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COURIER. mmmm I I 1 V6e COURIER Leads inlDoth News and 1 Circulation. X5he COURIER I Columns I Results. I Advertising: I Bring Sued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XXXI. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1906. No 5 LAST WEEK'S SLEET. Most Destructive lor Years Asheboro Tele phone System Demolished. Not for many years has this section been visited by bo heavy and destructive sleet as that which fell Thursday and Friday. Busi ness in the section covered by the Btorm was almost totally paralyzed. Telegraphic communication was completely cut off, many towns were in darkness on account of dis abled electric plants and at many places the telephone systems were total wrecks. Such was the case in Asheboro. Thursday afternoon it began with a very light rain followed by hail. Iu a few moments this changed to sleet and by ten 0 clock the des tructive siege of ice was announced by the snapping of limbs and elec tric wires, which threw portions of the town in darkness. Friday morning both electric and telephone plants were paralysed ana the evening witnessed the complete de struction of the lines of the latter. The Beige in Asheboro and vicinity was heavier than at any other point. For two and a half days freezing continued incessantly as all the time a light north east rain fell. Nothing like it has ever been seen here before. About thirty years ago a two days Bleet greatly damag ed forests and orchards, but no one living can recall one followed by so much destruction of property and which so seriously affected business generally. On the telephone wireB the coat of ice measured 5 1-2 inches and more, and these were fringed by icicles three or four inches long. This combined with the ice laden trees, and buildings clothed in suits of pearl, presented a beautiful picture, but when the scene changed dire destruction and desolation only met the gaze. In the State every town from Raleigh as far west as Asheville, suffered from this long to be re membered sleet. At Chapel Hill there was a snow storm which turned into hail and rain. There was snow and hail at Greensboro. High Point, Winston Salem, Salisbury, Concord, and in the mountains of Norlh Carolina there was the largest snow Btorm storm in many years. In the vicini ty of Asheville the snow fell to the depth of eighteen incheB. From Columbia to Washington D 0 tele graph communication was cut off until Monday. There was n tele graph connection between any Btations on the Western N C rail road from Salisbury far beyond the State line into Tennessee. Conditions were almost as bad on the Seaboard Air Line almost as far south as Aberdeen. Two hundred telegraph poles were down between Salisbury aud Charlotte. Conditions were worse ,011 the roads leading into Greens boro. The lines on the branch roads were not injured so much be cause there were fewer wires on the poles. In Salisbury the telephone and electric light plants were" in places almost completly wrecked and poles 15 inches in diameter and 50 feet long snapped under the great load of ice like broom straws. Conditions at other towns were very much the same, in some places worse. Tht Sleet. Contributed. The 6ame kind hand that has given us a bountiful harvest of all the necessaries of life, and health and strength to enjoy the blessings, has sent a beautiful, but destructive sheet of ice, the damage of which it will take years to repair. A combination of the most rare and beautiful flowers could not be one half so beautiful as the bare Bhrubbery in the yards, bending low with the sparkling gems of ice of every imaginable shape and form the forest snapping and breaking with its great loads of ice, sounding like the mighty guns of bittle, the fruit trees spliting and falling fro zen upon the ground why the sight is awe inspiring. We look on apell-bonnd and wonder, and admire, and tremble. We look out at the win dow and see hundreds of twittering birds flying hither and thither, find ing nothing but solid ice for their lit tle feet to rest upon. We go to the door and throw some crumbs to all that will venture near. How cheerfully they take it up and fly away. Then we think "Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord, of hosts, just and true are thy judgments thou, King of saints." But why, O why, these judgements! We can only answer "Even bo Father, for so it teemed irnnd in TViv sirrtit " Tn Vmmilir.v o j w,b" j and contrition we "kiss the rod that smites us. There are many sad hearts over the loss of some fa vorite fruit tree. NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM, Asheboro Telephone Co Will Greatly Improve the Service. The Asheboro Telephone line which was practically demolished by the 'heavy sleet last week will be replaced at once by an improved metalic circuit system. A large force of hands is at work cleaning up the fallen wires which have lined the streets of the city since Saturday and other squads are repairing the long distance lines. The latter will be in good condition by the end of the week, but there will be no con nections jn the city for thirty days or more. Mr H Morris, president of the company, says a new switchboard, with a capacity of two hundred 'phones has been ordered, and the new system to be installed will give subscribers a much more satisfactory service. It is given out that the sleet last week will cest the Company about $2,500. The annual meeting of the Com pany will be held February 15th. Trinity Item. The sleet last Friday and Saturday was the heaviest ever seen here by some of the oldest inhabitants. Trees were uprooted and limbs broken off, but no serious damage was done. Mrs Benson Parker, who spent last week in Sanford visiting her daughter returned last Saturday. Miss Thacker, of Greensboro, ar rived this morning. She takes Miss Dunlaps place as teacher of Latin and English in Trinity High School. Miss Rose Johnson who has been teaching near Star, arrived at home last Thursday. She had to suspend her school for a few weeks on ac count of measles. Miss Amanda Leach spent several davs in 'High Point visiting her nieces, Mrs Dred Peacock and Mrs June Johnson returning home on Monday. Rev A F Hargett went to Greens boro on Wednesday op business. Deith ot Child. Master James, the three year-old son of Mr and Mrs J S Ridge died at their home on South Favettville street Tuesday morning. The child had been sick about three weeks. The funeral was conducted from the home yesterday morning by Rev N R Richardson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city. The sorrowing parents have many frieuda whom The Coukiee joins in Bincere sympathy in their dark hour of bereavement. OBITUARY, James Moore, the little son, of Mr and Mrs J S Ridge, of South Asheboro, died Tuesday, January 30 1906, from the effects of measles. He had been sick nearly four weeks and was perfectly conscious to the last, bearing his suffeiiugs n-hich were intense, like a little soldier. He was only two years seven months and twenty-tix years old, but by his sweet winning ways had made many friends who regret to give him nr. It seems that time can never erase the shadow which has been cast, where the little sunbeam shown so brightly, but our iieaven lv Father, in His infinite wisdom saw fit to transplant this little sun beam, wnere it couia snine on wun Him forever, and we must bow in humble submission to his will and rejoice in the fact that we can join little James in tnat origni worm. The sorrowing family have our heartfelt sympathy and we pray that Heaven's richest blessings may rest on them and give them com fort in t is hour of grief. a menu. Mr Lowdermilk Visit Old Home. Mr W W Lowdermilk. of Glen Elder. Kansas, is visitins: friends and relatives in this county. Mr Lowdermilk left here five years ago and went to Oklahoma and lived there for three vears. but left and came back to Kansas where he now lives. He is very much pleased with the West and says though he is and will always be loyal to the Old North State, that money is easier made in Kansas. Mr Lowdermilk is enffafred in farmine. He is a son of Mr Alfred Lowdermilk. PROF FRAZIER POSTMASTER. Former Randolph Boy to Succeed Mr Tyre Glenn at Greensboro, The President has named Prof Cyrus P Frazier as Postmaster at Greensboro, to succeed Tyre Glenn, whose term expires February 18th. Prof Frazier is a native of Ran dolph county. He was educated at Trinity College, this State and Haverford College, Pa. He taught school for many years. For quite a long time he has been a resident of Greensboro where he is said to have accumulated a fortune of thirty or forty thousand dollars by success ful real estate investments and other business enterprises. He is a director of the Bank of South Greensboro and is the president of the Southside Hardware Company. Prof Frazier is a son of the late Harrison Frazier of Trinity town ship, and is a brother of Mr W R Frazier of Troy, and Mr J G Frazier of Guilford College. He was form-( erly a Democrat but drifted away to the Prohibitionist and afterwards to the Republicans. He has been a Republican for many years. It is charged that the Chairman made a deal . with Blackburn, and Rollins has been reappointed post master at Ashville and Frazier at Greensboro. Blackburn is to support Chairmrn Rollins for dis trict attorney to succeed Holton. Both Rollins and Blackburn deny any deal. Rollins is holding up Frazier's appointment. It has been understood for several months that the organization was to support Editor R D Douglas, of the Indus trial News, for the postmaster. Mr Douglass and his father Judge Douglass are in Washington. The Douglasses are fighters. It will be remembered that Judge Douglass was United States Mar shal under Grant's and Hayes' ad ministrations, and hat when Col T B Keagh was appointed by Arthur during a recess of Congress, Judge Douglesa took up quarters in Wash ington and prevented the Senate's confirmation of Col Keagh, but the Col. held on because it was recess appointment. But what kind of charges will they or can they p:eer against Prof Frazier. Nobody down this way ever heard of his being a bad man. , UNEXPECTED DEATH. Ramseur Correspondent Write ol the Death of Mr Wilson. On the evening of 19th ult. Mr A K Wilson, who had been ill for some time with la grippe, but had so improved that he was allowed to walk around his room, suffered an attack of the heart from which he died 15 minutes later. The death of Mr Wilson cast a gloom over the entire town, for he was not only a loving husband and father, but he was a good citizen. Mr Wilson, at the time of death, was 54 years and 3 months of age. He was born in Moore county and moved to Ramseur 4 years ago. He had been a consistent member of the Baptist church for 14 years and died in the full triumphs of the faith. His remains were placed by the side of his loving daughter, Emma, at the Ramseur cemetery, an 21st, Rev J B Richardson con ducting funeral services. He leaves a loving wife, four sons and six daughters, a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. But thev mourn not as those ho have no hope. Father's room is so lonely and bo still His clmir is empty and no one its place can fill. Over all the rooms in the house we often roam And sometimes fathers soot Meps we hear coming home. By Shanks. Davis Gold Mine. Capt C F Burns, of Cleveland, Ohio, returned Saturday from Ca tawba county where he went to ex amine the machinery being used in the Catawba gold mine, which ore is of the same nature as that to be found at the Davis Mountain Mine near here. Capt Burns thinks his company will adopt similar ma chinery and at an early date begin active operation. Accident at Franklinsville Mfg. Co. Much excitement was created last Thursday when one of the large stones of the feed mill of the Franklinsville Mfg. Company burst ed, completely demolishing the feed mill and badly damaging the corn mill. The latter has been repaired and is being used to grind feed un til tie other can be replaced. MIKE WRITES PAT. Greensburrow, N. C, January 27 1906 My Deer Paterick: I overheard two men talkin the other day about sum feller, an one of em asked, "What turned his mind." The othern said, "Maby it was the wheels in his head." That put an idea in my head, (Sol Wiseacre says the first one that ever entered that desert spot.) If sum folks dident have wheels in their heads they'd have more room fr branes, an they wouldent be say in hard things a bout a poor ignorant feller like Mike Dooganshield when he wants to write to his brother about a cat ate over federal pie. No, I dont mind being called a donkey by a donkey, for donkeys see every body else as donkeys, an its a way they have of trying to claim kin with other fokes an things. Now, if it wont cause any other dignitery, or potentate, or pope to cave in and have spasms, I'd like to be allowed to make a few more remarks about the rangle at the federal pie counter, but if its a goin to cause anybody to get mad an bite railroad irons into, an frown like a tornado I'll jist hush an say no more about it. When Rollings got his pappy safely housed in the Asheville post offis, I thought he'd put the thing onBlackbern, but now tthey say that the drummer boy is a handin over the Greensburrow and Golds buirow postoffices to his friends, an it looks like its a goin to be a dog fall again. Rollings has got so many of his fokes to the pie counter that he feels large enuff to swoller Black bernan the Tar Kill. He's been a tryin to make peace with the drummer boy, but the boy from "de Ate" and here too, tint no oister. Its a settled fact that BIG BOSS JEEMES has got to walk the log, an thats another score for the drum mer boy an the Tar Kill. I was readin a republican nuse paper the other day, an I notised that republcans was a harpin that the federal o.'fisers was a doin their best to carrv out the provisions of the Watts Law, an that paper said the demicrat stait offisers wouldent help a bit. Well, if they are a try in to carry out the law what they got em indited in the federal courts for? I dont see any use in inditin men who are a doin their duty? Maby the reports that this nuse paper got were sum of Samuel's re ports, an you'll have to excuse him if he made his statements from the wrong reports. You cant read the reports from a siagle stait court but what yon see that sum of the offenders of the Watts an Ward laws have been punished. An I've seen no accounts of judges an solisitors an Bherifs bein indited for not doin their duty, but they've had the old revenuers into it for a long time. Actions an circumstances speek lowder than a republican nuespaper. Rollings has got all his fokes a job at the federal pie counter, an now he wants to be ueestrict attur ney in place of Mister Holton, a man who has been a tryin to do his duty. Of course, he'll have to make peace with Blackberu before he gets that done. Blackbern aint a goin to be easy to make peace witn eitner. He s no Lazeris! He wont be satis fied with the crumbs that fall from the pie counter. The orders has gone out from here that all the republican papers must harp on an hoLest election an a fare count. 1 asked fcol Wiseacre what that meant. He said that it meant, when yo" get your defini tion from Webster's Dictionary, that you must give every man who is entitled to vote a chance to do so but when you get your definition from a republican nusepaper or a republican polytishen, it . means that enuff demicrats must be count ed out to count the republicans in. Its a relic of f usionism. You see the little cross roads polytishens have been tough t, when they run for offis an get left, to holler "taint far-r-r-re! Same with these little patent outside papers They jist reserve cuff space at all times so when the orders cuins from headqnaaters they can whine out "taint far-r-r-r-r-r-re! If you are to judge by their past actions they wouldent know what an honest elec tion is if they were to meet one in the public road. Sol was tellin me about an elect ion down in your county several years ago when a certain republican desided he would like to represent Randolff in the General Assembly. The returns were in and he thought he was elected, an he was out a tel lin a crowd what he was a goin to do when he got to Raleigh, while the other fellers was a countin out the votes. Well the other fellers had got the votes divided up to suit theirselves' but, by mistake they put the vote they was a goin to count for this would-be republican legislator to the name of his demi crat opponent before they discovered the mistake. They couldent change it then, cause they had already told the demicrats how it stood. After a while this would be legislator got tired of talkin and went over to see jist how much majoiity he did get, when they told him the other feller had, 1 think, 32 en him Then he shoutdd a long "taint far-r-r-r-r-r-re," an hustled out of town for home, grumblin cause they dident discover the mistake be fore they'd told the demicrats. He lowed if they had discovered the mistake before they told it they could have corrected it. So when they begin to talk about an honest election an a fare couut, you'd better Bee what kind of a dictionary they get their definitions of words from. Your affectionate brother, Mike Dooginshield. WALKER S TAYLOR KILLED. Result of Collision Near Atlanta, Ga Reared Near Archdale. Mr Walker S Taylor, who was killed in a head-on collision at Atlanta, Ga,? was born and reared near Archdale and was a son of the late Martin Taylor. lie was a brother of Mrs Millard Hendricks, of Archdale, Messrs Julius Taylor, of High Point, and J M Taylor, who lives in this county near Arch dale. Mrs Lee Aldridge, living near Progress is also a sister of the deceased. Mr Taylor had been in the rail road business for twenty years, and had lived in Atlanta for many years being in the employ of the Seaboard. His first accident was the one which caused his death. DEATH OF MRS STALEY. Daughter of Mr W L Thurber Died at Spero Tuesday. News was received here Tuesday of the death of Mrs Thos Staley, which occurred at her home at Spero, Tuesday morning about ten o'clock. Mrs Staley had been in declining health for six months, suffering with consumption. The funeral was at Giles' Chapel Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs Staley, who was Miss Flora Queen, a step daughter of Mr W L Thurber, of Asheboro, was married just a year ago in Jackson county, and was aged 23 yeais, 11 months and 14 days. Mr Staley is employ ed in the copper mine which operated by Mr Thurber near Ashe boro. Why Not Items. Mrs Jas A King is very sick. Mr E B Slack.of Aberdeen, spent a few days with his parents recently. Messrs A L Kiug, 0 M Yow and R J Lawrence have returned from a trip South. MrsF K Sturdivant and children, of Knoxville, Tenn, and Miss Min nie Stuart, of Star, N C, are visiting at their brother's, Mr C E Stuart. Mr J D Lilly speii Friday night with his parents at Star. Messrs Robt, Charlie and Willie Freeman, of Ether, and George Scott, of Flower Hill, who are in school here, spent Sunday at home. Mr Jesse Copelaud, of Moore county, entered school here last week. Mr F C Richardson, of Asheboro, is spending a few days here hunting. Mrs M F Vuncanon, of Star, is visiting her mother, Mrs Jas A King. We are sorry to note "Little Ma ry" Biggs is very ill. Miss Emma Leach, of Lassiter, has returned to school here. We aieglad to welcome her. The sleet of last week did con siderable damage to fruit trees in this section. Quarterly Conference Notice. Ths official members of Richland circuit Methodist Protestant church will please take notice that the 1st quarterly conference which was to have met at Brower's Chapel, Janua ry 27th, will meet at that place Saturday February 10th, liiOC, at 11 a m. J II Stowe, Pastor. MINISTERS MEET. Organized for Mutual Benefit and Further Cause of the Church. Some of the pastors and local preachers of the M E Church South living and serving charges in Ran dolph county met in their church in Asheboro, Tuesday and Wednea of this week. The object was to organize an association for mutual benefit and consult as to how to work together for the best interests of the church in the county. There were eight ministers pres ent viz. Dr S B Turrentine, P E of the Greensboro District, Rev C M Campbell, of Randleman; Rev C A Wood, of Ramseur; Rev J J Eads, Coleridge; Rev. B F Hargett of Trinity; Rev J F Allred, of Frank linsville; the Rev. J W Calder, of Ramseur and the Rev N R Richard son of Asheboro. That so many preachers of a sin gle denomination are found in the county, is tribute to the magnitude of Randolph. It is the largest county within the bounds of the Western N C Conference. There are about 45 churches with about 3000 members of the M E church South in the county. These church es are divided into nine pastoral charges that are holly within the county and several Randolph churches are connected with circuits that lie principally in adjoining counties. It is donotf ull if another county can show such a number of circuits, and yet there are a number of townships in Randolph in which there are no Methodist Episcopal churches. RevC M Campbell preached an excellent sermon TueBday night, after which Dr Turrentine assisted by the ministers present administer ed the Sacrament of the Lords Sup per. The Conference was a profit able one and very much enjoyed by all who were in attendance. A plan of permanent organization was adopted by which a conference will be held in Asheboro every three months. There are six-teen or seven teen preachers eligible to member ship in this Randolph County Con ference. The following officers were elected for the year President Rev. N R Richardson, vice. President Rev C M Campbell; secretary, Rev C A Wood. East Ramseur New. The weather is nice again after such a sleet the heaviest since Feb 1874. Timber and fruit trees are uprooted and broken, do ing considerable damage Mr and Mrs G H Lambert have returned from a week's visit to their daughters, near Coleridge. Mrs Lambert lost on the streets of Ram seur Sunday .Tan 21st, a hand satchel con taining a bill of money some change, a. spool of thread and other small articles. Site would appreciate the favor if the tinder would return the ssme and will pay a suit able reward. The school is progressing nicelv with Prof Mct'anb'ss at the helm. He is growing in favor with the people. He is a most ex cellent instructor. From Durham to Bonsai. The depot at Bonsai will be com pleted in a month. The framing is nearly all done at Hamlet and will be put up in a short time after be ing hauled to Bonsai. A telephone line, instead of a telepraph line, is being erected between Bonsai and Durham, and will be completed in two weeks' time. No regular schedule lias yet been put in operation, but freight trains run occasionally from Durham to Bon sal. Chatham Record. Mr S W Trogdon, who has lived near Carthage for several years will move back to his farm in Union township in R ndolph. The Car thage papers speak of Mr Trogdon as a good farmer and an honest man. We hope that Mr Trogdon will teach our farmers on his return how to grow berries and fruits and vege tables with the success he has grown them in Moore county. Mrs Florence L Brower, wife of Rev 1 M Brower, who several years ago was pastor of Concord circuit died on the evening of the 15th at her home at Rutherford College. Her husband and six children sur vive. She was a sister of the late Mrs E W G Fisher, of Concord. Concord Times. Rev Mr brower formerly lived at Archdale, in this county. Miss Mamie Richardson,, of Ashe boro is in town in the interest of her music class which she is about to establish. This is a rare oppor tunity for those wishing instruction in music, as Miss Richardson has exeeptional training in that line Randleman Times. h (