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A RANDOLPH COUNTY PAPER FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY PEOPLE.
VOL, MO. 5. 46.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1910.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
Raleigh, N. C. May 9th-The
Democratic row in Wake has
attracted state-wide attention,
not simply because it is one of
many county rows in which
Democracy is now involved but
largely because of the fact that
prominent State officials claim
Wake county as their home and
because the News and Observer
the Democratic Bible and Jose
phus Daniels, its Editor and
Democratic National Committee
man are involved.
Heretofore, Editor Daniels has
not had the actual control of the
Wake county machine, though
he has helped to make it what it
is today. J. N. Holding, Bart
Gatling and Armistead Jones have
controled the actual running of
the machine, and while Editor
Daniels played the right tune on
his torn toms, he wras allowed "a
voice in party councils." Now
the machine refuses to run ac
cording to his liking, and it is
said that part of the trouble lies
in the fact that Frank Daniels
of Goldsboro is a candidate for
judge in the sixth Judicial Dis
trict, that the machine refused
to support Frank Daniels, who
is a brother of Josephus, prefer
ing to support J. C. Clifford of
Harnett County. An open letter
appears in The State Democrat,
demanding the withdrawal of
Frank Daniels for the sake of
harmony in the party.
Last Monday was a busy day
for the leaders of the two fac
tions. Negotiations for a com
promise or settlement were kept
up way into the night, but noth
ing could be agreed upon. How
ever, it is believed that Daniels,
Bailey & Co. are showing signs
of weakness, for after the sen
sational demand to "Smash the
machine; the machine is rotten,
" the party is all right" the News
& Observer has changed horses
in the middle of the stream and
now cries "Don't smash the ma-
- chine; get another engineer.
Smash the ring that bosses Wake
County." It is apparent to all
that Daniels, Bailey & Co. while
demanding that the ring be
smashed are busy trying to make
a little ringlet for themselves.
An anti-ring mass meeting
has been called for May 14th,
and will meet in Metropolitan
Hall (over the city market and
police station) where police pro
tection can be had. It is said
that only those to whom passes
will be issued can gain admit
tance. It is said on the street
that the machine Democrats
have already formulated a plan
to take charge of this meeting;
that part of the plan is to turn
in three fire alarms, thereby
calling off the police and leaving
the meeting open to "all the
Democrats.
Report has it that Daniels,
Bailey & Co. have already framed
up a tentative slate to be put
through at the meeting on the
14th. as follows: Senator R. H.
Battle, President of the Good
Government Association and a
prohibitionist. Representatives,
R. W. Winston who is said to be
entering politics to become a
candidate for Congress in place
of Edw. W. Pou two years from
now, Walter Clark Jr., City at
torney and Eli T. Scarboro, post
master at Eagle Rock, Wake
County, about whom there was
such a stir in the last Legislature
when he held his seat as repre
sentative while at the same time
he was Postmaster at Eagle Rock ;
this being in violation of the
constitution which prohibits the
holding of two offices, J. W.
Bailey was counsel for Scarboro,
before the legislative commit
tee. Sheriff J. P. Stell, chief of
Police of the city of Raleigh,
Clerk of the court, Alexander
Stronach, Police Justice of the
City of Raleigh.
Among the sensational charges
brought against the machine is
the one that they paid the rail
road fare from Wake Forest and
return and from Apex and re
turn for a large bunch of rooters
to break up the meeting on April
30th. It is said that twenty or
more were bought for seventy
cents each the price of a return
ticket from Apex to Raleigh.
In this family row, in which
the "morally-stunted" are
vigorously resisting the dose of
"purity" offered them by Dan
iels, Bailey & Co, the unterrified
are sorely perplexed. They see
plainly that something is to be
"smashed" but Josephus and
Josiah have so mixed things up
that just what it is that is to be
smashed is not clearly under
stood. In fact it is now gener
ally believed that these would-be
patriots are victims of "con
fusional politico-insanity", noth
ing short of a "brain storm."
WHAT I DID NOT SEE.
(Clarence Poe. in Progressive Farmer)
The writer has just returned
from a tour of several hundred
miles of farming country in Illi
nois and Wisconsin among some
of the richest and most progres
sive farmers in the world. Be
ginning next week I shall tell
what I saw that explains the al
most unparalleled prosperity of
these farmers, but perhaps a bet- j
ter explanation may be found in
what I did NOT see. For example
take this list:
No mules.
No gullies.
No old fields.
. No forest fires.
No big plantations.
No one-horse plows.
No loafers at depots.
No sheep-killing dogs.
No small work horses.
No stumps in the fiald.
No commercial fertilizers.
No factory-slave children.
No farm homes unpainted.
No one-room schoolhouses.
No farms without live stock.
No anaemic-looking children.
No land without clover crops.
No cows or mules with ribs
showing.
No burning of vegatable mat
ter. No parasite store at every
cross roads.
No farms cut up into piddling
patches. ,
No surface-scratching miscall
ed plowing.
No farm home without sani
tary conveniences.
No farmer "bossing" hands
without working himself.
And it might be said in conclu
sion, that there were no negroes
and consequetnly no white men
and women either waiting for
negroes to do work they might
do Jthemselves, or abstaining
from what their hands found to
do from any absurd idea that it
was "beneathe them."
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is patient, even with a nagging
wife, for he knows she needs
help. She may be so nervous
and run-down in health that tri
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loss of appetite, headache, sleep
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and dizzy spells, she needs Elec
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Underwood.
Democratic
Misrepresentations.
False Statements Corrected-Demo-cratiC
Party Grasping Last Straw
.Facts-Straight From the
Shoulder.
(By A. Newman.
In the last issue of the Courier
there appeared the following:
' 'The Republican party in Ran
dolph County has tried every
thing imaginable in their ef
forts to down the democrats.
They have tried bushwhacking,
falsehoods and secret misrepre
sentations. They have tried
slandering good men and public
officials. They have tried money
as their sinews of war in their
battle, but have failed to accom
plish their purpose. This year
they have fumbled about and
have decided to make the new
court house an issue. The in
creased cost of living and the
money that falls into the hands
of the trusts is an issue that can
not be overcome by any dema
gogic tommyrot about the new
court house.' '
So they have tried bushwack
ing, falsehoods and secret mis
representations have they? We
challenge the writer of that ar
ticle to name a single instance
where the Republican party has
tried to elect their officers by the
degrading methods that he re
fers to, and which are distinctly
democratic cogs without which
the old machine would refuse to
run. It is always the truth that
hurts the worst, and it is the
plain unbiased truth that is caus
ing so many of "we faithful" to
try to whitewash the truth and
keep it from the voters but the
cat is out of the bag and they
are now on the defensive and
they will be kept busy from now
till election explaining the whys
and the wherefores of their
wrong doing.
Some of the "me too" brand
of pie chasers are always willing
to cry "false," "false", to every
thing that is written in regard
to county matters but we notice
that they never care to keep
such matters before the people
for fear that the truth will be
found out and well they know,
the consequence thereof. And
Mr. Voter says that they used
money as their sinews of war,
but does not state whether they
paid ten dollars for a vote for
sheriff cr not. That is a neat
little sum to pay for a vote just
for sheriff but that is what it
cost some people last election
and they were glad to get them
at ten dollars per. We do not
agree with the writer when he
says that the new court house
will be made an issue in the
coming campaign for such is not
the case. We merely want to
know the truth of the matter
and if "our" court house is paid
for as they claim, what did the
county borrow that $25,625,00 of
Mr. Wrenn and others for? Pro
bably it was for better roads, or
better educational facilities,
or perchance a new jail, or some
more good bridges that cannot
stand alone at two years of age,
all of which are needed but that
is what the people want to know,
what was that money used for
and why was it borrowed when
we were told the treasury was
so full? We were led to believe
Randolph was loaning money
instead of borrowing.
As to the increased cost of
living the writer of that article
probably does not know that the
increase in the cost of living is
world wide, that it effects free
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW FOR
COLERIDGE TOWNSHIP TO BE
HELD AT COLERIDGE NOV.
12, 1910.
Chrysanthemums
First plant, 3 blooms any va
riety or color $5.00 in gold.
Second best plant, 3 blooms,
any variety or color $2.50.
Finest plant, 6 blooms, white
$1.50.
Finest plant, 6 blooms, yellow
-$1.50.
Finest plant, 6 blooms, red,
$1.50. .
Finest plant, 6 blooms, pink
$1.50.
Largest single bloom any color
or variety Rug (Smyrna.)
Best plant 2 blooms any color
1 can French opera coffee.
One plant any size, variety or
color, greatest number of blooms
1 . 24 lb, bag of flour.
Best plant old fashion variety
1 24 lb. bag of flour.
Best plant 12 blooms any color
Lamp.
Vase of 6 best blooms any color
- Water set.
Vase of 12 best blooms any
color Mirror.
Ferns
Three boxes best ferns any
variety Bowl and Pitcher.
Second best 3 boxes of ferns
1 pair Shears.
Geraniums.
Three best boxes geraniums
any color Counterpane.
Three second best boxes ge
raniums any color 1 set cups
and saucers.
Miscellaneous
Best bouquet cross any size or
kind' of - flowers 1 pair Linen
Towels.
Second best bouquet cross any
size or kind of flowers 1 pair
vases.
Best vase rose blooms any va
riety or color Ladies knife.
Any person in the township
can enter the contest free of
charge. We urge as many as
can do so to . help us make this
show a success.
Miss Lecta Cheek, Sec.
Mrs. W. R. Craven, Pres.
ATL ANTIC COAST INVENTORS.
The following patents were
issued tms weeK to Atlantic
Coast inventors, reported by
D. SWIFT & CO., Patent Law-
yers, Washington, D. C. who
will furnish copies of any patent
for ten cents apiece to our readers
Va. Henry A. Dalmas, Man
assas, Roek drill; Alan L. Jervey
Richmond, Hasp lock; Frank
E. Stover, Luray, Acetylene gas
generator; George S. Williams,
Norfolk, Contreller mechanism
for automatic music playing
mechanisms (sold);
N. C. Mortimer A. Bland, Char
lotte. Bobbin; Martin L. Clemmer
Bostic, Vehicle axel lubricator
(sold) ; Stuart W. Cramer, Char
lotte, Hygremeter for regulating
humidifying and heating systems
(sold) ; McKean Moffitt and P. H.
Williams, Charlotte, Water
moter;
trade Great Britain equally as
much as protected America, that
the. cost of living is now higher
in other countries than in the
United States. The tariff will
come in for its part of the abuse
during the coming campaign,
but it is merely a club furnished
the democratic party with which
to kill itself, for when the calami
ty howlers start their old song
of free trade the minds of the
voters will turn back to the "dark
ages" of ninety two to six, and
as the Master told old satan, so
will the voters tell them. The
Democratic party in Randolph
county no doubt think that by
raising the cry of increased cost
of living the voters will 'forget
county matters, but when they
are singing the old familiar song
of free trade just ask them the
question, who raised the taxes?!
Milermp Reunion
antfriM Dinner.
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SundaJMay 1, 1910 was a day
that y0 mAch. enjoyed and long,
long to be remembered by the
friends, relatives and family of
Emsley Lbwdermilk who on this
flay was ninety years old. -The
announcement of this reunion
had been made for some time
previous and from 9:30 a.m.,
the people began to gather until
it quite resembled a protracted
meeting. Temporary seats were
arranged in front of the long
porch of the residence and was
well filled by the people who
gathered. The gathering was
called to order by the singing of
a familiar hymn, "How Firm a
Foundation," after which the
company was led in prayer by
Winfred R. Cox, a grandson of
Mr. Lowder milk Following this
Rev. Henry Albright was intro
duced who gave the address of
welcome. He spoke at some
length assuring all in the name
of Mr. Lowdermilk that they
were indeed welcome and that
it was a rare privilege that
was afforded to celebrate the
birthday of one so old. The Re
sponse' was given by Winfred
Cox, who dwelt principally upon
the spiritual side o'f the occassion
emphasizing the importance of
christian living. Reference was
made to the spontaneous response
of the people to the invitation of
the one in whose honor the oc
casion was held and compared
this with the great invitation of
our Savior found in Mathew 11-
28-30 and the people were exhort
ed to give ready response to this
invitation - which is the greatest
invitation ever extended to hu
manity that while the meeting
with Mr. Lowdermilk was enjoy
ed by his friends here, yet the
happy privilege of meeting him
in heaven would be a still great
er joy. The opportunity then
was given for any one to speak
who had any thing to say Miss
Ora Cox grand daughter of the
aged fattier spoke expressing
her gratefulness for the privi
lege of attending the occasion.
She also admonished the people
to right christian living and the
( V tarlf hel 'for
even though he was ninety years
old and made a most timely talk.
He spoke of being unworthy of
the honor conferred upon him by
the presence of so many people
,thatnc wa? nw jd and must
soon according to nature pass out
of this world and if he had his
life to live over he would make
it some d'fferent that he had
made many mistakes and felt
as an unprofitable servant yet
he felt through the grace of God
that he was ready to go at any
time and had no fears of death.
His talk was enjoyed and had a
good effect upon the people.
Another familiar hymn was sung
the majority joining in the sing
ing. The long table about GO ft;
was arranged and elaborately
spread with the fine dinner pro
vided by the friends and rela
tives. Thanks to God were gi ven
by Mr. Albright after which thi
people began to help themselves;
this of course was one of the en
joyable features of the occasion.
There were 100 by accurate
count but there were possible
400 present to enjoy this splen
did and happy time, Mr. Lowder
milk has past his ninetieth mile
post in life a ripe old age.
He has 33 grandchildren, 28
great grand children, three sons
and five daughters, two sons and
one daughter in the far west.
He was handed a ntfmbei of
birthday presents and received
many hearty hand shakes and
congratulations on the strength
of the fact that in his old days
after, having gone through the
toils and battles of life he still
had a host of friends who were
ready to honor him and even
wish him many more happy days
on earth. -
God grant that when his time
does come he may have an abun
dant entrance into heaven.
One Present.
NOAH'S DIARY.
FRIDAY. -Looks like rain.
SATURDAY. -Met old man
Hashedveal. We talked about
the weather. He says there's,
nothing in it. But I told Mrs.
Noah to grease my boots. Not
being four footed, I believe in
being forehanded. (Note: Work
this up for Punch after the show
er's over) I don't like the looks
of things. Read the probabilities
but cant believe in the "dry
spells" they say is on the cards,
Shem agrees with me, but Ja
phet thinks I'm getting nervous
in my old age. Think I'll get
out the old scow and fix her.
Note: Remember to get some
tar and-oakum down at the groc
ery store.
SUNDAY. -Clouds in the
southwest. Mended the roof.
Had to stay home from church.
Ma went and said she never saw
such hats. Ham had a sore throat
and she did him up in a whole
yard of red flannel.
MONDAY. -What did your
Uncle Noah tell you? Right
smart shower today. Got in the
last load of hay just in time: Old
Probs says, "Weather unsettl
ed." Looks mighty well settled
to me. Got the scow out on the
barn floor. Looks rather small to
me Think I'll build another. It'll
do the boys good to limber up
their muscles.
TUESDAY. -Started a bigger
boat. Hashedveal came over and
wanted to know if I thought of
making a Hudson river excursion
boat. None of his business, any
how. Little showers this P. M.
but held up awhile. Shem says
while you're a building why not
make a boat., Think he's right:
Getting sloppy outside. Roof
still leaks a little. Spoiled the
calcimine in the garret.
WEDNESDAY. - Old Probs
waked up at last. Says, "Some
local showers likely. ' ' Put in all
day on the boat Ham's cold bet
ter, but he's still hoarse Keel laid
and it's a whacker. Japheth
says the old swimming hole is
over flowing on to the eight acre
lot.
Thursday Got mighty inter
ested in the boat, which is coming
along fine. Making it on the plan
of one Ham got some years ago
for Christmas, full of wooden
animals. Like it first rate X)d
Hasedveal says: "it's a regular
old ark," so I'm calling it that
just to spite him.
MONDAY Too busy for diary.
Things are awful moist. Old
General Humidity is sure in town
Finished the "ark" today, and
she's a winner. Room for all out
doors. Gave three cheers, me
and the boys, and said. "Let it
rain all it wants to."
WEDNESDAY-It's doing it.
Umbrellas quote at $10.88 at the
store and scarce at that, Over-
shoes sold out Monday night. .
Greased boots are good enough
for me. It's forgotten how to
j stop raining, three feet in the
! cellar and rising fastor than the
barometer goes down. Regular
fc( aker.
Friday (I think) . we're afloat.
: So's everything else. Nothing
like it seen by oldest inhabitant,
! even before he went under.
Three weeks later We're all
there is. so far as appears. Busy
' writing obituaries and feeding
1 stock.
I Later Dropped obituaries and
! i i 1 'i "
did chores.
Still later. Shem says he saw
a bit of blue today. I do pity
those menagerie folks. Got the
pigeon back, must be land some
where. Ashore Ararat, I guess. Damp
ut
solid.
Rain over. Well ' I
was right
about the weather.
You don t
fool your Uncle N.
i much.
P. S. I guess we re the first
family now, all right. This dia
ry business is too rough on a man
wheu he's got a hard season
So long! Tudor Jenksin Wom
nn's Tlimo Companion.
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