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A RANDOLPH COUNTY PAPER FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY PEOPLE.
VOL. 6. NO.
ASHEEORO, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1910.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
fOMC&STl
FOR SEPTEMBER.
Copyrighted 1910 by C. H. Ricth.
Now sof tcr.ctJ- suns a mellow luster
shed,
The laden orchards glow with tempting
red;
On hazel boughs the clusters hang em
browned, And with the hunting horn the fields
resound.
Old September Poem
Well we should say so, and the
mellow horn of Mr. Morgan will
awake the morn, bidding us gar
ner for the- bins and cribs in
which we labor for his royal
nibs. The summer ended and
the blower on, the respite over
and the money gone, and Rocke
feller as we drill along, bowing
and hoping we are well and
strong.
The seaside sojourner will quit
the shore, and the summer girl
will line up three or four con
quests in puppy love she has
around, and choose the one that
is to go undrowned. The which
selection from the litter born of
summer madnes she will then
suborn with things sufficient to
unlock its eyes, and hurry home
ward with the gasping prize.
The busted tourist will return
from France with hotel stickers
stuck upon his pants, and tarred
and postalcarded by his friends,
will reap the penalty of what he
sends. They'll waltz him up
and down a rail, and alternately
turn him head and tail, or how
soever they may best enjoy the
views in Venice or the site of
Troy.
The festive calf will blithely
sniff and snort, and deftly tip
up where the hair is short, and
in the quiet even afterglow the
quail will pipe his dulcet piccolo.
The bold insurgent will insurge
the more, and fill the planet with
his dreadful roar, and each one
betting he will not bo last, the
autumn candidates will gallop
past.
The new progressive and the
Democrat, the uninsurging that
are standing pat, and in the
midst of them, unf aint of heart,
our Mr. Bryan on the water cart,
A maze of issues, and a mass of
men, and lo, a gallus busting
now and then, and not especial
ly alarmed by it, the trusts de
sisting till the swarm has lit.
The man from Elba trying to come
back,
And the poor consumer in his cul-de-sac
Unknowing if the quaking earth por
tends Death or the near approach, perhaps,
of friends. '
But howsoever and be it as
may, the dread mosquito will
have had its day, and joining
Satan in its spectral growth,
have made it real hell there for
them both. The while the eaith
ly remnant of it swings upon the
window screen, and dying clings
to that post which, though
wanting mortal fire, it still holds
with its face against the wire.
The sad first day of school will come
to pass, N
And the barefoot boy will hide out in
the grass,
And by the time we've caught these
malcontents,
The Crippen chase will look like thirty
cents.
Milady Fashion in her hobble
I skirt will stride the pavement
with the men alert to set her
i right side up again in case she
should in time turn turtle any
place. It does beat thunder
what the women wear, and how
they stick on other people's hair,
constrict their middles and con
strain their toes and what im
portance they attach to clothes.
But bless us, are they after all
to blame, or had they been in
these things quite the same if
Mother Eve's first thought, as
we suppose, had not been neces
sarily of clothes? Was it to be
expected in her case that with a
man somewhere upon the place
she never thought of anything
at all but gowns, slipovers, or
perhaps a shawl?
But anyhow, the crawfish will have
holed,
And the pumpkin shown the faintest
trace of gold.
The sassafras will don a redder dress,
And the gods will crowd around the
cider press.
Or prohibition or whatever
will, here is a fountain that shall
serve us still, a place of resting
and a steal away out of the des
ert and the heat of day. A
place of quiet and the shade of
palms, of irrigation and the
soothing balms that no reformer
till the, poles embrace shall ever
capture for a bathing place.
The hosts of labor will parade
the street, which will remind us
of a happy feat in arbitration
from the olden days when Julius
Caesar was a sort of craze. It
is related of that ancient time
that sweet September in the Ro
man clime was hot as blazes,
and the union file could only
march about a half a mile.
It wasn't anything at all, they
say, to watch the mighty page
ant get away, the music playing
and the flags displayed, and see
it suddenly duck for the shade.
The gasping drummer with his
sounding drum, the bronzed
mechanics who perhaps had
come a dozen squares, and in the
frantic rout, age and apprentice
with its tongue stuck out.
The faint impression the pro-
1 Tfc
cession maae on ,oman capital
for long dismayed the union
leaders, when the serried ranks
at times not even passed the
Roman banks. And so ic was
when mighty Caesar came, and
having found the populace
aflame, he shoved September
from the seventh place along to
ninth, which has remained, the
case. He merely interchanged
it with July, but-when' he asked
them- how was that for high,
they fairly inundated him with
smiles, and have since been do
ing about twenty miles.
The autumn equinox will come around,
And Roosevelt, by that time eastward
bound,
Will aid it in the making of such
storms
As they may find necessary to a few re
forms.
And then the sun will turn still softer
yet,
And the bold October, having duly set
His planes, and carefully put on his
brake,
Will see what sort of landing he can
make.
A Man of Iron Nerve.
Indomitable will and tremendous
energy are never found where
Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and
Bowels are out of Order. If you
want these qualities and the sue-
cess thev bring, use Dr. King s
New Life Pills, the matchless
regulators, for keen brain and
strong body, 25c at J. T. Under-;
wood's next door to Bank of
Randolph.
"To
make
full detailed report of the fin
ances of the county, since the
time of the last report . of a
finance committee, would re
quire the undivided time and
services of an expert account
ant for weeks.''
From finance Committee's repoii:, Dec. 6, 1909.
Mr. Voter: If it would require the seiv'cesof
an EXPERT accountant for WEEKS to . find out
the county's financial condition, how long would
it take YOU to find out if you should examine the
books?
Randleman Rt. 2.
Mrs. Lou York and little
daughter returned home last
Sunday from Greensboro where
they visited friends.
Miss Lenie Spivey has return
ed home from Wilmington where
she has been visiting friends for
the last two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Ferree at
tended meeting at Brower's last
Sunday.
Miss Cora Shirly of Randle
man is spending a few days with
Miss Lettie Ferree.
Seagrove Rt. 1.
D. A.. Garner and mother of
Dewey spent Saturday night at
R. F. Garner's.
Misses Swanna and Stacy
Lowdermilk spent Saturday
nignt with the Misses Stuarts of
Why Not. . r :
Emsley Lowdermilk is on the
sick list at this writing. We
hope for him a speedy recovery.
Walter Beane and sister Miss
Dora spent Saturday and Sunday
with their sister Mrs. Gurney
Brown of Asheboro.
Misses Dora Beane and Hep
pie Wilson entered school at Why
Not Monday.
Rev. S. B. Clapp of Greens
boro preached a dedication ser
mon at New Center Sunoay to a
large and attentive congregation.
Floyd Davis is very ill at this
writing.
F. R. Spencer is the happiest
man on this route for he has a
little republican voter at his
home.
C. W. Brovver made a flying
trip to H. H. Hancocks Sunday
evening.
Miss Hassle Davis is visiting
her sister M s. J. T. Wilson.
Mss Hattie Cox was the guest
of Lula McNeill recently.
Cedar Falls.
W. C. Free of High- Point is
spending a few days this week
with his parents Mr. and Mrs.
S. H. Free.
Rev. R. L. Melton filled his
appo;ntment at the M. E. church
last Sunday.
The revival meeting at the
M. P. church clcsed last Friday
night with thirty conversions.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Ferree at
tended preaching at Brower's
Chapel Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wrenn
spent Sunday in Randleman.
J. S. McAlister of Spray was
in town Monday.
Miss Pattie Letterloh of Franl -linville
Fpent a few days last
week with her brother J. R.
Letterloh:
Grant Estlow who recently re
signed his position as Supt. of
j the cotton mills at this place left
I Saturday for his home in Gra
ham.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Palmer of
Silver Hill visited relatives near
Glenola, Archdale and in Ashe
boro last week.
an absolutely
A NEW ERA.
Not since the Civil War have
the people of North Carolina en
tered a campaign where men
could vote their free and un
tramelled convictions as the pre
sent one. The old bogy issues,
the reserve force of the Dem
ocrats, is now passed away, and
even the blindest, most malignant
Democrat, even those of "red
shirts" fame will even dare
allude to it, it being an insult to
the intelligence of any audience
to even call it up.
On the contrary, it is a cam
paign of issues and principles.
Men can look, with calmness
and reason, upon the facts on
which they are to base their
suffrage. What their vote
means, what the issues are,
what is good and needful and
wrhat is bad and harmful to the
public good can be looked at
with the calmness and reason
and arrive at an honest decision.
This is well. , Neither party,
if honest, should fear the verdict
of a people such as we have in
North Carolina, .' the verdict is
in accordance with the evidence
presented. We say, if honest,
for if a party make mistakes and
errors it should be manly enough
straightforward enough, honest
enough with itself and the pub
lic to so admit and abide by the
consequences.
The Republican party stands
on its record of performances, of
square dealing, of greater
achievement for the public good,
if contined in power. It has a re
cord that it has a right to be
proud of, and of which it is
proud. On the contrary, the Dem
ocratic party has been for years
simply a party of negation, of
.opposition to eveything the
other side wanted, not because
it was bad, but simply because
it was favored by the other side.
It is a matter of congratulation
to every citizen of North Car
olina that we have reached this
point. The people will no longer
vote from blind passion, but
will now vote because they hon
estly believe the principles and
issues they are voting for are for
the good of the common weal.
Caucasian.
It Saved His Leg.
"All thought I'd lose my leg,"
writes J. A. Swenen, of Water
town, Wis. "Ten years of ecze
ma, that 15 doctors could not
cure, had at last laid me up.
Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured it, sound and well." In
fallible for Skin Eruptions. Ec
zema. Snlt Rheum, Boils, Fever
; Sores, Burns, Scalds, Cuts and
Piles, 25c at J. T. Underwood's
next door to Bank of Randolph.
The Gen eral Effect of Sanitary Progress-Increased
Efficiency.
From an economic standpoint,
i the average American child is a
: liability until its seventeenth
year, after which time it becomes
j an asset. That is to say, it is
j necessary for the individual and
ihe public to .contribute to the
physical, mental and moral de
velopment of a child until it
reaches its seventeeth year. Af
ter the seventeenth year the
average American child becomes
self-supporting, and in addition
to its own suppoi becomes a
source of revenue for others, in
dividuals and for the government
or public. Death before seven
teen means a financial loss of all
that the individual and public
have invested in the child; after
seventeen, the longer death is de
layed the greater the returns on
the investment. Anything, there
fore, that diminishes the pro
bability of death bef oreNsevnteen
and increases the probability of
life after seventeen is financially
an individual and pnblic blessing.
Such a blessing is sanitary
progress from a business stand
point. Going back to the oldest re
liable statistics on the duration
of life in existence, we find that
in the sixteenth century the aver
age duration of life was 21.2
years: at the beginning of the
nineteenth century about 30
years: at the present the average
duration of life is 44 years. Dur
ing the last qaurter of the nine
teenth century the most active
period in the growth of natural
science the average duration of
life increased at the rate of 25
years per century, and between
1890 and 1900 the increase in
Massachusetts was at the rate
of 40 years per century. The
following table summarizes pre
sent progress in the lengthening
of life:
Present rate in Massachusetts
14 years.
Present rate in Europe 17
years.
Present rate in Prussia 27
years.
In India, where saaitation is
unknown, the average duration
of lsfe is 23 yars, or what it
was about 40 years ago.
Just as the light of sanitary
science rises nearer the meridian
of perfection, so the shadow of
death shortens.
DEATH OF WM. W SPENCER.
On August 27 William W.
Spencer departed this life at the
age of 80 years 3 months 20 days.
His , death was not altogether
unexpected as he had been in
poor health for sometime.
"Uncle Billy" as he wis fami
larly called was married twice,
his first wife and two children
having preceded him to the other
world years ago.
He left his second wife, very
feeble in health and ten children
remain to mourn his loss.
In early life he joined the M
E Church, South but later after
removing to this part of the
county he joined the Primative
Baptist church at Rock Hill of
wThich he was a faithful mem
ber till death. Uncle Billy was
known far and wide for his
hospitality. No ptrton was ever
turned awray from his home
hungry, and no better friend or
neighbor ever lived in this
community. His hand and
purse were ever ready to help
any just cause. May the seed he
sowed here bring forth abundant
fruit for those he left behind.
U. T. D.
A Randolphiait In The Far West.
A special dispatch from Bon
ners Ferry, Idaho, Aug. 11th to
the Inland Herald says: .
W. W. Von Cannon of Sand
point, Bonner County. Idaho,
Republican candidate for nomi
nation for county auditor, has
made an unparalleled record as
assessor and ex-officio tax col
lector, to which office he was
elected in 1908. For the first
time in the history of the Bon
ner, and what was formerly
known as Kootenai County, has
an assessment abstract been cer
tified without a single change by
the State Board of Equalization.
Mr. Von Canon is not only
sound in judgment, but also sys
tematic and accurate in account
ing and office methods. Through
his competence and adaptability
more than 100,000 acres of land,
not accounted for by former
county officials, were assessed
and taxed during his first year
in office. This one x item ' alone
was a great saving' to Bonner
County. In fact, it was large
enough to pay Mr. Von Canon's
salary for more than five years.
Experts All Indorse Him.
Official accounting experts
who annually examine his work
and records declare them the
very best of the kind in the
Northwest. This result he has
attained by giving his undivided
attention to all important mat
ters pertaining to the office. He
is a true servant to the people of
his county, and if elected county
auditor promises to continue in
the same untiring way to givev
efficient service, to be just and
equitable to all and to please the
public.
Mr. Von Canon has proven by
his past record that he is thor
oughly qualified, competent and
reliable to fill the office to which
he aspires to the very best in
terests of all concerned.
Tne W. W. Von Cannon re
ferred to is a son of the late J.
C. Vuncanon of near Ulah Ran
dolph county, N. C. He went
west some twelve years ago
where he has made an enviable
record. His many relatives and
friends in Randolph will be glad
to hear of his great success.
THE CHATHAM RABBIT.
The fruit crop in all this sec
tion is unusually large this year
and our people will do well to
perserve a goodly quaintity of
it, especially since meat is so
high. Preserves are better than
meat anyway, excepting, of
course, our Chatham rabbits,
and we will never go back on
them. As Mr. "Bob" Phillips,
of the Greensboro Daily News,
says, we can't go back on our
raisin!"-Siler City Grit.
It's ten to one these juicy
"Chatham rabbits" now famous
in the markets of the world are
caught in Randolph county and
marketed in Siler City at half
their real value.
Gave an Order on her Grandmother, v
"I want some cloth to make
my dolly a dress, " announced a
little girl of seven as she entered
a store the other day.
"How much is it?" she asked
when the merchant handed her
the package.
"Just one kiss," was the re-
"All right," she said.
"Grandma said she would pay
you when she came in to
morrow." Ladies' Home Journal.