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A RANDOLPH COUNTY PAPER FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY PEOPLE.
VOL. 5, NO. 44.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1910,
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
Randolph
Bull
Asheboro Graded School
Commencement
May 1-3.
As previously announced the
Asheboro public school will
close May 1 to the 3d.
On Sunday May 1st at 11
o'clock Rev. W. A. Lambeth of
Winston-Salem will preach the
baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating class in the audi
torium. On Monday night an interest
ing program will be rendered by
the intermediate grades.
On Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock the graduating exercises
will be held, followed by the
literary address by Hon. White
head Klutz of Salisbury.
On Tuesday night a play en
titled, "Scenes in a Union Rail
way Station" will be rendered
by about thirty members of the
higher grades.
General admission to this play
15 cents.
Reserved seats 25 cents.
The proceeds to go to the li
brary fund. ,
The commencement exercises
this year promise to be very in
teresting and the play will be
. well worth the price.
The shops will all close down
Tuesday in order to give the
parents an opportunity to at
tend the exercises at the audi
torium. Winston-Salem Aihomottts Come
Perilously Near to Death.
Winston-Salem, April 21. A
trio of well-known citizens came
perilously near to death this ai
ternoon in one of the most curi
ous automobile accidents on
record. The car plunged through
a frail, temporary bridge over
a sixty-foot cut and hung there
while the occupants scrambled to
-,T on rsnt one. received a
scratch. L
The accident occurred at Souw$
side. A Reo car, owned ana
driven by Mr. W. C. Northup,
the architect, and having as pas
sengers Mr. Thomas Hume, Jr.,
and Mr. L. O'Brien, was run
ning along on a low gear while
the gentlemen inspected the
work that is being done on the
Southbound Railroad when this
hrirls-e over a sixty-
foot cut was reached. The car
struck the bridge at low speed,
but in some unaccountable man
ner the axle on the right front
wheel fouled the side of the
bridge and the car turned sharp
ly to the left, plunging through
the lower side rails of the bridge.
Fortunately the head of the car
caught in the top rail and held
firm with the front wheel and
half the car dangling in midair,
while the occupants scrambled
out as best they could. The car
was badly wrecked. It was re
covered later with the derick
and block and tackle. .
Had the car been going at
higher speed, or the bridge rail
less secure instant death would
probably have been the fate of
the entire party.
A County Paper
When you hear a man sneering
at the local paper because it is
not big, cheap and newsy as the
city paper you can safely bet he
does not squander any of his
wealth in assisting to make it a
better and that generally the pa
per has done more for him than
he has for it. The man who can
not see the benefits arising from
a local newspaper is about as
much value to a town as a delin
quent tax list.
FLOWER SHOW.
Listfof Many Valuable Prizes to be
Awarded at the Floral Exhibition
ia Asheboro This Fall
Departing from the usual cus
tom of offering prizes for the
best exhibits of chrysanthemums,
the Ladies Betterment Associa
tion has included in this years
exhibit, ferns, begonias and
coleus. This will add variety to
the exhibit as well as encourag
ing the cultivation of different
kinds of plants. The show this
fall will doubtless far surpass
anything of the kind ever before
attempted in Asheboro.
The list of prizes follows:
Chrysanthemums
Finest plant, ostrich plume,
12 or more blooms, any color;
$5.00 in gold, First National
Bank.
Finest plant, three blooms,
any variety; $5,00 in gold, Bank
of Randolph.
Best general collection cut
flowers, in one vase; Rexall
fountain pen, J. T. Underwood.
Finest plant, 6 blooms, yellow;
Rug, Morris-Scarboro-Moffitt Co.
Finest plant, 6 blooms, black
Finest plant, 6 blooms, white;
one 48 pound bag flour, Ashe
boro Roller Mill.
hawk; can of coffee, W. D. Sted
man & Son.
Finest plant, 6 blooms, pink;
1 case of tomatoes, Asheboro
Grocery Co.
Finest plant, 6 blooms, mixed
variety; box fine stationary Ran
dolph Bulletin.
Finest plant, 6 blooms, bronze;
jar of Heinz apple butter, A. O.
Ferree.
One vase of 20 largest blooms,
cream; one 4S pound bag flour,
Crown Milling Co.
One vase of 20 largest blooms,
yellow; 1 case of peaches, Lex
ington Grocery Co.
One vase of 15 largest blooms,
pink; 1 piece of china, McCrary
Redding Hardware Co.
One vase of 15 largest blooms,
white; 12 pairs stockings, Acme
Hosiery Mills.
One vase of 15 blooms, Lillian
Bird; 1 pair silver cuff pins, N.
P. Cox. -
One vase of 15 largest blooms,
Black hawk; hair brush, Spoon
& Redding.
One vase best general . collec
tion old fashioned varieties; 1
pair shoes, J. L. Norman.
Best , general collection cut
flowers, from "Rural District;"
$5.00 in gold, Womans' Better
ment Association of Asheboro.
Ferns.
Finest plant, Ostrich Plume;
umbrella, Wood & Moring.
Finest plant, Boston Sword;
table. Home Building and Ma
terial Co.
Finest plant, Set of Silver tea
spoons, Lewis-Winslow Hard
ware Co.
Finest plant, Asparagus Spren-
geri; picture, O. R. Fox.
Finest plant, Asparagus Plumo
sus; step ladder, Asheboro
Wheelborrow Co.
Finest plant, Shaking fern;
12 rose?, Courier.
Finpst .Tamnese Fern, hand
A. " '
painted North Carolina toast;
Mrs. W. C. Hammer.
Coleus
Best collection Potted Coleus
plants, hand embroidered center
piece; Mrs, W. D. Stedman.
Begonias
Finest plant, Rex; 1 bottle of
Toilet Water, Standard Drug Co.
Finest plant, Flowering; 1
rocking chair, Asheboro Chair
Co.
Finest plant, Tuberous rooted;
12 fine chrysanthemum plants;
Asheboro Electric Co.
MerscIiQlastic Coolest ia Declama-
tica at Guilford College
Asheboro Graded School to
Represented.
be
Arrangements have been made
whereby the high schools and
graded schools of the counties of
Forsyth, Guilford, Alamance and
Randolph will test their oratori
cal powers through a representa
tive from each school in an in
terscholastic contest in declama
tion. The event this year will
take place April 30th at Guilford
College. The representative
from Asheboro graded school is
Clifford N. Cox whose selection
is entitled, "The hand of God in
History." We should not be
surprised if Asheboro school
carries off the medal.
MAY SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS.
North Carolina College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, Raleigh,
May 16-28, 1010.
I wish to call attention of
teachers to the May School which
will be conducted at the A. & M.
College, Raleigh, N. C. begin
ning May 16 and closing the
28th of the same month. This
two-weeks' course is offered to
all teachers who desire to in
form themselves on subjects of
agriculture and nature study.
Since there is an increasing de
mand for teachers who can
teach these subjects, and also
since these subjects will be ex
pected of all teachers in the very
near future, and since the salar
ies for this kind of work are
much higher than the ordinary
salaries, it would be a good in
vestment to teachers to take this
special course and become fa
miliar themselves with this
branch of the educational move
ment. Teachers who attend this May
school will be excused from at
tending an Institute this year.
In view of this fact it would be
well worth the time of teachers,
because the visit to the State
Capital at this season of the year
will in itself be an education to
the teachers. Expenses are re
duced to a minium. Board may
be had at $2.50 a week and lodg
ing at about $1.00 a week. There
are no other expenses for this
course.
Such subjects as Elementrary
Agriculture, School Management,
School Gardens, Farm Crops,
Horticulture, Poultry Culture,
Arithmetic, English History, etc.
will be presented.
Any teachers in Randolph who
desire to take this special course
should notify me' at- an early
date so that all arrangements
can be made. I shall be pleased
to do anything reasonable to as
sist any teacher who desires to
attend this school.
E. J. COLTRANE,
Co. Supt. of Schools.
No Right to Co mplain.
Did you ever notice how much
harder it is to satisfy the man j
who got in for nothing than the
man who paid for his seat? The
rule holds good apparently m
church, too, for a writer in Har
per's Magazine says :
A Buffalo preacher tells a story
of a woman who, after hearing
him preach, informed a friend
that she did not like the service
at all. The seat was hard, she
said, the singing was not good,
and the preaching was poor.
Her little girl, who over heard
her remarks, and who was pres
ent with her at church, said:
j . "But, mama, what can you ex
Ipect for a penny!"
sale of thomasvslle dirt.
Mr. O. R. Cox of Asheboro, Disposes
of Thcmasville Real Estate at
Good P. of it.
Thomas ville, April 21. Wed
nesday at 11 o'clock Penny Bros. ,
the "twin auctioneers," con
ducted an auction sale of real
estate in Thcmasville. The pro
perty is known as the Thomas-
ville Female College property
and it had been cut up into lots
and streets mace throughout the
property 17 acres in the tract.
Promptly at the appointed hour
the twin auctioneers," with
their celebrated band dispensing
a few selections, announced the
terms and conditions of the sale,
stating that every sale would
be bona fide. The entire crowd
followed the procession, com
posed of over 300 citizens, and
went to the property, where the
sale began at once, and in just
90 minutes the entire tract 90
lots was sold, bringing over
$28,00. After the sale was com
pleted a lot worth $200, a bag of
gold and a number of other cash
prizes were given away, every
body present having a free
chance at all the prizes. After
this was over the band gave a
few selections and the crowd
broke, one and all pronouncing
it the grandest auction sale ever
held in Thomasville.
The lots were bought by parties
who intend to build on them at
once and this property is the
best block of land that has been
put on the market in Thomas
ville. This property was form
erly owned by Mr. O. R. Cox of
Asheboro and was bought by
him two years ago for about
$18,000. Now the tract, as
above stated, sold at auction for
nearly $29,000. This is but an
other instance which goes to
show that money invested in
Thomasville real estate is money
well invested.
THE LATE R. Z. LINNEY
Mr. Linney was a noted crim
inal lawyer and one point in con
nection with the practice of his
profession, to which -v.The Land
mark called attention some years
ago, deserves to be remembered
to his credit, now that he has
gone hence. His service was
much sought in criminal cases of
note, but he appeared ior the
prosecution, when employed to
do so, as readily as for the de
fence. It is a custom, in this
part of the country at least, when
lawyers have attained eminence
in criminal practice, for them to
refuse, to appear for the prosecu
tion and make a virtue of the fact.
It is not infrequent that a lawyer
of prominence, addressing a jury
in a homicide case, will boast that
he will not use his talents to
hound a man to his death. All
this means of course that while
such lawyers are willing to use
their talents to help defeat Just
ice, they are not willing to use
them to help enforce the law and
punish criminals Strange that
men maice a virtue oi sucn a
course as that, but there are al
ways not a few who do. Be it
said to Mr. Linney's, credit that
he was not one of these. He
prosecuted when asked to do so,
and prosecuted as vigorously as
he defended. Statesville Land-
mark.
The Base Ball Season
is now on, and you will find
Spalding's balls, bats, mits, etc,
at J. T. Underwood's "Rexall
Store," next to The Bank of
Randolph. Balls from 5cts. to
$1.50 each. Rule books lOcts.
Catalogues showing Spalding's
complete line free for the asking.
Commencement Program For Liberty
Hinti School.
The commencement exercises
of Liberty High school will take
place May 1 to 3, beginning
with a sermon Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock in the Graded school
auditorium by Rev. S. M. Rankin
of Greensboro.
On "Monday evening at 8
o'clock the students of the pri
mary department will give an
entertainment.
On Tuesday, May 3, commence
ment exercises will be held. At
10:30 o'clock the students of the
Excelsior Literary society will
give their annual declaimers'
contest. Dr. E. K. Graham,
dean of the University of North
Carolina, will deliver the literary
address.
In the evening, at 7.30 o'clock
the students of the high school
will present a play entitled 4 'Val
ley Farm,' adomestic drama
in fo'ur acts.
At a meeting of the trustees
last week the present corps of
teachers, consisting of T, D.
Sharpe, principal, and Misses
Annie Lois Henley, Annie John
ston, Gertrude Colerider, Minnie
Brown and Sailie Patterson,
were reelected. Under the pres
ent management the school has
reached a high state of efficiency
the patrons are pleased and de
sire that the teachers will again
accept their work.
CONDUCTOR ARRESTED.
is. H. Pinson, Running Between Green
viils and Spancsr, Held on a Serious
s Charge.
A report from Charlotte says:
In response to instructions re
ceived from Sheriff McKenzie
of Rowan county, chief of police
Christenbury yesterday ordered
the arrest of B. H. Pinson, a
freight conductor running be
tween Spencer and Greenville,
S. C, on the charge of seducing
Miss Pearl Scott of Spencer from
her parents and home under
promise of marriage. The story
of the estrangement of the young
girl is indeed pitiable and if the
evidence which is now being
prepared against the freight con
ductor holds in the courts, he
will find himself in a serious
tangle.
Parents of the girl relate that
she was lured away from home
by Pinson and taken to Atlanta,
Ga., where she was abandoned,
Pinson returning to his duties.
She soon communicated with he r .
relatives and was taken back
honied proceedings against Pin
son being instituted at once. The
affair happened nearly three
weeks ago.
Pinson was arrested here yes
terday by Officers Malcolm and
Elliott, the latter escorting him
hack to Spencer to await trial.
Pinson claims his innocence in
the affair, but the girl's parents
propose to prosecute him to the
full extent of the law.
Pearl Scott is a bright and
beautiful young girl of 16 years
of age and has attractive man
ners and a magnetic personality.
A Polite Inquiry.
A few days after a farmer had
sold a pig to a neighbor, says a
writer in the Cleveland Leader,
he chanced to pass the neighbor's
place, where he saw the litt-e
boy sitting oh the edge of the
pig-pen, watching its new occu
pant. "How.d'ye do, Johnny?" said
he. "How is your pig to-day?"
"Oh, pretty well, thank you,"
replied the boy. "How's all
your folks?" .
SATISFIED WITH PRESENT tONBI
TIONS.
Times are good or bad by com
parison. Compared with times
past the average citizen, is get
ting more comforts:, and living
better than ever before. We
are howling for low tariff and
cheaper things. The low tariff
will bring the cheap things al
right.' The country neveipros
pered under low tariff It has
been tried different tims always
with the same results. ? Tis not
long since we had the -Wilson
Tariff, a Democratic .measure.
We also had free soup houses in
every prominent city in the
United States. We had indus
trial armies. Does anyone wish
a return of these conditions? We
seem to be affected with a gen
eral hysteria that nothing but
a dose of low tariff will cure. In
the days of Grover, the gcod,
'twas the poor farmer the object
of comminseiation. Now 'tis
the man of fixed salary that is
being rouged the wage earner.
Though they were never: sa well
off before in the history of thp
world. Shelby Aurora.
THAT WILMINGTON SCANDAL.
The charges that have grown
out of the affidavit of one Winner
in the city of Wilmington, - have
developed a state of affairs that
has astounded the people, not on
ly of that place, but the entire
State as well.
Winner, who has been convict
ed of selling liquor and sentenced
in the State court to a term in
prison, in an affidavit; set forth
that he was a member of a com
bine of illegal liquor sellers who
nnirl n mont.hlv tax of Sfc. in re
turn for which they were to be
warned of approaching trouble
and even if arrested were .to be
guaranteed only a fine as punish
ment. The agreement had been
working finely, until Mr. Winner
happened to be carried before the
State Court and was given aterm
of six mrnths. Feeling aggriev
ed, he turned upon his associates.
In the community his charges
were so strongly borne out that
prominent citizens offered to back
him. The community is now try
ing to find out to whom the mon
ey was paid. Who promised and
secured for so long the immunity
that these law offenders enjoyed?
Which officer or officers of the
law are guilty? ; "
These questions are agitating.
the Wilmington folk. A rigid
and impartial investigation must
be made. Let there be no star
chamber proceeding; such as the
Democrats in Mississippi used to
hide their shame. Let the peo
ple know. It is their rights.
We rejoice to see that fair mind
ed papers of the other side, such
as the Charlotte Observer, calls
for justice. It is unfair to the
community, it is unjust to them
selves, for the Democratic mana
gers to attempt to hide such a
gross breach of the piiblic faith,
if such exists, in the fear of los
ing votes. Caucasian. ' ;
Memorial Service
There will be memorial service
at Union Grove Christian church
lsts Sunday in May beginning at
10 o'clock and a general invita
tion is extended , to tlie public to
omeout and bring flowers and
decorate the graves Off departed
loved ones. '
J. R. Comer, pastor.
A little girl's foot became
numb from sitting, ( anti she ran
to her mother, and exclaimed in
loud tones, Mother there is some
thing wrong with me, t have gone
to sleep at the wrongiencL"
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