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A RANDOLPH COUNTY PAPER FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY PEOPLE.
VOL. 6. NO. 11.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1910.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
Public School Opens.
Asheboro's public school open
ed last Thursday, all the teach
ers being present except Miss
Corothers, who was detained at
home till Saturday. The term
opens auspiciously for a success
ful year.
The enrollment has already
reached 380, being above the
average for previous years.
The school now has ten grades
. with a faculty of nine teachers.
Those who complete the tenth
grade are admitted to the high
est colleges in the state without
examination.'
Many of the rooms this year
are crowded beyond their capaci
ty, showing that the teaching
. force will soon have to be in
creased. Several boarding stu
dents have been enrolled this
term in the higher grades.
The General Effect of Sanitary Pro
gress On The Attitude of The In
dividual. The foregoing examples of
actual disease prevention, with
still a large number of uncited
examples, do not leave the quesr
tion of disease prevention to
opinion, however eminent, multi
plied and numerous opinions on
this point may be; nor is the
question dependent for solution
upon scientific reasoning, how
ever clear and strong such
reasoning may be. This basic
principle of ail public health en
deavor, disease preventabihty,
rests upon what, has actually
been accomplished.
Now, it follows that if disease
Jmd death are preventable, those
having power to prevent them
are responsible for loss 'of life if
this power is not used. Prevent
able disease is subject to publie
control, and preventable death is,
therefore public crime.
And here, my hasty reader,
pause a moment and consider
the relation of the individual
and the public. In 1873 William
Budd, writing on typhoid fever
(it could have been any other
infectious disease), said:-"And
let no one suppose that this is a
matter in which he has no per
sonai interest. The duty itself
we may evade, but we can never
be sure of evading the penalties
of its neglect. This disease not
seldom attacks the rich, but it
thrives among the poor. But by
reason of our common humanity
we are all, whether rich or poor,
more nearly related here than
we arc apt to think. The mem
bers of the great human family
are, in fact, bound together by a
thousand secret ties of whose
existence the world in general
little dreams; and he that was
never yet connected with his
poorer neighbor by deeds , of
charity or love,; may one day
find, when it is too late, that he
is connected, with him by a bond
which may bring them both, at
once, to a common grave."
There is no individual with en
lightened public spirit who can
disregard this most fundamental
of all problems before , us the
health problem. - ' . . :.'
ATLANTIC i COAST -INVENTORS.
The following patents were
issued this': week to Atlantic
Coast inventors reported by D.
, SWIFT & CO., Patent Lawyers,
. Washington, D. C. who will, fur
nish any of our readers with
topics of the same for ten cents
each.
i Va. Edward Walton, Rich
riiond, Salt weaving machine;
E(. B. Meredith : Forest, Depot,
Portable combination hammock
jnd tent; ''
N. C. G. W. Pritchett, Greens
boro, Tamping mechanism.
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DUTLERMANIA.
Democratic Campaign Mc.hods-Thc
County Ticket-Republican
Success Assured. -
By A. Newman.
In the last issue of the Courier,
or better known as the Court
House "orgin" the Editor of
that sheet had a serious attack
of Butlermania. There was a
spasm for every day in the week
Sunday included. The Republi
cans are giving Democratic Jiopes
the night mare and they are try
ing to discredit the party by
claiming that it is dominated by
Marion Butler, but anyone with
one eye and half sense knows
that such is not the case." The
"ringmaster" would do consider
able more good for his party if
he would hunt up some candi
dates to run on the legislative
ticket and stop raising the false
cry of Butler domination. The
time has come for the intelligent
voter to decide for himself and
the old Democratic method of
slander and mud slinging is los
ing ground. Anyone who will
give the present Democratic
ticket any thought will notice
that it is composed of the - Court
House "ring" who take their
turn in office in rotation. The
present Clerk of the court has
already held two terms (8 years)
and is now nominated for a third
term.
Take the Sheriff, Register of
Deeds, County Commissioners,
or members of the General As
sembly, and go back and see
who has held these offices for
the past eight or ten years and
you will see tnat it has been
practically the same set of men
who take their turn in rotation.
Take Hammond, Redding, Fous
hee, and Hammer, and see how
long they have been living on
the fat of the tax payers of
Randolph County. Is it possi
ble that they are the only ones
in the Democratic party who are
capable of filling the offices?
There is at least one fact that
is plainly evident, ana tnat is
that the Democratic party of the
County is controlled completely
by the "ringmaster" and his
clique. There is an element in
the Democratic party that . is
growing tired ot tne metnods
used by some of the leaders and
" A.I .1 1
they are not going to put up with
the way the lash of the "ring
master's" whip is cracking.much
longer. But back to the sub
ject. The Republican party is
not, has not, will not ba dominat
ed by any one man. That is not
a Republican principle, but it is
the foundation on which the
Democratic party in Randolph
County stands today. The
Democrats are facing defeat.
The tyrannical Hamonis bound
to fall; fall into the very pit that
he has dug for others, and it will
mean a brighter day for Ran
dolph county when the fall comes.
Onward ye tardy sons of Repub
licanism! March to the tune of
progress and prosperity and
help to roll up so large a majori
ty that the Democratic , party
will be buried so deep that even
thename will be forgotten.
It Saved His Leg.
"All thought I'd lose my leg,"
writes J. A. Swensen, 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." 7n-
fallible for Skin .Eruptions, Ec
zema, Salt Rheum, Boils, Fever
Sores, Burns, Scalds, Cuts and
Piles, 25c at J. T. Underwood's
next door to Bank of Randolph.
To make an absolutely full
detailed report of the finan
ces 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 report, Dec. 6, 1909.
Since preparing the above- for publication, the
Bulletin has received a statement just four feet
long of the financial conditions of the County, for
the last ten years represented to be extracts from
the minute book of the proceedings of the Board
of Commissioners at their meeting held here
Monday September 5th, 1910.
It appears that instead of employing an expert
accountant, to audit the books of the County and
let the people know how their money is being
spent, they have employed AN EXPERT JUG
GLER OF FIGURES, who has gotten together a
statement that will now require the services of an
expert accountant to explain it. The figures con
tained therein would make an adding machine
t dizzy and compared with it a Chinese puzzle looks
simple.
It is noted that in making up this statement
that the Court House Ring has taken credit for
every school house and every bridge in the county
when it is a well known fact that they have built
only a small number of them within the period
supposed to be covered by said report.
It is also noted that they take credit in this state
ment for taxes of 1910, before the tax books were
in the hand's of the sheriff, and while much of the
the taxes oZ 1909 are yet uncollected.
For lackbf space we cannot publish this "white
washed" statement in this issue but will spread it
before the public in due time.
MOST PROSPEROUS OF YEARS.
Conditions so favorable as to
stand absolutely alone in the
world's history of agriculture
. t il i. -C
are pictured in me report ui
Secretary " James S. Wilson to
the President, covering the work
of the Department of Agricul
ture for the fiscal year ot 1909,
ended July, 1910.
It is the 13th annual report of
the veteran secretary and ap
pears in the forthcoming year
book of the department. "Most
prosperous of all the years,"
says Secretary Wilson, 'is the
place to which 1909 is entitled in
agriculture. The yields has been
bountiful with most crops, and
prices have been high. Advan
tageously situated as he is in
most respects, the farmer is less
ancl less generally compelled to
dump his crops on the market at
the time of harvest. He does
not need to work for his board
and clothes, as he often did in
the former times when prices
were so low as to be unprofitable.
"The value of farm products
is so incomprehensably large that
it has become merely a row of
figures. For this year it is $8,
760,000,000; the gain this year
over the preceding one is $869,
000,000. "Ten years ago the value of
the products of the farm was on
ly five and one half times tne
mere gain of this year over 1908;
it was little more than ot the
total value of this year. The
value of the products has nearly
doubled in ten years.
Eleven years ot" agriculiutv,
beginning with a production ot
$4,470,000,000, and ending with
$8,760,000,000, a sum of $70,-
000,000,000 for the period. That
sum has paid off mortgages, it
has established banks, it has
made better homes, it has helped
to make the farmer a citizen of
the world, it has provided him
TO ALL TEACHERS AND COMMIT
TEEMEN. I would be glad if every teach
er who has a school would let
me know of it at once and what
school she has taken. Every
teacher who has not been em
ployed yet should let me have
his or her name and address that
I may be of service in helping
get schools for every teacher and
teachers for every school. I
would also be glad if every sec
retary or some one of the district
board would drop me a postal
informing me whether he has a
teacher or not and who that
teacher is. This information is
absolutely necessary that I may
keep in touch with each and
every teacher.
I have two young men that
I can highly recommend who
wishes to teach in this county.
These are forty, uoilar men and
will accept schools for a term of
five and one half months or
longer.
Very truly yours,
S. T. Lassittr,
Co. Sup't of Schools.
with means for improving his
soil and making it more produc
tive. The most striking fact in the
world's agriculture is the value
of the corn crop of 1909 in this
country. It is about $1,720,000,
000. This corn came up from
the soil and out of the air in 120
days-$14, 000,000 a day from
one crop, nearly enough for two
dreadnaughts daily for peace or
war."
Cotton is n-jw by far the sec
ond crop in value, says Wilson,
and the years production is
worth about $850,000,000 to the
farmer. Third in order of value
is wheat, worth about $725,000,
m 1.1
UUU at tne lurm, and tnis ex
ceeds ah previous values by a
large amount. Hay is fourth
estimated at $665,000,000. Oats
is fifth, worth at the farm about
$400, 000,000. -Ex.
Water WorKs For Ashe
boro.
Water works in Asheboro is no
longer a dream but will be an
F assured f at within a few months.
The city council has closed a con
tract with the J. B. McCrary
Co. of Atlanta, Ga. for a com
plete system of water works,
the construction of which begins
to day and must be completed
within 120 working days. The
system will comprise seven miles
'of sewer pipe and three miles of
water mains. The water will be
supplie d from a deep well locat
ed near the new Baptist church.
The resorvoir will have a capaci
ty of 125,000 gallons and the
tank erected on a high steel
tower will hold 75,000 gallons.
The 'pump used will be able to
throw 750,000 gallons every 24
hours. Four car loads of ma
terial has been received and pre
liminary work commenced Mon
day. Mr. H. Freeman, the
superintendent is here and will
push the work as rapidly as pos
sible. ELECTION ABUSES.
The election bill which was in
troduced by Mr. Cowles in con
gress, tending to regulate the
abuses often practised at elec
tions in this State, needs no de
fense at our . hands, nor af ' the
hands of anyone else, for thatj
matter. Others, more compe
tent and, perhaps, less partisan
than we, have passed upon it
and declared that they find no
fault in it. While on the other
hand, all fair minded people
have commended it and declare
that its provisions are not only
fair in the extreme, but that
they are needed to forever pre
vent a repetition of the abuses
which have cre't into our elec
tions under the loose and irres
ponsible system, which has been
thrust upon us by the dominant
power in this State. Not ,so
much has been said of late con
cerning election frauds, for the
Republicans. learnine" a few
very dear lessons, upon the value
of eternal vigilance, wherein,
we are told, is thejurice of liber
ty, have reduced the frauds to
the. least possible number; thougfi
they still creep in where for a
moment the gap is left down;
Then again North Carolina is
certainly and surely coming to
the point where it will free itself
from Democratic misrule and the
Republicans will heap coals of
fire on the heads of those respon
sible for the present system, by
passing an election law that is
fair and equitable, which will in
sure "a free ballot and a fair
count." What, indeed, ought !
to be done, is to give them a few
of the bitter and distasef ul doses
that we have been made to swal
low; but that is a punishment
too severe. The mere fact that
certain of the opposition squirm
and twist at the thought of Mr.
Cowles' bill becoming a law,
shows that its provisions must be
fair and equitable We do not
know who, in the absence of the
editor, is responsible for the at
tempted tirade in this week's
VVilkesboro Chronicle, but it de
monstrates again that it is the
hit dog which yelps. Wilkes
Patriot.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
All the adopted School Books
are on sale at J. T. Underwood's
Rexall Store For CASH only.
Remember this none charged
of anyone.
North Carolina Leaders In Public
Education Meet at Chapel Hill.
At Chapel Hill last week the
Superintendents of Public schools
for the various counties of the
State met in regular annual ses
sion. Nearly every county was
represented. Dr. F. P. Vena-
ble, President of the University,
welcomed the body of educators
and spoke briefly of the respon
sibility and importance of each
County Superintendent of
Schools.
The meeting then proceeded
with the programme, which was
a most interesting one. Some
of the topics discussed were:
Health and Sanitation, Instruc
tion in Agriculture, Public High
Schools, Uniform Examination
for Teachers, Teacher Training,
Elementary Schools, and Work
of the County Superintendent
The session at which Health
and Sanitation: were discussed
was exceedingly interesting. Dr.
W. S. Rankin, Secretary of the
North Carolina Board of Health,
discussed Health and Sanitation.
Dr. Jno. A. Ferrell, representing
the Hookworm Commission of
the North Carolina Board of
Health, spoke briefly of investi
gations which show the wide
spread prevalence of hookworm ,
disease in North Carolina. He
explained that in theory the
eradication of the disease was
easy, but in practice a great pro
blem, the solution of which de
pended upon educational - worW
Many questions were asked and
requests made . that cases be de
scribed as they usually are be
fore and after treatment. Prof.
Highsmith, of Wake Forest Col
lege, cited two or three interest
ing cases he had seen. Then
Superintendent Thompson, of
Onslow County, spoke of the
wonderful improvements which
had resulted among hookworm
victims in his eounty since hun
dreds of people had been cured
of the disease. He named and
described several cases which
had come under his observation,
and the results effected by the
cure of the disease were wonder
ful. - Concluding his remarks,
he introduced the following rcso-
lution:
Whereas we, the members of
the Association of County Super
intendents of Schools of North
Carolina, are convinced of the
widespread prevalence of hook
worm disease in the State, and
that the disease occasions inesti
mable loss to the State in lives,
vitality, citizenship and material
wealth; arid whereas the disease
is both preventable and, curable.
Be it resolved, that the Asso
ciation hereby pledges its co
operation in all well organized
movements for the eradication
of the disease; and further realiz-
j ing that such a movement has
already been inaugurated, we
recommend that the State take
such steps as may be found nec
essary to aid i:i accomplishing
the desired end.
Instead of referring the resolu
tion to the Committee on rules,
the rules were suspended and
the resolution voted on ar d
adopted without a dissenting
vote.
The meeting adjourned Friday
after a most successful and
pleasant meeting.
Why Willie Quit.
Joiner . (to his apprentice)
"Well, Willie, have you sharpen
ed all tools?"
Willie- "Yes-all but the 'and
saw, and I haven't quite got all
the gaps out of it." Sketch.
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