Bulletin.
A RANDOLPH COUNTY PAPER POR RANDOLPH COUNTY PEOPLE.
VOL. 6. NO. 32.
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History Cot In
A Wonderful Autograph Album in a Remote Corner of New Mexico
that Our County Should Preserve.
(Written for the Bulletin By M. J. Brown, Editor Little Valley, N. Y., Hub.)
If a fellow only had time and
money enough what a lot of
wonders and strange tales he
could dig up in this unknown
part of American the wonder
land of the southwest.
But hen he has to count his
money every night before he
puts his pants under his pillow,
and re-count it every morning, to
see if dreams came true well,
then history has to shorten up a
bit.
It costs six dollars a day and
expenses to dig for forgotton
history in the southwest. The
expenses are a dollar and a half
for a team, the same for a driver
and a little more for the digger.
Eleven dollars, at the least, and
when you turn the driver back
and relay to some interesting,
unknown spot, it costs at least
$20 per day. And what man
outside of the Smithsonian, and
doing business on his ovn ac
count, can lay over for a week or
two at places of interest and
history?
I have an idea that every fel
low who ever came down here to
review history was about as
short as I am, and that he
measured long ago events by how
long his treasury cloth would
pay livery rigs. (I'll except one
newspaper man from this cla5:s
the late Frank Cushing the
newspaper writer who was
adopted by the Zunis.)
From Zuni back to Gallup there
was nothing but sand hills, an
occasional pine tree (called the
forest reserve on our maps) a
lone trading store, and a few
scattered Navajo Indians. I had j
been over this lonesome waste j
once, and I didn't fancy a return j
trip. From the trader at Zuni I j
learned that one could turn the
driver back from Black Rock,
relay at a ranch, and see records
of our history of 370 years ago
that but few white men have
ever seen.
So I sent the driver back and
started for those . sentinel rocks
of our early history the rocks
where early explorers wrote
their history an autograph al
bum that should.be preserved bp
our country a record written on
eternal stone.
Twenty miles east from Zuni j
these history rocks stand in the
sunshine today ancient as the
sun. Wind, sand and ercsian
have tried to crease the records
of these men who first made a
path from Mexico to the Rio
Grande, and who wrote then
efforts on these rocks. But the
climate of the southwest has
dealt more kindly with tnem
than has our country and they
yet stand to be seen and read
by any man who can stand the
hardships and six dollars a day,
expenses included. ,
From the pueblo of Zuni to the
Rio Grande runs an ancient trail,
obliterated by years, and now a
thoroughfare. Back in 1540 it
was the only trail thru New Mex
ico to Santa Fe and the" Rio
Grande, and it would seem that
almost every Spaniard left his
card there often a last message
to history.
El Morro is the great historic
rock that rises from the prairie
two hundred feet high and
thousands of feet long a wedged
shaped mass of solid stone that
will long remain a monument to
our first civilization, and on whose
face is the brief record of many a
pioneer, whose daring exploits
Eternal Stone.
opened New Mexico to the world.
El Morro was the one common
camping place for the venture
some Spaniards and each man
registered at Nature's great
hotel, little thinking the register
would some day become a part of
our country's history.
The inscriptions read little to
me. They were all in Spanish
(the old ones) and in abbreviated
Spanish, that has taken years to
translate.
But I had read of this famous
Inscription Rock, and while I
could make neither A nor Z from
the lettering, I knew it was the
inscriptions of men who never
hoped to come back from the un
known, trackless, waterless,
foodless, country ahead, filled
with savages, wild beasts and
countless dangers. And I looked
with awe at these old registers,
at the writing of men who wrote
their own epitaphs.
Later I found a book at Santa
Fe which translated those rock
writings, and they mean much
more than I thought. One of the
oldest, and one wrell preserved, is
that of Onate, which translated
reads:
"Passed by here the officer,
Don Juan de Onate to the dis
covery of the sea of the south,
on the 6th of April, 1605. "
Another ohe is dated 1526, but
it is claimed this was an error in
registering, as no white man had
ever set foot in New Mexico at
this dat. reads:
"By here passed the Ensign Don
Joseph de Payba Basconzelos, the
year that he brought the town-
council ot" the kingdom (N. M.) j
it nis own expense on the 18th !
day of February of 1526 years.
And here is one that
has
romance and tragedy:
j "They passed on the 23d of
j March, 1632 years to the aveng-
ling of the death of the Father-
i r
ljetroao.
Jb at her Letrodo was the fir
St
missionary to Zuni, sent to that
lone parisji and to his death. He
worked hard with the sun woship
ping savages, but they did not
want his religion. He was
brutally murdered, and terribly
mutilated literally hacked to
pieces. And the expedition of
Letroda was to avenge his death.
I had three nours at this
wonderful stone registeronly
three hours, or sleep out and
count my money again. On top
of this sreat rock they say are
the ruins of a people who lived
there many years before our
history began ruins of which
there is not the remotest history I
or tradition. But the driver said
"we must beat it," to reach the
railroad at Grant's that day, so
there was nothing to it but
regrets, while the driver pound
ed the ponies on the back for
fifty miles.
The time will come, when
vandals have half destroyed the
many wonders of the southwest,
that our country will take notice
and throw protection around
what is left.
I wish I could take a half dozen
of our leading congressmen down
into this country and show them
around a bit. I wish I could
make them feel what I feel, and
see what I see make them
actually know something of the
valuable history that will scon be
lest to us' unless protected.
I'll bet they would favor'' cutting
out a battleship once in a while,
and establishing a custodianship
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1911.
over some of the greatest won
ders on earth our country s
earliest history.
When you look up at the inscrip
tions on the faces of these
ancient cliffs, and see where
"J. II. Johnson" or C. L.
Howard" has scratched his name
over that of a man who gave his
life to discover this country;
when you see "John Jones of
Kansas City" crowd out an Onate
and stick his name up beside a
Coranodo well, it makes one's
blood boil. Why I can see a
picture of a commericial meat
packer of 1911 hanging a penny
weiner to the first discoverer of
New Mexico.
I got in with a bunch of mov
ing picture makers south of
Santa Fe, and became well
aquainted with the two managers
meeting them at four different
places. There were six in troupe
four cowboys, who traveled with
them all the time and the two
managers, both New York fel
lows. The managers told me that the
east was simply crazy for the
Indian, Mexican and cowboy
stuff and that they name their
own price for the real western
pictures. He said the public
was now educated so that they
could tell the difference bet ween
a Tammany Hall brave and a
Moqui Indian, and that" a Coney
Island cowboy wouldn't pass any
more, even in a country town.
But the picture men are, up
against it hard down in the south
west. The Indians simply won't back
the play. They can't understand
it and they hate a camera. They
don't care so much about having
a camera snapped on them, but
they won't act, and of the many
morion pictures you see mighty
few of the red men in action, few,
very few are Indians.
The Mexicans take to the game,
but they can't act. Give them a
few pieces of change and they
will obey all orders, but they are
woodeny and unnatural and act
much like the bridegoom having
his picture taken.
The cowboys go into the busi
ness for the fun they get out of
it if they play at all. The
manager said the best picture he
got was by takingthe punchers
into a saloon and getting them
into just the right spirits, when
they would cut loose and furnish
the most real cow pictures that
could be had.
At Lama Junction is a cowboy,
whose photo is on hundreds of
post cards in the southwest. He
is said to be the most picturesque
personage in New Mexico and he
is one of the few fellows left who
backs his plays. Picture men
pay him big money, when they
pay him anything.
Lloyd, the manager, told me
he found this puncher and made
a bargainwith him for three days.
They put on a west doings, where
the cowboy was to hold the stage.
A Mexican girl betrayed him and
the sheriff got him before he got
the stage.
He said the play was getting
nicely started, when he found the
cowboy had a quart of whiskey
and his jag was getting the start
of the play. Every time he took
a drink things look different.
In the final, when the girl con
fronted him and when the
sheriff protected her by keeping
a .42 automatic at the head of the
highwayman, he winked and
leered at the girl, put his fingers
on his nose to the sheriff and then
walked off. He broke up a splen
did finish, ana some night, when
you see this reel, and the machine
quits just where the stage coach
gentleman is going to get his
you'll know that it isn't the
uniy Woman United
n .
States Marshal.
Miss Myrick of Greensboro Holds
that Distinguished Honor.
Greensboro claims the only
woman deputy United States
marshal in the United State.
There is probably no other case
of this kind on record in the
history of our country. The
worthy possessor of this unique
distinction is a very modest,
retiring young lady, Miss Nessie
Myrick; who has been a duly
commissioned deputy United
States marshal for the last five
years. She has gone about her
work so quietly and unostentat
iously that many of her closest
neighbors are not aware of the
importance and responsibility of
the position she holds.
Miss Myrick is a young woman
of most attractive and prepossess
ing appearence, quiet, unassum
ing and calmly alest. While her
duties are chiefly those of a
clercial character, yet she is com
missioned and has the authority
to make arrests, and has actually
done so in a number of cases.
Her duties pertain to those of the
Federal court, over which Judge
James E. Boyd presides. Her
position is not only an honorable
and rtsposible one, but withal it
is a lucrative one; and it is not
to be doubted that many a hungry
politican looks on the position she
holds with an anxious, jealous
eye: Miss Myrick possesses very
ulusual powers' of physical en
durance, is fond of outdoor
exercise, and that she is capable
of engaging in it is shown by a
recent 20-mile walk which she
took through the country, a feat
to be envied by those who are
not blessed with equal health and
strenth.
Miss Myrick is the daughter of
eminently sensible people. Her
father was Joseph A. Myrick,
who was born, reared, lived and
died in Randolph county. He
was one of the best and most
lovable of men. He was by trade
a machinist, and possessed talents
of such an unusual order that he
was offered a position by a
prominent northern house as con
sulting machinist for their fac
tory. Mr. Myrik died 17 years
ago, leaving Miss Nessie, then
a little tot, to the care of her
mother, Mrs. Annie Myrick, who
now resides in Greensboro and
conducts a boarding house of
South Green street. Mrs. Myrick
is the daughter of the late John
son E. Bain, a prominent citizen
and Mason of Randolph county,
who spent his later years in this
city and died three or four years
ago. The subject of this sketch,
Miss Nessie Myrick, is also a
niece of Lee Bain and brothers, of
this city; also of the late Mrs.
Millikan, whose husban, J. M.
Millikan, was for 12 years the
United States marshal for the
western districk of North Caro
lina, and now holds the ' position
of clerk of the United States
Court. Daily News.
Nearly thirty thousand million
dollars have been the cost to Eu
rope of the armed truce of the
last twenty-five years, and to this
country the cost has been
proportionate. What a parady
upon our vaunted Christian
civilization. -
machine, but New Mexico booze
that broke up the show.
Next week I'll tell you some
thing about the southwest Indian
-something; q fas realjife and
habits.
Prominent North Carolinian To
Speak in Atlanta
Washington, D. C. Feb 15
J. Elwood Cox, President of the
Commercial National Bank of
High Point, will speak for the
State of North Carolina, before
the Southern Commercial Con
gress in Atlanta, March 8th, 9th,
and 10th. Mr. Cox was ap
pointed a member of the State
Committee for this occasion by
Governor Kitchin. He has had
honorable 'connection with busi
ness affairs in North Carolina
since 1883. His speech before
the Southern Commercial Con
gress will be to the topic "Tne
Solid South of Business". Equal
ly distinguished men from each
of the other Southern States
will speak to the same topic, thus
bringing " together the latest
authoritative word regarding
the business status of each state
in the South. Each of these
speeches will later be used for
national distribution.
Mr. Cox,, was born in North
ampton County. He received
his education in Guilford College,
the Business College of Balti
more and at Earlham, and the
Friends College of Indiana. He
taught for a short time and in
1883 he associated himself with
Captain W.' H. Snow at High
Point in the manufacture of
spokes; handles, shuttle blocks
and bobbin heads. Some years
ago Mr Cox sold out his spoke
and handle business, and has
confined his factory to bobbin
heads and shuttle blocks. Al
though he has laid the basis of
his" large fortune in this business,
Mr. Cox has been interested
financially in many of the suc
cessful enterprises of his native
City and State. He is a direc
tor in the Greensboro' Loan &
Trust Company, director in the
Virginia Trust Company of Rich
mond, Director in the First Na
tional Bank of Thomasville, the
Jefferson Life Insurance Com
pany and is Trustee of the Guil
ford College endowment fund,
the latter position carrying with
it much responsibility.
In 1891, Mr. Cox with Dr. W.
G. Bradshaw, organized- the
Commercial National Bank, now
the largest bank in the county.
At the beginning, the capital
stock of the bank was only $50,
000, but it has continually grown
in strength and usefulness.' Mr.
Cox has been President, of the
Bank si .ice it was chartered and
has been ably assisted by Dr. W.
G. Bradshaw, either as Cashier
or Vice President. He is Presi
dent of the Globe-Home Furni
ture Company and owns stock
in other factories
He is a man of great public
spirit, and his acquaintance ex
tends widely outside of his na
tive state, having among his
custome
HONOR ROLL NEW
HOPE ACAD-
EMY THIRD MONTH
First Grade Annie
Shaw,
Clell Loflin, Hiram Chandler.
Second Grade Lloyd Sheet? ,
Earl Shaw, Laurin Cranford,
Herman Russell.
Third Grade -Kathleen Chand-
ler VelnaHill, Nellie Baldwin,
Gladis Loflin, Paul Seabolt,
Lewis Varner, Johnie Loflin,
Maston Baldwin, Lindsay Strick
land, Hallie Shaw, Noah Morris.
Fourth Grade Eulah Loflin,
Frank Morris. i
Sixth Grade Bessie Seabolt,:
Mada Loflin, Bertie Chandler, !
Lala Russell, Robert Russell,
Dyle Cranford, Roy Shaw.
Seventh Grade-Jessie Seabolt,
Bettie Lyndon, Crate Loflin,
Reid Loflin. .
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
ASHEBORO GRADED
HONOR ROLL.
SCHOOL
The following students have
neither been absent nor tardy
during the past month. They
have also made a recitation grade
of 95 or more per cent. Quite
a number fell short of this month
by a small margin. There
names are not included. So far
95 students have neither been
absent nor tardy during the
year. A certificate of excellence
will be given these students who
are not tardy nor absent during
the entire year.
FIRST GRADE SECTION A.
Fred Pamch, Fred Cranford,
Bertha Hunsucker, Martha Penn
Julia Ross, Margaret Sikes,
Elsey Calicutt, Everette Nance,
Bessie Led well, Evelyna Pres
nell, Elizabeth Skeen.
SECTION B.
Harold Moore, Lenard Ward,
Dock Kivett, Alleen Norman,
Annie Cox, Elizabeth Grossman,
Maud Miller, Virgel Redding,
Albert Bean, Richard Lassiter,
Mary Small, Edward Gattis,
Mary Loflin.
SECOND GRADE
Eddie Beck, Alexander Burns,
Neely Hunter, Charles McCrary,
Fonnie Phillips, Ben Humble,
Buren McPherson, Jim Clark,
Baird Moffitt, Walter Betts,
Mary Carter Auman, Josephene
Smith, Frances Hall, Iris Turner,
Wilmer Russell, Kate Spoon,
Mary Ellen Cox, Bessie Kenne
dy, Eugenia Plummer, Ethel
Aldred, Hazel Miller, Edith
Pearee," Adelaide - Armfield, Ruth
Skeen.' :"
THIRD GRADE.
Flossie Phillips, Clarabel Mor
ris, Lillian Smith, Lottie Newby,
Kate Bulla, Stella Auman, Net
tie Ward, Frances Pearce, Nellie
Fox, Lucy Lovette, Blanche
King, Zelma Miller, Bertie Way.
Lennie Beane, Ruth Cox, Lola
Beck, Carrie Brittian Roy Foster
John Hunter, Clarence Smith,
Sam Small.
FOURTH GRA.DE.
Ben Bulla, Alice Hunsucker,
Donalee Loflin, Margaret Rush,
Cleta Rich, Elsie Presnell, Ar
thur Burkhead.
FIFTH GRADE.
Vallie Jones, Mary Moffitt,
Eunice Bulla, Alice Burkhead,
Candys Deaver, Kate Newby,
Rubye Wright, Martha Evelyn
Morris, Lillian Hunsucker, Grace
Presnell, Faye Ferree, Lucile
Morris. Hallie Ross, Eva Lew
a'len. Urslie Clark, James Burns,
John Lackey, Edgar Black, Colin
Spoon, Garland Lowdermilk,
Sidney Wood, Roy Berry, Banks
Richardson, Curry Loflin.
SIXTH GRADE.
Clarence Lovette, John Miller,
John Plummer, Colon Richard
son, Pearl Miller, Mary Wade
Bulla, Bertie Kivette, Fleta
Lewallen; Margaret Morris, Nan
nie Plummer, Ethel Presnell,
Nancy White, Nancy Johnson,
Jewel Glasgow, Edna Norman.
SEVENTH GRADE.
John T. Moffitt, Earl Bulla,
Cortez Norman, AViley Rush,
! Earl Kendall, Kate Walker,
J 'Beatrice Lewallen, Mable Parish,
ljpssie Wood, Edith Hunsucker,
Virile Caviness, Killa bpoon,
Jessie Redding, Lula Pritchard.
EIGHTH GRADE.
Lillian Hendricks, Louella
'. Lowe, Fannie Newby, Everette
Kendall. '
' r
ninth chad.
Mildred Burkhead, Harrietts
; Hammer, Myrtle Hockette, Eu-
: uenia McCain, Blanihe Miller,
s Ulnah Rush, Mary Spencer, Ray .
jllayworth, Byron Richardson.