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VOL XXXI.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1906.
No 42
KING EDWARD'S COUNTRY.
$195,040 INCREASE.
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RIER.
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SAM P. JONES DEAD.
Noted Revivalist and Lecturer Dies
BEGINNING OF THE COUNTY CANVASS.
Editors Sail Down the Famous
Thousand Islands "Shoot the
The Terdict of the party gathered
from all parts of the United States
praised Niagara Falls as the greatest
natural spectacle oq this contiueut.
After peeing the falls we returned
to Toronto where we joined our
brethern of the quill and left over
the Canadian and Pacific for King
ston an ivmg there early the follow
ing morning. Prospects of the
trip on the fc. i Lawrence through
the Thousand Inlands made it eafcier
for the party i be up before ar
riving at Kingston which is a his.
toric city.
KtXfisTON.
Th- central appearance of King
Eton i- tme of S 'l' li'y. It is call
ed til" LitlletiMlie t'itV O'l :l-.?OULt of
the nee "f this lsinne in both pub
lic a-ul private buildings. King
ston w-.:s ma'e the cipiul at th.'
time of the ui.lo'i of Upper and
Lower Canada in 184 1. Hut the
seat cf government .m fit terwarda
removed to SIoatre.il and then in
turn to Toronto and Kingston until
The RiYet in Front of
in 1859, Ottawa wai chosen nsthe
the permanent capital, by late Queen
Victoria
FAMOUS RIDE DOWK ST. LAWRENCE
RIVER TH ROUGH THE THOUS
AND ISLANDS.
At six o'clock in the morning we
boarded the steamer "Toronto" oue
of the Rishlieu hDd Ontario Com
pany's handsome steamers for a ride
ou the bosom of the majestic St.
Lawrence, intent on enjoying some
of nature's most beautiful spots.
Soon alter leaving Kingston at the
headwaters of the river, we reached
the Thousands, Islands s j famed the
world over. They number in allsome
seventeen hundred, -vaiying in size,
shape and appearance from a small
barren rock, projecting from the
surface of the river to the large
fertile area of land crowned with
richest foliage and lofty trees and
many of them are ornamented by
summer residences varying in style,
from the little old time log cabin
of the camper to the magnificent
castle of the millionaire.
The Thousand Islands com-
Shooting the Lachine Rapids.
m;nce near Kingston and extend I Cedar Rapids which are very turbu
down as far as Brockville, a town i
n wied after Geueral Brock, of
Oueeustown fame, which is a dis-
ttnes of about fifty miles. The
passage through the islands re-1
quires several hours, with stops at
Frjutenac Island and Alexandria
Bay. I was was simply bewildered
.T ... .... 1 .1.
""""- uu. :,wrrwh "r ; I which are the fiercest, the most
the charming isles, w h their at- Lher0M aud mmt mcM o
tractive homes beaut fallals and! . .
rir,r n3 i Z
all kinds of boats von could thin k
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of. As our steamer wouud first iu
narrow channels aud then out into
lake like expansions, through clus
ters of islands and around reeky
St. Lawrence River Through The
Rapids" Arrive at Montreal.
points. 1 can conceive of no grand
er trip than the one through the
inonsand Islands and although 1
had imasined the scenery was
beautiful I can only say "the half
has never vet been toln .
Many of the islands are owned by
men of money while some have
been reserved by the government
for public pleasure grounds which
seems altogether fitting.
I'UESf'OTT CHANGE MOATS TO "SHOOT
TIIK RAI'lDS".
At Prefcott we htnrd the call
'change boats for the rapids" this
we all did with a kind of feeling
half of awe and half of anticipation
both too were soon realized. il
regular steamers ar-? too largo to
sail through the rapids consequent
ly smaller steamers lire used which
are especially constructed to suit
the service. All elaborate H'Stem
of shin canals have been built
aiound the various rapids Cor the
purpose of general navigation, and
just here I want to add I bat when
Quaint QA Quebec.
take the trip again I prefer going
through the canals. It is well for
us to have varied experiences bnt
shooting the rapids once sumced
me. Soon after leaving Prescott
the excitement began when we
came to the Gallops then the Du
Plat and next the Long Sault. The
steamer with steam shut off was
carried along by the force of the
current at a speed of twenty miles
an hour through snow crested bil
lows and churning waters. The
river expand' after the Long Sault
rapid, and the streamer glided into
a calm stretch of water known as
Lake St. Francis.
After a short breathing spell
came the Coteau Rapids two miles
miles long with an exceedingly
swift current immediately after
leaving those rapids while we were
consoling ourselves that there was
one less to shoot we went under the
Canadian Atlantic Railway bridge
which was a mile and a half long
and seven miles further down swept
past a small islaud whose trees
dipped into the hurrying stream and
rounding a sharpe curve entered the
lent and the passage is most excit-
ing. At times the steamer would
seem to be getting ready to sink,
tossing from side to side but then
would glide on swiftly out. Split
Rock Rapils and Cascade Rapids
next and then the
FAMOUS LACHINE RAPIDS.
- d when the grey haired cap-
itmn announced that we would soon
shoot the Lachine Rapids" as he
said this he looked ahead aud re
marked that they were no rougher
than usual and by way of explana
tion ventuied the information that
Abstract of Taxable Property In
Randolph.
SPEAKS WELL FOR COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT.
At the First Meeting or the Commis
sioners in October, $il,280
Above 1h; Entire Yearof
1905 Was Listed Be
fore the Board.
An interesting document in the
office of the Register of Desds is the
abstract of the taxable property as
shown by the list taker s books.
The abstract shows that for 1906
there has been listed with the list
takers property to the value of
$-4,755,873. This as against $4,
6-22,077 for 1905; a gam of $133,
700.
Of the pioperty listed $-1,669,386
is bv white property holders: a gam
of 125.367, over that listed bv
white tax pavers for 1905. The
coloiel people listed $86,469; a gain
of $k,393.
This is a good showing, but there
are still better figures yet to come,
Pioperty owners are privileged to
list before the Hoard of County Com
missiouers at each monthly meeting
uutil May. During last year the
total pioperty listed before the
Hoard amounted to $116,oZ0. At
the October meeting the property
listed before the Board amounted in
ound numbers to $178,000: an in
crease of $61,280 over the total
amount listed during the entire year
of 1905. This added to the in
crease in propel ty entered by the list
takers makes a total increase in the
valuation of property in Randolph
conntvof $195,040.
It is expected that this will be
ijreatly increased at future sessions
of the Commissioneis.
Hobbs-Brltt.
- The following card has been isr
sued:
Mr. and Mrs. John Theodore Britt
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter,
Charlotte Virginia,
to
Mr. Goerjje Washington Hobbs
on the evening ol Tuesday, the first of No
vember, at half after ten o'clock,
Saint Stephen's Church,
Oxford, North Carolina.
English Music Contests.
Prof. Doc Warburton returned
Tuesday from his home at Rock
ingham. He brought several Eng
lish papers published in Rosendale,
England, giving accounts of the re
sult of Music Contests in England.
His brother, Elijah Warburton, di
rector of the Goodshaw Band, of
Lancashire county England, and it
recounts the success of that organ l-
zrtion in winning the first prize at
the Zoological Gardens of Blanches
ter recently, and also at the Work
ington Contest. These contests have
been on for one hnndred years.
the channel was only 60 feet wide,
pointed ont large rocks on either
side leaving his audience to imagine
largr ones below. Half breed In
dians usually act ' as pilots, and it
is said that there are very few who
know the Jjochine Channel well
enough to guide through in safety.
Large breakers came against the
steamer as it was tossing through
and at times the vessel moved along
side, in front being carrsed, as I
said before, by the current. After
passing the rapids one editor re
marked, "By Jove, you hear a
mighty lot of talk abont the man
behind the pen and the man be
hind the gun, but I'm thinking the
man behind the wheel has em both
skinned a mile when it comes to
teal genius and heroism. Yes it's
a clear case of everybody's praised
but pilot, bnt after this the man
behind the wheel comes in for a
large-sized share of appreciation and
admiration from me.
This seemed to meet with the
geneial opinion of til. While
the excitement was Btill on we
rounded a curve and came in sight
of Montreal, with its teeming bar
bor filled witt. the shipping of every
nation and its chcrches' cathedrals
and public buildings, with their
spires and domes standing out in
bold relief against Mount Koval
which is in the background. Aft i
supper we found onr Pullman train,
and left at 10 o'clock for Quebtc,
arriving at six o'clock the following'
morning.
1 ENDERFOOT. '
of Heart Disease.
EVANGELIST'S END IS SUDDEN.
Death Came While Enroute to Carters
vllle, ia., to Attend Family Re
union on His 5tth Birthday
Funeral at
Carterville.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 15th.
The Rev. Sam P. Jones, the well
known evangelist of Cartersville,
Ga., died early to-day of heart dis
ease in a sleeping car on train No.
4 of the Rock Island Railroad, near
Perry, Ark. Mr. Jones had been
conducting a most successful revi
val at Oklahoma City, I. T., and
left there last night for his home
iu Georgia. He dpsired to attend a
family reuniou tomorrow, it being
the 59th anniversary of his birth.
Mrs. Jones and hia two daughters,
Mrs. Annie Pyion and Mi38 Julia
Jones, were with him when he
passed away.
Mr. Jones arose from his berth
in the sleeper about 5 o'clock this
morning and complained of nausea.
He drank a glass of hot water and
immediately afterwards collapsed.
Rev. Walt Holcomb, who had
been associated with Mr. Jones for a
nuuiber of years, took the dying
man in bis arms and in a few
minutes the evangelist breathed his
last. The body was embalmed and
sent to Cartersville.
The funeral was at Cartersville
yesterday and was conducted by
Rev. George Stuart, the Rev. J. A.
Bowen, of Mississippi, and the Rev.
Walt Holcomb.
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS DYING
WMow of President of Confederacy Sue
eumblng After Lung Illness.
' New York, Oct. 16. vMrs. Jeffer
son Davis, widow of the president
of tne uomeaeraie oiaies, is aying
of pneumonia in the Hottl Majestic
here. It is believed that she cannot
survive more than a few hours.
Mrs. Dans has been ill several
days, but it had been believed that
she would recover up to Jat night.
Mrs. Davis went to the Majestic
a short time ago on her return from
the Adirondack?, where she spent
most of the summer. The day she
reached town she was stricken with
a cold, which produced pneumonia,
Her marvelous vitality, however gave
hope of ultimate recovery until last
evening, when her physicians an
nounced that death was near.
Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, the only
surviving daughter of Mrs. Davis,
J. Addison Hayes, W. D. Hayes, a
Grandson, of Colorado Springs, Col.,
Dr. and Mrs. Webb, and Dr. Robert
Wylie were present at the bedside
throughout the night.
Mrs. Davis had her eightieth
birthday on May 7 last. The late
years of her life have been saddened
by the loss of her daughter, Winnie,
who died in September, 1898 at
Narragansett rier.
New York, Oct. 16, Mrs. Jef
ferson Davis died tonight at 10:25
o clock.
BIG BARBECUE.
Event Is Jt One Week Off Every
body Come And Those Wlio Can
Bring A Baaket
A week from today is the date for
the Big Barbecue and Basket ric
nic. Everybody is coming and the
central committee is preparing to
entertain bOOO people.
Y e told last week of the prepara
tion being made and what the com
mittee desired to do. Every man,
woman and child will be carred for,
and it is expected that this will be
the largest gathering ever seen in
Asheboro.
Each family represented is ex
pected to furnish a basket for the
picnic dinner to be served from a
tame neany a nan mue long, xiring
your basket of plain foods, such as
bread, meats, fruits, etc., direct to
the grounds. Of course cakes pick
les and the like will be all right,
bnt plaim subctintial food is re
quested. Let everybody come and enjoy the
day. A good time is promised.
Hon. Lee S. Overman, Hon. Jas.
H. Pon and Hon. R. N. Page and
others will address . the people of
Randolph October 25tb, in Ashe-
b ro.
Republican Records Presented to
Peculiar
The joint canvass of the candi
lates for the county offices in Ran
dolph began at the widow Ken
nedy s, in Cedar Grove township
Monday afternoon. The attendance
was small, though larger than two
years ago.
All the candidates were present
except S. W. Laughin, Republican
candidate for Register of Deed and
Jno. D. McDaniels Republican can
didate for county treasurer.
At 1 o'clock the meeting was
called to order and the candidat-s
announced themselves after wheh
Hon. J. R. Blair, candidate for
for State Senator in this district, of
Troy, Montgomery county, opened
the. debate, and for twenty-five
minutes discussed the records f
the two political parties. This w: s
the time agreed upon for e.i.'h
speaker with live minutes rejoinder.
Beginning he declared that men
should heie these discussions with
out prejudice and considering the
records of the two political partes
in the State, should cast their
ballot in the interest of home,
neighbors aud country, and for the
party giving the best returns for
taxes paid and did most for the
happiness and contentment or the
people. He declared that the man
who voted for other reasons than
this was a menace to good govern
ment. He discussed the Republican
administration in 1868 and 1869,
showing where the officials of that
party appropriated and disbursed
millions of dollars under pretentions
of building railroads and building
schools, but no railroads were built
and the school fund'was misapplied,
squandered, and lost, and no schools
were built.
"O, they say," said Mr. Blair,
"you should not refer to this, the
State was then xankeeized, ana l
guess the next time they were But
lerized." Passing from this to the Fusion
administration when the Populists,
for a few Federal offices, placed
them again in power, Mr. Blair
I jviewed the Butler-Russell admin
istration, which is on record a
disgrace to the fair name of the
State and thick with scandals in
every department of State, and
which is to day a stench in the
nostrils of decent men. lhis the
second and last time since the
negro suffrage was forced upon the
people of the State finds no one to
defend it.
Undr the Democratic party,
since the overthrow of the fusion
administration the Slate has again
been raised to its rightful position
in the commercial and social world.
Its institutions of learning have
rapidly advanced; the deaf, dumb
and blind have been cared for;
provision has been made for the
aged and infirm, the Confederate
soldiers are being comforted in
their declining years all involving
an increase in appropriations.
"Has your tax been increased?
No, not one scentilla.
How is it that then the farmer
paid more than 60 per cent, of the
taxes and today under Democratic
rule they only py 40 per centr
Democracy "does not extend
special privileges to any. They set
about to gather the just tax from
the corporations, the railroads and
the big insurance compainies who
were carrying thousands of dollars
annually from the State unmolested.
And today by this means, the
corporations who had been thriving
on the fat of the land by special
favor of the Butler-Russell admin
istration, pay more than half of the
taxes required to run the State's
finances.
It is the Watts law that has
driven the distilleries from the
vallies and swamps of the State into
the open day, to the relief of the
country people who can now travel
from place to place, ana about
their plantations without being
molested by a gang of drunken
debauched mori. but who are yet
allowed to in . their orchards and
grape vinyards to some good by
the provision of this act.
Conclii'1.!!- he nrged the voters
to considei i irtial!y the records
of the par and vote for Demo
cracy wbi 'ids for good govern
ment, lh.'. -; Jlion of their homes
and the e n of their children.
Col. V , 'ood, of Asheboro,
Voters Mr. English's Position is a
One.
Democratic caudidate for the Leg
islature followed Mr. Blair.
Col. Wood had been in feeble
health for several weeks aud only
spoke for a few minuets befoie his
p'lysicial condition was such that
ii'.- was forced to retire.
At the beginning he expressed his
pleasure at the expression of Judge
Adams, when he urged the voters
to judge tiie future! f political
parties by the past. If we do no
man can give a valid reason for
voting the Republican ticket.
lie reviewed the Republican ad
ministrations and as a member of
the finance committee in the Leg
islature during Democratic adminis
tration, in f' -c and figure showed
the economical disbursement of
the people's money under Demo
cratic ui!e.
He deuutuded of his opponent
that he tell the people where he
stood on educational matters; where
he stood on the Watts bnv; and
whether he would for oue moment
endorse the records made by the
Republican party since the war.
Touching county affairs the
wreck and ruin wrought in Ran
dolph, as in matters of State, was
held up to the people, with the
question could he endorse that.
N. C. English tne Republican,
candidate for Legislature followed
The Republican candidates were
on the defeDBive defending their
own selves and not the party and
principles, and attempting, (by what
way could not be seen) in some way
to show some reason for their as
sociation with the party.
Referring to the administration
of '68 and '69 Prof. English said he
feared the charges made were too
true. He said that the Democrats
"made a mistake by not putting the
whole bunch in the penitentiary
which they started for the boys.
There is where they should nave
landed.
In reply to the statement that
the Republicans were against tem-
E era nee, Prof. English stated that
e had not changed from his posi
tion when he was a candidate on
the Prohibition ticket. But he was
against the Watts Law because it
did not rule whiskey out of the state
whether the people of certain locali
ties want it or not. He said the rea
son he changed the time before the
last was that the Democratic party
nominated and elected a man who
drank.
As to education he endorsed the
work done but claimed that the
Democrats promised to eliminate
politics from education and insinu
ated that the schools were placed in
Democratic hands for political rea
sons. (Mr. English should know that in
Randolph theie are entire commit
tees composed of Republican mem
bers and many others mixed as to
party affiliation.)
After Mr. English W. T. Foushee,
Democratic candidate for legisla
ture was introduced. He, as a
member of the county board of edu
cation, ably defended the work in
the county. Hia speech was not
long but was well received.
Then came Mr. Burrow. It was
in the nature of a relief as he at
tempted to draw the troubled minds
of his hearers from the black days
of Republican and Fusion rule in
North Carolina and Randolph coun
ty and traveled "the sun kissed
slopes of the Pacific, sailed the blue
waters of the Great Lakes, and
climbed the rugged hill of New
England." After beholding the
beauties of the golden gate and
seeingthe trust ridden sections of
the middle west and east, he reseat
ed his hearers in dear old North
Carolina and urged them to vote the
Republican ticket because of the
beantiful seenery. He seemed to
forget what office he was running
for and devoted his time to discus
sing national issues, knowing only
that he was again working for "The
Boss" not himself and his people.
He carefully avoided all questions
pertaining to county and State.
It was a good day for Democracy
and the clean, clear presentation of
facts on this canvas will be told by
a sweeping Democratic victory on
the 6th day of November.
Come to the Barbecue.