The Randolph Bulletin.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
U. S. HAYES, - Editor
E. A. WOODDELL, Publisher
Entered as second-class matter June
2nd, 1905, at the post office at Ashe
boro, N. C, under the act of Congress
of March 3rd 1879.
Advertising rates on application.
In the first issue of The Bul
letin we advocated the perma
nent improvement of public roads
of Randolph county. The more
we studv the subject the more
we are convinced that the time
is not far distant when the tax
payers of the county will demand
a better system of road improve
ment. The county tried the old
system of working, from the
foundation of the county till
about ten years ago, when it
changed to the system of employ
ing convict labor.- This system
has been tried now about ten
years at a cost of from forty to
sevent-five thousand dollars. Is
this too much money to spend on
the roads? No, it is not enough,
but too much for the benefit re
ceived. To a large extent the
money has been wasted. In the
first place the system is wrong,
i i i
ana in tne second place a poor
system has been poorly carried
out. For example, instead of
employing a practical engineer
to survey the roads and put them
on an easy grade, they are sim
ply "stood on end" like a ladder,
going straight over the hill the
shortest way. Some of our prin
cipal roads are standing at an
angle of from 30 to 45 degrees.
The only piece of road in the
county that shows engineering
skill is the piece on the Salisbury
road between McCrary's store
and Back Creek. If these steep
grades were cut out the value of
every team in the county would
almost be doubled as to capacity
in delivering the products of the
farm, forest and mill to mar
ket. Why wouldn't it be better
to employ the convicts in making
the changes in these grades dur
ing the winter season instead of
having them plow the roads al
ready in use, rendering them al
most impassable. Besides if these
changes are to be made, it should
be done now while land is cheap.
The time will come when the
county will have to put up big
damages , for making changes
t. Trough twell improved farms.
i he prosperity of a county de
pends to a large extent on the
condition of its public roads.
The value of land is increased or
decreased according to the im
provement of the roads leading
to it. We believe all the farm
ers and business men of the coun
ty see the necessity of better
roads. You have tried the con
vict system ten years and accom
plished nothing. At the same
rate, how long will it take to ac
complish something?
Some papers seem to think
that the uncovering of graft all
over the country in Federal,
State, city and town affairs is an
indication that there has been
more rascality under the present
administration than any that pre
ceded it. The slightest reflection
ought to convince any one that
this is not the case, but that the
country now has a president who
is not afraid of a thorough house
cleaning, no matter how much
dust is raised in the process.
The record is to the discredit of
the country, it is true, but it can
reflect nothing but credit on the
administration that is dealing
with it fearlessly. From the
time of the Cuban postal frauds
under the McKinley administra
tion to the present rows in the
Agriculture Department and the
Government Printing Office, the
country at large has been treated
to a mass of unsavory revela
tions. But the grafters, both
big and little are awakening to
the fact that the time has come
for a square deal all around. The
frauds of the Post Office Depart
ment, the western land frauds,
reaching from Mexico to the
Canadian line, the leakage of the
crop reports, irregularties in the
arsenel and Navy yard are only
indications that the government
has heretofore been regarded as
an an easy mark for any one un
scrupulous enough to swindle it.
If the American conscience has
been awakened by a man in the
White House strong enough and
straight enough to smoke out the
vermin, wherever they are
found, it would be a poor return
to try to hamper him with warn
ings that he might burn down
the barn in killing the rats.
What the country needs is a more
thorough awakening still. Pres
ident Roosevelt needs the moral
support of every decent citizen
in carrying out the work he has J
undertaken. If he is supported
in his work for honesty in the
public service he probably will
do a very thorough job by 1908.
The grafter is not usually a fool
and when he finds that the pen
alty for stealing is going to jail
or the penitentiary, he will re
spect his neighbor's property
rights, even though that neigh
bor be the government. Hearty
respect and co-operation are due
the President who is making the
grafter see things in this light
We call the attention of the
public to the unsafe and unpro
tected condition of the county
records. A small blaze started
by a cigarette smoker or some
designing fiend might destroy
all the public records and cause
endless trouble from which it
would take years to recover.
Disputed land boundaries and
other documents admitted to re
cord would cause many law suits
and in the end the lawyer would
be the only one to reap a rich
harvest from the negligence of
the county officials. Let fire
proof vaults be put in the court
house to protect the people's
property.
A young white man working
on the chain-gang in Cabarrus
county, was brutally whipped re
cently by the manager, Herbert
Smith. Smith is now under
bond for his apperance at court
to answer for his crime.
It too often happens that men
who have charge of criminals
and convicts use their positions
to tyrannize over their helpless
victims. The half has never been
told. If the true story of the
cruelties and brutalities which
are practiced in the convict
camps and state prisons, could
be told it would reveal a deplor
able condition, we have no
doubt.
Our Caraway correspondent
writes us that John F. Jarrell
has organized a road force and
is improving the roads leading
out from Caraway. This is a
very commendable "organiza
tion" and should be followed by
other enterprising people of the
county. It is a strange thing to us
that thinking people will go out
on the road and cheat themselves
and their neighbors by "beat
ing time" on the road overseer.
More honest work under the di
rection of competent surveyors
is what our roads need.
From the North State.
The Oneida Chair Company
made a large shipment of chairs
last week numbering about 5000.
This company seems to be doing
a good business at present.
Tony Hepler was before Esq.
Morefield last Saturday for an
assault on Lee Warner a boy of 8
years. Hepler was fined $7.50
together with the costs.
While hauling some parts of
the stand pipe a piece thereof
slipped forward and so injured a
horse belonging to W. L. Harbin
that he had to be killed. The
horse was very valuable. Mr.
Harbin having refused $200 for
him.
Senator Tillman, father of the
illegitimate dispensary system in
Suth Carolina, says it is rotten
and must be reformed or he will
stump the State to destroy it.
Indeed it must be very rotten if
Pitchfork Tillman can't stand it.
Bnt during the meantime Senator
Simmons is suffering no incon
venience from the system of dis
pensaries in this State. His ol
factory nerves do not seem to be
very sensitive when political
matters are involved. Caucasian.
AN AMERICAN CRISIS.
Labor is the only prayer that
is ever answered.
The woman who manages a
man never calls his attention to
the fact.
The only difference between
bad and good people is this: The
bad people have the bad on the
outside and the good in; while
the good people have the good
outside and the bad in.
The man who, in his will, pro
vides a penalty in case his wife
marries again, never had any.
confidence in her during life. He
thought he owned her, body and
soul. It is bad enough for a
woman to be owned by a live
man, but to be dictated to by a
dead one ugh!
New Orleans is having a great
yellow fever seourge. Many
have died and many new cases
are reported daily. She is quar
antined against by all surround
ing cities and towns, and in this
way the plague may be confined
to narrow limits.
The fact is undeniable that our
present consumption is greater
than our capacity for production.
Not only is labor well employed
in all industries all over the
country, but there is an actual
scarcity that prevents sufficient
production for our own needs.
This is shown further in the
increased imports of $126,000,
000 during the past year, mak
ing our total imports for the 12
months over $1,117,000,000,
And yet in the face of this con
dition certain interests are seek
ing more foreign markets, which
must be gained, if gained at all,
through the sacrifice of home
markets and through the de
crease of wages.
It is a most astounding situat
ion. Our own purchasers are
demanding more goods, our man
ufacturers and farmers are cry
ing for more workers, and yet
we are plotting to give up this
splendi market to foreigners in
the hope that they will "give us
a change to them, freight and
duty added, the goods that are
wanted right at home. Truly,
foreign steamship interests have
a strong hold on some of our
papers and people. Tear off the
mask from this stalking animal
miscalled Reciprocity and we
shall find a monster known as
Self Interest, ready to devour
our industrial security, ready to
tear down our wall of prosperity,
ready to sacrifice our labor to
their own rapacious greed for
freight and commissions and
retainers, wnat are we going
to do about it? It is not a pol
itical question. It is not wholly
a Tariff question. It is an
American question. And it is
time for Americans to act. Ex,
Hard Road For Woman.
A little maid of seven sum
mers asked her mother: "Mam
ma, if I get married when I grow
up will I have a husband like
papa?" The mother answered
with a smile, "Why, yes, dear,
if you get married you will have
a husband like papa. ' ' The little
brow clouded. Then she asked,
" If I don't get married will I be
an old maid like Aunt Nellie?"
"Yes, dear, you would be an
old maid, " answered the mother,
laughing at this rather complex
question, "but whatever put
such thoughts in that little head ?' '
But the child didn't laugh,
she only looked grave, and said
dejectedly, "Well, no matter
which way we go, it's a pretty
hard world for us women, ain't
it?"
Lessons of Experience:
What have been the lessons of
experience in the United States
in regard to Republican and
Democratic Tariffs and Republi
can and Democratic Administra
tions? Citizens must have short
memories who have forgotten
the period between 1894 and
1897, with its mongrel Dem
ocratic Tariff, its millions of
unemployed men and its long
and trying period of business
depression. Perhaps there are
some wno win not learn even in
the school of experience, but it
cannot be believed that persons
of that caliber form a majority
of the people of this country.
When Tariff revision becomes
necessary the only organization
that can perform the duty safely
is the party of Protection, the
friends of the policy that has
been tested and found good.
Ask a Democrat if he is for
Protection in any form and he
will answer in the negative, or
must avow that on that subject
he disagrees with his party.
The Democratic fight is not on
inequalities that may in course
of time develop in a Protective
Tariff. The Democratic party
wars on Protection itself. St.
Louis " Globe-Democrat."
Mr. John Chisholm one of
Montgomery's oldest citizens
living four miles south of Troy,
died last Sunday, and his remains
were interred Monday. Having
lived an honest and industrious
life, he died at the age of 82,
leaving behind a number of rela
tives and friends who feel that a
worthy man has passed away.
Montgomrian.
The trustees of Troy graded
school met and completed an or
ganization Monday night. A gen
eral discussion of important mat
ters was entered into, but no fin
al actions were taken. The most
important question before the
board was the arrangement of a
school building, but nothing def
inite was done except appoint a
committee to investigate the sit
uation. The questions of salaries
and selection of superintendent
and teachers were also discussed
but these matters were deferred
tiH another meeting toward the
latter part of the week. Mon
tgomrian.
WISE OR OTHERWISE.
There is nothing so necessary
as necessity.
Jealousy is a vine on which
sour grapes grow.
A word of diplomacy is worth
a volume of apologies.
Temper is a good thing to have
but a bad thing to lose.
A lazy man works overtime
telling others what to do.
Two is a company three .is a
crowd at a genuine picnic.
He who praises men and flat
ters women has many friends.
He who lives on his past rep
utation has a half-starved look.
What the world needs is more
workers and fewer dreamers.
It takes a busy man to employ
his spare time advaeougesly.
Only those who have nothing
to do look upon life as a burden.
Advice that doesn't agree
with one's inclinaton is hard
to swallow.
It is easy to plant a mortgage
on a farm but it isn't easy to
raise it.
Honesty cannot be bought or
sold; it is not a marketable com
modity. Modesty is all right in a
woman, but it is apt to make a
man act silly.
Much of the milk of human
kindness is adulterated beyond
the cream-generating stage.
The average promoter finds it
much easier to work suckers
than to work wonders.
It is far easier for the average
man to look prosperous than it is
for him to feel that way.
Japan's Indemnity.
In the pending negotiations
between Japan and Russia ter
ritorial cessions will cause
much less difficulty than the
money indemnity for the cost of
the war. Hints have been thrown
put in official circles in Tokio of a
demand for three billion yen, or
about a billion and a half dollars.
This exceeds the historic five mil
liards which Germany exacted
from France after having made
a demand for seven milliards.
They claim in Tokio that the war
expenses of Japan come near a
million dollars a day, and even
on this estimate the demand for
a billion and a half dollars is ex
cessive.
One-third of the sum would
seem to be an ample money in
demnity. Even at that figure
there is some question of the fi
nancial ability of Russia to imme
diately raise the money, burden
ed as sh,e is with debt. ; In this
situation M. Witte, the Russian
plenipotentiary has thrown out
a significant hint that Japan
might make a demand that could
not be accepted and that in such
case there would be nothing left
for Russia but to continue the
war. But the Japanese are a
shrewd people, and they will not
be apt to make so exorbitant
a demand from Russia as to pre
clude peace which is al
most as desirable to themselves
as to their enemy. Phil. Record.
Lightning struck among a large
company ot batnerg at Uoney
Island, N. Y., Sunday, killing
five instantly and injuring twen-
xy-eignt more.
CHINA'S POPULATION AND TRADE.
The latest estimate of the
population of China is 432,000
000. That is nearly four and a
half times the total population of
the United States and its depend
encies. If China's population
had the same commercial needs
as that of the United States,
even with an equal amount of
industrial enterprise, the Chinese
market would be incomparably
greater than ours, and greater
than those of Europe and the
United State combined. What
China now takes from other
countries is comparatively small,
because in habits and wants the
Chinese are simple. Only in the
provinces that contains the treaty
ports is there much demand for
imported articles.
But a gradual change is coming
over China, and is creating new
needs that the outside world will
have to supply. As all the com
mercial nations of the West are
seeking foreign markets for
their surplus products, the econ
omic importance of China to the
world is beyond estimation, and
the rivalry for the Chinese trade
will be the great feature of the
world's affairs for many years.
Apparently the United States
is handicapped at the present
time in this rivalry. Influences
have been active of late for a
Chinese boycott on American
goods and enterprise, because of
the strictness of our Chinese
exclusion laws. Considering the
fact that the partition of China
by the European powers was
prevented by the United States,
and that China has received other
great benefits from our govern
ment, there is an aspect of cal
lous ingratitude in a Chinese
boycott movement. Ex.
What is a Nice Woman.
A man said tnat nis idea oi a
nice woman was one who was
charmed with what he said, and
paid very little attention to the
things he did. A nice woman is
one who says good morning with
a smile, and good nignt witn a
blessing. A nice woman is one
who dosen't make you suffer at
second hand with her aches, nor
expect you to think there is but
one doctor in the world, and that
he is the one of her choice.
A nice woman is one who is
evenly pleased with the weather
that is, the temperature does not
effect her temper, and when the
skies rain water she does not
shower tears and groans every
where.
A nice woman is one who can
eat what is set before her, wear
the clothes she possesses, and do
both with amiability and without
envy.
A nice woman is one who sees
the niceness in you and me ana
all the rest of the world, and as
she obliterates our faults she
makes us try to do it too
That's the nice woman. Mc-
Call's Magazine for August.
Lookout for Independent
papers, so-called a thing which
cannot exist in politics. The
paper will represent its editor,
whether Democrat or Republican.
Head Light.
State Farmers' Convention,
A. & M. COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.
August 31, September 1 and 2, 1905,
First session will be held at 12 M., August 31.
From then until the close of the Convention, at noon Saturday,
September 2d, there will be a continual round of good things.
Night sessions will be held and daily trips will be made over the
College and Experimental farms.
ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS DEPARTMENTAL
MEETINGS WILL BE HELD.
Special sessions by the Woman's Department.
Special sessions by the Dairymen's Association.
Special sessions by the Cotton, Tobacco and Truck Growers.
DEDICATION OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.
On Friday afternoon the dedicatory exercises will be held and a
special program prepared, celebrating the completion of the new
agricultural building. The farmers of the State have long looked
for this building, and this event will be one of special interest to
all peopl in the State.
CONTINUAL ROUND OF GOOD THINGS.
Prominent men and their wives will be in attendance. Noted
speakers will discuss, among other things, the following subjects:
Insect Pests; Diseases of Plants and Animals; Soil Improvement:
Fertilizers, and How to Use Them; Stock Raising and Stock Judg
ing; Dairying in All of Its Phases; Corn Culture; All Phases of
Cotton Culture; Poultry Culture; Beef and , Dairy Cattle; Poultry
Crops, and How to Raise Them; Tobacco Culture; Truck Raising:
Corn Production, etc. , etc.
All questions concerning the farm home and country life of spe
cial importance to women will also be taken up at this - Farmers'
Convention.
REDUCED RATES ON ALL RAILROADS. ASK TICKET AGENT.
BOARD AND ROOM CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE COLLEGE
AT $1 A DAY OR $2 FOR THE SESSION.
This is going to be the largest and most interesting convention
ever held at the College, and every farmer in the State who pos
sibly can ought to come and bring his wife for a pleasant outing.
and take part in the discussion of the vital factors connected with
North Carolina agriculture.
E. L. DAUGHTRIDGE.
C. W. BURKETT, President.
Secretary.
JNO. V. HUNTER, M. D.
ASHEBORO, N. C.
Day calls answered from ASHEBORO
DRUG COMPANY.
Night calls from CENTRAL HOTEL
F. A. HENLEY, D. D. S.
Offices front rooms over
THE BANK OF RANDOLPH
ASHEBORO, N. C.
Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen
for extracting teeth
without pain.
DR. S. A. HENLEY,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
Office over
'SPOON & REDDING'S STORE,
ASHEBORO, N. C.
DR. D. K. LOCKHART,
DENTIST,
Asheboro, - - - N. C.
Offce: HO inc. 9 a m to t p m
OVE THE BANK nuuls- 2pm to 5 pm
I am now in my office prepared to
practice dentistry in its various branches
J. R. STEED
DEALER IN
GROCERIES AND FRESH
MEATS.
W. D. Stedman & Co.
DAELERS IX
HEAVY AND
FANCY
GROCERIES,
Depot St. West side railroad
For BARGAINS in
Shoes, Groceries,
AND .
General Merchandise
GO TO
W. W. JONES,
On Depot Street.
UNION STORE CO
DEALERS IN
Groceries and
notions.
Highest cash or
trade prices for
Chickens and
Eggs.
Call and see us
South Fayetteville street.
Franklinville
High School
(Male or Female)
Offers excellent advantages in
ELOCUTION,
MATHEMATICS,
BOOK-KEEPING,
ENGLISH,
LATIN,
MUSIC,
ART.
Next term commences August
7th, 1905.
D. M. Weatherly, Prin.
WOOL CARDING!!
I will receive Wool and return rolls
at the following places:
W. J. Miller's store, Asheboro
Presnell's Mill, Aconite
E. N. Howards's store
Parker's Mills
Prices for carding greased wool 5
cents per pound; if greased at cards
6 cents per pound.
J.W. YEARGAN, Mechanic, N.C.
Photographs !
If it is fine photo
graphs you want,
don't go furth
er than
York's Art
Gallery.
He will photograph
your children
and babies
and guarantee sat
isfaction. Prices
reasonable
A. H. YORK,
Ramseur, N. C.
HAMILTON BROWN SHOES
FOR
SPECIAL BARGAINS
CALL BEFORE INVENTORY
WE will sell at cost
our entire stock
in Men's Straw, and
Ladies' Summer Hats.
Reduced Prices
N MEN'S two and
. 1 '.rX SllltS.
inree ptcw
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WOOD & MORINQ
QUEEN QUALITY SHOES
LEWIS & WINSLOW HARDWARE CO.
We are in business for your business, and for your ad
vantage as ours. We have a full line of Buggies, Wagons,
Harness, Builders Hardware, and all kinds of Tools for
working people. We have the best line of
Buggies and Wagons
that is handled in this market. Also Household hardware
cuttlery, Enameled ware, Beltings of Leather, Rubber and
Genuine Gandy, Packings, and Engine Supplies.
Lewis & Winslow Hdw. Co.
ARMFIELD & LAUGIILIN,
REAL ESTATE DEALERS.
Residence Lots ev Sizks and
Terms to Suit Purchasers.
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Your Best Place to Trade.
Should you want Clothing, Shoes, Hats,
Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries, or any
thing kept in a first-class store. Our
prices are the fairest. We sell more
goods for less money and better goods
for the same money. Don't fail to see
our celebrated Skreemer Shoes, every
pair warranted. Come to see us. Same
as finding money to trade here.
Q. Q. HENDRICKS & CO.
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IF SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT?
THAT SLEEPY, TIRED . FEELING?
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A NATURAL AND PERMANENT NERVE BUILDER.
, I want every sick man or woman to know what VITiE ORE
is and what it will do.
First; it is a Natural Remedy taken from the earth and pre
pared under the supervision of the most skillful chemists.
Second; it is a sure remedy for all Kidney and Liver troubles
and that tired feeling one experiences when their organs are
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will cure the most chronic cases. It is sold on its merits. No
free samples are furnished as it needs but to be tried to get a
friend to advertise its virtues.
I have the general agency for this great remedy. So send
your orders to me and save the twelve days time it takes to
come from Chicago. Send money order or registered letter.
The price is ?1.00, strictly guaranteed.
U U. MENDENHALL, Agt.
Randleman, N. C.
A HOME TTCSTTMONTAL.
Randleman, N. C, June 8, 1905.
Mr. Mendenhall, Agt.
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