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VOL. 6. MO. 23.
Ganderbone's Forecast
FOR DECEMBER
Copyright 1910 by C. H. Reith.
Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
Thought to steal another one,
But when, with bacon 40 cents,
He thought upon the consequence,
And what he probably would get
In case he landed in the net,
The lawyers he would have to hire
To save him from the butcher's ire,
The money Cudahy would spend
To push it to the bitter end,
The merciless concern of Swift
To see he was not set adrift,
The sum that Armour, if he fled,
Would offer for him live or dead,
And How the unforgiving lust
For vengence would move the trust
To make example of him lest
Some other piper's son protest .
Against pork chops at thirty fiat,
And pickled pig's feet selling at
Six-bits a dozen, souse a bit,
And sausage even close to it
When Tom considered it, in brief,
And also how much more a thief
He would be this time than before,
He wisely passed the butcher's door,
Rejoiced that self had stood the test,
And went on hoping for the best.
December is from the Latin
decern, meaning ten. it was
originally the tenth month of the
year, but owing to the wide
spread unpreparedness for Christ
mas it has been shoved along
from time to time, until it oc
curs now as far back as we have
been able to get it. Caesar, who
was in the habit of making each
of his soldiers some kind of a
present, even suggested pushing
it further along still and having
about fifteen months in the
year, but the Roman roercha nts
protested that it was impossible
to sell holiday goods except in
very cold weather, and Brutus,
Cassius and several other Roman
business men fir-uy staDw
him.
The custom of giving presents
was originated by the Greeks,
and they had such a faculty for
getting the better of it when
thev exchanged presents with
that, the exDression "Be-
CkLXJ Vw w at
ware of the Greeks bearing
gifts!" became historic. It was
on a Christmas day when all the
Greeks were showing what they
had gotten and were laughing
about it that Diogenes, who made
a practice of criticising the na
tional faults in some amusing
way, set out on his famous search
fnr an honest man. The Persi
ans one time resorted to arms in
an effort to get their presents
back, but they were badly def ea
ted at the battle of Marathon,
and no serious attempt to get
TrPSATits back has ever been
made from that time to this.
ThP. r.alf will burrow in the
stack, and the festive colt will
arch his back and gambol at a
fearful gait to make his ichor
circulate. The bear will slumber
in his bed and dream that Roose
velt is dead, and the Winter
night will worry through with
the wolf ki-yi-ing down the flue.
The wind will push against the
door, and our old friend Boreas
will roar and fill the Winter
night and feli with samples of
his college yell. The price of
eggs will feel imbued to beat trie
mark for altitude, and butter
will cavort around about two
miles above the ground.
0 happy man that has his hold
stocked up against the Winter
cold, and has no urgent need to
reck how many storms may
sweep his deck. Who has his
scuppers bulging kraut and all
things ship- ,hape in and out,
and all the products of his clime
right at the port-hole all the
time.
0 happy day that fixed our pick
upon this land and bade us stick
our new-born colors in the ground
J and claim the country lying
j 'round! And cheery moreover,
one, two, three, for freedom's
aborigine, who did not prove so
awful stout but what we all
could throw him out!
It is the place, and no mistake
for raising provender to bake
and giving freely of the least
essential to a Christmas feast.
A bug or so is on the job, and
the weather frequently plays hob
but on the whole and in the sum
we er dog-gone happy that
come.
we
On the 21st of December the
sun will cross the Tropic of Cap
ricorn, which will give the trusts
the ball on our five-yard line, one
down to go. Thsy will go over
on the next play, and Mr. Rock
efeller, who is playing green
back for the trusts this year,
will kick goal. The feature of
Christmas will be that Mr. Roos
evelt won't have any. He isn't
taking any chances of Santa
Claus even handing him anything
else this year.
Our Mr. Morgan will revert
To hanging up, his spacious shirt,
And tying up the tail to pot
Whatever Santa Claus has got.
O woe is us! How tough it is
To hang our stockings under his!
But faith is hope, and hope is trust,
And some fine day the tail will bust.
As many things have bust be-
for, and bingo! on the parlor
floor will go the Christmas odds
ends with which his catch-'em-ail
distends. The costly presents
and the rare: and while we aii
grab here an J there for each his 1
Claus will fill the earth. Those
merry peals which rouse the dead
will wake the echoes overhead,
and laughter flavored wkh reprof
reverberate around the roof. He
never meant we should pervert
the day with hanging up a shirt,
nor ever thought, by any chance
of filling Rockefeller's pants.
A sockfull each is all there is,
and woe to him who takes for his
a greater portion, uook or crook,
than each originally tf ok. For
every person that descends to
tying pants around the ends, and
closing shirts around the base
there is a reckoning: to face. The
laws of Santa Claus are good,
and in the en d are what we
would desire thev were that is
to say that this is everybody's
da v. A sinerle sock above the
fire is all a body should require,
and there before the glowing log
nnhodv keen to be the hog. In
such "a spirit was it said that all
days are to get ahead except this
one; get behind. The merry holi
days will come and Santa, sliding
on his turn, will belly butser to
the grate, and do his best, at any
rate.
What remains of Congress will
exchange experiences at Wash
ington during the month, and the
man who sends Mr. Taf t the big
gest Christmas turkey will get a
good outside job around the
White House..
Then January will be here
To cheer us now and then,
And in the glad and newborn year
We'll all swear off again.
The well-bred person will never
make lisrnt ot sacrea trunks nor
will he speak disparagingly of
woman.
The man of suspicious and jeal
ous nature never has any peace
of mind. He is always ready to
imagine the worst and generally
wants to.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1910.
Farmers Union Meeting.
The regular annual session of
the Farmers Cooperative and
Educational Union of Randolph
met in the court house in Ashe-
boro on Sat. Dec. 3rd for the
election of officers for the com
ing year and to discuss such ways
and means as would be helpf u
to the farmers of our grea
county.
The roll call was answered by
18 locals, many being absent
i fit . i
on account or tne weatner con
dition.
ml c ii m
ine ioiiowing omcers were
ejected.
President, Lee M. Kearns,
Vice President, Allen J. Macon,
Sec-Treas., Wm. R. Julian, Cor.
S. L. Adams, Assistant, T. T.
Adams, Chap. W. B. Lassiter,
D. K., G. C. Boulden, Assistant,
L. Marvin Kearns, Co. Organizer,
L. L. Farlow.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
J. Troy Redding, Thomas
Gaddis, A. B. Coltrane, J.
Royals, R. L. Moffitt.
County Trade agents Jas.
R.
R.
M.
Allen, guana, L. Marvin Kearns
other goods.
Delegates to the state conven
tion to be held in Greensboro
Dec. 14-15.
Thomas Farlow, Thomas Law-
rence, vv. K. Lassiter, wm. K.
Julian.
One of the subjects discussed
was taking up the teaching of
agriculture in the schools of our
county this year and the teach
ers are urged to take un this
work and place this important
branch before t.hp n,mil i
the-nttracWeness possible ana
an Education romiittee com-
posed of the following persons
were appointed to take up this
work with Mr. Lassiter, the
county Supt. of Education.
Committee Wm. R. Julian,
Benj. Lanier, Lee M. Kearns,
M. Claude Yow and J. M, Allen.
The subject oil getting an ex
hibit of products, of the farmers
of Randolph county to be held
some time during the fall of 1911
in which every farmer in the
county will be asked to taKe
part, whether a member of the
union or not, and exhibit of corn,
wheat, oats, stock, horses, colts,
cattle, ,hogs, poultry, all kinds
canned goods, needle work,
flowers, in fact everything grown
on the farm, or made in the
homes of this great county.
A committee was appointed to
confer with the Asheboro Board
of Trade relative to holding a
county fair next fall. The fol
lowing compose the committee
of which J. M. Allen is chair
man: Wm. H. Redding, W. C.
Hinshaw, A. C. Cox, L. M.
Kearns, Wm. R. Julian, A. B.
Coltrane, W. L. Adams, C.
H.
M.
Craven. Allen J. Macon, J.
Allen.
The next meeting of the Farm
ers Union will be he'd in Ashe
boro, Feb. 25, 1911.
Patterson's Grove.
We are glad to say that Zamgo
Ellison is improving at this
writing.
J. V. Cross had the misfortune
of losing a good horse last week.
J. M. Patterson was a business
visitor to Ramseur last Saturday.
The prayer meeting just start
ed at Pattersons Grove is ; grow
ing in interest.
We are sorrv to note that Mrs
Esther Westison the sick list
this week. r
Among those who visited at
W. H. Wtrs Sunday wtrt: A. G.
Chandler, J. A. Ellison, Mr. and
Mrs. N. M. Martin,
We are glad to say that James
Frazier is improving at this time.
ASHEBORO GRADED SCHOOL.
lhe following 160 students
nave iieitiier ueen aDsent nor
tardy during the month which
added to the fact that they have
made 95 or more on every study
entitles them to be placed on the
third month honor roll.
First Grade
Section A.
Millard Brown, Elsey Calicut,
fcverette Nance, Fred Smith.
Bertha Hunsucker, Martha Penn
Julia Ross, Rosabelle Rich, Eliza
beth Skeen, Isley Smith, Mar-
gret Sykes.
. Section B.
Alleen Norman, Mary Small.
Lillian Turner, Vera Thomas,
Mary Lipdy Auman, Annie Cox.
Elenor Crater, Edward Gattis.
Virgie Hamlin, Maud Miller,
Albert Bean, Worth Foster, Irv
ing Foster, Richard Lassiter.
Junnis Phillips, Lenard Ward
Worth Way.
Second Grade.
Eddie Beck, Alexander Burns,
Neely Hunter, Charles McCrary,
Fannie Phillips, Buren McPher-
son, Jim Clark, Howard Hilliard,
Walter Betts, Mary Auman,
Bertha Presnell, Frances Hall,
Inis Turner, Kate Spoon, Mary
Hen Cox, Lena Hillard, Ruth
Hadley, Bessie Kennedy, Ma
mie Thomas. Ethel Run tin cr.
Eugenia Plummer, Ethel Allred,
dithPearce, May Belle Penn,
Adlaid Armfield.
Third Grade.
Stella Auman, Carrie Brittan,
Kate Bulla, Blanche King, Lucy
ovette. Clarabel Morris, Zelma
Ward, Edward Cranford, John
Hunter, Gender Lowdermild,
Calvin McDonald, Frank Redding
Clarence Smith, Sam Small,
Herbert Sears, Willard Wright.
Fourth Grade.
Margaret Rush, Cteta Rich,
Evelyn' Woodell, Ruth Cox; Alice
Hunsucker, Carrie Burrow,
Arthur Burkhead, Ben Bulla.
Fifth Grade.
Fern Ferree, Urslie Clark,
Eva Lewallen, Hallie Ross, Lu
cile Morris, Faye Ferree, Lillian
Hunsucker, Martha Evelyn
Morris, Rubye Wright, Kate
Newby, Candys Deaver, Alice
Burkhead, Eunice Bulla, Etha
Gfiasgow, Mary Moffitt. John
Wright, Fred Smith, Edgar
Black, Garland Lowdermilk,
Sidney; Wood, Roy Berry, Curry
Loflin, June Frazier, Mac
Ridge. ;
' Sixth Grade.
Nannie Plummer, Lena Wil
liams, Dorothy Henley, Harvey
Rodgers, Nancy Johnson, John
Plummer, Urslie Williams,
Jewel Glasgow, Nancy White,
Mary Wade Bulla, Edna Norman
Lula Foster, Penn Smith, Fleta
Lewallen, Nettie Wewby, Mar
gret Morris, Ethl Presnell,
Reggie Auman, Bertie Kivette.
Seventh Grade.
Jessie Wood, Edith Hunsucker
Clara Presnell, Rilla Spoon,
Jessie Redding, Mable Parish,
Beatrice Lewallen, Ollie Presnell.
Cortez Norman.
Eighth Grade.
Lillian Hendricks, Louella
Lowe, Fannie Fewby, Nellie
Spoon, Ben Allen. Fred Styrts,
Everette Kendall, Will White.
Ninth Grade.
Mildred Burkhead, Janette
Dickens, Eulah Glasgow, Maude
Hall, Myrtle HocKette. Pearl
Kivitte, Blanche Miller, Lillian
Parrish, Gladys Smith, Lula
Turner, Ray Hay worth, Malloy
Johnson,- Byron, Richardson.
Tenth Grade
Robert Fields, Clara Hayes,
Alhe Spoon, Virgie Dickens.
Farm Demon
stration Work.
To the farmers of Randolph
County: Now is- the time to
make preparation for your corn
crop for the summer of 1911.
Those who made the largest
yields of corn per acre in 1910
were those who prepared their
land in early winter, also begin
to prepare to make an exhibit at
a county fair which is wanted at
our county seat by some of the
farmers of the county.
Below is a list of names who
will do demonstration work in
1911 but who were not on the
list in 1910.
J. H. Smith, Brown.
T. F. Brown,
K. D. Cox,
D. W. McCain,
S. S. Cox,
Oscar Brown,
L. R. Beane,
J. F. Cameron,
Wiatt Galimore,
W. M. Parrish,
J. W. Rush,
C. E. Stuart,
E. T. Kearns,
B. W. Pierce,
Kemps Mills.
Cox.
Farmer.
Frank Auman, Rt. 2 Seagrove.
S. W. Presnell, Rt. 1,
P. S. Bean, Rt 1,
L. T. Branson, Rt. 2,
M. A. Cagle, Rt. 1
C. E. Stuart,
J. D. Slack, Rt
J. V. Cranford, Rt. 2,
J. J. Lucas,
I. T. Brown,
Wm. T ,noc - -y m
W. L. Stutts,
John Vuncanon,
J. A. Boon,
A. L. Woodell,
W. F. Redding.
Asheboro.
J. C. Bingham, Rt. 3
A. J. Cooper, Rt. 3.
J. M. Allen,
R. F. Lassiter,
W. J. Moffitt,
B. B. Brooks,
Thomas -Thornburg,
W. P. Thornburg,
T. W. Ingram,
T. E. Luther,
E. H. Wollie,
S. T. Laughlin,
C. W. Laughlin,
Mechanic,
Moffitt.
Rachel,
i
Bombay.
Martha.
J. W. Laughlin, Newhope Acd.
J. C. Bescher, Jackson Creek.
C. H. Hill,
W. T. Carter, Lassiter.
J. M. Henderson, Rileys Store.
J. S. Laughlin, Sol.
W. C. Hix. Hills Store.
Sandy Lassiter,
J. W. Parrish,
t
Rosco Parker, Rt 2 Caraway.
Charlie Callicutt,
E. J. Strider,
C. H. Lucas,
Osborn Slack,
J. O. Cox,
Thomas Slack,
G. W. Teague,
C. E. G. Sugg,
Lewis Sugg,
M. F. Wrenn,
Pisgah.
Erect
J. M. Deaton, Rt. 1. Ramseur.
J. H. Kearns.
PRINTING MILLION CHRISTMAS
SEALS A DAY.
Washington, D. C. Des. . 1st.
Announcement comes from the
headquarters of the American
National Red Cross that Christ
mas Seals are being printed at
the rate of a million a day and
that already over 60,000,030 have
been given out to agents in all
parts of the United States. The
demand for thes holiday seals is
greater this year than ever be
fore. At the same time the Red
Cross issues a warning railing
attention of all uses of Christmas
I
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
THAT DEMOCRATIC "CON
FERENCE." The Democratic leaders have
at last decided to hold their con
ference in Baltimore on January
the 17 butjthey decided at the
same time, time that the meeting
should riotbe known to outsiders
as a "conference"
Chairman Mack and Champ
Clark say the meetng will be for
the purpose of rejoicing over4;he
recent election and to interchange
views as jto the future. It was
also stated that no section of the
country and that no element of
the partyis to be overlooked or
left unrepresented, and that the
meeting will be devoted solely
to the proniwtion of party unity
and harmony.
Of course, it is clear that the
object of;the meeting is to try to
get the party together and see if
they can agree on aline of policy
before the Democratic Congress,
which will meet next fall, is for
ced to show its hand. That the
Democrats are seriously divided,
no observant politician will deny
and when representatives of all
the elements of the party get to
gether at the Baltimore "con-
erence" there will be as much
confusion of tongues as there was
at the building of the tower of
Babel. Caucasian
republican policies.
The Republican party be :
n av protective tariff , ar
recognize s the obviou "
he bulk of the revenj, .
government must b$l-
o time revised the tarii
manner as to provide h
ection and revenue. V
Democratic party belic
egard to the traf f . nobod f
Time and time again ue
have denounced protection
when a tan I f bill is under co
eration, numerous Democ
having a large majority in v
house, must ether let the tarit
alone (which will be an open ad
mission that they were insincere
in their campagin talk on the sub
ject) or they must try to amend the
law )in which case they will sure
ly split up and discredit them
selves.) Meanwhile, the one out
standing fact to be remembered
by the voters is this: That the
biggest reform ever adopted in
connection with the tariff is the
provision for the collection of da
ta which will hereafter enable us
to make a revision along thorou
ghly scientific lines; and this re
form is provided by the Republi
cans in the Payne law, in spite
of the opposition of the Demo
crats. Western N. C. Times.
How foolish it is to worry our
selves and others with what can
not be remedied, or to make our
selves miserable because we can
not always have what we want.
Seals to the ruling nt tne Past
Office Department that thes
stickers must be placed on the
back of litters and packages. To
avoid the possibility of the misuse
of holiday seals, warning cards
are being posted in every booth
where Red Cross Seals are sold,
telling that the stickers are not
good for postage snd must be
used onl a3 seals. Already
several million seals have been
sold tlarg manufacturing con
cerns and others business houses
in all parts of the United States,
and orders are convng in hourly.
The 1 outlook for selling .
1000,OC0,000 seals a id thereby
making good s he slogan oi the
campaign, "A Million '!for
ttiberculd3is", are very b right