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I i n 0 hi in an t i i hi , mat THE ASHEBORO COURIER llMlER ohe CGI G6 COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Result. 5 Leads in'Bcth News and Circulation. Issued Wef:k!y. VOL XXIX. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY MAY 26th, 1904. $1.00 Per Tear No. 21. ft I I :,r. i .:-..!;.' I'v.d a home its Aycr's Cherry i Parents know what r- i or ci ..'uicn : breaks Cherry 3 o feral . ;.'.! :i rir".!e niRllt, b ronchstis, prevents ir-niti. l'hy.-ieians atl .tvnt., to Keep it on hand. vhe r PTlioat- Lungs i i t j Cherry I SPOON, The Market MaLn. & 9 5 p Wauls Your Trade. j j;i Ho buys a: id sells all o p kinds ol' country o PRCDUCE !) and kocp.i constantly on 8 l-.aud $ Fresh MeeUs ? o g at reasonable prices. Also g f- a stock o" Groceries. $ 7. C5. 3PGON, i And Li ill a gents'" Clothing & Furnishings. -.- i.v ..f t M..: ii- M..,. f.-.r Ml, , ,:..! Ins .;, mm n.i li your i;i-.-). i iimi. 1 :.. Iinviii'.; y,.m i -.1 :;:! and .- . e Ill- i .le-t . ! 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Dcmuaalic Congressional Committee Or (anicd Intercslinr Things at the World's Fair. c.irn -'U'k-iMV lo Tin- CciurkT. Wasliin''ton, May 23. The Demo cratic (nij,'ri!S8ionul Campaign Com mittee has been organized, with the t-uriitioii of the ajipoiiitmetit of the I'.Kecutive uiid 1-inance committees, and probably will begin to get busy within the next few (lays. The demo crats will enter this campaign for the next lloime of Representatives with every encouragement in the be lief that t hey will be successful. Sev eral things are working together that iiinke democrats more nopeful of victory than they have been since In the tirst place the demo- ciaU have been singularly fortunate in their choice of a chairman of the committee this year. As soon as it became known that the Hon James M Griggs, of Georgia, chairman of the committee two years ago and than whom there never was a better one, would not again serve his party on account of sickness in his family, I he name of only one man in the Untitle was discussed in connection with the position and that was the lion William S Cowherd, of Miss ouri. Mr Cowherd was elected unanimously and a better choice could not have been made. Mr Cow herd is a young man, forty-three years old, and has served in tour successive Congresses, the Fifty-fifth, l-'iftv-sixth. Hftv-sevrnth and rifty eighth. lie is u modest man, but on the occasion of his verv lirst speech on the Moor of the House he was marked by all the old timers as one of the coming young men of the House. Ins speeches are not mark ed by (lights of flowery rhetoric, but tliev abound m lucidity ot expres sion, simp'e language, cogeut reasou- ing, an unanswerable argument biscil on the facts and stated so clear ly that a child can understand them. It is not his eloquence that makes him a remarkable ligure on the lloor of the House, but his clear insight into things and the motives of men and his ability to explain them. He i-one of the best debaters in the House and many a lepublican oppon ent has gone away limping when tliev crossed swords with him in de late, lie is a member of two of the most important committees in the House, those id Tost unices aim o.-t lioads and the District of Col umbia. He is an indefatigable woiki rami his speech in the last session on the frauds in the Post Ottice Pcpiirtiuent was one of the tinc.-l things listened to during the .-on. It will be used as a cam- l aiti'i document. Mr Cowherd is a :jil lid organi.i'i. He organized ucii'iy lor iiiiiiKcii in a mown i, im.k. had iieen in the habit of going le inililicaii and Ins majorities hive in-en growing larger ever since lie lir.-l came to ijoniess. Mr Cow- !, therefore, understands the is ci" a democratic candidate in i he northern di.-tiicts and his ndivce suggestions tl, t.m he in mlile diirin-' the campaign. Look out l'i r .Mr Cowherd as one of the oiniti voiiiig deinoearts of the oiintry. Onc'of the interesting things con- e, -ruing the great World's Fair at St Louis, learned from the Faateru r.tireau hi-re in Washington, is that with nearly two miles of attractions ami lorlylotjr distinct snows, it win cost less than $20 to go down the World's (Fair Pike. The ccneral admission to any show- on the Pike will not be more than 50 cuts, while the vast majority of them will cost only 25 cents to enter the main gates. A few will charge a general ail inUsion of 10 cents, while reduced ales in eerv instance arc made for children. The Pike attractions at the orld s Fair out number those of the Chi cago Fx position by a iatio of two to one, while the area tow-red is three tunes greater. No exposition ever given in the has offered the number and variety of attractions in a similar depart ment as are offered by the Louisiana Purchase Fxposition. While a World's Fair visitor can begin at the lirst Pike show and see every attrac tion along the line, he must not spend any money for wares that he will be o'lTered if he desires to re main within the limit of 20. Thousands of articles are to be of- fiivd for sale in the Pike concessions and if the visitor trie, to buy every thing he sees, hm Pike expenditures will liiu up into tne nunureus. Some of the Pike concessionaries have not vet decided cihhi the price of admission to be charged, but by estimating the price for those con cessions, which have not yet fixed ihcii entrance fee, and combining the estimates with the prices that have Ik-cii lixi .1, it has been found l hat a tour ot 1 he World's Fair side show will be much less expensive than lirst contemplated. CHARLES A. EDWARDS, University Catalogue. The catalogue of the University of North Carolina has been received. Verv erntifvine progress is shown. The students number '620, exclusive of the summer ecliool: and the faculty nnd oflieers sixty-nine. The University comprises depart ments of Law, Medicine. Pharmacy and Mining, in addition to the col Icen unil iniuliiBta dennrtuienU. Three courses are offered leading to the degree of A.B., and there are good courses in the various branches of engineering. The University (grows yeutly in numbers, equipment, land uuu menu REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. A Crowd of Revenue Olficers and Post Masters Meet and Pat Out a State Ticket. The Republican State convention meet in Greensboro last Thursday. A E Hoi ton presided as chairman. The revenue ofllcers and postmas ters were in the saddle from the be ginning and a ticket to suit their own purposes was nominated. Following is the ticket named: Governor, Charles J. Harris, of Jackson county; Lieut. Governor, Isaac M. Meekins, of Pasquotank; Attorney General, W II Yarborough, of Franklin; Secretary of State, J J Jenkins of Chatham; Treasurer, C G liailey, of Davie; Auditor, F'rauk Linnoy, of Watauga; Superintendent of Public Instruction, C P Frazier, of GuilfordjCorporation Commission er, I) II Abbott, of Pamlico; Com missioner of Agriculture, W R Dixon, of Craven; Labor Commissioner, J Y Hamrick, of Cleveland. , Judges Supreme Court, R M Doug las, of Guilford; W A .Montgomery, of Warren. Electors State at large: J J Hritt, of Runcouibe; R Z Linuey, of Alex ander. Delegates to National convention: Thomas S Rollins E 8 Blackburn, E C Duncan, B F Mebaue. Alter nates, R II McNeill, Claudius Dock ery, Mark Brown, II L Grant. The nominee for Governor is a wealthy leather manufacturer and miner of the mountin district, aged fifty, who came to the State from Minnesota eighteen years ago and is a member of the firm of the Reese Harris Tanning company. The convention was a cut and dried affair, there being only one sensation and that was caused by Judge W S O'l! Robinson, of Wayne county, national committeeman, who arose upon the rending the report on reso lutions and platform and protested against the section condemning the the Watts law, saying "God forbid that the paths o the barrooms should be made more open than now." Judge Robinson also protested against im peachment of Gov Aycock in the stray language of the platform com mittee, saving aside from nis parti sanship there was not a more high- minded man living, At this point the speaker was shut off with hisses by the revenue crowd. J he convention wiw dominated iiy the office-holders. Spencer E Black burn was in charge of affairs. He had brought the office-holders from the west and Duncan had met him with the eastern horde. Blackburn made a bitter speech and proclaimed loud and long. R . Liuney made a tierce characteristic speech. F.vcrtythmg in the convention was by acclamation except the last alternate to the national convention, when Clerk of the rederal court, II L Grant defeated S E Hall, editor of the Union Republican by an over whelming majority. GUILFORD COUNTY NEWS. Ernest Self, boy employed as help er at the Proximity mills, had arm so badly lacerated in the machinery there last week that it was necessary to amputate it just above the elbow. The brick work on the new Sis ters of t'haritv hospital, ou Summit avenue, is progressing satisfactorily. being now above the second lloor. it is conceded to be one of the prettiett pieces of work of the kind ever done here, the new government building not excepted. A serious accident befell Mr Hub bard, of Friendship, while attempt ing to cross the track in front of the southbound passenger train from Mt Airy to Saiiford at tins place tne Lltli. He was knocked some dis tance, bruising him painfully und breaking several ribs. It is thought he is also injured internally. Sum merlield Items. Out on Clinton stri-et Thursday a small colored boy took hold of a dangling electric wire that happened to be verv much "alive. lie sent tin a veil" that brought his mother and father to his rescue, but they in turn were soon rendered as helpless as the boy, and relief came only when some one cut the wire. The boy's hands were painfully burned. His injuries were attended to by a physi cian sent out by the electric com pany. Mr A Guirken, who has been here nearly ever since the estab lisment of the Five and Ten cent store, succeeding the Kugler Syndi cate, which went into the hands of a receiver soon fter opening up heie, rests under a serious charge prefer red by by Mr C S Minor, of Salis bury, who recently bought the stock. Mi "Minor claims that Guirken re moved or secreted a large. portion of the stock after disposing of it in ap parent good faith, an investiga tion Bho'ing that quantities of goods had been stored under the floor in a retained by Guirken for his private use. Guirken claims he is not rc sioiisible for the removal secretion of the goods, yet the evidence wa such that at a preliminary bearing he was put under a 200 bond for his appearance at the next term of Siicrior court. A Wonderful Terrapin. I have in in my possession aud may be seen at any time at the store of Asheboio Lumber. A Mfg Co., in Elise, water terrapin with two fully developed beads. It is in every way like the ordinary tempi o except it has two beads ana necks of oqual )tc K. L. Davis, REVENUE MEN IN CONTROL. Bad Stories Told oa Republicans All Manner ol Deals Said to Have Been Carried Out ia Arrantlnf the Work of the Convention. CorruMimndence Clmrlntte Olnerver. Greensboro, May 19, (Special.) Out of the many bargains and agreements made by tlie forces necessary to control the policy and action of the Republican State con vention held here yesterday, it is de finitely ascertained here this evening that J A Giles, of Chatham county, will receive the appointment as as sistant United states district attor ney in the eastern North Carolina district in place of Oscar J Spears, who resigned on account of incom patibility of temperament with Judge I'urncll. . It is reported here txlay that deals aud trades, made by revenue officer-holders revelations concerning which are just booming now so strongly connect that element of par ty which controlled the Republicuu State convention held here Yester day, with the whiskey interests, suspected or convicted of frauds agaiiiBt the government as to promise a wholesale repudiation of the organ ization as at present constituted by leading Republicans of the S.ate, following the publication ot Judge Bynum's interview, utterly repudiat ing the revenue othcn-holding oil garchv. Since that interview appear ed it has been learned that Byntiiu himself had no conception of the ex tent of significance of arrangement whereby the eastern revenue othcials secured absolute control of the con vention and the party organ, and that District Attorney Holton, and State Chairman Rollins were inno cent aud unwitting victims. Anticipating some crooked politi cal work, desiring to be acquainted with the manner of conducting the political conventions in the South, especially here since the recent con victions of prominent government gangers and members of the party who were large distillers, of frauds, it is learned today that the Internal Revenue Department at Washington, sent two secret service men here to get the lay of the land. Prominent on the stage was a self-confessed violator of the revenue luws, recently appointed deputy collector, more recently discharged from the service by the collector of the western dis trict, who was an active delegate. Parties out of jail, who were convict ed here three weeks ago of defraud ing the government, nut on bonds ot appeal to the Circuit Court, had been ?ent as delegates from their counties, some of them actively par ticipating. The significance of the siicceR8 of the element these men sided with caused one of the secret service men to declare before he left for Washington last night: '"The truth of the situation is past belief, unless it hadlbcen actually witnessed, and the scandal of it cannot be com prehended by those not on the spot." Already there are rumors of a movement among leading Ik-publicans to issue a manifest utterly dis claiming responsibility for theoflice- holding compacts aud asserting ig norance of the existence of them. Things to be Observed Biii-ik-. l.ui.k-iK.'l,.) The average Federal official in North Carolina is like the 'rcxas Boll Weevil there is no way of checking him. Aud yet, it is sig nificant, when an unbiased review is taken. There has been a lingering idea in the minds of not a few that us far back as 1K97 the Right Honorables, Jeter Pritchard, Eugene Holton, Daniel uitssell, Marion Butler, Cyrus Thompson, Charles Duncan, Claud ins Bernard, Charley Reynolds, and other equally notable personages, had in some unknowable way entered in to some kind of an understanding or arrangement, whereby their personal interests would be served, while any other unfortunate survivors of the Republican party of North Carolina would be allowed to go to the devil, "where they belonged." All this may or may not be true, but events, as they have gradually transpiied, appear to lend color to such an idea, us office-holding and nominations for official stations are being kept, succinctly, within the terse limits above outlined. When a Judgi has died or been removed, Mr. Pritchard has been re membered in duplicate. Whenever a postmaster has died or beer, re moved. Mr. Reynolds, the lieutenant governor and surveyor general, has been remembered copiously. When a Secretary of State has thrown up the spongeby limitation, Mr.Thonip son has beeu rewarded with clerk ship. When the State Chairman ship Bought other hands Mr. Holton was niiu'o United States District At torney, and when Ml. Pritchard could no longer hold on as active State Chairman his son-in-law was placed therein. When Uncle Dan and his kinspeople were considered rich enough to give up the Wil mington post office, that old gentle man was sent over to Johns Hopkins to be operated upon, and tne Jxird only knows what else. And now, in the third year mid ninth month of the reign of Ted, the cow-boy, we see this same com bination holding federal jiosilions and at the same time being nomi nated for State and Federal offices, and we wonder by what code of offi cial ethics tbev are allowed to hold to the one while striving for the other I It really looks like an effort to Hormonize the politics of the South, and is the greatest triumph of a strenous age. ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Items of Interest Gathered from Different Sources. Col. Denison Worthinglon, a prominent citizen of Wilson, N. C, died last week. The Record says there have been sixty-five car loads of fertilizer ship ped to Pittsboro this spring and sold to Chatham farmers. Albert Powell, a negro, was con victed last week in Durham and sentenced to be hanged for u crimi nal assault eu his own daughter. A negro tramp was lynched at Sea buy id, near Weldon, last week by a crowd of negroes for criminal as sault upon it seven-year-old negro girl. Simon Green, a negro farmer, was killed at Raleigh last Friday while trying to beat, bis way home on a freight train by falling between the cars. The Con n(.y commissioners of Stan ly last week appointed R F Huncy cutt treasurer to till out the unexpired term of the office caused by the death of County Treasurer Snuggs. G. A. Siimmcis, manager in this territory for the Singer Sewing Ma chine Company, located in Greens boro, lias absconded with $2,000 of the company's money. A handsome monument to the late Judge Schenck will be unveiled ut Guilford Buttle (iron mis ou the fourth of July next. Hon. James E. Shepherd will deliver the oration. Two suits for damages for $2,500 each have been brought by Frank Howard and J. 1). Leathers against W. M. Year by, a Durham druggist whose clerk sold them bella donna for Jamaica ginger. A cow belonging to Mr. Jus. Moore, of Scott8, gave birth to tivin calves Tuesday. Mr Moore tells us that they are both heifers and both "so much alike that you can't tell one from the other." Statesville Mascot. There were two hangings in North Carolina last I hursdav, Alfred Daniels, colored, at New lierii for the murder of Senator Simmon's father last September, and Frank Davis, white, at Winston, also tor murder. F'rank Ward, who several weeks ago eloped with Mrs G II Graham going to Iowa, where lie was arrested and brought buck, was tried before a Justice of the peace in Davie county last week and bound over to the superior court under a $500 bond. At Washington, this State, last week a man named James Boyd was struck by lightning and instantly killed, and dames Sawyer was knock ed senseless. Sawyer fell acioss the track of a log road and was run over by the log train.llis arm was mangled to such an extend that it had to be anipn tated. The Republicans of the Fifth Congressional district nominated Charley Reynolds, postmaster at Winston-Salem, to make the lace against Hon W W Kitchin. It is said Charley will not resign as post master, but will ask for a vacation long enough to canvass the distnct A Horrible Deed. A young negro woman named Murv Brown, was arrested in this city Monday on the charge of infan ticide. I he woman is accused ol giving birth to a child and immed iately after, wrapping it in a blanket and throwing it in the lire and burn ing it up. The woman is in a ser ious condition and is being guarded until she is able to go to jail. The father of this unfoitunate offspring, while not a husband, should also be held to account for forsaking the woman in the hour of direst need. The woman should not be the only one to sillier. Union Republican. Southern Railway Cars Robbed. ' the most vigilant efforts o- I i, Un.hfii ollicials in Minsiiiiry a ' Spencer the robbeiies on the v i- especially at the latter place c aiHae wit' out interruption. Fur t i- pa-t two months the loss to the b iithtm on .lecount of these rob t lies has been t leusl if 100 per day. 1 vtra 'flicer-i have been put on the y ird but to !io effect, for through s me my-'-teiious ana systematic oper a oils freight has continued to dis ii pear. There are clues, however, lcli it developed will prove exi d i n g I y sensational. Salisbury Thomasville News. Mr A W Fuller, of Fullers, one of most subslanlail citizens of l!au- Iph county, was in town last week ,,1 called in to see us. We hear lots of talk about Ibe . w railroad that is soon to Ik- built out 'IJioiimsvillc to Denton, a dis- nee of twenty miles. We learn i, at Opt. M I. Jones is the prime ictor in the movement; he w ill have lr force of hands at work grad- ,ng thJ rond bed. The right of way s aloag the proosed route has been -cured and the road appears lo Lu ll almoluli- certainty. Kvvy year Prof. J N Huuss ha tri sMiilenU to take a omi t census of Tltiomasvilte, and the task was completed last week. Our town ac cording to their census has a popuia ion of 2,721. Of this number 2,1 IS .ire white and 603 colored. This jensttf shows an increase over last year of ?2 per cent. This certainly shows a remarkable . growth, ouw whittti we arc justly pioud. RALEIGH LETTER. Report of Committee Investigating A. & N. C. Railroad Other News from the State Capital. C,inv-.m,l, na-of The rourior. Raleigh, N. C, May 23, 1U04. I he report of the siieoial committee ' which has been investigating the physiciul and financial condition and management of the State s railroad bus been in the hands of the Gover nor since last Thursday evening But it will not be released to tin- press for publication until tomorrow 1 1 uesdav.) However, thiough the courtesy of Gov. Avcock, this writer has been permitted to glance through the voluminous document. While it is impracticable to attempt a full sy nopsis of the entire report and evi deuce within the limited scope of this correspondence, 1 will refer as tar as practicable to some ot the more interesting portions of it. .those who are minded to wade through the labyrinths of the entire report can procure copies of theaiip' plcincnts to the Raleigh morning papers which will be printed tin week. It is an adverse report, and on tin whole criticises unfavorably xln management of the road. It begins by stating that during four years of the incumbency of Mr. Bryan as president ot the Atlantic & iNorth Carolina R. 1!. the comjmny has earned, above opoiating expenses and fixed charges, the sum of $251,727. 50. That during that time the company borrowed $55,000, of which $27,000 bus been paid, leaving 52H, 000 still owing. That there is ulso to he udded the net earnings for the nine months extending from July 1, 1903, to April 1, 190-1, viz., $14, 772.0'i, imikiii;; altogether an appar ent total of $.i;l.l!H.ti2 that has been available within -1 years and 9 months for permanent improvements and cxliaoiilinary betterments to the property. That the committee is of the opinion, however, that many items have been charged up to extraordinary improvements that should have been included in operat ing expenses anil renewals. That the system in use of keeping accounts "has been crude and very unsatisfactory." That "very con siderable betterments over conditions prevailing four years ago should have been effected by the expenditure of so large a sum ol money." That while the service has been greatly improved within the period covered by President Bryan's administration, and much of this money wisely spent, "some of it has been injudiciously used in some cases appioaching ex travagance." Mention is then made in detail of the manner in which the expendi tures have been made, ami some of tlie mistakes aud instances of ex travagance pointed out. The bad judgement used in the erection of new depot buildings and workhouses etc., is especially mentioned, aud the report says that too much money was expended in this way at Golds boro and elsew here while new sla tions were badly needed at More head, LiiGiinige, Nevvportand Dover etc. The report very distinctly slates that "the spirit of the law prohibit ing free transportation has been vio lated," whether technically contrary to law or not, in furnishing fret passes" to persons who are not even stockholders. That, although the by-laws pro vide that the "proxy committee" shall be constituted of "seven stock holders," there are at present 35' members of that committee, 14 of whom do not own a dollar of stock, and that "annual passes" are grant ed to all of these 35 gentlemen. That the list of "local counsel" to w hum annual free passes are issued contains the names of 34 more or less prominent men, 21 of whom do not even reside on the line of the road. That it is not even claimed that these lawyers ale all bonalide attorneys of the road. On the othei hand, at least one of them has ap peared us counsel for the other side "in practically every case the road has had tried in (.'raven court dur ing the adi'iiiiistration of President Bryan." Ill addition to this, the leport goes on to say that "free passes of all kimls (annual passes, tup passes and card tickets i have been very geiiei.illv distributed," ' "contrary to the by-laws of the com pany am! in violation of the laws of the "State." The charges concei tiing wood con tracts and I he high prices paid for wood are taken up and discussed ut length, and not at all to the credit of the management of the road, con cluding with the statement that the company can save $(i,000 or more every year by using coal inst'-iid of wood bought at such prices. As lo the oil purchase charge, the commit tee "attach but little importance" to that. The part that p-dities has played in the management of the load, in volving c h.-o-gfs of management with the incoming of I he last several State adaiinist rat ions, etc., is commented on, nnd the cuiumiltee suv that while they do not tind that "broken-down politicians" have been "unloaded" on the road, to any extent, the re sults brought aliout by the changes and other conditions which have fol lowed, are not calculated to set ve I In best interests of the pro-rly. As to (he purchase and conduct of the Atlantic Hotel property by the railroad company, the committee vigorously condemned both, and does not mince words in doing so. But Earl Turner is made the scape goat the young man employed to man I age the details of "running the hotel last summer; who succeededjiu "run ning" it in debt for over $(i 000 dur ing the three months he "run" it, and who "mysteriously disappeared" when the committee got ready to bear his evidence in substantiation of the charges he made in an affida vit filed bv former receiver McBee. Indeed, the report leaves the impres sion that Turner and the $i,0('0 de licit are verv intimately acquainted, The report says, that the railroad management "brought trouble"whele it acquired possession of this hotel property, for which it agreed to pay $14,000 (of which $12,000 remains unpaid) and has spent over $35,731 since in furi.ishing it and making it habitable. It expresses the opinion thut the purchase was not lawfully made; that it certainly was not wise; that it was not properly managed; thut, whatever the fate of the railroad, the hotel should bo leased without delay to private parties. After passing on other charges the committee states thut the gcii-r- ul policy of using the net earnings in improv ing the road and its prop el ty, while it so much needs better ment, is approved, although some of the expenditures are disapproved. 1 hat during the period covered bv the Bryan administration there seems to have been available, from the net earnings of tlie road, for bet terments and permanent improve ments a tob.il of $324,4.(:2. That the books of the company's auditor's show that there has been so expend- .1 the sum of $283,230.19, leaving $41,2i3.43. Deductive cash on hund $,120.5H, and the $11,487.06 lost by the hotel, "leave a bulancc to be ac counted for of $20,(155.79." The report, concludes with the latemeiit that "it is clear to us thut the best and most economical man agement of this property can not be Attained under State control. Unit "it is equally clear that it is u very valuable property, and that its con- lition and earning capacity have been greatly improved during the hist few years." 1 hat "we see nothing in the situ- ition to cull for great haste on the one hand, or extieine action on tlie other, in reference to any proposed liaiige in the control and operation of the property; but we do think that a modern system of accounting hould be adopted und other faults, to which we have called your attention, remedied." The report is signed: K. T. Gruv, v . T. Lee, Henry A. Page, committee of investigations. 1 he answer af the A. iy N. C. Railroad Co.to the application of Cuy ler for a receivership, has also been tiled, but there is no room in this tter for a reproduction of any part of it. Tlie hearing was set for Sat urday last, Mav 21, but was post poned on account of the absence of Judge Piinicll, who is setting in the Circuit Court of Richmond. The term of the U. S. District Court which vv s to have begun her" today has been postponed one week for the same an sc. The friends of Col. George Morton will be pained to learn of the criti cal illness of his mother a fact which has prevented him from fill- r u number of engagements lately. Judge Puruell will begin the hear ; of the CuvU-r application for a receiver next Saturday, May 28. tiov. Aycock on Saturday received i new offer to lease the A. & N. C. Railroad pioperty. It is from Phil- itlclplnu parties and otters un uver- of .) and !i-10 per cent, for oO years, or 0-5 per cent, for 90 years. 1 lie answer in the l uyler case says that the Governor is ready to author ize the State's proxy to vote on the various proposals for the lease of the' road. Li Kvvx v vi. MONTGOMERY NEWS. Miss Bet ( ha Lewis is visiting rela tives and friends in Randolph. Mr ( r Morris is putting lumber on the yard of his old stand, where he will elect a new store house in the near future. While hiving a swarm of bees Sunday, Mr Angus Pool, of Onvil fell from a tree, sixteen or more feet, md was painfully hurt. Mr Malcom McMillan, going home after preaching Sunday night, had a run away in which his buggy vviw consideiably broken. He escap ed with only slight injuries. .Messrs (i Morris and V M Rus sell announce themselves in this issue, as candidates for the nomina tion for the office of Register of I leeds. Wade Reynolds, son of Rachie Reynolds living near (jueen, killed a bald eagle, which measured seven feet and seven inches between the tips of his wings, one day last week. 1 he eagle hud done considerable lulling,- catching pigs and fowls. farewell Charley- Well. Charley Reynolds or rather Licutciiant-dovemo!' Postmaster C A Reynolds allowed himself to be nominated for Congress down in Grcciisboio on Tuesday on the Re publican ticket. For the life of us we do not know whether he took this "honor" because he expects to run to the finish and lose bis job as post master, or whether he acted as "shoil-stop" in order to keep some other bugger from getting it, and then later let Jodie or some other good man fake up the cudgel nnd wear .the defeat. We believe Mr Reynolds has hurt himself by seek ing and accepting this nomination, and the Guide would like to ask its cousin Theodore wby he will allow Uncle Charley to thin encumber himself with these plural offices? Bussinuss Guide, Rep. Thousands Hare Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect it How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your wul and let it sUud twenty-four hours ; a sediment or aet tlingindicatesaii unhealthy con dition of the kid neys; if it stains your linen it is evidence of kid ney trouble ; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. What To Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so ofteu expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Koot, the great kidney remedy, fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the liack, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne cessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most dis tressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by drug gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes. You may nave a sample Dome ami a book that tells all EFur. " - al)out it . both sent free ! l!X.l k bv mail. Address Dr. 1--- ' "J Kilmer & Co., l!inf--JMi&i(&3 hamton, N. Y. When HcuMolBMas-aooi. writincr mention this paper and don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Dr. Kilmer s tiwamp-Kooi, ana the address, Binghamton, N. V. WANTED A good second hand stationary boiler 40 or 50 h. p. ASUEIIOKU Ll'MIJEK &Mfo. Co. Aehcboro, N. 0. O ti COX, l'n-.litlelit. W J AKMKIKl.ll, V Prcs W J ARMKiKl.li, Jr., Cashier. The Bank of Randolph, -A.olie'boro, 2T. C. Capital and Surplus, $36,000.00 Total Assets, over $150,000.00 Willi niniOc osmiIm, experience nn,l pmtnctkm, v.- will, -it the hiu-liK-d!, of the hanking public and (ih-1 Mile In lrciareil und willing to extend u coliiluoilulli customers every im-iury ana u ,U"ihU!llt with sutc blUlkillK. DIRECTOR.SI Hiik'li 1'iirk.-. Sr.. W .1 Armfleld.W P Wool, P H Morris, t; c McAlister. KM AnutieUI, OKCnx. W K Ki-.l.Hni.', Hen) Muffin, ThoHj Kcildlng, A W KCii l. A M Kaukin, Thou U Bedding, l)r F K Anbury, C J Cox. New Blacksmith Shop. We have opened up a new shop in South Asheboro for general repairing and black smithing. " W'c make a specialty of mak ing Timber Wheels. Give us your work. We guarantee promptness and durability. A. M. Presnell. WE WISH e of Rm ring 1T Jewelry, - "Tatclies and Clocks. Optical J3epaztxxxex3.t In complete. We can duplicate any lense or broken jinrU. Fine LeDHOR (nrm-licl t order on short notice; 2ail Orders .A.. 3?. STALEZ iSc 23nO. Kir-la. Poiat, iT. C. If You Want The Best Laundry Send Yevir Laundry to th Old Reliable Charlotte Steam Laundry. They are better prepared to do your work right than any Laundry in the State; and do it right, too. Leave your bundles at Wood & Moring's store. Baskets leaves Tuesdays und returns Fridays. W. A COFFIN. Afent. ATTENTION! Poultry and Stock Raisers Ounnnnil inveiiU maetutcfl In Hone. Cattle, MiiM'p, Htf, OnlvM, Colin, LamtjM ftnt Fins, !vt irrnm ny cHUftitif perfect nntum nation. Vac Royal Poultry Mixture A Ktirc rure for rhnlem an1 Roup and the yreat ct t-ffK producer on tnh. HOYAL LirK KIM.KR. The trcateit Iruwt Imtniyvr known. Will kill the Lice on old and ymitiR chU'keiiM without Injury to the (itiirkew, H will ahto remove the lire front all kind of hUM!. It la motive "d certain remedy for Mitm, l.tee, Chtxree, bud Bugs, A lit. Potato Hug, KU Ktv. TKY t FA-K A'iK of KAi'H ANIB1CXWVIKC Kll OK THK1K MKK1T8. (Mir affi-nt will refund your tUnney If they fall to do an reonmineUd, an KoyaJ Poultry Mixture and Royal Lice Killer are mid under an abnotttts K uaraiitve of miMa-tton or money refunded. Indtanopnllti. IihL, t'.R A. Come And See ! Our spring aud sum mer showing of s ; Dress Goods, Notions, ' Embroidery, Laces, Ribbons, Underwear, ' Hosiery, Corsets, Etc. O. r. lieltman Trinity, ft C.