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R COX, President. W J ARMFIKLD, V-Proa
w J arm K1F.1,1. Jr.. Cashlor.
hie Bank of Bandolph,
.A-ejlieytooro, iT. O.
kpital and Surplus,
$36,000.00
$150,000.00
'otnl Assets, over
With ami.lc iB, eI'le",;;! riTb'nud
l"lfe in mylnit we arc prl ! lm"
. extend to our wiMoiuem er fuc t) auu ac
iramodutlon consistent with mile bunking.
DIRECTOR-Si
. . . AaU w u tvwt. P H
C C McAltstcr, K M Anoncld O R Cox
C.rrA MRanto,ThoUItC.ldll.g.l)r V E
iDury, t; J ia.
. II. Fries,
C. L. Glekn,
Cashier.
President.
WACHOVIA
Loan & Trust Company
(High Point, N. C. Branch.)
PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS.
Al'ITAL - $600,000.00.
.88KT8, ' - - $3,445,351.19.
Conducts General BanklnR and Bavins
w ith the lani".t wm; any hat In
r.rthCarollua we solicit tlie business ol the
iblic end offer evory accomodation .consistent
"1 "it iTrSidTonr customer, open an account
ithuaTor wrlfe tor booklet oaplalnlng ur
HIGH POINT STOCKHOLDERS.
H Rann. C C. Muse. A. B. Horney,
u Mini. A. J. Owen, n. a. mini.,
M. B. smith,
Ueo A. Matton.
WE WISH
b call the attention of the people of Randolph
fcouuty to the lact that we hare a complete
CstaDllsnuioii, ir ci...
kinds of
and. Clocks.
e have only the best workmen ana can
to me puuuo Hie oev
Our
optical 3DepartmerLt
la complete.
We can duplicate any lense
Ub. nria. Fine I. B BSCS
rulshed te order on ihort notice
'. aall Orders
twelve special attention. Wn enrry a line
line of Jewelry. Write n when you
. " see anything in our Hue.
Very truly yours,
. X3. ST-A-XjETT Sc BBO.
XXig-b- Xslx.t, IT. C.
TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL.
Next session opens, Sept. 7
1904. Thorougnly prepares
or college or business, uners
'ull courses in literature,
icience mathematics, iawn
Jreek, Oerman, French, Mu
le, Art, Book keeping, Steno
graphy and tyewriting.
Trnriimnt. last vear 38
ler cent above the year before
kad the largest m tne niewry
bf the institution.
The faculty cnnsltt- ' wven thomugiuy pre-
nthe sUte, ennsldcrlng the work done anil
HM moral' community: iniaiinwt lor
'"i1"1"... . ,r information address.
J. T. HENRY. HeauMtvster
Trlntiy. n.w.
Horses &
Mules.
t liatr thirtv-five head of
A TTnraaa nnd MuleS that I
will offer for sale at my stables
on Depot Street court week.
t i mirnhnr of well broke
wagon and farm horses and
some exceueni urivmo.
Respectruiiy,
R. R. ROSS.
Asheboro.N. O.
UNIVERSITY
NORTH CAROLINA!
flcadernlc epartrnent,
Lsu), Medicine.
PrtartnacyT
Free tnition to teachers and to
ministers' sons. Scholarships and
loans for the needy.
tS20 Students. 67 Instructors.
New Dormitories, Gymnasium
w.i.. Wnrti f!mitral Heatinc SyS'
tem. The Fall term begins Sept. 5,
1904. Address
Francis P. Vbwable, Pbesiuent,
CHAPEL BILL, K. C
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD
DIKF.CT ROCTK TO THE
ST. LOUIS psi'"on-
Two trains daily.
In Connection with W. & A. B. B.
NO, St. L. By rom Aunl.
LT Atlanta t.m.m. Arm LouU71a.m
SiWp.n.
With Through Sleeping Cars from
Georgia. Florid & Tennessee
Rout oT tne Farnous
"fiTICIE FLYER"
Carrying the only momlnt steeping car Iron
Atlanw w
Tille dally. ' P; u,"u " Vi:
jou n a r.lr UuMe
BKhedul.8l.rfngerMl
ajuoltng their re,
FRED D. MILLER.
Traveling P. Agent.
N I N-PravorSU ATLANTA. OA
Lenore.
Ah! broken In the golden bowl! the spirit flown
Let tlio loll i-n aalutly foul Boats on the
Hiygian rivort
And, uuy Iw Verc, host thou no tcort weep
8co! on yon drear and rigid bier low lies thy
love, Lcnorcl
Come, let the burlnl rite be read the Itinera)
Mini! h Mini I
An anthem for the qucenllest dead that cvor
aien bo young
And when sho fell In feeble health, ye bleaacd
her that sho died.
How rtiall the ritual, then, be readt the reiiulcni
how be aung
By you by youw. the evil eye by yours, the
slanderous tongue
That did to denth the innocence that died, and
died no young?
Peccavliuusj but rave not thus, and let Sabbath
hnlnl hnr fur iinr nrlili.
Go up to Clod so solemnly the dead may (eel
The sweet Lenore huth gone before, with Hopo,
that flew liesidc.
Leaving the wild for the dear child that should
hnve been thv bride
For her, the fair and debonair, that now so
lowlv lies,
The life uuou her yellow hair but not within
her eyes . ,
The life Htfll there, Uxm her hair the death
Uion her eves.
' 'Avaunt, tonight mv heart is light. No dirge
will I linnUNA.
But waft the angel on her flight with a paean of
old days.
Let no bell toll lent her sweot Soul, amid its
nalloweri mtrin.
Should catch the note, ai It doth flout up from
the damucd Kurth.
To friend" aliove, from fiends below, the Indig
Prom Hell unto a high estate far up within the
nant Khost Is riven
nenven
-EDGAR A. POK.
A. & N. C. RAILROAD LEASED.
The Hewlsnd Company Gsii trie RuiJ for
91 Ycirs.
The much talked of Atlautic & N
C railroad was leased lust Thursday
to the Howland Improvement Co.,
of Aeheville, at a meeting of the
stock holders in New Bein. The
meeting was the largest in the his
tory of the road. The conditions of
the lease are that the Howlmid Im
provement Company is to piy the
bonded indebtness or t he roml nd
that the road is leased for "Jl e;r
and four months. The rental is
per cent, on the capital stock for the
first ten years. 31 for third ten years.
for fourth ten years, 41 ior nirn
ten years, 5 for sixth ten yens and 6
pel cent, for the balance of the term.
This means an annual revenue for
the State from the date of lease of
$37,998 and the private share
holders draw the same rate of uiti-
dends.
Y0UNQ WOMAN ASSAULTED.
Awful Crime of Negro In Bladen County
Mrs. Oeo. Parkr the Victim.
Mrs Georce Parker, a respectable
hite woman, 21 Yfars old.was drag
ged from her home near Clarkton to
woods nearby Saturday morning by
an unknown negro and was found
there with her throat cut from ear
to ear and bruises over her body.
The indications were that the wo
man had mailo a desperate struggle.
but a blow over the hoad had crush-
d her skull. Her husband was six
miles away at his saw mill when the
occurance happened. It is supposed
that the brute accompiisnea nis
purpose and is guilty of a double
crime.
A later dispatch tells of the cap
ture of two negroes who have been
arrested and lodged in jail for the
crime.
MONTGOMERY NEWS.
The Examiner.
Mr John Walker has been moving
some vcrv heavv sow mill machinery
from Wauevilie to nis new locauou
near the 1) and C railroad bridge dur
ing the past few days.
A laree number of our town peo
ple attended preachiug at Sugg s
firpfilc. Snndav. The Primitive Bui-
tit Association was in session, and
an unusually largi crowd was in
attendance.
Mrs Emma Eury died on Wiscas-
sett Hill Tuesday, aged years,
Her remains were carried to mi Ver
mel, in Montgomery, for interment
She is survived by "her husband.
Stanlv Enterprise.
Mr J S Bogg's of Albany, Ga
spent the first of the week at the
home of Mrs liogg s parents, mi
and Mrs C C Wade, Mrs Bogg's
who has been here for some time ac
companied him home.
Kev. K Li Williamson, a young
minister whom Troy claims as one of
her nromisinz sons, filled the Meth
odist pulpit in an able manner Sun
day night, ws are always prouu oi
our friends who are making a mark
in the world.
Mrs J R lneram came over last
week from Pittsboro with her little
daughter, so Bob and family moved
into their new little cottage, we nope,
to remain here.
Married bv H C Ingram Esq. Sun
da last . Mr Titus lowder of Stan
ly county to Miss Sarah Wallace of
uarjeisie.
Capt M L Jones and Mr T A Rus
sell passed tnrougn town luesaay
on their way to Davidson county
where Mr Jones is tjuiltiinz a rail
road. He tells ns that he has about
two and one-half miles graded and
a larce number of bands at work.
His road traverses a fine section of
country and will no doubt be a pay-
intr investment as well as a great
convenience to the people of that
section.
Lively Farmiaf.
Mr W C Baia finished threshing
his (train crop on Mill Run farm
Friday evening, August 19. The
yield is 707 bushels of wheat. 74
bushels of rve, 57 bushels of oats,
total 838 bushels. This is lively
farming for a man who as busy
as be can be all the time in the con
tracting business and who as a pas
I time runs a large dairy. Greens-
l T,
DUTv ncwiu.
SENATOR DAVIS' GREAT SPEECH
In Accepting the Nomination for the Vice
Presidency. "A spirit determination to succeed
in tho campaign before us appears
to pervade the rank and file of our
party in all section of the country.
Of that rank and file I have for
many years been a member and
have' at all times devoted my humble
powers to party success, believing
that success to be for the country's
good. Unexpectedly called as 1 urn
now to the fore front, I am impelled
to an acceptance of the obligation
by a sense of gratitude to my teiiow
workers. and the hope that 1 may be
able the butter to assist in restoring
to power that party whose principles
and past history guarantee a sale,
wise, economical and constitutional
administration of the government.
"I find it. therefore, a great pleas
ure, standing here upon the border
land of the two Virginias, to accept
and receive the commission you bear,
to send greetings through you to the
Democracy of tne entire country, is
it not significant of a closer and truer
brotherhood among us, mat ior tne
first time since the civil wnr a nom
inee on the national ticket has been
taken from that section of our com
mon country that lies south of Ma
son and Dixon's line a happy recogni
tion of the obliteration of all sec
tional differences which led to and
followed that unhappy struggle?
"As introductory to the few re
marks 1 shall make, I desire to say
..n.-tt I heartily endorse the platform
u.oii ivhichlhave been nominated
and with the convention and its
uoniin. e for president, regard the
present n.onelray standuid of value
as irrevo. lily estauiisneu.
In the i-mnpaign prtceeding the
lust election, much stress was laid by
Republican speakers upon the pros
perous coudition of the country, nnd
forebodings were heard of the ill
results, especially to the laboring
man, which would follow any chunge
in the political complexion of the
government. It is true that the times
ere. I good, but it is no less a
facttbii:, while there hits been no
banco in the party in power, many
of the evils prophesied have come
mwW T;rii1.'iuii rnlp Vnnr veitrs
ago factories, nulls, mines furnaces
were in active operation, unable to
supply the demand, but now many
are closed, and those that are open
are being operated with reduced
force and short hours. Then wages
were high, labor wassjarceaud there
was work for all. Now work is
scarce, many wage-sarners unemploy
ed, and wages reduced. The appre
hension which now prevails in ous
ineBS circles, and the present un
satisfactory industrial conditions of
the country seem to demand a po
litical change.
"In the language of our platform,
the rights of labor are certainly no
less vested, no less sacreu, and no
less iualienable than the rights of
capital." The time is opportune to
emphasize the truth of this utter
ance. The most sacred right of
property is the right to possess and
own one's self and the labor of one's
own hands capital itself being but
stored up labor, ror years i work
ed in the rauks as a wage-earner and
I know what it is to earn my living
bv the sweat of my brow. I have
always believed, and my convictions
came from the hard school of ex-
nerienee. that, measured by the
character of work he docs and the
float of livinz. a man is entitled to
fall compensation for his services.
Mv experience as a wage-earner aim
my association with labor have alike
taught me the value of Democratic
principles; for in them the humblest
has the strongest security for indi
vidual right and the highest stim
ulus to that independence of spirt
and love of self help which produce
the finest private characters and
form the base of the best possible
ffovernment,
"The receipts oi tne government
for the year ending June 30th, 1902,
the first fiscal year of the present
administration,showed a surplus over
expenditures of $91,000,000, but for
.. ., i t.... 'irwl.
tne nscai vear euuiue ouuc mu,
1904, instead of a surplus there was
a deficit of $41,000,000. From the
1st of July, 1904, to August iu, or
fnr 11 month and a third of the pre
sent fiscal year, the expenditures of
the government have exceeded tne
receipts by $21,715,000. There could
be no stronger evidence of the ex
travagance into which the Republi
can party has fallen, and no more
potent argument in behalf of a
change to the party whose tenets
have always emDraced pruaence aim
economy in administering the peo
nle's affairs.
"Uur Kepuoncan ineuusure pruue
to refer to the great commercial
growth of the country under their
rule, and vet the census reports
show that from i860 to ibhu, unoer
Democratic rule and the Walker
tariff, the percentage of increase was
greater in population, wealth, man
ufacturers and ranreaa mueuge, mo
factors which affect most largely the
prosperity of the country, than in
nv decade.
"Xne cost oi governmeut hub
largely increased under Republican
rule. The expenditures per capita
for the last years respectively of the
administrations given, taken from
the reports of the secretary of the
treasury, were as follows;
"In 1860 under Buchanan, $2.01
-In 1893 under Harrison, $5.77
"In 1897 under Cleveland, $5.10,
"In 1901 nnder McKinley, $6.56
"In 1904 under Roosevelt, S7.1U
"The Republicans now claim great
consistency in their attitude upon
the currency question, and tbe preei'
dent in his recent speech of accept
Mice, said that they know what they'
PRINCIPLES,
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th, 1904.
mean when they speak of a stable
currency, 'the Btime thing from year
to year, "and yet in tho platforms of
their party in 1884, 1888 and 1892,
they favored the doubl standard of
value. In the platform of 1888
they said, 'The Republican party is
in favor of the use of both gold and
silver as money, and condemns the
policy of tbe Democratic administra
te., f., ;.' jnnlli n.
ver.'
"I congratulate your committee
and the constituency it represents,
in the selection by the delegates to
the national convention of tho nom
iuce for the presidency. He is I
man of courage, yet prudeut; high
ideals, yet without pretense; of the
most respect for the constitution and
the majesty of the laws under it,
and a sacred regard for their limita
tion; of the keoHcst sense of justice
which would rebel against compound
ng a wrong to an individual or to
a nation; positive in conviction, yet
of few words; strong in mental and
moral attributes and yet withal mod
est and reserved; possessed of a stur
dy constitution and magnificent man
hood, and yot temperate in his de
meanor. Jt is not the orator or man
of letters, but the man of reserve
force, of sound judgement, of con
servative method and steadiness of
purpose, whom the people have call
ed to the office of the presidency;
notably in tbe contests between
Jefferson and Burr, Jackson and
Clay, Lincoln and Douglass, Grant
and Grecly, Cleveland and Blaine.
'Dire predictions were made by
our political opponents of what would
happen to tbe St .Lotus convention,
but they misjudged the temper of
the party and the people. While
there had been diffeicnces in pre
ceding cumpaigns, yet ut St. Louis
they were all harmonized and a
common ground was found upon
winch all could Bland und do battle
for democratic principles. A plat
form was adopted by a unnuiimous
vote, embracing the issues of the
day, and presenting to the people a
declaration of principles which, in
the language of tbe times, is sane,
safe and sound.
"With a candidate whose person
ality appeals to the good sense and
sound judgement of the American
people, a platform whose principle
are for the greatest number, and a
reunited party earnest tor tne resto
ration of good and economical gov
ernment, we should succeed and the
principles of Democracy again
triumph.
"1 beg my countrymen, as tney
alue their liberty, to guard with
great care the sacred right of local
self-government, and to watch with
jealous eye the tendency of tne
times to centralize power in the
hands of the few.
Industry Kills Intemperance.
Commenting on the temperance
luestion Collier's tor September 3
editorially says: "This country pre
sents no sucli clear case as ngianu,
because our population contains so
many temperate drinkers Germaus
with tneir Deer anu Italians wiui
their vine. As brewers we hae
just passed Germany, where the con
sumption of beer is apparently grow
ing less, while it increases here. The
solution of the exceptionally many
sided problem of regulating man's
taste for alcohol nas been nrougnt
no nearer by legislation. The bright
est side of it is the check given to
drink by industrial advance. As
labor becomes more skilled and
better organized drunkenness is
diminished. Employer and employee
understand that the chances invor
the sober."
Watts Law Wise and Proper.
Hon F M Simmons writes to a
friend the following about the Watts
Law:
The reply of Chiarman Summons
i im follows:
Raleigh. N. C August 20, Vi.
Dear Sir: I have received your
letter of August 13th, in regard to
the temperance plank of the Demo
cratic State platform of this year, in
which you propound tbe iouowing:
1. Did not the late Democratic
Convention at Greensboro declare
unanimously for the principle of the
Watts bill?
2. Hua any county convention or
candidate for office the right, under
the provisions of our platform, to
Youns Plant
Every farmer knows thai
iome plants grow better thar.
ithers. Soil may be the same
nd seed may seem the same
but some plants are weak and
.rhrrs strone.
And that's the way with
:hildren. They are like young
iHnts. Same food, same home,
tme care but some grow big
..id strong while others stay
mall and weak.
Scott's Emulsion offers an
asy way out of the difficulty.
Ii.ld weakness often means
.tarvation, not because of lack
f food, but because the food
' not feed.
Scott's Emulsion really feeds
.nd gives the child growing
trength.
Whatever the cause of weak
.icss and failure to grow
Scott's Emulsion seems to find
it and set the matter right
icaiik
Send tormcaamTHe.
rwisttwT
oceojieUe'iigiu i
NOT MEN.
either propose or advocate an amend
ment to said bill to leave it to a vote
of the people by township or county?
3. Can there be police regulation,
provided by the platform, out side of
incorporated towns or cities:
In reply to your several inquiries,
I beg to advise you that the Demo
cratic SUte convention held at
Greensboro did unanimously approve
the general principles of the Watts
law. Tbe language of the platform,
upon this subject, is in part as fol
lows: "We approve the general
principles of the Watts Law, regu
lating the manufacture and sale of
liquors and limiting the same to
localities in which there may be
adequate police protection. A sub
sequent clause in this plank of the
platform declares tbat, "XDe uenerai
Assembly , has the power, and when
controlled by the Democratic party,
can be trusted to make all amend
ments which experience and condi
tions may demonstrate to be wise and
proper." Of course the Legislature
has united power to attend or repeal
all legislative enactments, but those
two classes of the Democratic deliver
ance upon the subject of temperance
legislation, as embodied in the Watts
Law, should be taken together; and
construing them togethei , an amend
ment of this law, which would allow
the manufacture and sale of liquor in
localities in which there may not be
adequate polico protection, would in
my opinion be a violation of its gen
eral principles, and in conllict with
the platform deration.
Tho essential principle of the
Watts Law is that liquor must
neither be manufactured nor sold in
this State except under adequate
police protection. As at present
written, that Law confines the manu
facture and Bale of liquor to incor
porated towns, where adequate police
protection is presumed because re
quired by law. It would seem, there
fore, without reference to the incor
poratien of a locality as a munici
pality, inadequate police protection
of the traffic to be conducted there
in can be and is in TRUTH and in
FACT provided and secured by law,
it would be a compliance with the
party's requirement limiting the
manufacture and sale ot liquors to
localities in which there may lie
adequate police protection."
Verv truly yours,
F. M. Simmons,
Chairman State Democratic Ex Com.
Democratic County Convention.
The democratic convention of Ran
dolph county is hereby called to con
vene at ten o ciock a m ou oacuruay
17th day of September, 1904, in the
court house in Asheboro to nominate
candidate for the senute, and two
candidates for tbe house of represen
tatives of the general assembly of
North Carolina, and tne ditterent
candidates for the various county
offices and to transact such other
business as it may in its wisdom see
proper.
The precinct primaries are also
called to meet at their respective vot
ing places on Saturday, September
10th, at three o'clock p m. the said
primaries are called in accordance
wit a the plan of organizotion of the
emocratic party.
Uone by the order ot tbe uoniuy
Democratic Executivo Committee
held in Asheboro Saturday AugtiBt
6th. W. J. Scariioro, Chrm.
E. Mofvitt, Secy.
Killed By Train.
Prof J F Biveus, head master of
Trinity Park school, was instantly
killed Monday morning oy laiiing
from a train while returning with
his bride of five days from irginia
Beach. The accident occurred about
six miles from Durham on the Sea
Hoard Air Liue. Prof Bivens h:ul
gone to the rear ot the train for a
smoke and wnne tnus eugaguu, e
lost his ballence and was thrown by
the train coming to a stop. Prof
Bivinslwas one of the State's young
educators, who had a bright future
before him.
Killed In Greensbore Sunday.
Private Frank H Lester, of Com
pany L, Fourth Infantry Ga State
troops was thrown from a platform
of moving train in Greensboro Sun
day and lecieved wounds resulting
in his death one nour later.
A coupling broke, causing a jolt
which threw him.
Mr. Settle Sued.
Suit has been instituted in Hay-
wojd county by Mrs Maggie F
Moody against lion 1 bos Berne ioi
the recovery of $2,000. The suit
has grown out of a fee paid Mr Set
tle in the contest which was begun
fcy Maj Moody.
The Local Piper.
Whenever any enter prise is sprung
in a town for its benefit, the first
thing the promoters do is to secure
the helD of the local papers tu cairy
out the project, yet, as is often the
map. the same promoters, when the
mlitor comes to them to seek an ad
vertisement do not see how it will
benefit them nv to use the columns
of the paper all because, as they will
generally put it, they nave oeen in
business so long that they are known
by every one, consequently they turn
the editor down only to seek him out
again when they have another pet
measure to advocate and they want
the public to get next. Recipiocity
should be more freely practiced-
Simon Bennett, of Fort Mill S C
was run over and killed in Charlotte
last Saturday by an electric street
'car.
SAM JONES' LETTER.
Crops .in the West, Lynching and
Pol-
Itlcs.
Atlanta Journal.
Still on the wing, or as the good
old colored pastor replied when ask
ed what he was doing these days,
replied: "I am still prevaricating
aiuiiuu nil mjr witun.
It seems like it would grow mon
otnous to a fellow, but it don't. The
changing scenes and shifting crowds
as one greets the thousands every
day at these chautanqua assemblies
keep up the mental stimulous and
the quickened pulse, and the way
we go us we go it.
It seems to me I have been every
where twice, and the novelty is worn
off of thebts and scenes, but still
there remains much to interest and
engage thought.
I am not snipriscd at the jump
in the prices of wheat and corn. It
seems to me that this country this
year is producing the poorest crops
I have seen grow out ef the soil in
many years. I put down the wheat
crop at C5 per cent and the corn
cron at 60 tier cent of an average.
and in mv judgment both corn and
wheat will go much higher, ihougn
I have no disposition to bet or mou-
ey to wager on my judgment, or
opiniou, nevertheless, it's a good way
to tell how matters are going to ride
over the country and see for one's
self.
I spent last Friday and Saturday
it Moiiteai'le. Teun.. aaaemblv. It
had been several years since I was
there and 1 charmed with its
growth and improvements in all ways.
Mr J W Thouias, president ot the
N., C. and he. L. railroad, is also
president of tho Mouteaglc, assembly,
and he ha a wuy of making things
go. His tiiii;.- go and come on time
and Monteie. under his manage
ment is goiii'; on time. The grounds
are beautiful. The auditorium is a
marvel of size nud beauty.
it s sumuici residences and hotels,
its tine platform talent, its splendid I
water, and its altitude, together with
the associations, with the best people
ot all the southern states, give to it
an attraction as a resort, und a
summer resilience not surpassed on
this continent. They now lmve a
summer population of three to five
thousand and ull the dwellers seem
to enjoy it.
1 spent, two most pleasant days
there of social enjoyment and pleas
ant work on their platform. This
plemliil assembly and summer resort
will grow mid grow and deserves
to grow and grow in favor nnd pat
ronage. Matt Pelcher, as we call him, is
superintendent of Chautauqua plat
form, and he is a whole team, if
his head wu3 as big us his heart he
would have to go by freight, and his
good wife is tho life und pleasure of
ull who go to Monteagle.
1 met fneniH from ubout twenty
states at Moutcugle, but I believe
Mississippi was more largely re
presented than any other state.
1 am now at Rocktord, ill., Chau
tauqua for two days. This is one
of the most splendid towns of 40,
000 population I have ever visited.
This is a great manufacturing cen
ter. The magnificent hotels, resi
dences and business houses tell the
Uile of wealth aud prosperity. I
will speak ut the Monmouth, 111.,
chautatiqua tomorrow, thence to the
Ames, la., Chautauqua, thence to
Churlottsville, Va., and I urn glad
my tour will soon end, for I am a
footsore, dust-coyered and tired
traveller.
When 1 urn so far from homo 1 do
not get the Atlanta papers, aud no
one knows how n fellow misses them.
The comments of the northern press
ou the Ueorgiu lynchings and uurn-1
ings are pret ty salty; some are vicious. !
But, after ull, 1 know of but one and moving off, head up. Railroad
way to stop lynchings, and thut is to j business, lumber and Hour manu
stop the critue for which lynchings facturers, insurance matters, etc.,
are administered. I am a southern . make Mt Gilead quite a convenience
man, born, bred and buttered in tne
south, fifv-six vtrs old, and yet I
never saw a mob. I never itnessed
a lynching, and cannot say of my
own knowledge that there was ever
a lynching iu the south. Yankee
Doodle has been doing busiues along
the same I'm whenever occasion
offered, and will eoutinuc to do things
just like Dixie does them whenever
and wherever manhood is outraged game direction. The love tnat ont
and womanhood dishonored. j side people have for a place is a
Lynching" seem to be use rauroau
wrecks. 'Whenever they have one
they have three. One more, and I
suppose Georgia will rest a while.
But I keep saying it, 1 won t be
caught in a mob. If a fellow does
me a deed for which he ought to l.e
killed, and I determine to kill him
1 am going gunning ior uiui ny my-
u:. i
self , ulone. I ain't much for thut
sort of picnics or summer festi a s
or whatever -on call them Li w
ought to be supreme, and mob law
is i..i wn,
,..tZ.2 ' H' U3!'ey-all from away over at K.mes-
burnings, but I. t the courts try them
i .u? ' ... if
anu tne snciius execute uu-m. u
the people want them burned, let
the legislature make tbe law so that
when a brute is convicted ot assault
on an innocent woman, he shall be
tied t) the stake aud burned in
public, by the sheriff of the comity.
Politics seem to be too great, both
crowds seem to be puzzled over how
and what to make the issues for the
campaign. Both parties are agreed
on finance. There is a differentiated
difference on the tariff; they are to
gether on expansion aud both seem
to have trouble getting campaign
funds. Tom VV'ateon will hurt the
Democrats somewhat in the west,
where it will count I think Tom
just run to get to say his say, aid
Tom is saucy, too, and as smart as
Be la HUCV, . ib WTUM uvff lino in a
going to be a decent campaign and a
dignified one. The Republicans
have tied and muzzled Teidy, and
Parker has made most of his capital
by his silence. If campaigning, and
sneaking would have elected a can'
didate, Mr Bryan would have been
twice elected president, lint no
great talker or orator was ever elect
ed over u quiet candidate. Cam
paign thunder will be meted out by
the spellbinder of light weight and
through the postoflice in the way of
literature.
Yours truly,
Sm P. Jones
P. J.: I notice the editor of the
Chattanooga Times has been com
paring me to Mrs Carrie Nation,
and calling me names again, now
brave a dog must be when he barks
at a man a tnousanu miles away.
The people of Chattanooga will
certify to the fact that whenever I
have been in Chattanooga for a
week or more that same lit tle dog
has never showed himself in the
front yard or was heard to bark,
but laid on the door mat on the
back porch perfectly quiet n ntil
left town. Yours truly, S. P. J.
The Growing Town of Mt. Gilead.
When you go on business, go on a
isit, go to church, to Sunday school,
to an educational institution, go to
Mt Gilead. People come from
New York to Mt Gilead. They must
have somewhere to go, and will go
where they can find the conveniences
of life in operation, and Mt Gilead
for this country is filling the bill as
fast as she can. Energetic citizens
of Viirioii8 abilities and good charac
ter, and financial moans properly ap
plied and fair dealing added are
necessary to build up centers of busi
ness that satisfy the people. This
creates business love, and this in a
town gives healthy growth to a place.
You who are looking for a place to
go to, just keep your eye on Mt
Gilead. Situated about midway be
tween Little River ou the east aud
the Pee Dee on the west aud both
rivers combined on the south. Mt
Gilead has an agricultural backing
sufficient to sustain a city and we ex
pect when the legislature gets ready
to present the Old North State her
ninety-eighth county thut Mt Gilead
will be ready to take it. Mt Uilead
has never been on a "boem," don't
want it. for that leaves a place sick
ly after a while, but has a solid
growth.
Drones and "dead beats have
never got a start here. Every citi
zen is doing something or having
something done. Each one is need
ed forjthe work he is doing. Some
thing good in every one. Twenty
six years ago, three citizens consti
tuted Mt liiicad. iwo oi tnem are
gone. The third one has seen men
come and go, and more come than
go, till Mt Gilead is now a nice little
town has seen boys grow into citi
zens filling their notch with ability
and energy and girls grow into noble
women.
There has never been any of the
baser crimes committed iu or around
Mt Gilead, not even street fisticuffs
among boys.
The moral tone of Mt Gilead is
strong. Preachers, teachers churches
and Sunday schools are iu good work
ing oruer ior supporting mommy,
which will continue to be intensified
as young life flows through the mag
nificent school "plant," that the peo
ple are now erecting, surpassing any
thing in several counties, to be open
ed the 19th of September, presided
over by a faculty of experience that
knows the needs of students and
young life and understands scholastic
business.
Mt Gilead has fine mercantile
ability, adjusting itself to the better
convenience of the people tnrougn
the new bank that is now opened
: to the people.
In fact Mt Gilead is a center,
trade center, the amount of business
done here is phenomenal. Good
citizens want to get into such a place.
Then let those who own real estate
open the door, shave down the figures
u little, let in good men and let
j every one keep his traces straight
press to tbe collar aud all pull in the
, strong factor in building it np.
R. H. Skken.
K. of P. Banquet
The K of P lodge gave its annual
liunquet ou iriday night August !iu,
in the castle hull of the lodge,
.1 Here wne mite uuu n u
,,,D( .. 1 i-,..f ,1,..,.-
; ui " 1 . ' T." ' ,.""
' uurc of seeing. We had
present from Virginia aud
, . M
IF .....1 M co T illin Tliir.
j '
After n
efreshments had been serv-
, , . . v,t ,uol,o.
J
Rom Smith was toastmaster and
Prof T C Amick made the speech of
welcome. Dr S Jxng, of lira
ham, made a few scattering remarks
and wound up on the toothache. W
B Owen, Jr., made a splendid talk
advising all young men to become
members at once. Then Mr Sher
man Diffee was introduced as the
greatest traveling man of his age
(only 40 years') and he held the large
crowd spell bound for a short while
with a discnption ot his travels, etc.
He concluded by telling the mer
chants of Liberty that he would re
main until the next morning and
would be pleased to sell them all
some hardware before leaving for
Kime6vill with
beautiful young
lady. Liberty Correspondent.
$1.00 Per Tsar
No. 36.
S. Bryant, President J. I. Cole, Cashier
Ue
Devrik of Randlem.n,
Randleman, N. C
ISS-BEOAN BUSINESS IN 1900f
Capital $12,000. Surplus, $20,000.
Growth of Deposit8 Sincb Or
ganization;
August 1900, - $ 7,513.62
August 1901, - 14,410.82
August 1902, - 20,602.32
August 1903. - 24,608.34
August 1904, - 34,087,70
JWlnterest paid on Savings De
posits.
L. M. FOX. M. D.
ASHEBORO, N. C.
OBers his professional service to the
ciUuns ofAshcboro and auiroundlug
community. Offices; Central Hotel.
WE HAVE
A lino of Fresh Groceries
aud Country Produce on
hand all the time. We
want your trade and if
living prices and fair
treatment will get it we
are going to have it.
For anything to cat com
to us.
SPOON & REDDING,
Grocerymen.
Pianos and Organs
Wholesale and Retail,
A. D. Jones $t Co.
Southern Factory Distributors
for the World Favmaua
KIMBALL
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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 lates Piano and
Organ catalogue and for full par
ticulars. A. D. Jones & Co,,
208 South Elm St.,
Greensboro, 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 call and see
the latest and get our prices
They Will Fit Your Pocket I
Our Shirts, Underwear and
Hats are 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 MERRITTJOHNSON CO
Clothiers and Gents' Furn
ishers, 308 S. Elm St.
Salesmen T A Walker, C C Tuck
er, E E Cartland, C C Johnson,
J W Merritt.
FARMERS,
YOUR.ATTENTION
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Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
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Our prices are right. Come
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Bring your produce, eggs
chickens, etc., to exchange
them for goods. We sell
yon good goods at reason
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duce, ....
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CENTRAL FALLS, N. C.