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A RANDOLPH COUNTY PAPER FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY PEOPLE.
VOL. 5, NO. 35.
ASHEBORO, N. C, FEBRUARY 24, 1910.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
The
Exterminating The attle Tick.
The cattle tick, has become a
subject of National importance,
owing to the part it plays in the
cattle industry of the Southern
States. Since its life history has
been thoroughly understood
there has been a war of exter
mination waged from North
Carolina on the east to California
on the west. The loss occasioned
by this parasite throughout the
United States has amounted to
millions of dollars. While North
Carolina is nearly one-half free
of infection her losses alone
reach into thousands of dollars
annually.
It has been clearly proven, be
yond doubt, that the disease
known as Texas fever, also call
ed Red water, Splenic fever,
Bloody murrian, or Distemper, is
transmitted from one animal to
another through ,he medium of
this tick.
It will be well to discuss under
what conditions cattle ticks get
in their deadly work; for we are
repeatedly asked by owners of
ticky cattle to explain why their
cattle are not apparently affected
by the ticks. The reason for
this is, that cattle raised in tick
infected places are immune be
cause of gradual and constant
tick-infestation from birth, so
that in their native counties they
are perfectly harmless. The
danger, however, lies m convey- j road, has equipped a large por
ing the ticks into non-infected tion of its line with telephones,
territory, or wherever else they j and plans to cover its entire
may come in contact with suscep- systfem as soon as possible,
tible cattle. It is for this reason The Seaboard Air Line has in
that the Federal Government stalled the telephone on two of
has established a cattle quaran-1 its divisions, and reports that
tine line, extending from North the operation of telephones for
Carolina, to California, dividing
the infested from the non-mfest-
ed territory.
There are many regulations
and restrictions pertaining to
the movement of cattle north of
this line, which greatly handicap
thp rattle raiser in the auaran-
tined territory. With the excep-
tion of a certain period during
the winter months, shipments
can be made only for immediate
slaughter the cattle being placed
in Dens specially provided for
such consignments. Owing to
the fact that they are quaran-
tined cattle can be slaughtered
only at certain places, they de-
preciate in value to the extent of
one-half to one cent a pound.
Tht disadvantages of beiner be-
lnw tVionnarantine line are ffreat.
as owners of cattle in the quaran-
tined territory are cut off from
tVio nrineirtal markfets of the
countrv. Again, from a real
estate Doint of view, tick eradica-
tion is one that concerns every
landowner below the quaran-
tined line, although many do not
the imnortahce of this
work that is being carried on by
the State and Federal Govern-
ments. ' "
When cattle raisers, many
from the west, or northwest,
tyip tn thA South or the Dur-
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pose of buying land and settling
here, they are advised not to do
so. Real estate dealers north of
the line warn them against the
quarantined counties, and their
money is invented before they
reach the quarantined section of
the South. Thus hundreds
0f
sales have been lost, though un
known to the owner, for they
seldom see the prospective buyer.
Two Ways of Looking at it,
Dorella I take a long walk
eery morning for my com
plexion. Mordelle Why, I thought
thAi-fl was a drucr store iust
Daily News.
TRAIN DISPATCHING BY TELE
PHONE ON SOUTHERN ROADS.
The Georgia Railroad will in
stall within the next few weeks
telephone equipment for dis
patching trains between Augusta
and Atlanta Georgia, a distance
of 171 miles, and from Camak
Georgia, to Macon Georgia, a
distance of 74 miles. There will
be twenty-eight regular stations
and five siding telephones on the
line from Augusta to Atlanta,
and twenty regular stations from
Camak to Macon. The Georgia
installation is the first one in
that section of the country.
Railroads in the South have
recently been very active in
adopting the telephone method
of handling the movement of
trains. The Southern Railroad
has purchased from the Western
Electric Company equipment
for the installation of telephones
and selectors on a portion of its
line, and it is reported that the
equipment of the other divisions
on this road will soon follow.
The Chesapeake & Ohio has
completed the installation of
similar equipment on the Cincin
ti Division and expects to have
installed within a short time
equipment for handling train
movements by telephone on
thrpe of its other important di
visions. The Norfolk & Western Rail-
handling train movements is so
m n i 1 1 l .1 1 i ;
sausiactory mat uie extension
f tne service is being considered.
The Atlantic Coast Line has
for some weeks been handling
train movements on one division
by this method and plans to ex-
tend the service on other impor-
tant divisions as soon as con-
struction work can be completed,
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MUUQ mim mvmbuuni.
The Farmers Union of Ran-
dolph county will meet in Ashe-
boro on next Saturday the 26th.
We invite every lady to come,
whether you are a member of
the Union or not, as we expect
Mr. J. Z. Green, State Organizer,
to be with us then ai?d give an
open lecture, to all farmers: and
I will say just here, that those
who miss this lecture i will miss
a great treat, for Mr. reen is a
fine talker and he will; say many
things that will be ofr much in-
terest to all the farmers. You
are invited: If you don't come
tne iauu is yours, wrae every-
body.
Mr. G. I. Smith, will address
the Union at the same time.
Subjects, Soils, Crops, Fertilizer.
So you see we have something
for you; don't miss it, come and
get your share. To meet at 11
a. m. Executive session after
the ecture
Very truly yours,
Wm. R. Julian,
County, fSec-Treas.
Plea fo Open Fireplace.
"If people would only learn to
have open fire in their rooms, in
stead of converting them into
Tint--nir hoxes bv means of fur-
naces, there would be fewer
m aniH ft nWsiViftn "Fir,
maces and their chimneys are
viQinrR Tn m thA hpanfv
of an open fire makes it worth
i : u..4. .i :a
that it's a sanitary officer, con-
n i ; .i ; a
Hrivino- nut crprms, it is hard tn
' f
furnace."
NEVER HERD OF ROOSEVELT.
Starling Ignorance Displayed by Albert
Courtney, Who Comes in from
American Deserts.
From Los Angeles, Cal.,
comes the news that Albert
Courtney, a mining prospector
and British subject, heard a few
days ago for the first time that
Queen Victoria had died. He re
fused to believe the report and
is looking for an English paper
to confirm the news.
The name of Theodore Roose
velt was a strange one to him
Vague rumors came to him along
in 1898 and 1899 that Spain and
the United States were at war.
Not an echo of the Boer war
reached him.
Naturally ping pong, diabolo,
the plays of George Bernard
Shaw, the defeat of "Bill"
Squires, the suffragist move
ment, the recall election and all
the other great facts and occur
ences of recent .years were mat
ters of which he was ignorant.
This hiatus in the life of Court
ney arises from the fact that in
the last fifteen years he has been
lost to the world on the desert of
Nevada and Arizona. He was a
recluse and did not see a book or
newspaper during the entire
period
"And 'ow is the Queen?" was
one of his first questions.
"Roosevelt? Roosevelt?'' he
said to a query.
"Never 'eard
And who is
the name before.
e?"
Courtney is seventy years of
age and is well preserved physi-j
cally and mentally
DEMOCRAXIC
GOOD
GOVERN-
MENT."
The news comes from Greens
boro and New Bern that officials
in those towns have been trading
with themselves at the expense
of the government. In Newbern
the grand jury found true bills
against the mayor and five other
officials of the city government,
and there is talk of a special
term of court to try the cases.
In Sampson County, where a
Democrat can't get elected to
office, a Democratic Legislature
appointed Democratic Commis
sioners to office. It is reported
that some bf those officers traded
with themselves until the next
election came, when they were
repudiated at the polls.
These are only a few of the
samples of "Democratic Good
Government" in North Carolina.
Caucasian.
holton
SHOULD
BE RE-AP-
POINTED.
If competent officials by this
we mean men who perform their
duties efficiently and satisfacto
rially are the kind the govern
ment wants in all its depart
ments, then there is no reason
whv Mr. Holton should not be
re-appointed United States Dis
trict Attorney for the Western
District of N. C. Mr. Holton
has been tried and has made
good to the sorrow ot wrong
doers. The very fact that he
has served 12 years so efficiently
is the strongest reason why he
should be reanoointed. There is
Srave daner in changing from a
faithful official to an untried one.
The chanSe may be all right, the
hew man selected may make a
kood officiaV but who ever he
mav be he cannot establish a
better record than Mr. Holton s.
On the other hand it is an ex-
penment that may worK disaster
I ouslv to the interests of the
country. Eikin Times .
DECLARER'S CONTEST AT LIBER. I
TY MARCH 25TH, 1910.
All the Elementary Schools in the North
eastern Part of the County Invited
to Participate in a Contest. Each
School allowed to Send one
Representative. Prizes to be
Given.
A very unique scheme for a
declaimer's contest has been
planned by the teachers of the
Liberty High School. All the
schools in the northeastern part
of the county h ve been invited
to participate in a declaimer's
contest which is to be held in the
high school building. Friday
night, March 25th. Each school
will be alio d to have one con
testant, either a boy or girl, who
will dt liver a declamation or
recitation. To the one making
the best effort a prize will be
given. Second and third prizes
will alsc be arranged. Supt.
Shai pa has sent invitations to
each school in the high school
district, and several teachers
have already taken hold of the
matt er with zeal and enthusiasm.
It is expected that as many as
ten schools will be represented.
Every school in the northeastern
section of the county has been
invited. This is a worthy effort,
and teachers, patrons, and chil
dren should be interested.
PROPOSED REGULATION LAW.
Over in Ohio, where the state
legislature is now in session and
various reforms are being urged
by the progressive legislators, a
tentative plan has been agreed
upon to create a public utilities
commission and abolishing the
State Railroad Commission, giv
ing the new commission the
power to regulate all public ser
vice corporations. This is what
the proposed bill would accom
plish. Create a commission to take
control of all public service cor
porations. Authorize commission to fix
rates to be charged for any kind
of service.
Commission to prescribe regu
lations for kind of service to be
rendered.
All properties of public utili
ties to be appraised and valua
tions published.
Uniform system of accounting
to be devised and companies com
pelled to adopt it.
No stocks or bonds to be issued
without the approval of the com
mission. No ' 'water" to be premitted in
mergers or reorganizations oi
the corporations.
Every complaint of unjust rate
or poor service to be investigated.
All orders of commission to be
executed whether appealed to
courts or not.
Companies to be fined $100 to
$1,000 a day for failure to obey
orders.
Powers of municipalties in
granting franchises not to be in
terf erred with.
The law will apply to every
railroad, either steam or electric;
every ga, electric light, power,
heating, cooling, express, sleep
ing car, freight line, telegraph,
telephone, pipe line or other cor-
noration enerajred in public ser
vice. The present State Rail
road Commission to be abolished.
. Thinking ,f SUter. -
' Mother Is it possible, Harry,
that you have eaten all that cake
without giving a thought to your
sister? x .
Harry Oh, no! I thought of
her every second. I was afraid
all the time that'she would come
before I had eaten it up. Life.
BOYHOOD DAYS.
(By A. K. S.)
Where are the days of long ago?
Hope and joy together.
Ah! will they ever come or no?
Are they gone forever?
Oh! gratitude sweet imp of peace,
The cabin and the tree,
No earthly impress can release, .
The thought that comes from thee.
The garden walk, the running brook,
The woodway, and the hedge,
Forever on they seem to look, -As
if a life to pledge.
The days have come, the days have
gone,
As leaves from off the trees.
In all their life oh! what is won?
If hope is lost in these.
Days of childhood, fond days of youth.
Fain would I long for thee,
But now I'm stunned by fervid truth
They ne'ar can come to me.
So let roe make the best of all, ,
Of what I may possess,
And that which we can ne'er recall,
Prove gracious now to bless.
SEED CORN DAY AT LIBERTY.
On Saturday February, 26. ,
The farmers of northeastern
Randolph will have the privilege
of being farm experts on differ
ent points connected with their
work at Liberty, next Saturday.
Representatives of the United
States Agricultural Department
and the State Department of
Agriculture will be present and
deliver addresses. A practical
seed corn test will also be con
ducted by Mr. C. R. Hudson,
State Farm Demonstrator.
Farmers should bring 30 or 40
ears of corn to the meeting. A
prize of $2.50 will be given for
the best ear of corn on exhibit.
Mr. I. O. Schaub, in charge of
the extension work of the A. &
M. College, will be present to
discuss the work of young, peo
ple's farm-life clubs. Boys and
girls should attend this meeting.
An effort will be made to orga
nize a boy's corn club for the
northeastern district.
This is one of several meetings
now being held in various sec
tions of the State, and farmers
should co-operate to advance the
work.
Then and Now. 1
The Republican party made a
football of politics out of the
State's Prison. The Democratic
party makes it "pay as it goes"
and besides this it turns in a
revenue to the State. The dif
ference: The Democratic party
believes in honesty and business
service, the Republican party in
-well, its record is too malodor
ous ito need comment. in ews
and Observer.
When the Republican party
had charge of the State Prison
and Farm we had a Democratic
National Administration, and the
prison authorities received five
cents a pound for the cotton.
this season they have received
fourteen, they received from 12
1-2 to 15 cents lor cotton seed
per bushel, this season they have
received from forty to fifty cents
a bushel. Corn was worth sixty
cents per bushel, now one dollar
yet the Republican party made a
football of the State Prison.
..- If he Democratic party cir
not make the good showing with
products three times as high it
had better "throw up the
sponge.' ' Shelby Aurora.
Insincere Singers. ;
A good many are singing about
lying at His fett in order to get
out of walking in His footsteps.
ARE YOU
SLEEPY? NERVOUS?
? TIRED t
IT WILL WAKEN
UP YOUR LIVER
and start it working. Then
you can work, and enjoy it, too.
THE GENUINE has the RED Z on
the front of each package and the
signature and seal of J. H. ZEILIN
& CO., on the side, in RED.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
PROGRESS ON THE SOUTHBOUND.
President H. E. Fries, of the
Winston-Salem Southbound Rail
way Company, when seen by a
Sentinel representative this af
ternoon, stated that the company
hoped to have the road completed
by August or September of the
present year.
The various contractors along
the line are working hard, some
of them both day and night, in
order to complete their contracts ,
within the prescribed ; time, and
sixteen immense steam' shovels
are now in . operation over the
road, adding in the grading.
Large forces of employes are
at work under the different con
tractors in grading the road, in
erecting bridges and in construct
ing the masonry on which the
bridges will rest, and while a
few of the contractors are a
little behind with their work, the
majority of them are . making
splendid progress.
The company hopes to begin
laying rails next month some
time. The present contracts are
only for grading, and the con
tracts for laying the rails will be
let separately within a short
time.
There will be four large brid-
.i ".. ml f 1
ges on tne roaa. ine aaiem
Creek viaduct is 690 feet long
and at the highest point is 93
feet above the water in the
Salem Creek. There will be a
double track over this viaduct
and the others will have only
one track. The concrete work
was constructed by the H. J.
Collier Company, and the bridge
came in on flat cars and it took
several weeks for all of the differ
ent parts to arrive. Since; it
came, a large force has been
busily engaged in erecting the
towers and putting the bridge
together.
There will be three other long
viaducts. The one now being
constructed at South Fork will
be 700 feet long, the one at
Soakas 870 feet long, and the
one over the Yadkin river will
be 1,450 feet long.
The rapidity with which the
road has been constructed is
proof of the competency and un
tiring energy of the business
men behind it. Winston Sen
tinel. - - - ' '
; A Tip.-,
Dusty Rhodes I r wouldn't
have to ask'f or help, but Iv'e a
lot of real "estate on me hands
that I can't: get rid of. ,
Mrs. Rurall Try soft soap and
boiling water.