North Carolina Newspapers

mmm I I I I I &e COURIER J3he COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. I Leads irvIBoth News and j Circulation. THE GO EL EEL Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XXXI. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1906. ' No4 OUR RALEIGH LETTER. Rumor that Gov. Glenn Will Oppose Senator Simmons for U. S. Senate. Gormen News Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 22 There appared yesterday (Sunday) in a North Carolina morning daily newspaper a telegram from its Washington correspondent which contained the unexpected and rather startling statement that Governor Glenn, who is in Washington en a visit , will become a candidate for the seat in the United States Sen ate now occupied by Senator Sim mons and to which a senator is to be elected next winter by the leg islature that is to be elected this year. While I do not place much con fidence in the correctness of the correspondent, as to information not doubting that it came to and was divulged by him in the utmost good faith, however still the state ment is "sensational" and far enough out of the ordinary to com mand attention and it will no dombt receive its full share. The Washington correspondent states that while it has been believed for some time that the Governor intend ed to contest the seat of Senator Overman three years hence, imme- diatly following the expiration of his term as governor, it is now un derstood in the North Carolina colony at Washington that Governor Glenn has now changed his mind and will not wait until 1909, but will go after Mr Simmons' seat next year; he is a candidate and will make announcement to that effect at the proper time. Referring to "court house justics" as administeied in North Carolina and elsewhere under our glorious and infallible "jury system", there is a man in the county jail he e, sentenced to fourteen years in t le penitentiary last week, who would be almost justified in organizing1 a mob to hang it, if the develop ments of the day following his convictions and sentence proved tl reveal the truth. The man re ferred to is Eobert Lilison, who was convicted on the "weight of evi dence," of having shot and killed, a man named C C Smith, of Peters-1 burg, in the Uuion Depot here last( fJntnhpr. while enpared in a pistol duel with another man named Clark, Smith having been one of several hundred bystanders collected in tne depot at tne time. Now names Mrs Willie Richard son, of Raleigh who makes affidavit to counsel for Jjiuston to me eueci that she witnessed the shooting of Smith and that he was not shot by Liliston at all, but by a man who has not been arrested, an assassin, who slipped up behind Smith dur the excitement caused by the ex change of the teven shots between Liliston and Clark and shot him in the back and then ran and disap peared from 'her view. Two other r i i ;i t r v material witnesses iur uiuowu unic also appeared since the end of the trial luof n'i)u and thpXfl fteemB now to be little doubt that Liliston is an innocent man, with a sentence of fourteen years in the penitentiary hanging over him. As the Supreme Court cannot grant new trials in criminal cases on accouat of newly discovered evidence, Liliston's law yers are now trying to evolve a plan to keep their innocent client from going to the State prison. Of course the Governor can pardon him finally, if all other efforts fail. Bnt the law seems to have slipped a cog to a very serious and nnjust result in the case of Liliston. and there are probably many innocent men convicted every year an over the ftnnntrv. and in some instances actually hanged. It is a fearful reflection to make, bnt an numan devices and agencies are fallible and "there's nothing true but heav en!" Under the provision of the Ward bill, which went into effect the first day of this year, all the legally op erated whiskey distilleries quit busi ness in all the towns of less than one thousand inhabitant. Among the number was the fomous "Old Nick" distillery of N Glenn Will iams, of Yadkin county. It is an nounced that Mr Williams has bought property in Wilmington, with the view of locating in the city, and that business will be short ly resumed at the new location Some others bave gne dry perman ently and the owners will not again engage ia the business any where. Rev A P Tyre has presented a the historical museum of Trinity College a most interesting relic, viz, a portion of the trunk of the tree under which the first legislative assembly of the colony of North Carolina held its meeting in 1 665. two hundred and forty years ago, The tree stood near Hall's Bridge in Pasquotank county, and it was located by the vetnn newspaper man, Col R B Creocy, of Elizabeth City. Tomorrow evening Prof Mims of Trinity will deliver an address at the woman's College in Baltimore, and the Southern Club of that city has arranged to give a dinner and reception in his honor during his visit there this week. Rev Jethro Rumple, for more forty years pastor of the Salisbury Presbyterian church, died Satur day night at the home of a daugh ter in Red Springs, where he had fone in November to attend the ynod of his church, having since been too ill to return home, Fun eral in Salisbury tomorrow. Llewxam. PENNY & BROS. CO, Former Randleman Men Interested In Greens boro Enterprise. George F Penny and brother, J C Penny, of High Point, formerly of Randleman, and J R Thomas Jand others, of Greensboro, have formed a corporation to do a large business in buying and selling horses and mules in Greensboro. The business will be conducted in the stable? formerly occupied byVanstory. The stables have been e nlarged and improved. The company will adopt a new plan and guarantee every sale made at the stables, and give a promise to refund any money paid if the stock is not what it was represented to be. It will be the policy of the new com pany to keep constantly on hand an assortment of horses and mules that will give any buyer all the chance he needs to make a selection. STABBED WITH A KNIFE. Ten-year-old Boy Seriously Injures an Adver sary. ' Friday, Leon Cox, a ten-year-old boy, liying at Cedar Falls, and em ployed in a cotton mill there stab bed, and seriously injured Clarence Leonard, aged 17 years, also employ ed in the mill. Cox attacked Leonard as he pass ed through a door behind which Leon had concealed himself. The knife was directed at the heart of the victim but striking a rib, the blade entered above the heart. Leonard is confined to his bed, but it is not believed his wounds will prove fatal. The affair is the result of some old grievance as no immediate cause for the rash act can be learned. Ralph Personals. Mr and Mrs John Humble, of Asheboro, spent Saturday night and Sunday at Mr Humble s fathers. Miss Kate Winningham spent Saturday night with her cousins. Misses Rilla and Allie Spoon, in Asheboro. Mr Thomas Jordan, of High Point, spent Saturday night at Mr A O Cox's. Mr and Mrs Reuben Brown spent Wednesday night with their daugh ter, Mrs Willie Brown, at Browns. Mr and Mrs John King spent Saturday night and Sunday at Mr S F Lowdermilk's Mr Horton Vestal spent Wednes day night at Mr J L Henry's Mrs K L Winningham spent Saturday night with her sister, Mrs M H Moffitt, at Asheboro. A Card of Thanks. As it is impossible for me to meet in person the many friends, who have so faithfully and loveingly ministered unto our comfort, and necessities, during the long illness and at the time of the death of my late husband T L Jones. Through The Courier I wish to truly, ana heartily thank the good people of Ramseur for the many evidences of Christian sympathy, and liberality, shown us during our great affliction. I May God in mercy repay them ten fold. Mrs Ann Jones. Missionary Institute. The MethodiBts of the Greensboro District will hold i missionary insti tute at Trinity, in this county, on March 30 and 31. Each minister in the district will be a delegate and one delegate from each church will be present. One of the Bishops will attend besides Dr J C Kilgo, Dr T F Marr and Dr O II Detwiler. PROGRESS OF RANDOLPH SCHOOLS. First of a Series of Articles Treating County Schools-Suggestions. Commensurate with the progress that is being made in the material de velopment of the county, Randolph has made advancement in improv ing the public school system, there by providing better facilities for the educotion of the, masses. Greater than all the other public business in the county, the public schools have increased in power and influ ence untii more money is spent in maintaining them than is spent by the county for every other public purpose, including roads, bridges, the poor, the courts every other expense to which the county con tributes from the public inoueys. Have these expenditures been wise? Do our schools cost too much? Of course, there are a few who would answer this question in the affirma tive, but public sentiment, which is the will of the majority, answers the question by demanding better salaries for better trained teachers, by combining small districts into larger and stronger districts in or der to increase the salaries; by, vot ing special local taxes to supplement the county and state school funds; by building better and more attrac tive school houses for the better ac commodation of the children, and by waging a ceasless campaign for PROF. J. IN. WAY, County more regular and more general at tendance on the schools. The an swer which public sentiment makes must be heard and heeded, tor it has greater demands to make in the future. T' e children of Randolph county deserve, and must have, op portunities the equal of those afford ed in the counties having the most splendid public school systems in North Carolina. To accomplish thin it will be necessary to have a much Uirger school fund. It is use less to say it cannot be done. Ran dolph county, with its splendid natural resources, can be developed to the extent of having a good school house and a good school in every district in the county, all of her main lines ot nuds Macademiz ed, and all other necessary improve ments made. Three things are necessary to improve our public schools: Fewer and larger schools; larger, more comfortable and more attractive school houses; and special local taxes to lengthen the public school terms. Several small schools have been combined into larger and stronger ones, and the results from these changes have been very gratifying. Of course, it is not reasonable to suppose that no opposition will be encountered in making these changes; but, with the exception of two or three instances, little or no objection has been raised. The chief objection is the inci eased dis tance to the school, but it does seem that parents ought to be willing for their children to walk farther when the better opportunities at the end of the walk fully repay the child for the increased distance. We of ten hear the assertion that parents are bringing up their children to be less hardy and to have less energy than was the case in the youthful days of our fathers, when the publiu school districts were laid out four rMjw-Ii ..... if; lc:,.lvnSi'- -Some miles square. Men who have be come great have won their fame by the performance of great tasks. If the children of the present day are expected to follow in the footsteps of those whose achievments have made them famous, then is it not well to begin their education by teaching them to avoid physical exercise, of which walking and running are the best. The boy who walks ten miles on a rabbit hunt comes heme none the worse for the physical exertion of the trip, and he has been well re. payed in good exercise although he may not have succeeded in captur ing a single rabbit. It seems to be the common ex perience of teachers that the chil dren who live the farthest from the Bchool house get to the school earli est in the morning. They realize the task before them, hence they are up aud at it early; and, in so doing, lay the foundation of habits that guarantee success in life. In subse quent articles, will be shown by illus tiation and statistics some of the advantages derived from combining small districts into larger and strong er ones. Getting the children to attend school is one of the greatest prob lems that has confronted the people Superintendent oi Schools. of North Carolina. Some have sug gested one remedy, some another, and usually most of us wind up our suggestions with the assertion that North Carolina should have com pulsory attendance law. It is to be doubted if any of us understand thoroughly how to get all the chil dren into the schools. But one fact stands undisputed: It is little trou ble to get children to attend a good school in a good school house. Ex perience is a good topic for the con versation of practical workers: theo ry is an excellent topic for the con sideration of those who never get beyond talking stage in improve ments. The only plan by which the people of this county can get all the children to attend school is to build good school houses, secure the ser vices of the very best teachers, and cultivate public sentiment up to the point of getting the parents intense ly interested in educating their chil dren. Without a good school house and a well trained teacher in every school district and three times the amount of our present school fund, a compulsory attendance law would be a fare. It would be wrong to compel children to attend school in some of the school houses that still exist. They are not comfortable, and, instead of being attractive, are repulsive in appearance. But with a good, comfortable school house and a professional teacher in each district,;such a law would be prac tical; and those who strongly favor such a law can best serve the chil dren by aiding in the building of better school houses, increasing the school fund and cultivating public sentiment so that such a law, when enacted, might be faithfully exe cuted aud bring about the desired results. Four yeais ago there existed in Randolph only one school district levying a special tux for school pur poses, to wit: Asheboro. Now there are six, which named in the order they voted the tax, are as fol lows: Asheboro, Franklinville, Providence, Randleman, Ramseur and Three Forks. The conditions for voting a special tax are favorable in several other districts. Many plans for supporting schools have been suggested and tried, but the special tax is the only one that has given permanent satisfaction. What is generally called the tuition plan, that is, charging so much per capita, is unsatisfactory for the rea son that it changes with every in coming and every out-going student. The special tax bears on all alike. Each man pays thirty cents on each one hundred dollars' worth of property in his possession, or rather on what the tax books shew to be in his possession, and that is usual ly about one third or one half of what the propeity is worth. Some of the advantages of the special tax plan are easily seen: (1) It insures the school a peima nent means of support. Each dis trict can estimate before the school starts about how much money it has for necessary running expenses, and a definite contract can be made with the teacher. The teacher plans for a six or eight months' term, as the case may be, and is not com pelled to close the school when the term is half out because some dis gruntled patron or patrons withdraw their support, thus making the ex penses of running the school too burdensome for those who wish to continue. After thinking over the matter, those who want a good school in their community, and are willing and anxious for all to be in terested in its progress are bound to make up their minds in favor of the local tax plan. (2) It insures suf ficient money with which to build a good school house, the first step that must be taken in establishing a good school. Although the County Board of Education has helped to build twenty-three new school houses in the last fur yea,-, it is no, able, with the amount of money the law allows it to spend for that purpose, to invest as much as is needed in any of the districts. (3) It insures a longe: term of school. Some urge that this is not needed in the country districts, but the country districts ought to have as loug terms as the towns. (4) Well trained teachers. The teacher makes the school, and those who have spent a good deal of money in getting their education will expect a good deal in return for their ser vices. Often the question is asked, "What goes with this class of teach ers?" The answer is, They are in the towns and cities and other dis tricts that have a large school fund, raised mostly by local taxes, teach ing at salaries that compensate the cost of their education. (5) A more advanced course of study. Those who desire that their children have the advantage of an advanced course of study ought not to expect it of the country teacher who is toil- hard with all the grades in her school. There ought not to be few er than two teachers in any school. Four years ago the public school Eroperty in the six districts that ave voted special school taxes was worth about $3,500 or $4,000. Now it is easily worth twenty-five thousand dollars, and when Ashe boro builds a new brick school building, as will be done next sum mer, these six districts will have school property worth not less than $35,000, or $7,000 more than last year's valuation of all the public school property outside of Asheboro and Randleman, and $19,000 more than the valuation of all puMic school property in the county as re ported by scbcol committeemen in 1901. The amount reported for the efiUre county in 1901 was, for whites, a little over $15,000. Ran dleman now has public school property worth nearly that amount. Ramseur will not begin collecting the special tax till next year, as the election theie was held too late to begin in this school year, and yet the number of teachers in the six schools has been increased from thirteen to twenty-one with Ramseur yet to increase its number. It seems that these increases prove that the plan is both beneficial and popular. There should be a systematic general State effort for good roads, and while Governor Glenn is mak ing suggestions for the public good why not include among his other recommendations in his next an nual message, some such provision as u State system for good roads. BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION. A Good Institution Doing a Good Business In Asheboro. While walking around Ashei oro one is attracted by the number of new houses that have been erected lately and on inquiry, finds that over twenty of them had gone up with the assistance of the Building & Loan Association. It is learned that some seven or eight more will be put up this spring with money fur nished by the local Association. The Directors cf this Association are all successful business men and give its affairs close attention, not only be cause of their financial interests in it, but because they know it is the way to assure the continued growth of our town. Everyone would like to see some of the owners of lots on our principal business streets go in to the Second Series of this Associa tion and make arrangements to put up some good brick business houses in place of the fire-trays that orna ment our streets. It is just what is badly needed to raise Asheboro in appearance to the standard of her excellent citizenship. The First Series made a fine start, making something like eight per cent clear of all expenses, and what is better, it has trained a number of our young men into the habit of lay ing aside something every month in stead of spending every cent they earned. The Directors decided to keep the Second Series open for new sub scribers till Feb 1st. TEACHERS' MEETING. Association of High Schools to Meet Feb ruary 3rd. The Randolph County Associa tion of High Schools will meet in the graded school building at Ran dleman Saturday February 3, 1906 at 11:30 a ni. The purpose of this association is to secure a uniform standard of work in all the High Schools in the county. Every teach er in the countv, whether in the elementary or High Schools, is cordially invited to attend these meetings. Following is the pro gram of the meeting. Moitxixr, Session. 1 1:30 Organization. 12:00 Need for this Association Discussion led by Supt J L Harris. Afternoon Session. 1:30 What constitutes High School Work Discussion led by Prof. Chas E McCanless. 2:00 What Standard Should be Required to Complete the Course Discussion led by Prof J T Henry. LEG BROKEN. Mr Riley Cox, of Ulah, Sustained Painful InJury Friday. Mr E Watley, of Ulah, was in the city Saturday, and paid The Cou rier a pleasant visit. He reports that Mr Riley Cox was the victim of very painful injuries on Friday while working at a saw mill operat ed by Mr Watley at that place. Mr Cox was standing by a pile of rough Inmber whei it, toppled over leaning against his leg. Though there was very li ttle force in the fall the tibia, the largest bone in the leg was broken. Dr Moore of Ashe boro, was summoned and set the bone. Dr Moore says the weight against the leg would have been unsuffi cient to break the bone had it not been that the bone was affected from"a bad cut received on the same leg from a saw last summer. FOUND DEAD BY BED. A J Pierce Died Suddenly at Home of His Niece. News was received here Monday that M'A J Pierce, an aged bache lor, living in Tabernacle township, was found dead Sunday morning lying face downward by his bed. Affection of the heart is the attri buted cause. The deceased lived at the home of his niece, Mrs Phillip Snyder, and was a highly respected and well-to-do citizen. Mr Pearce was 76 years of age. The interment was at Tabernacle church Mondav. T G McAlister, formerly of Ashe boro, now of Spray, has accepted a position with the Southern Life In surance Company at Greensboro.