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Ra By eoojieini A RANDOLPH COUNTY PAPER FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY PEOPLE. VOL. 5, NO. 40. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1910. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. ne lull IM o BODY FOUND. After Lying in River Over Four Months Body of Martin Luther Fonnd. While fishing in Uwharrie river above Lassiters Mill Monday evening, Jesse Luther and Ruf us Lassiter found thef body of Mar tin Luther who disappeared from his home the 16th of last Novem ber. It will be recalled that on the morning of the 16th of last Nov. young Luther disappeared from the house of his mother who lives near Lassiter's Mill and suspicion pointed to suicide as the probable cause of his not re turning. He was tracked to ward the river but it was never found where he entered the water. The river was dragged by searching parties but refused to reveal its secret or give up the body. As a last resort the dis tracted mother offered a reward for the return of her son. Time passed on but no tidings of the missing boy was herd until last Monday evening when Jesse Luther and Rufus Lassiter made the gruesome find as stated above. The body was in fair state of perservation consider ing the length of time it had lain in the water. The remains were buried Tuesday afternoon. MODIFICATION OF SOUTHERN CATTLE QUARANTINE. The Secretary of Agriculture has issued an order, effective : April 1, releasing from the Fed- j eral quarantine for Texas fever i or tick fever of cattle certain ! areas amounting to over 48,000 square miles. This action is taken as a result of the good progress made in the extermina tion of ticks which spread the disease. The territory is as follows: In California, the counties of Fresno, Tulare, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, River side, and a portion of San Luis Obispo County. In texas, the counties of Bor den, Glasscock, Upton, Crane, and portions of the counties of Pecos and Terrell. Privilege for movement on inspection from the counties of Wilbarger, Bay lor, and portions of the counties of Hardeman, Foard, Knox, and Haskell is revoked. In Oklahoma, portions of the counties of Noble, Payne, Cleve land, and Jackson. Privilege for movement on inspection is provided for portions of the counties of Lincoln, Cleveland, Caddo, and Jackson, and revoked for a portion of Kay County. In Arkansas, the counties of Benton and Washington. In Mississippi, the counties of De Soto, Tate, and Tunica. In Tennessee, the counties of Bradley and James. In Georgia, the counties of White, Habersham, and Stevens. In Virginia, Brunswick county. The total territory freed of ticks and released from quaran tine since the beginning of the work of tick eradication in 1906 aggregates about 130,000 square miles, or an area nearly half the size of the State of Texas. The recent order alsoprescibes regulations for the territory re maining in quarantine. Copies of this order may be obtained on application to the Bureau of Ani mal Industry, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Human evolution has now reached the stage when the abo lition of the use of alcohol as a beverage is expected and requir ed. Abstinence is one of the principles of human eugenics, that new science that is just be ing born. EXTERMINATE THE HOUSE FLY AND MOSQUITO. New York World It is no news to the public that the fly and the mosqueto are the worst problems that modern hu man nature has to meet. The fact that these insects, through contact with men, women and children, spread disease and di saster has long been known. According to the Health De partment of New York City, about half the deaths from ty phoid fever in the city each year may be attributed to the distribu tion of germs by house flies. The small pest, feeding as it does on filth of every description, carries billions of germs wherever it goes. Two years ago the health au thorities of New York caught 414 different insects common to the city and examined them un der the microscope. The com mon house fly appeared to be so far and away the filthiest in its appearance that there was no comparison between it and the other 413 bugs of various kinds. On the body of one little fly there were found 1,222,000 dif ferent bacteria, enough to kill a few thousand human beings. Another experiment was made. A fly was caught in a sterilized fly net and dropped into a bottle of sterilized water. There it was shaken up a little and the germs just washed from its body in the manner that the germs would be removed from the fly snoum it iau pitcher of milk into a glass or Then the pre- yiusiy pure water was examined, and in one case it was found that the fly's bath in the liquid had filled the water with no less than 5,000,000 germs. , House flies carry germs of Asiatic cholera as well as typhoid. Dysentery, diphtheria, scarlet fever these are only a few of the fatal diseases the germs of which can be found on the legs and tongue of almost any house fly, no matter where he is caught. The female lays her eggs invariably in filth of one kind or another. She lays 120 eggs, and in twelve hours these hatch into 120 flies. The females of this second generation themselves lay another hatch of eggs of the same number in a day after they have come into the world, and a day later the third generation lays more eggs. Inasmuch as the female will lay her eggs only where there is filth, it is necessary only to do away with the filth. Cleaner sanitary arrangements, covered garbage cans, protected manure heaps will do more to rid us of the dangerous fly than anything else can do. TO EXTERMINATE THE HOUSE FLY. Keep all garbage receptacles covered at all times and have them eniDtied as frequently as . a .1 possible. Leave nothing uncovered about a stable and see that all manure is removed at least once a week. Keep all milk bottles and water pitchers covered and leave no food or fruit uncovered so .that flies can alight on it. see that all windows are screened, and sleeping rooms especially those of ladies, during the day should be kept as dark as possible. In the State road work in Mas sachusetts several sections of macadam are used, the highway commission recognizing that a uniform depth of stone through out the State is" undesirable, be cause of differences . in local conditions. Open Letter to Randolph Boys Urged to Enter the Corn contest Now. See Your Father now About the Acre of Land and get into the Contest. And then Write Mr. E. J. Coltrane at Once. The letter follows: TO THE FARMER BOYS OF RANDOLPH COUNTY I I have had a great deal to say about Boys' Corn Clubs and the possibilities of this phase of the work. The time has now come for every boy to act in some way. Over 100 boys have already taken the step, and this has inspired us to ask that another 100 follow the example. If you are a boy on the farm and will not be 20 before August 1st, I wish you would consider this a personal letter. I want you to get ready iight now to grow an acre of the best corn ever grown in the county, the very best acrejrou can possibly grow. Please do not delay the matter by saying that you will do this another year. Now is your time. I have already made a fairly complete statement of the prizes to be given by the State and County, and also prizes offered to boys living within ten miles of Liberty, and to those fn Richland, Coleridge and Concord townships. All these prizes will amount to about $400. Other prizes will doubtless be arranged later. Look at last week's paper for a statement of prizes, and also look out for other prizes that will be announced later. Our rules will be practically the same as those governing the State contest. Every boy in this contest must cultivate one acre in corn, doing all the work himself, except he may have help to first break the land and also in gathering the crop; but after the land is first broken the contestant must do all the work himself. Not over $10.00 worth of commercial fertilizers per acre must be used. Lot and stable manure are not considered as commercial fertilizer and may be used without limit. We shall expect every boy to keep a record of all fertilizer used, kind and amount, work done on the acre, and everything of the kind; also of the weather, rains, droughts, etc., and the condi tion of the soil when worked, the time of planting, cultivation, etc. A boy can not win a prize unless he keeps these records. We want you to get ready and GO TO work at once. Your father will let you have an acre of land, and if he does not think that he ought to furnish the fertilizer and manure, tell him that you will pay for it out of your corn crop. Where you can not get the land rent-free, off er to pay the rent also out of your crop. Let us not balk at anything. Do not delay until it is too late and then wish that you had won a prize of $25.00 or more. The other fel low willget the money and the crop too. Don't wait for somebody to encourage you to enter the con test. Just decide now thai you are going to do it. You do not have to sign a blank, but we would rather have your name in order that we may send you some literature that will be helpful. Prof. I. O. Schaub, of Raleigh, has promised to send you all the bulletins that will assist you in growing your crop. We are going to ask you to cut out the application blank, which appears below and send it to us at once. It doesn't pledge you to anything, it simply gives us your name, and then we know that you are interested so that we help you. See your father today about to work right away. We have enter the corn contest after May he will do his best in work of make a man of himself. Please mail it to P. o. Date Mr. E. J. Coltrane, Asheboro, N. C. Dear Sir: I am thinking of entering the Randolph County Boys' Corn Contest this year and I am sending you this blank just to let you know. I wish you would send me just as soon as possible the printed suggestions and bulletins from the Department of Agriculture. My age is. :, and I live in ..township. Yours very truly, Name . - Stubb rn as Mules are liver and bowels . sometimes; seem to balk without cause. Then there's trouble Loss of Appetite Indigestion' Nervous ness, Despondency, Headache. But such troubles fly before Dr. Kings New Life Pills, the worlds best Stomach and Liver remedy So easy. 25c at J. T. Under wood's Next to . Bank of Randolph. Boys From Supt. Coltrane. March, 28th, 1910. that acre of land and let us start no time to lose. A boy can not 10. The boy who decides that this kind is the chap who will tear off the coupon to-day and E. J. Coltrane, County Superintendent of Schools. .1910 BROUGHT HOME FROM BORO. WADES- Mr. Claude Kerns of Asheboro died at the home of Mr. C. F. Henly, near here, Tuesday, af ter an illness of tuberculosis. He was 30 years of age and a good man, having made many friends in this county. The body wras embalmed by the Gathings Coffin & Casket Co. and shipped by them to Asheboro. Ansonian. BETTER PAY FOR TEACHERS. ! The annual convention of the North Carolina Teachers' Asso ciation is scheduled for Asheville in June, and a feature will be the presentation by Prof.- Tighe of some statistics relative to the pay of teachers in North Caro lina. As a matter of course, the direct object will be the secur ing of some legislative action by which the public school teachers will receive better pay. It is argued, and with truth, that salaries now paid instructors in the public schools is so poor, that teachers cannot be held any long er than they can get situations elsewhere. And added to the poor pay there offers no definite future with better prospects for the teachers in the state. Dis cussing this subject, The New bern Journal take a positions that is endorsed by The Chroni cle. It contends that there is no question about the fact that the teachers receive poor pay, nor is disputed except by those who know little of the actual impor tance of the teacher, what cares and responsibilities are a part of this profession of instructors. The result pf poor and ill-paid teachers, is to have teachers no better than what is paid. Men and women who are ambitious, who keep fully abreast of the educational times, will not and cannot accepfsalaries that mean bondage and starvation of ambi tion and the higher aspirations to teach well. If education is to be advanced in North Carolina it must mean well equipped pub lic school instructors, and these men and women will be worthy of salaries that mean more than a daily livelihood. The profes- sion of instructions in this state should be elevated, and placed where service- means a just com pensation for to-day, with a fu ture that has something more in it, for those who strive to-day. Charlotte Chronicle. THE FUN OF A VENTRILOQUIST. He Causes Some Excitement at a Coun try Auction Sale One day last week a stranger came to Rockingham and put up at one of the - boarding houses. It was not long in being found out that he was a first-rate ven triloquist and a fun-maker. A countryman drove into town j Saturday with a load of cotton seed and stopped in front of a store on Washington street. The countryman started to empty his load of seed when he heard a voice underneath the pile crying to be taken out as he was smoth ering. But he soon found out it was a joke. Some three or four miles out in the country a big sale of farm ing utensils was being held at a farm house. The auctioneer was there and so was the ventrilo quist. Many things had been put up and sold and everything was moving along merrily. Fi nally an old axe was put up. As mm luck would nave it mere were two men in the crowd who were afflicted the same way both hav ing some kind of trouble with their necks. Every now and then, as they stood watching the auctioneer, their heads would give a quick nod as if making a motion to bid. One of these af flicted men stood on the right of the auctioneer and the other on the left. The ventriloquist was in front. He saw his opportuni ty. 4 'How much for - this axe?' ' cried out the auctioneer. "Give me a bid." "Twenty-five cents," came a Asheboro Graded School Commencement. The commencement exercises of Asheboro Graded school will be held May 1st 2d and 3d. SUNDAY MAY 1ST. Baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class by Rev. S. F. Lambeth, of Winston-Salem. MONDAY NIGHT MAY 2D. Program by members of the intermediate grades. TUESDAY MAY 3D, 10 A. M. Graduating exercises followed by literary address by Hon. Whitehead Klutz of Salisbury. TUESDAY NIGHT 8 P. M. A play entitled "Scenes at a Union Railway Station" will be given by members of the ad vanced grades. The Asheboro graded school is, just closing one of the most suc cessful years in its history and - the commencement exercises promise to be of high order. IMPORTANT MEETING AT FLINT HILL NEXT SATURDAY State 1 arm Demonstrator to Speak. A'i Farmers and Their Families Urged to be Present The farmers of northwestern Randolph are invited to come to Flint Hill next Saturday to spend the day. A meeting for their benefit will be in the school house. In this meeting the principal speaker will be Mr. C. R. Hud son, Farm Demonstrator for North Carolina. Other speakers of ability will be present. The county superin tendent would like to meet all boys and girls who are interest ed in young people's clubs. The county farm demonstrators will also be present. Farmers should come prepared to spend the day. The meeting will be open at ten o'clock in the forenoon. It is earnestly hoped that several farmers will bring several ears of their best seed corn. For the best specimen of ten ears on ex hibit a prize consisting of a years subscription to the Progressive Farmer will be given. "Although the knowledge of hygiene has been spread through civiliaztion of late years, yet the dresses of women to-day contain precisely the same defects as of yore, defects which ruin the home, fill the hospitals and weak en and degenerate the race. Can not beauty and health go hand in hand? They do in the human body. As it is, sanitarians have a sinile-like sneer for beauty, while the woman of fashion or the dandy ignores every law of health which interferes with fancy or fashion. voice apparently from the afflict ed man on the right. And 25 cents was cried out by the auc tioneer as the man nodded "Fifty cents" came from the other side and afflicted man No. 2 bowed his liead. The bids for the axe went gai ly on and the crowd became in terested. "Twenty-five cents" again qame from the man on the right, and "twenty-five cents" from the man on the left, as he nod ded his head. The auctioneer was getting excited. The sum reached $5. The bid ding stopped and the axe was knocked down to the man on the right,, .. ... . "It's your axe,'' said the auc tioneer. 1 , "No it'i not," said the man, "I ain't never bid on it yet." "Yes you have, " said the auc- 4 . V uo.ncer. Am t- l oeen seem you nod your head?" Then the man nodded his head again and the auctioneer, began to smell a rat. He put up the axe again and finally gave it to an old negro for five cents. It- cldngham Post.