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rocour: me COURIER Leads in Both News and 15he COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. I I Circulation. Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Tear4 VOL XXIX. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY JUNE 23rd, 1904. No. 25. i THE ASHEBO ER. L. M. FOX, M. D. ASHEBORO, N.C. Often his profouloual norviee to thu clUceniiof AshcborouDd (turmuixlifiK cunmuuity. oQlfc: Central Hotel. FARMERS, YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Drugs, Glassware, Crockery Tinware, Trunks, and Gen eral Merchandise atourstore Our prices are right. Come to see us. Bring your produce, eggs chickens, etc.; to exchange them for goods. We sell vou good goods ut reason able prices itml pay yon cmiil prices for your pro (!uei .... E. O. YORK STORE CO. CENTRAL FALLS, N. C. Gents' And Little Gents' Clothing & Furnishings, Our Spring lines of Cloth ing for both men and boys are now ready for your in spection. Before buying your next suit cull and see the latest imil get our i ices They Will Fit Your Pocket I Our Skirt, Underwear and Hats arc the very best for the money. Our buyer's experience of more than 20 years with manufacturers is a guarantee of the best 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. Pianos Organs Wholesale and Retail, A. D.Jones & Co. Southon Factory Di.-ttribulora for the World F&mous KIMBALL WE loan you the money to buy them. WE give free trials. WE pay the freight. WE save you 25 per cent. WE add nothing to the prin cipal when sold on EASY PAYMENTS. Write for our lutes Piano and Organ catalogue and for full par ticulars. A. D. Jones & Co., 208 South Elm St., Greensboro, N. C. OlNIVERSITY NORTH CAROLINA! Academic Department, LauJ, Medicine, Pharmacy! Free tuition to teachers and to ministers' sons. Scholarships and loans for the needy. 620 Students, 67 Instructors. New Dormitories, Gymnasium, Water Works, Central Heating Sys tem. The Fall term begins Kept. 5, 1!)04. Address Fkancis P. Venahle, President, CHAPEL HILL, S. C. S. Bryant. President J. . Cole. Cashier 'Btvuk of RandlemoLii. R&ndleman, N. C. Capital paid fa, Protection to depositors, $20,000 40.000 Directors: S. G. Newlin, A. N; Bulla, W. T. Bryant. C. L. Lindsey. N. N. Newlin, J. II. Cole, S. Bryant U O Barker and W K Hartsell. RALEIGH LETTER. Tbe State Convention Who will be Gov ernor? The Legalized Primary. IVirrcsiondena: ol The emirtrr. Raleigh, June 20. GreeuBboro is the centre of political interest am! activity this week. The contest for theguberiiatoral nomination will be a close and exciting and possibly a prolonged one. It is not probable that the matter will be settled before Friday and Saturday may lind the convention still in session. Stcdman and Glenn will receive pretty nearly the same number of voles on first ballot, aim neither will have exceeding 500. It will require C25 to nominate. Between 200 and .'500 votes will be divided between Turner and Davidson, about two thirds of which will be cast for Mr Turner. It is therefore apparent that no nomination can be made until there comes a break in the forces of one of the three leading candidates. Which one's that will be no one can foretell at this hour. It looks like Winston for Lieut- Governor, though it is now stated that at least three others will con test for this nomination, viz: Col George Morton, Senator Joseph A Brown and Senator Henry A Lou don. Judges Brown and Hoke will be nominated for the Supreme Court Justiceships, to succeed Montgomery and Douglas, but Judge Justice will receive a large vote in contesting the honor nth Judge Hoke. Ihe iiuestion or a "legalized pri mary, State and local, is again being discussed in certain quarters. But the proposition docs not meet with general favor. Most of us remember too well the deplorable effects of the State primary of 1900, to settle the a Senatorial nomination and haven't got the bad taste of it out of our mouths yet. Jt is not u fmegone conclusi in. Iiy my means, that the so-called "lug four" (recently "decided upon" by some of the "Bib Ikes ) will lie chosen clectors-at-large, for several reasons. In the nrst place the Dem ocratic party of North Carolina is too proline of great men (and is continu- ifly growing a perennial crop of another class who claim to be great men, and who insist upon being so considered by others) for it to confer all of its greatest honors on any three men without arousing no little alousy and dissatisfaction. e haven't enough honors (and perquis- itiig) to go round, as it is however idelv they might be distributed. This is one of the drawbacks in a State that bus but one political party that can entertain a hope of. success at the polls. But I am informed that there is no disposition on the part of Senators Overman and Sim mons and Governor Aycoek to "mo nopolize all the highest honors and ofliccs." Neither of them an active candidate for delegate at-large, ns far as 1 know, and Senator Simmons has recent I v stated that he was "not a candidate." As for "one of the de feated candidates for the guberna torial nomination" who has been sug gested as the fourth member of this proposed triumvirate, it would be rather inconvenient, not to bay hazardous, to pick him out at least a day before the nomination of a can didate for Governor is made. The high degree Masons were here in force during the past week the Knights lemplar, Koyal Arch-chap- Ut and Mystic Shriiicrs and a most enjoyable us well as profitable t'jrec days of labor and refreshment was the result. Raleigh's "Confederate Drum Corps" (the only one in existence that saw service) is back from the Confederate Reunion, where they attracted much attention. These i three "old Rebs" do not at this late day very greatly resemble the con- veutional and picturesque "drum majors," but "they get there just the same: It is reported that Judge W S O'B Robison, Republican national com mitteeman, will be sacrificed this week at Chicago because of his anti uegro social equality views as prac tically carried out some months ago at Washington. Some of the judge's friends have been telling him for some time that his proper place is in the Democratic party. Ll.EWXAM. Mid Summer Meeting. The Baptist Mid-Siimmer meeting convened at Jackson Springs Tues day of this week and will continue until July 8th. Dr Robertson, of Louisville, will give :i series of lec tures on "The Words of Jesus." There arc accommodations for 400. Ihe meeting will be in three sec tions; general meetings, Sunday school section, young people's sec- lion, me hrst eight days, saving one, will, will be devoted to Bible study, devotion and popular address es. The Sunday school section will run daily, with lectures each after noon, and on Friday, June 24th, will have the en ti re day. Thc you ng peo ple's section will have two entire days. June 29th and 30th. Thc meeting is designed with a view In religious recreation. There will be Bible study, lectures, aihlrej ses, devotional hours, singing and rest. Gospel hymns 1 to 0 will be useu. Subscribe for the Courier. TheCoi RiER will be sent from now until December 1st 1904, seven months for 60 cents. Send money or postal orders or stamps. The Col KikK, Askeboro, N. C. FARR1S-W00D. Editor of the High Point Enterprise Wins a Fair Bric. Trinity, N. C, June 19. The marriage Wednesday of Mr .lames Joseph Karris, of High Point, to Miss Nannie Wood, of Trinity, was a social event of wide interest. The ceremony, simple and impressive, was performed at li o clock in the afternoon at the home of the bride in Trinity. The marriage ring was used. Or r 11 Wood, lather ot the bl Hie, officiated, assisted by Dr Rut tic, ot lirecnsboro, and- Kev Al Sherill, of Trinity. Miss Ellis and Miss Drusic Kllis, of Durham cousins of the bride, were the only attendants. Thc llorul decorations of duisies and ivy were beautifully and tastily iirrunjrcd. Immediately after the wedding Air and Mrs rams left tor St Louis. Their bridal trip will also include visits to Yellowstone Park and Niagara Fulls. During her residence in the neigh boring town of Trinity the bride, has won the admiration ot people ally and is well and favorably known here as a pretty and uceomplishct young woman. Air J J r arris, the groom, is i ik of the best known editors and pub ushers in the state and has been most actively interested in the treat development of manufacturing inter ests in High Point from its infancy, Many beautiful and useful pres ents came to the popular coup evidences of the sincere interest of their friends. In addition to thc im mediate families the following were in attendance: Miss Kllis, Miss Drusic Kllis, Get Wood, Durham; Mr and Mrs W 1- Wood, Mai inn; Miss Wood and Mrs Underwood, Askeboro; Mr and Mrs Scurboro, Wudesboro; Dr II O Battle, Greensboro; Mr and Mrs K R Curr, Rev and Mrs Skerrill, Capt and Mrs Parkin, Trinity; Mr and Mrs A K Tate, Mr and Mrs J Klwood Cox, Mi ami Mrs W II Raguu, Air and .Mrs Fred N Tate, Mr ami Mrs L -I gram, Mr and Mrs J W Harris; Messrs W C Jones, S 11 Tomlinson, John II Tate, K M Armtield, C F Tomlinson, M J Wrenn, Weseutt Robeison, Wm Partedge, W T Parker, Dr J L Moore, Dr A K Fraziei, Rev W T Hundley, I 'rand Mrs W G Brudsliaw, High Point. Mow Campaign Literature is Circulated. "The watchward of the Campaign Committee is 'publicity,' Mr Day Allen Willey writes, in an article on "Running the Campaign ',in the July Pearson's. "To gel this it tries to catch both the eye and the ear of every voter who is not of its party but who may be inlluciic.nl by the pen of the writer, the pencil of the cartoonist or the tongue of the orator. This is why one of the Hist steps is the creation of a bureau to provide liter ature, and a biiieau to furnish speakers. ith Ihe Held ot action plotted out, the bureaus which arc to enligh ten the masses as to the virtues of their side mid the sins of the other, get ready for business. The press bureau organizes with a chief, ami enough assistants to examine and edit the mass of copy required from the star! of writers employed. F.di torials, reviews, statistical articles, witty hits directed at thc opposing ty, even poetry, torni part ol the duct of this literature-factory In lie spread broadcast over the country some ot it prune. 1 lv the bureau in leallet and pamphlet to be deliver ed directly to the voter, some of it to reach him through the medium of the newspaper. "excluding the newspaper copy which each party furnishes on so hlieral u scale, the press bureaus put out material, ranging from pamph lets to posters, by the ton, and some times the cm load, it was not un common for it to be shipped by freight from Chicago during the campaign of 1900." Helen Kellar, and Nina Nina Rhodes, the blind author of "Silver Linings," (McClure, Phillips Company) are very close friends. Miss Kellar was visiting at the house of Miss Rhodes when the latter was putting the finishing touches upon ncr book. The chapters as written, were transcribed in "point" for the benejt of Miss Kellar, to whose crit icism Miss Rhodes declares she owes much. The book is dedicated to Miss Kellar. Sully the Farmers' Friend. Mr Daniel J Sully's failure was a rami thing for the country, after ull. He will not try to "boom" cot ton any more. He will devote his life to the benefit of the cotton growers of the South by introducing improved methods. lie will work for the "high culture" of cotton and for "a more scientific method of handling it." He modestly esti mates tnat his labors will save the cotton-grower "twenty per cent, on his annual income." In that case, thc cotton-growers can afford to give him, say. five per cent, of that sav ing, aud so make him one of thc richest men in the country. How simple it is to make and save money! Won't somebody devote his life jo saving the corn-growers, wheat-growers, potato-growers, yes, even the millionaires who write for the maga zines, twenty per cent, on their an nual incomes? The need of the hour is more Snllys. With the Pro cession; Kvervbodv's Maga.-.inc for July. . The Coi'KiEK and Farm both for uue dollar a year. Life, GUILFORD COUNTY NEWS. i Tin- Patriot. Thc a w))isky wagon, three men and two or three barrels of whisky near Coltraue's mill the other day. They should watch the road again. That is not jail. There is some little excitement lover a so-called ease of smallpox at . i- Alfred Jones , Ins daughter he ing the subject The physicians only concern seemed to be to vacci nate the whole community. The Randleman Times has been advocating thc building of a new court house for Randolph. A nice new court house would be a nice thing to look at and an honor to the counrv, but unless the Watts law is repealed according to present indica tions there will be but little buisness to do that could not be done in Col. McAlister's vacant store building for awhile even if the old court house was to get unsafe or fall down, neither of which is likely to occur soon. Ihu building is a good struc ture and good for several years- As for the jail it does ami has met all the emergencies for some lime. Mr li F Newhy is the only occupant, He dwells In-low and has little iisi for the keys othel then for his cbil dren to play with. Centre cor. Saturday afternoon I -in ted Stufci Commissioner Wolfe tried W W Bray and William Alfred, of Ran dolph county, for illicit diatillin Both were bound over to court un der a bond of 200 each. Bray ; bond. I he other man is in iail iiane jieaitcn, a colored woman who died in the eastern part of the city last week, is said to have weigh ed over 500 pounds. A dray had to be used bv the colored untlcrtaKer who had charge of the funeral, Ins hearse was i:ot large enough to iceoniinodute the Collin, Special ollicer J) II Collins icturn- i'liursdav from liloomingtoii. III., with (ieo A Summers wanted here to answer a charge of ciubczzlcnn ul preferred by the Singer Sen ing .Mi nnie Loinpanv. Suiiimei.s claims thai the money he look from the company, something ovei l,smi, was due him in commissions, etc.. ind was properly his. While he may establish the lad that the com pany owed him something he adopl,- d very questionable means to bring ibout a settlement, lie is under bond for his appearance at the Au- ust term of court. The heavy rains last week softeii- d the ground so much that a small portion of the foundation under W Clegg s new building on South Mm street gave way, damaging a few feet of the north wall to such an ex- nt that it had to be rebuilt. Fortu nately the building is only on story height, and the damages were iusignilicant, from a liiiaucial stand point. C M Smith, of Iirowu Summit sec tion, was here .Monday with a good it of working tobacco for which he ivcraged SIT.oO per hundred. Mr Smith was highly pleased. Heavy rains soulti ami southeast of the fit v last week caused hsivoti li nking growing crops, some fields be- liteially washed awav, while a number of small bridges were de- tioyed. Old residents say they ave never seen such a lain fall. Mr R K Craver of Reidsville, died Friday morning at Virginia Beach. here he went on Thmsday of last week in the hope of regaining his ill lb. Just Sunshine. Allaiiln l ii mil Did vou ever slop to consider what is the most effective medicine in the world;' Sunshine that costs nothing mil can be had for a wish. Germs of all sol ts perish ill the sun. liactena cannot stand the are of Old Sol's radiant eye-. It ill kill them in a few hours. Walk in the sun. Sit in the sun. .ive with thc sun beaming upon vou nil the time if possible. Open the indows. let the sunshine stream in to vour looms. It will purify them ind make t hem more lit to live in. on may be able to live in a bark, imii room for a time but it will jradnallv undermine vour health. Move into a room with a window peiiing out to the east or the west and note the difference. Wherever there is mold or damp ness, turn in a little sunshine and atch the germs give up the ghost and die. It will silently but surelv spose of the utivv bolesomeiiess of mildew or mold and make clean and healthful every spot it reaches. Hang out the sheets or blankets where the sun will strike them and the rays will disinfect them thorough ly, leaving them fresh and sweet with no odors clinging about them. bulls and animals thrive in the sunshine. Without it. thev sicken aud die. The child of the iiasenient is sickly, pale and puny, while the child of the Held is strong and rud dy. People of the dark habitations are universally despondent or des perate. People of the o n homes never have the blues ami are seldom depressed. The sun is nature's great remedy for her children. It is the licst dis infectant and the surest germ-de slioyer, while at Ihe same t it is the i-heapi-f im-dicine t-,.r put on th arket. It i: the nnivi-r.-al healer and the greatest preventive ol" disease .mankind has ever known. Man's concoction are np to a high stale of perfection, it is true, but they have never yet mid never will attiin the dcne of perfection nalnie has gained for hers. Dr A I Webb, of Winston-Salem, has inovei! to Lexington. CONVENTION AT JACKSON SPRINGS. Hon. Robt. N. Page Re-Nominated Other Nominations Resolutions. The Democratic convention of the Seventh Congressional district met at Jackson Springs June lfith. All the counties were represented. Air. . C. Hardison, of Anson, the chairman of the executive com inittee, called the convention to or der and Hon. C. T. Bailey, of Davie county was elected permanent chair man. Mr W J Adams, of Moor elegant style in which he in the ulwavs HON. HOIIT. X. I'.VOK. talks, placed lion Robert N Page before the convention for reiiomina tion. Mr Page was enthusiastically nominated by acclamation. Hon J A Lockhait presented Mr J G Boylin, as editor of one of the best Democratic weeklies in the world, as a candidate for delegate to the JSational convention. He was nominated bv acclamation. Air E K liaper, of Davidson; MrRKGcycr oi flioore; Air i Ulcnti Williams, of l adkin, were voted for as the othel delegates to the National convention Mr liaper was elected. Messrs Will iams ami Gcycr were mimed as allei niites. Hon" Frank Arnilield, of I nion, was chosen by a close vote over John T Britlain, of Randolph, tor elector. In accepting the nomination, Con gressman Page took occasion to urge greater national patriotism tout-company our worthy State pride. In speaking of the St Louis platform he said it will dwell upon no dead issues, but it will be permeated with the fundamental principles that have kept alive our party since its incep tion. 1 hut platform will be con servative, but it. will not stand put. Mr Arnilield, nominee for elector. was called for and responded bi icily mid humorous! v. Air milium C Hammer, chairman of the commit tee on resolutions, presented the re port of the committee. KIISIII.ITIOXS A IIOI'TEP. The Representatives of the Tth 'oligressional Dist. of N. C. rejoice that in the opening of the present national campaign, the Democratic party I'mds its ranks free from dis turbing dissensions in district, state and nation, and now proclaim anew their steadfast adherence to the tunc honored Democratic principles. The Democratic party in the nation lands for honesty and economy in the collection by just and ennui laws of on i v so much of the peoples' money as is necessary to defray the ictiial expenses of government, ami it unhesitatingly c lemiis illegal combinations which within recent years under Republican administra tions have grown so great as to crush ouipctition. We denounce in un measured terms the deliberate con- 1 iit-t of the Republican House and Republican Senate, tlidated to ami domineered by a Republican Presi dent in refusing to order or permit i full an I free investigation of the icknowletlged otliciai coiiiiption in the at.ministrative departments at Washington. e rejoice that under the Demo cratic administration in the State the people of North Carolina have enjoyed a clean, honest and economi- J cal government, that the penitentiary debt made during the days of fusion rule has been paid in full and thai institution placed on a paying ba'is. that the public school system, the great bulwark of free Democratic government has been enlarged, ex tended and strengthened, and that the race question has tinally been settled ami has disappeared from our state polities. We heartily endorse the course of our Senators and Representatives in I ongress troin .North Carolina, and especially do e endorse the course of thc distinguished representative of the Seventh District, Hon. Robt. N. Page. We commend him for his untiring attention to the details of bis high ollicc, his devotion and loy alty to .luty and constant aud able obedience to the will ol the people. Newspapers as Educators. The newspaper is one of the great est sources of education ai:d infor mation. The most that people know of their public nu n, and the charac ter of their services, they get from ihe newspapers. The country's re ligious and educational progress, its comparative standing, is measured, for the most pari, in the column? of the newspapers. The character and landing of nie i, fiom the political forum to the sai led desk, can lie measured by the utterances of the newspapers. Whether we shall have peace and prosperity in our towns and communities depends, to no small extent, upon the teaching of our papers. That no man lives to himself, has a forceful illustration in the thoughts and words that uppuar in daily aud weekly press. Kaleigh liuiec. MONTGOMERY NEWS. Tim Kxauilucr. Mrs Tommie Lucas died of a can cer at her home near Cagle's Mill Monday. Miss Lola Allen returned from a two-weeks visit to friends in Rock ingham Tuesday. G I) B Reynolds, who has been suffering from mi attack of appendi citis, is improving. Miss Minerva Meliae. sister of Air James Mi-Hue, of Troy, died at An- onMi-iiin v i' !..-t .. I i . aotiv ule, JS C, lust week, age about To years. it- ti i- ,i - W II Wafkins Jr., after Hiicndititr a few weeks at his home at Rain seur, returned to Troy Monday. II C Ingram Ksq. has five men to tluy reaping some of the finest wheat we have been, while Mr A Leach is plowing sonic of the finest cotton in these parts. Star correspondent. We learn that Mr Wright Dunn, of Star, was painfully hurt in a run uway near near Hull's Mill lust Thursday. He hail a shoulder and a hip severely bniiscd us he was throwu from his wagon, but, we did not learn how serious the bruises are. We are informed that Messrs Jim Richardson and A mos Green came very near buying a serious accident on the new bridge at M S Martin's Anil a tew days ago. The team be came frightened, began backing their wagon, and there being no railing yet on the sides of the ill ive way, the rear wheels ran off. The coupling broke letting the rear end of the wagon fall several feet to the ground. but the front of the wagon and team remained on the bridge. No one was hurt. Rev J F Heitnian died suddenly of heart failuie, ul his home in Trin ity, on Wednesday morning. Mr Heitnian was one of the early pas tors of Centenary M E Church of this city and also principal of the old Winston boys' School. Winston Business Clinic. Starbuck and King Indicted. The grand jury in the federal court at Charlotte last week has turned presentment!! nnainut tu 1 revenue olliciuls. ehundiin- them with complicity in whiskey "frauds against I the government. The men against whom indictments have been return ed lire O A Starbuck, of Guilford county, a division deputy collector of internal revenue serving under Collector Duncan at Raleigh, and W P King, formerly a clerk in Collector Duncan's otliee, but who is now con nected with the postal service. Starbuck is charged with making false returns und King is indicted for failure to perform the duties of the position ho held in Collector t Duncan's ollicc. The offences of each were committed in connection with u big distillery at Milton, Cas well county, know ii as the Milton Liquor Company. It is hinted that the investigation may include still higher officials before all thc con spirators against the government arc matte to answer tor their crimes. O A Starbuck. who holds a com mission under Collector Duncan, is division deputy collector for the counties ot Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham und Alamance. He is a niau of standing and bus represent- -d Ins countv in the State Semite. W P King, before he was transfer red, was the clerk in Collector Dun can's ollice, who received the returns made bv the rectifiers, cancers and h-puty collectors. It is charged that he received und passed repoits from the Milton distillery that he knew to be fuse. Collector Duncan hus appointed Mr. T. W. Viueet of Burlington to succeed O. A. Starbuck, us deputy collector of internal revenues for the Greensboro district. PREfllUM FREE! Others Get Them and Why Not You? FIRST PROPOSITION. For Fourteen New Yearly Cash-in-arlvaiue subscriptions to THE COURIER we will give ABSOLUTELY FREE a handsome 42-piece China Dinner Set. SECOND PROPOSITION. By securing: ten yearly Cash Free a 42-piece Porcelain Dinner Set. THIRD PROPOSITION. For six new yearly Cash-in-advance Free a 10-piece Porcelain Water Set. FOURTH PROPOSITION. For a club of three new yearly Cash-in-advance subscribers we will give the Twentieth Century Home Magazine one year Free. The premiums are costly and well worth the effort. We want THE COURIER in every home in this section. We have Riven away many of these sets and nil are hiphly pleased. Others are getting the valuable premiums. Why not you? The subscription price is only one dollar a year. We prefer annual subscriptions, but where they cannot be obtained we will allow two six-month subscriptions to count as one annual subscription. Yours truly, THE COURIER. ASHKBORO. K. C MRS. M0FFITT ENTERTAINS. In Honor of Airs. Adelaide W. Bagley and and Frederick Philips. One of the most beautiful and ele gant receptions ever given in Ruleigl: took pluce yesterday nfternoon from live to seven o'clock, when Mrs H E Moflitt entertained in honor of li sister, Mrs Adelaide W Bagley, of Washington, D C, and her guest, Mrs Frederick Philips, of Tarboro, IS. c. the guests invited were the mem- , . . . I vri t'"-' two lmtnotlc societies, i the Colonial Dames and the Daugli- The guests invited were the mem- ters of the Revolution. The zeul und cnlhusiusm of these two societies were tired by two eloquent addresses, given by Col 1' A Ulds aud l'resi dent George T Winston, of the A. & M. College, urging them to preserve all records of historical value tend ing to reflect honor upon our native State, or to encourage patriotism union g its citizens. An especial plea was made to the ladies to preserve and have moved to Piillen Park, the picturesque little house on Cabarrus street in which Andrew Johnson was born The decorations were of blood red poppies, white uzulcu und blue lark spur, the nut ion's colors red, white und blue. The waxen caudles were also of patriotic color, red. And the various (lags of the Union, of the State and our Confederate flag deco rating the portail of Geu Lee, were all represented. The refreshments were delightful. After the intellectual treat, the Dames und Duughters united in the enjoyment of the sociul feature of the evening, und many were the ex pressions of appreciation to the charming hostess for the hospitality shown. News und Observer. Back Creek Items. Back Creek, June 1 7. Miss Mattie Bulla, who has been visiting her friends ami relatives al Guilford Col lege, has returned home. Mr W K Robbins has gone to Greensboro to work ut the brick trade this summer. Mr S W Steed and family visited Mr B F Bulla and family last Sun- nay week. Miss Clura Millikan, of Guilford -'"." -'-'. is visiting Miss Mattie Bulla this week Mr Calvin AluCain was with his best girl lust Sunday ut the Grove. The voung people who were on the hunt for cherries were some what dis appointed. They found mulberries but no cherries. Mr Arch Bulla has been going over about Flint Hill to see some young lady. 1 can't call her name just now. Harvest is here and every one is buy harvesting the golden grain. M. C. Pisgah Personals. June 20. Wheat is ready to cut. JO N Luck und family visited at Charlie Luck's Stuulay. A large crowd was present at Pis guh Sunday. The protracted meeting will begin the third Sunday in July ut this place. George Cox und family visited at Levi Luck's Sunday. Miss Liinda Slack has returned home from visiting her brother in Iinlina. Sam Trogdon is ull smiles its a boy. T W Aiiinan is the lirst man in this neighborhood to lay by his corn crop. He has some line corn. A boy boarder has come to ! In hume of John Harvell and 1 think he is going o stay. The N C Press Association will meet in M on-head City June 27, and will remain in session a few days. - in - advance subscribers you get subscribers we will give WORLD'S DISASTERS. The burning of the steamer, Gen eral Slocum, last week, with a loss of more than 700 lives, is one of the most heartrending disasters of re cent times. The guests of the big steamer were nearly ull children and women, go ing upon their annual Sunday school picnic. Such a catastrophe cannot fail to recall the recent holocaust in Chica go, when at a matinee on the last day of 1903, the Iroquois theatre, just completed, was seized by the fire fiend, and in less than thirty min utes, more thsu (500 people, largely women aud children, were burned to death, und more than 400 others were maimed for life. Such disasters call to mind the theatre firn of Richmond, V'a., in 1811, the burning of the Conways brook playhouse in Brooklyn in 1 xiii, and thc fiery destrnction ot tne Paris theatre a few years ago, in which the leading uctress und many others lost their lives. While such catustrophes are hor rible to contemplate they do not ap proach the horror of other disasters by fire, flood und volcanic eruption. AH will recall the eruption ot Ve suvius in A. D. 79, which buried in sand und luva Pompeii, Hcrculaneum and Stabiie. The loss of life was 150,000, and the cities have never been rebuilt. Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, suffered an earthquake in 1755, which left the city in ruins, and took 60,- 000 lives. Caracas, thc capital of Venezuela, lost 12,000 lives from an earthquake in 1812. Manila, Philippine Islands, was visited by an earthquake in June, 18(13, causing a loss of nearly 10,000 lives. Certainly the most destructive fire in the history of this country, if not in the world, was the Chicago lire of October, 1871. Beginning in a burn in DeKovcu street, it spread with lightning rapidity, and raged for two days aud nights. It swept over 2,100 acres, destroyed 17,450 buildings. The exact number of the deaths have never been ascertained, but it went into the hundreds; 70,000 people one-fifth of the entire popu lation were left homeless, and prop erty worth $190,000,000 one-third of the value of the entire city was destroyed. Boston hud a fire in 1872, which destroyed 50 acres of the business section at a loss of $75,000,000. The Johnstown, Pa., flood in May, 1889, was a frightful disaster. The dam across South Fork, a branch of the Cnncnmiigh river, 12 miles east of Johnstown, broke, releasing Cone muugh Lake, whose waters thunder ed down the valley, engulfed Johns town und neighlioring villages, caus ing a loss of 2,235 lives and $10, 000,000. On September 8, 1900, Galveston, Texas, was the scene of a great flood. A West Indian hurricane, with a velocity of 135 miles an hour, swept over the city und Hooded the streets, und in less than live hours destroyed (i,000 lives and property valued at $18,000,000. Afore recent still was the eruption of Mont Pelee ou the Island of Mar tinique, French West Indies. On May 8th 1902 the mountains belched forth and overwhelmed the town of St Pierre ut its base with sand lava, which overran the surrounding coun try, and destroyed 30,000 people. On August 8th, 1903, Mt I'elee erupted again and 2,500 lives were lost. And the conllagrution in Balti more the first of the year in which the business portion' of the city was burned, destroying $200,000,000 in property. r.veryone recalls the recent cyclone of Gainsvillc, Ga., and the burning of the Park Avenue Hotel in New York, each disaster causing much suffering and loss of life. In the former disaster 112 fives were lost, in the latter 157. How Consumptives May Recover at Home. Ninety-eight per cent of those who have tuberculosis of the lungs, if they get well at all, will have to do so at home. Bat not "by the fire side." Even in tenement-houses peo ple have made good recoveries, but it has been by lying under a wideopen wiudow all day long and all uight long, by extra feeding, by rest and by good courage. There are wonder ous possibilities on back porches and sheltered nooks. It isn't the cold ness of the air, nor yet the swelter ing heat of the sun, that heals. It is fresh, pure air in comfort. The patient must not lie annoyed by cold or heat but must be dressed so us to be comfortable. Sleep out-of-doors, shielded from the storm, and dress indoors where it is warm. We want to sec the Democratic pity of North Carolina stand or fall by the legislation it has set ou foot to abridge the influence of the liqor forces that be. The Watts law has made enemie only among those who favor the liquor traffic in some form and oppose everything that tends to prohibition. We reg ister our opposition sgainrt all at tempts to change this law unless a better one of the same kind is to be given. Threats that there will be a party depletion in Democratic ranks should not intimidate at all. We want our party to ataad alwayi for that that is right and just and good. If it fails while doing this, glory will mark the downfall.- Stanly liUterprise.
The Courier (Asheboro, N.C.)
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June 23, 1904, edition 1
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