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The 'Raedolp BuMetta. A RANDOLPH COUNTY PAPER FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY PEOPLE. VOL. 7. NO. 38. ASHEBORO, N. C . THURSDAY, APRIL . 4, 1912. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Authentic Information About The Randolph and Cumberland In order that voters may have the facts in regard to the Ran dolph and Cumberland Railway Company and the plans it pro poses to carry out if the elections carry in the different townships this statement hps been prepar ed. In the records of the County Commissioners, in Minute Docket Book No. 4, pages 230 to 234 will be found the following woids, being a part of the order passed by the County Commissioners on Monday, march 4th, when the elections to vote on stock sub scriptions were ordered in the different townships. (Minute Docket Book 4, page 233, end of 3rd paragraph). "Bunds are to be placed in the hands of a trustee to be deliver ed on the order of the Board of County Commissioners of said Randolph County and said Randolph and Cumberland Railway Company, when the line of railway is completed and in operation from Cameron, North Carolina, or some other point on the main line of the S2aboird Air Line Railway Company, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by way of Asheboro, North Carolina, operation to mean running trains between said points on published schedule; provided said railway shall be completed with not less than 72 pound rails to the yard and with a maximum" grade of one and one half per cent within three and a half years after the date of the elections herein provided." The bonds are to be issued and I delivered to a Trustee who shall hold them subject to the order of the County Commissioners and according to the order, a part of which is quoted above, they will not order the bonds deliver ed to the railway until the entire road from Cameron, in Moore .ouniv w Yinston-Eaiem, in i Forsyth County is completed and I County to Winston-Salem. trains are running under publish ed schedule. The whole order is too long to be copied complete in this statement, but the Minute Book is open to the inspection of any one and the Clerk of the Board, Mr. Geo. T. Murdock wilt gladly afford an opportunity to read it. A general description of the route in Randolph County is as followos: Entering the County near Hatches Mill in Brower Township, the road will run through that township, practi cally in the middle diagonally, crossing into Grant Township near the place where all four townships corner, Brower, Rich- i i r i : j ,i -i j ianu, uuieriuge aau urant. Thence, diagonally through Grant Township, practically in the middle and in nearly a straight line towards Asheboro. On reaching Asheboro. it will de flect slightly to the Northeast and passing near Central Falls, go either east or west of Temp's Mountain to Worthville and thence to Randlernan and through New Market Township close to the west side of Deep River to a point at or near Freeman's Mill's. On Monday April 1st the County Commissioners oraerea elections in tedar Grove, Conco d and New pH Lions cnrry nun eAienaiuii wm run as follows: from Asheboro Southwesterly crossing L o n g Branch at Uwharrie Road Fcr J, thence by way of Grays Cross Railroad Plans. i Roads, Mechanic to ItyfroPr, and thence by the most feasible route to New Hope Academy. It is expected this line will not vary more than one mile either way from the above described route. If the present plans of the Company are carried out, includ ing the (Sedaf Grove, Concord and New Hope extension, there will be built in Randolph County about 50 miles of new railroad, at a cost of about one million dol tars. This will be assessed at about $600,000. probably, and if so the road will pay in taxes nearly $6,000 a year, not c unting the special road and school taxes thar, will be assessed in the different townships. Consider the ad van-' tage to Randolph County that will ct?m from spending on million dollars in from two to three years. Will $600,000 worth of additional property help the present proper ty holders when the question of good roads is up for considera tion? The following le. ters written by the President of the Randolph I & Cumberland Railway Company, Mr. D. A. McDonald, is called to your attention: Carthage, N. C, March 28, 1912 Mr. Arthur Ross, s Asheboro, N. C. Dear Sir. I am very mueh interested in the elections to be held on the 8th, t o determin whether bonds are going to be voted , for the Randolph & Cum berland Railroad. I believe that I am more interested in this mat ter as a citizen than as a railroad man' becauS9 it has seemed to ma that Rand lph and Moore counties are in great need of additional Railroad facilities. I consented to become president of the Ran dolph & Cumberland Railroad mare to help my section of the State than I did to help the Rail road. I think the proposition that has fl,f'''v'l,u" t-w"u " been maUe in behalf of the Ran dolph & Cumberland, to the citi zens of the various townships, through which the road is pro posed to run, is eminently fair, since they do not ask for bonds until the road is built and in oper ation from the Seabord to Winston-Salem. In other words, no bonds of any township can be used before the townships have a railroad from Cameron to Winston-Salem. I believe too, that this proposi tion will add so much to the val ues of property, that the town ships will not ever feel the bur den of the bond issue. Yours very truly, D. A. McDonald. rrfUo T , on -imo Hon. Henry T. Caviness, Chairman Board Commissio ners of Randolph County, Asheboro, N. C. Dear Sir: -In order that there may be no doubt in the minds of the voters in Grant and Brower Townships about the location of the railroad in those townships if the bonds are voted we make this statement, and agree that if the road is not built substanti ally within one mile on either side oi tne f olio win sr described line the p. . , r,imwai- ,and Railway for. teit the bonds in either township in which the road is not built as described. Beginnin g at Brower Township the line is described as follows: By Hatch,s along the TAFT'S RECORD AGAINST TRUSTS Sherman Law Enforced Without Fear or Favor. EXCELS HIS PREDECESSORS. Both In Civil and Criminal Prosecu tion Taft Administration Breaks AM fteeords-L$aal Aecomplishments of five residents G6 mpafe'd. TAFT'S ANTI-TRUST RECORD. Under the last five administra tions prosecutions under the Sherman anti -trust law have been brought as follows: Crim Civil inal suits, suits. Total. Under Harrison (three years) . . - Under Cleveland (faur vears)..., 4 s 3 2 7 7 Under Mckinley (four and one years) ...... Three bills in equity. Under Roosevelt (seven and one half years) 18 25 44 Under Taft (two years and eleven months).. 22 40 62 One property seizure. The ratio of prosecutions, al lowing for length of time in of fice, of the Taft administration as compared with the records of its four immediate predecessors is approximately as follows: Taft over Harrison. .... . . 9 to 1 Taft over Cleveland...... 12 to 1 Taft over McKinley... 30to1 Taft ever Roosevelt. , , , . . 4 td 1 President Taft's administration has brokeii all records for prosecutions brought and wori under tile Sherman anti trust law. Withotit fear or favor it has brought to the bar df justice cor porations and persons engaging in ille gal combinations in restraint of trade, the ultimate purpose of each combina tion being to create a monopoly and to raise the prices on its products. In two years and eleven months of his administration President Taft has caused to be brought four more civil suits :snd fifteen more criminal prose cutions than Mr. Roosevelt brought iu the seven and one-half years of his ad ministration. Until Mr. Taft became the president the administration of Mr. Roosevelt held flie record iu both particulars. Thus has President Taft. who was Mr. Roosevelt's right ' arm during his last administration, kept his pledge to the American people to uphold and main tain the policies of his predecessor in punishing the criminals and undesira ble element In tho big business of the country. In the Republican national platform of 1908 reference was made to the prosecution of evil trusts and monopo lies as one of the great accomplish ments of the Roosevelt administration, and the platform declared that the Sherman anti-trust law had been a wholesome instrument for good in the hands of a wise and fearless executive. In his speech of acceptance Mr. Taft pledged himself to the enforcement of this law and has kept his promise. Puts End To Bad Habit. Things never look bright to one with "the blues." Ten to one the trouble is a sluggish liver.filling the system with bilious poison that Dr. King's New Life Pills would expel. Try them. Let the joy of better feelings end " the blues." Best for stomach, liver and kidneys. 25c. Asheboro Drug Co. ridge 'between Lick and Rock Creeks, by Jas. W. Hayes' house by H. A. Allbright's home, by the Piney Ridge church, to North west corner of Brower township. In Grant township as follows: By the bouuieast corner of Grant township, by W. H. Allen's lambei plant, by Hobson's ford on Richland Creek, by Bethel school house, by T. F. Pugh's saw mill, thence to Asheb- ro. D. A. McDonald, President Randolph &Curober land Railway Co. Edward, W. Shedd, Chief Engineer. Problems Confronting Taft. Stripped of controversy as to tie exact meaning of certain language of the Sherman anti-trust act. the ques tions that had to be determined by i those in administrative authority and thos who judicially determine their acts were, first, how effective the law tvas to reach the great aggregations tft formerly competitive producers and dealers, individual and corporate, who through intercorporate stockholding mergers, consolidations and otherwise, had acquired so great. a control over a particular line of industry as to en able? them to dominate it and to ex clude" tfr" admit competition as they might choose upon their own terms. Secondly, to determine' whether that construction of the law. Was correct which had been given to it by gome of the judges of the circuit court in New York in the tobacco case and in the Opinions of some of the justices of the Supreme court in other cases to the effect that any combination which in any respect operated to restrain to any degree' pre-existing competition in interstate commerce was necessarily condemned by law. In the three years of the Taft ad ministration all of the sixteen cases left pending by the previous adminis tration have been disposed of except two, which have been argued and sub mitted to the supreme court of the United States and re now awaiting decision. Of the remaining cases the Standard Oil case was argued early during7 the present administration and. after an appeal, decided entirely iu favor of the government. The same was also true of the tobacco cases, vv'ith the" ttltimate result of the disin tegration of that big trust into four teen separate and distinct corpora tions. This, it is believed, will effec tively prevent a continuance of the monopolistic conditions complained of. Taft Anti-trust Record. During the Taft administration up to February. 1912. twenty-two civil suits have beeii brought and forty criminal indictments found under the Sherman law, making in all sixty-two proceed ings. As a result there were -fifteen Indictments, and eleven of these in volved eighty or more defendants. Eight out of twelve defendants were convicted on one indictment after trial by jury and their conviction confirmed b; the court of appeals, and thirteen c ( initial prosecutions are pending. K brief review of the cases brought under the anti-trust law during the ad ministration demonstrates clearly its value to the American people in their protection of that equality of oppoftti nity which is declared by the platform of the Republican party to be the right of every citizen. Reference to a few of the anti trust cases brought by the Taft administra tion gives an excellent idea of the hard ships some of these illegal combina tions entail upon consumers. In the prosecution of a case against a number of individuals who attempted to corner all the free cotton remaining of the crop of 1903 it resulted in a raise in the price of that commodity to the spinners, prevented some from making any purchases and was therefore re straining interstate commerce. In like manner the government took cognizance of the pooling in the wire industry, with the result that nine in dictments were found in Now York against eighty-three persons engaged in that business. It was an illegal re straint of trade, and when the court proceedings had been finished the va rious defendants were fined in amounts averaging $1,000 each, with the excep tion of the supervisor of the pool, who was fined $4".O00. - One of the roost outrageous cases of combination in restraint of trade and a notable violation of the Sherman law was that of the band blown window glass industry. Practically all of the manufacturers (eighty-three in num ber) formed a company which control led the entire output of hand blown glass. As a result the price was ad vanced 100 per cent within less than a year. The indictment of the men re sponsibly, the imposition of fines and the restoration of the business upon its former lines were followed by a sub stantial reduction in the price of hand blown glass. The federal government is prosecut ing suits against the beef trust and the lumber trust with every promise of victory. No Brass Band. Brass bands and megaphones have not been needed to herald the accom plishments of the administration of President Taft. All of the creat achievements for which the president is directly responsible have been ac complished quietly and without th slightest semblance of noise or bluster The voters of the country displayed tneir faith in President Taft and his policies in 1908, and they are prepared ro renominate and re-elect him. There will be Childrn's Day exercises at Spoon's Chapel Sun day. All day meeting and bas ket picnic dinner. Everybody invited. romise and What the Republican Platform of 1908 Pledged. PROMISE. Tariff revision along protective Une3, with a maximum and minimum pro vision. Free interchange Philippines. of products with Development of permanent currency system. Establishment banks. of postal savings To increase power of government to Control trusts and secure greater pub licity of corporation methods. National supervision stocks and bond issues. of railroad Enactment of employers' liability law and other laws further advancing in terests of American workingmen. To define authority of courts with re gard to writ of injunction and uphold integrity of courts. , Extension of rural free delivery. More federal aid in agricultural ex periments. Enforcement of fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth amendments to the con stitution. Conservation of natural resources and improvement of waterways. To maintain and promote American army and navy. Expansion of foreign commerce. Liberal pensions for war Veterans. Protedtion abroad. of .American citizens Obedience to and maintenance of civil service laws. Greater agencies. efficiency in public health Statehood for New Mexico and Ari zona. Extension cf principle of arbitration. Citizenship for Porto Ricar.s. ooO- Taft's Efforts For Peace. Honesty of intention, stability of purpose and a firm faith m the prin ciples of the party of Lincoln. Grant and McKinley are some of the charac teristics of President Taft. I amihar with the horrors of war, as well as the enormous expense that it always entails, independent of the vast ex penditures required to keep a great nation upon a constant war footing, the president has persistently sought to promote a worldwide peace of na tions by international agreement. Any failure of accomplishment in further ing this worthy cause cannot be charg ed to the president. The Danger After Grip lies often in a run-down system, Weakness, nervousness, lack of i appetite, energy and ambition, with disordered liver and kidneys m 1 . A often follow an attack ot this wretched disease.The greatest need then is Electric Bitters, the glorious tonic, blood purifier and regulator of stomach, liver and kidneys. Thousands have proved that they wonderfully strength n the nerves, build up the system and restore to health and good spirits after an attack of Grip. If suffering try them. Only 50 cents Sold and perfect satisfaction guaranteed by Asheboro Drug Co. SOPHIA ROLLER MILL. Messers. T. A. Brodkfhire , T. O. Spencer and John Hrook shir are erecting a roller mill of 20 barrel capacity at Sophia. The building will be a two and a half story frame structure, and the mill will have a corn mm in connection. It will probably be reaby for operation about May I lOtlu-Randleman News. i D 1 Performance i And What President Taft and His Party Have Performed. j O OQ-"""..-........----.t,ii PERFORMANCE. Payne bill, reduction downward, tariff board, maximum and minimum, veto o1 bills which violated principle of protec tion. Embodied in Payne tariff act. Report of currency commission sub mitted and pending. Postal banks in iready deposited. operation. Millions Fsisrr! incorporation act recom Ji ended, anti -trust lav strictly enforced, corporation excise tax, providing for publicity imposed by Payne tariff act. Stocks and bonds commission created, exhaustive report on subject submitted Employers' act submitted, law limit i.'.n hours of employment enforced, compulsory compensation act pending, b'ire.u of mines established. Mearure based on president's recom rr.smdaiion pending, Arizona recall pro vision vetcsd. Rural free delivery extended. Operations of agricultural mcnt vastly enlarged. depart- Strictly enforced. Sixteenth adopted by congress, submitting income ta? amendment to the states. Bond insue for irrigation projects, "pork barrel' method of river and har bor appropriations abolished, compre hensive conservation policy adopted. Army reorganized, maneuvers that cave it mobility, two battleship pro gram submitted. China opened to American finance, increased commerce with all the world. Pension roll liberally maintained. Russian treaty abrogated because of discrimination against Amtriemn " citi zens. Laws obeyed to the letter and en forced, extensions put in effect and others recommended. Bureau of health recommended, purs food laws enforced.' , New Mexico and Arizona admitted. Arbitration treaties with Groat Brit ain and Franc negotiated, ratified with amendments. Measure pending. Deserves Another Term. Representative .7.. Hampton Moore, who is well known in many different sections of the country on account of his active interest in waterway im provements, in discussing the adminis tration of President Taft has this ti say: Tresident Taft ought to he renom inated and elected hecause he stands for stability. He should be nominated because it has been generally conceded by Republicans since the first day. he entered the office that the same treat ment would be accorded him with re spect to a second term that is usually accorded to Republican presidents who have done well. There is no good party excuse for not nominating him. He should be elected because, while not a political president in the sense that he has played politics to the satis faction of ail elements of his party, he has iu fact been a broad gauge presi dent, conservative in all matters af fecting the dignity of the office and the obligations assumed by him to sustain . and uphold the constitution and the laws of this country." DELEGATES EO.R TAFT. On Saturday, March 23, 1912, the number of delegates elected to the Republican national con vention pledged to President Taft were as follows: Alabama 2 District of Columbia 2 Florida 12 Georgia 22 Indiana Iowa - 8 Michigan Missouri 6 New Mexico 7 Oklahoma Philippines 2 South Carolina 14 Tennessee 14 Virginia 24 Total 143 Necessary for choice 539 Prof G. F. Garner of Why Not was in the city Saturday.
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