inaugurated her dispensary, and Ral
eigh holding to her dearly beloved.
The Watts Taw of North Carolina is
a marvel of the kind. It gives the
temperance people the long end of
the handstick, und they roll the log
their way with ease and pleasure.
The Supreme Court of North Caro
lina has stayed right with the law,
without hunting for a technicality
or fearing the overthrow of free gov
ernment m this movement of tem
perance ai.d decency.
J. lie anti-jug law in Aorth Caro
lina passed by the last legislature
and affirmed by the Supreme Court
has put the wet towns mighty mgb
out of business. No town iu North
Carolina can ship jugs into any other
town in North Carlina. Good Lord,
give u Bitch a law in Georgia, and
if our coming legislature don't do
something for us, 1 am going to pray
to tne Lord to reward them accord'
ing to their works. The Old North
State is forging to the front, not
only in her manufacturing interests,
her growing towns acd cities, but
she is coming to the front in men
and manhood, temperance and de
cency, aud no better evidence of this
than ber anti-ing law. When
stand at the depot of a dry town in
Georgia, and see the dirty old jugs
piled off of au express car, it makes
me so mad that 1 could almost wish
that I could turn into a stick of dy-
namite aud blow the whole business
into the other aide of nowhere. The
anti-dispensary spirit is growing in
North Carolina. God grant that it
may get no further foothold in Geor
gia, for there is no more fearful so
lution of the liquor traffic than to
put God and hia church into the re
tail liquor business as the dispensary
proposes to do.
Brother Stuart and myself will re
main here several days longer, and
we shall begin evangelistic meetings
in Rome the last Sunday in. May,
Providenco permitting. It may be
in a warehouse, it may he in a church,
it may be in tht court house, it may
be oa the streets, or it may be on
the commons. Not an anti-dispeu-sary
meeting, but a meeting for the
salvation of men and the building
up tho Kingdom of God among men.
More anon. Yours truly,
Sax P. Joxbi.
P. 3. I am still convinced that
Parker leads, and he has nobody to
beat now but Teddy. . 8. P. J.
Women as Well as lea Are
isenible by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon th mind,
discourageaaadlewensambition; beauty,
vigor aud cneertul
neas soon disappear
when the kidneys arc
out of order or dis
eased. Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom
mon for a child to lie
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
child urinates too often, if the untie scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to coutrol the
postage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-ting,
depend upon it, the cause of the diffi
culty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of
the kidueys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser
able with kiduey and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
bv druiurists, ln nity-
cent and one-dollar a
size bottles. You may!
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a Hoaaast luaanynst
pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root,
including many of the thousands of testi
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
dress, Binghauiton, N. Y., on every
bottle.
WANTED A good second hand
stationary boiler 40 or 50 h. p.
Asheboko Lumber & Mia. Co.
Asheboro, N. C.
ORCOX.Pmidcut. W 1 ARMFIKLD, V-PrW
W i ARMFIKLD, Jr Cashier.
The Bank of Randolph,
A-li'bero, XT. C.
Capital and Surplus,
Total Assets, over
$36,000.00
$150,000.00
of the tain aim nubile and
let'! safe In saying we are prepamt and wtllina;
to extend to tair euatomera every facility and s
comniodatiou coiiaisteut with safe banking.
DIRECTOtVSi
Hindi Parks Sr., W J A mi Held, W P Wood, P H
M.rri,, l; i: :M,-AIIKr. K M Annneld. O a Cox,
W F Redding, Henj Moftttt. Thoa I Kcildlaa;, A W
KCapel, AH Rankin, Thos U Keddlug. Or P It
Aabury, C i Cox.
New
Blacksmith
Shop.
We have opened up a new
Bhop in South Asheboro for
general repairing and black
smithing. We make a specialty of mak
ing Timber Wheels. Give us
your work. We guarantee
promptness and durability.
A. M. Presnell.
WE WISH
To call the attention of the tienple of Randolph
couniy io ine iact tnai we nave a ooropieiai
efttubliahnient for repairing all
kinds of
Jewelry, - "Watches
and Cloclcs.
Optical Department
la enmpletc.
diinlicale any lenae
imrta. Fine 1. e it a 1
rder on short
fiirnialieil la order on short notice.
2all Orders
carry a Sue
P. STALET Sc 23J30.
Kifjrli. Poia-t, iT.O.
If You Want
The Dest Laundry
Sand Yaur Laurtetry to tho
Old R.UabU
Charlotte Ste&m
Laundry.
They are better prepared to do
your work right than any Laundry
m the State; und do it right, too.
Leave your bundles at Wood &
Moring's store. Baskets leaves
Tuesdays and returns Fridays.
W. A COFFI N. Ags-nt.
ATTENTION!
Poultry and Stock Raiser
Ciirw awl rovojiU disc, In HoiMa, Cn.,
tfhecft, His, ('Alrea, ColU, Ltutahn ml fit.
nuvt KTaiu oy mumng penec aMuiiiiauon. a
Mibetttuct for Muture. Our agent will ntfuud
your nuney if it falU to do a rtwwmasieL
Um Royal Poultry Mixture
A iire cure for Cholera and fuwp and ttm yreot
eat pk producer on em-th.
KOYAL LICK KII.LKH. The ffreateat liwri
dttmyvr known. Will kill the Lire on old hihI
rounjr chicken without hi Jury to the chirfci'ia..,
It will a)o remove thsj Hce from all kind of
tftocat. It fa a ioMMv and certain mnedy fur
Mitea, I ter, Jhirea, Bed Buaa, Airfa, VotmMi
Bugs, KU Rtc.
TRY K PACKAOit 0r KAOH ANDBRCONVINC
KU Of THEIR MKhlTH.
iHir agent 111 ivfund ynwr mwT If they fni!
to de aa rewwuraendtfd, aa Rnyal Pwltry Mixftife
and Royai Ltoe Killer aiw aoJrt under an aVmuute
tfuaraiitsje of aatlMfactttm r lanney rafuuduti.
Maiiiifactumd only by
THE ROYAL CfMfp H ANL r Af TI RINO CO.,
,. litdlaMpnlta. IihU I'. . A.
Bold by 1. if. 'Hi UTH. OetMrml A Kent. -Huyla,.,
Come And Ceo I
Our spring and sum
mer showing f : -
Dress. Qoods, Notions,
r"" Embroidery, Lacs's,
i Ribbons, Underwear,
. .-,iIwuer7 Corsets, Etc,
Ji. P. HoWmari-
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