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HE GOUR I mmi nill) TT" " J5he COURIER j Advertising Columns Bring Results. I Leads inlBoth News and j Circulation. j Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XXXI. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1906. No 14. t T HIGH POINT STRIKE. Hundreds of Wood Workers Locked 0ut3y Operators. EFFICIENT WORKMEN, BUT UNIONISTS., Thli 1 the only Charge Against the Head of Families now Walking High Point Street Employer Had Anticipated Union De mand at an Early Date Many Leave the City Town Quiet. A week ago all operatives in the High Point furniture factories, were notified that after March 3ist, an persons carrying labor anion mem bership cards would be discharged. As a result an Monday, hundreds of workers and the employes of the plate glass factory at High Point were walking the streets. The Amalgamated Wood Workers' Un ion had a large following ia High Point, and the membership rapidly increased after the decree of the manufacturers was known. Though the manufacturers an ticipated dangerous rioting which caused a large number, of special po lice to be sworn in the rear of all business houses, no serious trouble has occurred, and there has been little drinking and excited argument apparent on the streets. Hundreds have quietly left High Point to seek employment elsewhere. On Monday twenty or or more fami lies joined in the pilgrimage. Representatives of the National Federation of Labor are on the scene trying to adjust the trouble and it is though some agreement will be reached soon. The manufacturers have been pre paring for the lock-out for several weeks gradually breaking in Bcab labor to take the positions of the union laborers. It is learned that all those dis charged under the ruling, received in their pay envelopes Saturday, a cetificate saying they were discharg ed in "good standing." It is fur ther learned that the Union Labor has given no trouble, and made no demands of their employers; , that their membership in the union was their only offenBe and that the ma jority of those now walking the streets were efficient in their work. The manufacturers resorted to this in an effort to rid the town of the UNIFORM COURSE OF STUDY. Will Cover Three Year' Work Will Prepare Student to Eater College and Universities. At the meeting Saturday of the Association of High schools it was decided to adopt a uniform course of study covering three years work above the elementary echoal course. In all the schools the same work will be required in mathematics, English, and history. In other sub jects the course will be elective at the judgment of the teacher. The course prepares for the college and university, ana ai me same ume is e'astic enough to satisfy individual preferences. This action was taken by the fol lowing schools: Ramseur High School, Franklinville High School, Shiloh Academy, Rsnleman Graded School, Asheboro Graded School and Farmer Institute. The leaders in this movement to nnify and evsteniize the work of the schools of the county are to be con gratulated on this resultAit means much to the educational interests of Randolph. Meeting of Randolph Book Club. One of the most enjoyable meet ings that the Randolph Book Club has had this season was held aa Col. W. P. Wood's residence on last Fri day, with Mrs. W. A. Underwood as hostess. Mrs. Underwood has spent most of thia winter in Randleman, but has attended almost every club meeting. Notwithstanding the bad weather several members were pres ent current events were first siren and a paper on Queen Elizabeth, after which the members discussed the subject freely. The hostess had prepared a "mental contest," the answer to each question ending in "mental" for instance Equipment lor musician was instrumental. Miss Erwin won the prize, a beau tiful basket of candy for guessing every question. Dainty refresh ments were served. R. E. Johnson went to Whitney, Tuesday on business. WM. B. HART DEAD. End Came .Suddenly at Thomasvllle Last Friday. Was Highly Esteemed. The news of the sudden death of Capt. Wm. B. Hart, of Thomasville, on Friday March 30th, came as a shock to many people, but to none more so than to those interested in mines and . mining. Capt. Hart came originally from Providence, R. I., about twenty-five years ago and has established a reputation and has shown a knowledge of mining which makes his death a serious loss to that He was riding on a wagon and on his way from the mine to dinner at the hotel. The driver of the wagon discovered the condition of Capt. Hart and called assistance, and re moved him from the wagon to the ground where he died in a few mo ments. interest. He had made a specialty of milling gold and silver ore. He was the 'mill superintendent of the Iola gold mine in Montgomery County, one of the largest gold pro ducing mines in the South. He was also assistant superintendent and full superintendent of a mine in Randolph county which produced over $300,000 worth of gold durig the time it was under his charge. Capt. Hart was a man of the high est integrity, a social favorite and withal a good fellow in the highest sense of that term. He was a mem ber of St. John's Masonic lodge in Providence, the lodge of which Gen. George Washington was a member. Capt. Hart was fifty-five years of age, a man of excellent habits and known far and wide for his un ostentatious charity. He leaves a widow and three sons to mourn their loss. The remains were taken to Providence for interment and were accompanied by his wife and one son. CONSTRUCTION LIMITED. Doe the Law Limit the Cost of Bridge to a Cost of f SOOl Question Bt fore Randolph Commissioners. Citizens petitioning for a bridge across Ueep Kiver asked that the contract for a $2,000 bridge, ordered by the board some weeks ago, be let; but upon examination of the law through the attorney to the board, it was decided that they were only authorized to construct bridges at a cost not to exceed $500 under the revised code of laws, of the State and to. construct the bridge previ ously provided for would require a special act of legislature. The law in question is found in Chapter 6 5, of the revised code, paragraph 2696 on page 804. The Board of County Commis sioners of Raodolph County met in regular monthly sesssion at tha court house Monday morning H. T. Caveness, chairman; H. G. Lassiter and A. N. Bulla were present. Nothing but routine business came before the board with the ex ception of a bridge matter in which the power given county com missioners to construct bridges in the county was questioned. MOTHER WAS MISS JULIAN. Senator Carmaek, of Tennessee, Is a son of the Randolph Family. Senator Carmaek, of Tennessee, was in Salisbury Saturday -enroute home from Washington. The Tennesson is a' most in teresting man and to his national popularity there is added a local liking for him. His mother was a J ulian, a member of the Randolph, North Carolina family and Rowan's sheriff and Salisbury's editor are relations at a distance. Mr. Editok: Is it so that Asbe boro has no town commissioners? Some one told me that ' vour streets were never in worse condition, and that the bridges were getting so bad that it was almost necessary for a pereon to g-t out and lead his horse across them. I thought you had some town commissioners whose duty it was to attend to such matters. Peo ple around here are anxious for you to get your streets in better condi tion. Let us know when vour com missioners get to work. - , .A bubBcriber. Capt. E. W. Jones, of the Virginia National Guard, convicted of the muider of Maude Cameron Robin son, formerly of Selma, N. C, whose head it is alleged he almost sevgred with a razor which he afterwards used in cutting his own throat, has entered upon his 18 years' prison sentence. CALL FOR COURIER CLUB RAISERS. Enter Your Name On Our List at Once and Win One of the Premiums Offered. Hundreds of Dollars will be Distrib uted in Presents During the Next Few Weeks. In arranging this contest we have endeavored to offer a reward to workers sufficient to make them en thusiastic and at the same time make the work of securing subscribers easy, so they could not fail to win prizes Every one who pays one dol ar IN ADVANCE will get free with The Courier one of these papers oneyear, the Woman s Magazine, The Metropolitan and Rural Home, The Southern Agriculturist, or the Farm and Fireside for one year. This contest begins NOW and will close July 1, 1906. The person who sends us the largest number bf subscriptions during that time will receive as a prize a handsome Na tional Sewing Machine, which sells for $65.00. To the person who sends in the second largest list of subscribers we will give a Champion New Home Sewing Machine, price $65.00. . To the person who obtains for us the third largest list of subscribers we will give one Carolina Cook Steve witL "B" list with pipe, including full and complete cooking outfit which sells everywhere for $18.00. This stove is on exhibition at the Lewis & Winslow Hardware Com pany. To the person sending us the fourth largest list we will give a genuine American movement ladies' vatch made by the New York Stan dard Watch Company, fitted ia a gold filled hunting case, warranted for 20 years. It is a stem-wfndei and stem-setter, and in every way a reliable time keeper. Each casj is handsomely engraved. To the worker who sends us the fifth largest list we will give a watch with movement like the foregoing description except a ten year guaran tee! caso. To the person sending us the sixth largest list we will give a pari? of . jQueen Quality- so. worth $3.50. These shoes are on exhibition at Messrs Wood & Mor ing's Store. The person sending us the seventh largest -list, will receive a pair of the celebrated White House Patent Leather Blucher Ladies' Shoes worth 3.50. These shoes can be seen at anytime at the Morris-Scarboro-Moffitt Co's Store. The person Bending us the eigth largest list will receive a pair of the popular Woman's College Walking Shoes, worth 3.50. It can be seen at Mr W J Miller's store. The worker sending us the ninth largest subscription list we will give free a beautiful 52-piece porcelain breakfast set. To the person sending us the tenth largest subscriptions we will give a handsome water set worth $6.50. The person sending us the eleventh largest list of subscribers will re ceive a 14-piece combination Ameri can Beauy Rose silver set, consist ing of 1 dozen Tea bpoons, ssugar Shell and Butter Knife to match, pure coin silver plated over nickel plate on hard metal base, packed in fancy box. Every dollai sent we count one subscription.' It will take two fifty ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTURED. Three Prisoner Attacked Guard. May or Page and Town Marshal, of Bls coe, Capture Fugitive. Returned to Asheboro. Wiley Brower, a negro, and escap ed convict from the Randolph county roads, was captured at Biscoe Sun day night by Mayor Frank Page and town Marshal C. C. Crocker. Brow er stated that he with two other convicts knocked one of the guards in the head and escaped from the camp Saturday night about 8 o'clock. Brower was sent up from Montgomery to the roads for selling whiske last September for two years. Town Marshal Crocker brought the convict to Asheboro on the early morning train Monday and delivered htm up to the authorities. If you have friends in other counties or states who formerly lived in this section, please send us their names and addresses, as we desire this information for a particular purpose. sub- Now here are the "sure things" prizes those you KNOW you can get whether you win one of the oth er prizes or not. To every person sending us twelve subscribers at one time with twelve dollars, we will give a handsome water set the best made, or, if you preter, a set of genuine Rodgers Knives ana torn, either of these sell anywhere for $5.00 to $6.00. Or to any person, who will send us 18 sub scriptions with $18.00, we will send both thece premiums. But that is not all, mase anotner oner that every body can get and that is that every worker, who will 6end us six subscription at one time accompani ed by $6.00, we will give a fine porcelain, 30 pjece breakfast set or for five subscriptions we will give a handsome stereoscope and 48 colored scenes from all parts of of the world. This breakfast set never sold for less than $4.00 and it is worth $6.00 anywhere and the stereoscope and views are worth fully as much as the breakfast set, or if any worker will send us 10 subscriptions accom panied by $10, we will sei d both these handsome premiums. We know you will wonder how we can make such a remarkable offer. To be frank with you we couldn't if we did not know from expedience that three-fourths of the new subscribers obtained in this way will be turned into regular subscribers at the end of the year. We are paying you handsomely simply to get them started for us. The merit of the paper, itself will do the rest and in the long run we will make a profit and you will be doing your community a good turn by inducing the people to read a paper which teaches them how to ifjPake more money from their farms anu in various occupation. To everyone who sends us as much $100.00 for subscriptions and job work together we will give a Cham pion New Home Sewing Machine. Any young man who wants a pair of "Keiths Konqueror" shoes, or a pair of celebrated King Bee shoe, or a pair of Crossett's best shoes, each and every pair sells for $5.00 the world over, or if you want free the best railroad watch ever made you can learn how to get them free by getting subscriptions or job work for The Courier. Now the facts are all before yon and the contest is on. DON'T WAIT UVTIL TO-MORROW TO BEGIN WORK. Start now and keep it up, if you want one of the big prizes. We will sond you sam pie copies, if you ask for them, but we do not furnish receipts and sub scription blanks except direct to the subscribers upon receipt of the list and amount enclosed. An ordinary peice of paper will do. Don't send stamps. Put the silver dimes in an envelope and fold it up and put in another envelope which bears the stamp and address and they will not be lost. Address all letters to The Courier, Asheboro, N C. ASHEBORO TELEPHONE CO. Portion of the Town Connected with Central Exchange Complete Service In few Day. Mr. Clay Armfield and his efficient corps of linemen have completed the work of stringing 5,000 feet of cable for the local telephone com pany and a force is now busy con necting the 'phones. In a few days the service will be complete. Since the system was demolished by the sleet, a few weeks ago the company has doubled its capital stock and will in a short time have in operation the most up-to-date metalic system which will be far in advance of the old service. By the time The Courier reach es its reader our office will be con nected with all long distance lines j and as many of the local 'phones as are in operation and we beg our friends to phone us all the local happenings they can. This makes paper and a good paper will at-1 cent subscribers to count one scription in the contest. trat many people fion a distance moved to their new home at Dur to a town or county. : ham. HONOR ROLL. Pupil Deserving Commendation for Their Work During March. The following pupils of Asheboro urauecl schools have been awarded special mention for efficiency in their worK during the month of March, 1906: FIRST GRADE. Edith Betts, John Brittain, Geo. McPherson, Alva Betts. Pearl Way. Garland Lowdermilk, George Betts, UUian iiunsucker, Gusta Humble. Lucile Ward, Margaret Morris, Lena Williams, Joe liendricks. Coleu Spoon, Edna Norman, Lela Aiken, Rush Lassiter, Lura Jones, Gertha Nance, Ruth McPherson, Dorothy ueniey, uertie fuvett, Jitha Glas gow, Claudius Crater. SECOND GRADE. Virtle Caviness, Gertrude Aiken, Kate Brittain, Hobart Cox, Fred Plummer, Arthur Presnell, Clara Presnell, John Swain, Rilla Spoon, Cleon Spoon, Lucile Scarboro, Ma bel Spoon, Kate Tucker, Jessie Ward. THIRD GRADE. Ha Aiken, Lummy Cox, Edith Ilunsucker, Everette Newby, Fanny Newby, Cornie Wall. FOURTH GRADE. Clyde Aiken, Maude Hall Myrtie Ridge, Mildred Birkhead, Pearl Kivett, Eulah Glasgow, Lillie Par- rish. FIFTH GRADE. Farla Spoon, Lillian Coltrane, Beulah Laughlin, Fannie Hannah, Basil Bnttain, Clyde Laughlm. SIXTH GRADE. Mamie Morris, Sue Hoover, Ly- nette Swain, Ernest Williams, Bera Scarboro, Annie Fox, Enolie Pres nell. SEVENTH GRADE. Bessie Laughlin, Lela Hall. EIGHTH GRADE. Fleta Fox, Grady Miller, Herndon Moffitt, John Sexton. Daniel Sharpe. NINTH GRADE. Marietta Betts, Roscoe Miller. BABY FOUND IN BOX CAR. Chief of Police at Rocky Mount Finds a Home forBeautlful Abandoned Baby. Mr. M. Reitzel writes from Rocky Mount, N. C, that early Sunday morning a beautiful girl baby, sup posed to be some four or five weeas old, was found in a box car in south Rocky Mount. How long it had been there no one knows. It was in a black oil cloth valise. A color ed man was passing by the car and heard the child crying and went in the car to find the little stranger almost smothered. Chief of police Davis was notified and it was taken to his house and cared for until quite a number of ladies of the city called to see the little stranger to-day. There was no trouble in getting the little one a home. Offer after offer of a home was received from far and near. One lady who lives in Baltimore was stopping at the Hotel Woodard begged for it and said she would take it and go right to her home in that city and it should have every thing money could buy. Mr. and Mrs. Hobgood came and begged for it and offered to buy it but Chief Davis told them they co ild have it, so to-night this little girl is Miss Hobgood, of South Rocky Mount. There are no children in the family and the people all say no better home could have been found any where. ACCIDENT TO AGED LADY. '" Mr Elisabeth Bridget- Painfully Hurt at Ramseur. Death of a Little Girl. Mrs Elizabeth Bridgers, of Ram- seur, fell at her home one day last week, from which she suffeied the misfortune of breaking her arm. Mrs Bridgers is 83 years old. Pauline Smith, aged three years, died of diptheria in Ramseur Sat urday, March 31st. 1 he bereaved family has the sympathy of the en ure community. Mr. W. H. Watkins, Jr., of Greensboro, visited his parents here Saturday and Sundav. Miss Ora Cox, of High Point, an experienced and popular milliner, arrived Monday to take charge of the millinery department of the Ramseur Store Cgmpan v. K. JJ. L nomas and family have TRINITY MEETING. Large Attendance at the Greensboro District Institute. INTERESTING AND TIVE. INSTRUC- Addresses on .Work of 'Mission and Progress of Methodism and For eign Field Heard by a Large Attendance of Delegate and Friends at Trinity Mch. 29th and 30th. Great Work In Brazil. The Missionary Institute of the Greenpboro District was held at Trinity, March 29-31, 1906. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. J. W. Moore, of Greensboro,' from the text Ezekial 36: 23. His theme was, "Work of Foreign Mis sions; Teaching Men of God; Preparation; God in Us." It was a fine sermon. Mr. Moore is an ear nest Christian worker. Friday morning Devotional exer cises were conducted by Dr. Detwiler, after which the Institute was organized an I Dr. S. B. Tur rentine, presiding elder, of the Greensboro District, was elected chairman with Rev. Harold Turner, also of Greensboro, Secretary. Mr. Turner makes a fine secretary, and Dr. Turrentine a good presiding officer, and knows how to make everything pleasant and harmonious. Rev G. 11. Detwiler addressed the audience on "The Enlarging Vision." Dr. Detwiler held his au dience almost spell-bound for thirty minutes. The address was one of the finest your correspondent ever heard. The next address, on "Edu cation and Missions," by Rev. C. A. Wood, of Ramseur, was also good. He gave several incidents of his own younger life. Mr. Wood claims Randolph as his native county, though he was born in China. His father, Rev. Marcus L. Wood, was the first missionary sent from North Carolina to China. At 2: 30 p. m. Devotional exercis es were conducted by Rev. J. R. Brooks, after which an address on "Young People and Missions," was delivered by Rev. A. T. Bell. Mr. Bell is an earnest speaker, and made a fine address. The next address, by Rev. C. M. Campbell on "Systematic Giving," was listened to with great interest. After his address which lasted about thirty minutes, there was open dis cussion of the subject, that was greatly enjoyed. At night at 7: 30 Rev T F Marr preached from Luke 13: 21. It was one of Mr. Marr's be3t efforts, and those who know him, know that his sermons are all fine. He is an elo quent speaker. Saturday morning at 9: 00 a. m. Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. C. M. Campbell. Rev. Harold Turner then address ed the Institute on "Echoes from the Missionary Training School. Rev. Zensky Hinohara next ad dressed the meeting on "Japan." He contrasted the condition of this country with those of Japan, from his own personal knowledge. His portrayal of the death scene of a Japanese friend who died a Chris tian, and by that means his father and mother were converted, was very pathetic. The next address was on "Our Work in Brazil" by Rev. J. L. Ken nedy. He came from South Ameri ca last summer. He told of the rapid strides that Methodism has made since he went to Brazil. He said there were only about fifty preachers to serve about eighteen millions of people. He said they now have 5,000 members in full connection; and that the church last year paid for Missions $6.00 per capita. He told what Granberry College, (named for Bishop Gran berrv) was doing for education . Rev. W. H. Willis delivered a short talk on Missionary Work. Dr. Detwiler made an effort to or ganize a Woman's Foreign Missiona ry Society. Resolutions were passed thanking the people of Trinity for their hos pitality, after which the benediction was pronounced by Rey. N. R. Rich ardson. Colored Wedding. John Bell, an aged and respected colored citizen of Asheboro, will marry Nancy Kearns, of Randleman, at the colored Baptist church here April 11th. John Bell is 64 years old and Nancy Kearns ia 55 years old.