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.r ; ,1 V- t- ' ' -r- r v i... .. - -r .. .- a , ..."wi . i - . - , J - - . - i - ' . ' - r h. , . . . . . It . .. - 1 AND RANDLEMAN NEWS. VOL. 9. ASHBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1914 NO. 33. ttat ton thinks he's H FREE AND IS HAPPY Notified His Term Had Expired gays Great Burden Has Fal len From His Shoulders., v;in4on-Salem, Feb. 23. The ofl57o of the tatJSy Ik- Western Disti. C-North -olira in thisr--sx was left in e hands of Chier oierk J. E. Mton this morning.-A. E. Hol- fonbfinjr notified late yesterday Evening- that his term of office had expired at the close of busi es vesterday. Mr. Holton re ceived a telegram from Attor nCv General McReynolds late veterdav evening to that effect. Mr Helton was down town early hji morning, smilingly declar ing that a "heavy burden had liifed from my shoulders." He v.ili take up a general prac tice of his profession in this city imt ; i-' the details of his plans , i 1 Ml . he ?"ati, tnat ne wm wan unni "after the funeral" to make his announcement. Lite today Mr. Buxton had not received any communication from Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, who was recently appointed assistant district attorney, and as the of fice here is vacant Mr. Buxton has written Mr. Hoey, calling at tention to the fact, and also call ing1 attention to several impor tant cases soon to be heard. Mr. H"iton was appointed dis trict attorney in 1897 by Presi dent .k-Kinley at the beginning of his first term. He has served continuously ever since. There seems to a strong pos sibility that Mr. Holton may be the r.ext state chairman of the Republican executive committee. EXAMINATION . For Fourth Class Postmasters Held . Here Friday. An examination for post mast ers of the, fourth class was con ducted in-the court House, not withstanding the veryj inclement weather, for the elements were a veritable storm. f - Thirty-four applicants, six of whom were ladies,' appeared in the -court house Friday, Feb. 3, to take the competitive exami nation for, fourth class post TIMBER RESOURCES OF RANDOLPH COUNTY MARTHA REDDING IS DEAD Passed Quietly Away Tuesday Night. Bulletin Sent Out by State Geo logical , and Economical -The following press bulletin! The people of Asheboro and sent out by the North Carolina prrunding country will be great- Geological and Economic Survey g. g?S ieai? last week and is entitled "Tim- Martha Redding is dead. She ber Resources, of Randolph .eChiMren, s Home at county" Iigh Point Tuesday night of pneu- Randolph is situated in the .0I?a after a, week's imiess. One central part of North Carolina. f th? "10S nest wom Tt is nno nf tha lai-o-oof nm-nK en of Randolph county is gone. in the State, having an area of Noble of character refined in master; The examination was 508.900 acres. Tt Has. ona manner ana gernie ana Kina. Greensboro, assisted I by Post master Auman. Applicants were here from Liberty, Sophia, Ram- seur, Colerjdge, Searoye, Frank- lmville, Farmer, Milllwro Stftlpv. s ,j . , , o -j w..., "V , , , 1 11 1 Applicants were also? here from ; practically every other section is nearcs win acne wnen uiey learn j ti o k tv i i i Tiii V?a tho rrontlo hiit. firm nanria the dividing line between the Evei1 these empty words Piedmont and Coastal Plain re- wnen -gooa aeeas orims ue gions, although entirely within Parted sister are known. She the Piedmont region. The north- Perhaps taught more of the eastern nart of thp- roimv. nsf. young men and women of this and :of Deep River and north of Ram- section than any one person now RfMiT. ia trpnt v rn iTur. -nrViila iivmir, aim yu, uuw tiinuxcu e Candor, Jackson Springs, Pin nacle and Ellerbe. And who will doubt the Ame rican's love for office. The aged, the young and the middle aged, were viemg with each other in competition for the fourth class post offices. Well, thre s a fas cination about it anyway and Randolph is ho exception. Beaufort County Man Digs Up Small Fortune. Jarvis Kinon, digging a post United States Civil Service Ex amination for Rural Carrier. At Asheboro, N. C. for Ran dolpli County, Saturday, March 14. 1914. The United States Civil Ser vice Commission announces an open competitive examination on the date and at the places natr.ed above, as a result of which it is expected to make cer th rough and hilly, making this one that fte gentle, but firm hands of thp Trost rno-trp nmmtiVa i are still, the voice that to them the state east of themountains. was next to mother, is gone-And West of Asheboro there are sev- Just to sllP away from the little eral high hills known locally as ones at the Children s Home the mountains. Shepherd Moun- work she loved so well that s tain, Long Arm. Mountain, and glory enough. Miss Redding Caraway Mountain are in this was the daughter of the late region; wkile southeast of Ashe- Thomas and Eliza Redding, and boro we find Pilot Mountain and sister of ex-Shenff W. F. Red Purgatory Mountains. ding and Mrs. B. F. Bulla of One distinct watershed tra- this city. ... verses the county in a generally I She was a faithlul Christian north and south direction. Tne and devoted to her work and Uharie River drains the western will be greatly missed. HAMMER WINS FIGHT FOR ATTORNEYSHIP Name Sent to the Senate Last Friday by President Wilson. nvic vyix c luim lu V"- "wi"V i " " . . '1 : . rm.. - . 1 1.1 i- Q?r,- i Pnotifort mimte Dortion. Howmff eventuallv into me remains were moum w countered a box buried at a depth the Yadkin River, while Deep Asheboro Wednesday afternoon f nn,mn trm TOv,;.ViSio aoiA M.iver. a triDUtarv 01 tne uane auu uie luneiiii was nem at Ul VUOl XU TT , M W v - , As was expected the President sent to the senate Friday the nomination of William C. Ham mer, of Asheboro, to be district attorney for western North Car olina. The nomination was made against the advice of At torney General McReynolds, a member of the President's official family. j Mr. Hammer's nomination will be confirmed this week unless some one causes further delay by filing charges before the sen ate judiciary committee. Sena tor Overman is acting chairman of this committee. He said that if anyone had charges to prefer against Hammer they would be given an opportunity to be heard from. Another piece of "pie" was cut Friday when the President appointed former Governor Rob ert B. Glenn to the international boundary commission. The job pays $7,500 a year. It is the job which the. Democrats dubbed the "lame duck's roost," when the Republicans were in power, but is now termed by Secretary Klutts, of Salisbury, as one of the busiest commission in the federal service. HAYDEN CLEMENT OUT FOR SOLICITORSHD? Is Widley Endorsed f Or the Posi tion Soon to Be Vacated by Hammer. Armed with the endorsement of 18 "out of 20 Superior Court Judges in North Carolina, as well as that of hundreds of lead ing politicians and attorneys in the Fifteenth judicial district, Hayden Clement, a prominent at torney has. announced his candi dacy for appointment as - solici tor of the district .to succeed Wil ham C. Hammer. Mr. Clement is a son of L. H. Clement, a former president of the North Carolina Bar Associa tion, is himself vice-preisdent, a leading member of the Salis- THE PANAMA CANAL IS . ALMOST FOOL PROOF Safe Passage Through Water way Provided by Construc tion Aid to 'Navigation. When the Panama canal is completed and the first. ship is piloted through from Cristobal to Balboa or the other way, it will be as near "fool-proof" as it is possible to make it. In every possible way has the safe navi gation of the great waterway been provided for by the con struction of almost countless aids to navigation. The first thing the pilot of an incoming vessel sees ahead of him as he reaches the entrance of the canal is a huge light -tow er which in conjunction with an bury bar and has a wide prac- other points the way toward the tice. Under the administration ) first set of locks at either end. of Governor Glenn he was As-SOn either side of him as he pro- sistant Attorney General, and ceeds he finds innumerable light- owing to the illness of that" offi-1 ed and unlighted buoys and bea- cer, did most of the work for the erm. He is chairman of the Eighth Congressional District. His friends contend that the appointment of Mr. Clement by the Governor as solicitor for the district will give satisfaction in the counties of Montgomery, Rowan, Cabarrus, Iredell, Davis and Randolph which comprise the district. have contained a small fortune. One report says that Kinon's newly-acquired wealth is about $3,000. Two years agp a box of coins, silver, nickels and pennies was dug up in the sarAe locality. Some of, the coins were of issue as recent as 1906. Np claimant for tne money has apj)eared and something of a mystery has been occasioned in - tHe vicinity of the finds. I MT. tJILEAD NEWS. .i- .? iv r isiiuea itiuiiK it new hjuc e liumlj'jii oi rjr'jjcm;5! "i it . in j j t iut, : . kj., anu ouier vacan cies as they may occur on rural route? at postoffices in the above named county, unless it is found to lie in the interest of the ser vice to fill any vacancy by rein statement, transfer, or promo tion. The compensation of a ru ral carrier is based upon the length- of the route. Salaries range from $484 to $1,100 per year. ' Ape. 18 to 55 on the date of uie examination. ne maxi mum age is waived in cases of persons honorablv discharged trorr. the United States military or naval service An applicant must have his actual domicile in the territory upp;ied by a post office in the county for which the examina tion is announced. The examination is open to all rrale citizens of the United States who can comply with the reouh-ements. , AToheation Form 1341, and tull information concerning the requirements of the examina tion, can be secured from tiie secretary of the local-examini . g ijoar ! or the postmaster at any fjf ti e examination points nam- ed a ove. or from the United tate Civil Service Commis sion. Washington, D. C. -..plications snouia be prop erly executed and filed with the v-on! mission at Washington. As xarr..ruton papers are shipped from the Commission o the Laces of examination, it is aecer arv that. TYn!irt.imis bp m amnle time to ar lor the examination de ' av tne place indicated ly applicant. The Commission therefore arrange to ex- ' any applicant whose ap: ! is received in time to tne shipment of the ne y papers. eligible recistpr fnr thp psji :on of rural letter carrier Jor rach county will.be main tainc --j. A person must be ex ammcrl in the county in which jne post office that' supplies his Slides Along Track (Jlive N. S. Trouble. The Norfolk Southern is en countering no little trouble with between Roft. River A nicrht or two ago the section crew was called to a jx.int near the nver and while thjere anoth er slide occurred neari the town, which came near causing serious trouble. Returning in the dark, the car carrying the ciew struck the fallen mass of earth and stone, throwing the occupants to the ground and painfully bruis ing some of them. j Another slide Saturday delay ed the eastbound train about an hour. The slow schedule un der which the trains are operat ed, however, removes practically all danger to passengers. A mutual building! and loan association has been s organized and a charter applied; for. The promoters are some of the lead ing business men off the town. The title of the corporation is the People's Mutual Building & Loan Association. This makes two building and loai associa- ions for Mt. Gilead, the Mutual Realty Company having already commenced to operate. Fear, flows from the north cen- Charlotte church, the dear old tral to the southeastern corner spot where her girlhood , days of the county. Water power is were spent amidst the great developed quite extensively both oaks, "The Groves which were in the two large streams and in God's first temples," and all that 'several of their tributaries, was mortal was laid to rest in Numerous grist mills are scat- the churchyard. tered through the county, and 'Many daughters have wrought several cotton mills are found well, but thou excellest them all." along Deep River, using the pow er developed by the streams. A UNIQUE INDUSTRY. Very few grist mills have saw mill attachments. The common soil is a silty loam, known techinically as the ueorgevnie sire loam, navmg a It would De difficult to find a ciay suDson, ana occurring w-more unique industry anywhere country. In the northwestern ;cast p that tbe'stehU silk part, we find also a belt of clay;miUs gtarted &g0 at loam soils belonging to the Ce- p rW tmiMfntra nl series. The soil on all of the v,, Q mfi Aa 9 hills and ridges is a rough, stony h-, twn stft-PJ, flT1H haspmBnt loam, while patches of this soil 50x300 and n9xi25, respective occur frequently m the south- lv nf snwWll at?I1-nTl. , ..... fire proof and steel sash. Raw IctClU Lies ire,;iT, -r Tnnon nn PViino nc-rn oiin. J. l. win ua(jau auu vxxaiia, ccpt- The Stahli Silk Mills at High Point Doing Good Business - 1,000,000 Feet Lumber Shipped From Norman Last Month. During the month of January the Snow Lumber company ship ped from Norman, Richmond count, 1,000,000 feet of lum ber. The Snow people, whose head offices are in High Point, have recently sold their inter ests at Mt. Gilead and are now rushing the shipments from their other mills at Norman. Railroad, Aberdeen central area. Transportation fair. The Southern connecting with the and Asheboro Norfolk Southern Railroad, ex tends directly through the coun ty almost from north to south. The Southern Railroad from Greensboro to Sanford cuts the recei ran ;'.-sired- me will ami-Kca-perir: r-ess;; A v cially the former, is spun by 30,- ,000 spindles and woven by 150 branch ot the v, v, necessitates a payroll of about $6,000 every two weeks, paid to 350 hands, of whom 75 per cent are women. From 3,000 to 4,000 pounds of northeastern part of the county ' , t LWlJ 'uvv Wi l;LTLr,n rtia ,,-imo5 chipped soap are ordered regu- extends to Ramseur from Cli- Tiv, max A branch line from which puts in proper shape not ,iiia ?w L noS? only the clothes of the mill Thomas ville to Denton in David- , , , o11 , . c. r iD n fr. v,Qihands, but all those who are m PanHnini, .nhr Una thhv ,any way connected with the mill The Sprunts to Go Into Farming The Express is informed that Alexander Sprunt & Son, big cot ton exporters, of Wilmington, have men preparing to open a big farm on a tract of land which they have for some time owned between Olivia and Pine view. This 'tract contains some 4,000 acres and adjoins the big tobacco farm of Mr. J. A.Harpes They have bought a saw mill from the Moffitt Iron Works Company and will cut the tim ber off the land to build farm houses. They have a force of hands clearing the land that will be put in cultivation. We under stand they will have the farm run on the diversified plan, that is raise a variety of crops. As Alexander Sprunt & Son believe in doing things on a large scale we may exepect to see great developments on their Hartnett County farm in the next few years. Sanford Express. From Two to Three Millions May Be Spent in Spencer. The announcement from the headquarters of the Southern Railway Company in Washing ton that $10,000,000 has been ap propriated for improvements at terminals and $5,000,000 for in creasing rolling stock has arous ed much interest in Spencer. The largest shops on the South ern system are located there, the Spencer terminals are among the most important on the road and it is expected a large per cent of the money will be invest ed in Spencer. The first build ings to be erected will be a new rounanouse ana a. new power plant. It is expected from $2, 000,000 to $3,000,000 will be spent. to all the laundry of any family be ing done if that family has only one member at work in the mill. affording railroad facilities the western section. wagon roads is. far from good us lsJbat the laundry work The road tax, 8 1-3 cents on $100 for Jver 500 PeoPle 18 done each valuation, is inadequate for the iwef . , , - 0 v. nt00n a-nr ,matrr.tinn ! Air-pumped water from a 780 f a iaa,1Q -fVvr v,0lfoot well is used for drinking t-o nao w Wn pnn. 'purposes, and everything possi- .mmencea to operas. 'sXred but T never submitted to ble done to Preserve the health The section south of Mount sideiea, out never suDmittea to pniT1iOVopR. rw nf fhp r.iA iac hA Sn7r.o Tiow iflTiri jtnev oters on account oi tne rr.rr rzr ..rr-Ix,rr deals within the last few weeks. The large farm of the Jate James T. LeGrand, lying along the east bank of the Pee Dee iRiver, in upper Richmond, wis recently sold to parties m and near town, the consideration being more than $50,000. The lands of the late W. A. Webster, !also, were recently sold to a citizen of Mt. Gilead. The consideration in this deal was more thin $25,000. These figures indicatel advancing prices in good farming lands through this section. general feeling against it. The cniei "u"s OA lnnu!nQ Old Plank Road extending len and hls. overseers is to look s situated. "As a result of stir-, examination he may be on" eligible to appointment as riua.. carrier at any post office ;ch county. A rural letter fY?-;r after one year's satis- t may c tl alio1 J T J ' or da. of ,.. the S.IK- qu:; CO the position -of clerk '-rier m a first or second post office, to the position 1 k. or to other positions m lassified service, subject to examination as may be re i J?y tne civil-service rules. JOHN A. M'lLHENNY, President. Revenge Is Sweet. A master butcher jgave his salesman a week's notice, and now he wishes he had paid him off at once says f Pearson's Weekly. - I A lady came into tHe shop the day after he received notice of his discharge and wa& shown a leg of mutton. the man, "you see, trie poor ani mal died of rapid consumption and fever and consequently-" But the lady had fled, and he replaced the joint with a grin of satisfaction. i "Sausages, sir? Certainly," he remarked to another custom er. "We have the Ivery best Ever since ' the muzzling order has been on force w But he. too. had fled. And with a sweet, revengeful smile t"He salesman hung' tfiem " on the hook again and waited for the next. ir through the county from Trini ty to Asheboro, thence south to Whynot, has been-surfaced with gravel. Many of the public roads are badly washed. Randolph has been and is now a lumber producing county, but most of the present population is engaged in agriculture. Wheat and corn are the principal crops. Tobacco is nowhere important. Only a few growers in the north ern part of jthe county produce it. Cotton is not abundantly cultivated, but occure frequent ly through the country. Land is held ins mall holdings. One tract of 2,000 acres is the! largest individual tract in the county, while only 35 tracts, comprising five per cent ot the total area, are over 500 acres in extent. The average assessed value of land is$6 per acre, and varies in large tracts from $1.50 to $15 per acre. . The assessed value is less than one-half of the real value. The rough topo graphy and stony soils on the ridges make & considerabl por tion of the county absolute for est land. Approximately 70 per cent of the'county is now forest ed. The northwestern section is cleared and cultivated more ex tensively than any other - part. The region around Asheboro and south between the Uharie River and Old Plank Road is perhaps under present conditions better ( Continued on page 2.) after the sick and much money is advanced to unfortunate's help. Fifty-eight hours work with pay for sixty has been a rule of the management for sev eral years. In the basement of No. 1 mill is a large dining room for the ac commodation of the employes, all tables being equipped with clean linen equal to that in the best of homes. StatiottgeiWilJuQrga rrrt 1 r i -'i t fa m x I it. - t xne wruer oi naiiroaa o union Agents has voted to send organ izers throughout the country to increase the membership. The convention endorsed the five per cent increase m freight rates asked for by the eastern railroads. cons that indicate the limits of the channel. The locks themselves will be as brilliantly lighted , as the "Great White Way" itself and the passage of a large ship, her self brilliantly lighted from stem to stern with electricity, is expected to become one of the most spectacular features of an interocean voyage. Then comes the passage through the canal with its numerous range light towers on either bank, its bea con buoys all of them showing either a white, red or green light. There are along the canal 20 acetylene lighted range towers, 12 electric lighted ones, 45 elec tric lightedbeacons, 3 acetylene lighted buoys. The range lights mark a line 125 feet on either side of the middle of the channel forming a lane 250 feet wide. Floating On the!waer along the side lines of the channel are the acetylene buoys and on the shore marking the various tangents of the channel are the lighted bea cons. The approach to Colon harbor on the Atlantic side, is lighted by the main light on Toro Point, which'is visible 18 rnilgs ormore New Gun Boat Is Launched The gunboat Sacramento was Saturday launched from the Cramp shipyard at Philadelphia. The Sacramento is 225 feet, 8 inches long. Her contract calls for a speed of 12 knots an hour and she will carry a crew of 150 officers and men. Lin wood Station Robbed. A wholesale robbery occured at Linwood, Davidson county last Wednesday, when thieves broke into the depot, a box car and the store of A. R. Raper. Gov. Craig to Washington. Governor and Mrs. Locke Craig spent pa?t of last week in Washington City, where they were "wined and dined" by the Senators, Representatives and others from North Carolina. Cuban Teachers Must Be Citi zens. The committee on education of the House of Representatives of Cuba, Saturday passed a bill providing that teachers in the public schools of Cuba hereafter must be Cuban citizens. Gore Exonerated. United States Senator Gore, from Oklahoma, was exhonorat- ed last week in a suit against him for $50,000 by Mrs. Min nie Bond, for alleged improper conduct with her person. Junior Order and Building and Loan. We note from the Lexington Dispatch that the Jr. O. U. N. M. at Lexington has subscribed to local building and loan stock, gooa tor tnat. we rise to re mark however, that at Randle man, the Junior Order has been carrying building and loan stock for six years. This stock will mature this year and all this without much of a blowing horn either. You can't lose the Junior Order at Randleman. is Oldest Man in State Dies. Lee Bonner, colored, who said to be the oldest man in the state, died at his home at Winston-Salem last week, aged 112 years. SLOW WORK IN CONGRESS Will Have to Move at Rapid Rate for Adjournment by June 1st. Seven Die in Flood ;Many Homes Lost in California Storm. With a loss of probably more than $4,500,000 and ar toll of 7 human lives since Wednesday, southern California is recover ing from the effects of the worst storm in its history. With the sun shining Saturday the situation improved considerably and while nearly all the towns ji i anecxea remamea isoiatea, pro gress was made toward re-estab lishing wire and rail communi cation. It is estimated that Los Ange les was damaged to the extent of at least $1,500,000. One hundred and fifty thousand dol lars represented the damage to city streets alone. The rest re ported losses sustained by rail roads and by citizens whose homes were swept away by the floods. -Chatham County Tale. While cutting timber on Mr. Ed.. Perry's land near Pittsboro last Thursday, Mr. R;' W. Win frey hadquite a little experi ence. When the triee'U a bunch of squirrels and two Opos sums ran out of a hollow. For a few minutes"t!Te ground was black with squirrels. Mr. Win frey got two of the squirrels out of 4 and the two 'possums. Congress has been working at a rather slow pace. The farm ers' instruction bill has passed both houses, an immigration bill and a postoffice appropriation bill have passed the lower house and are now before the Senate while various committees are still considering the five bills for the regulation of tibs, the pension appropriation bnv. the army, and the navy bills, and several other measures. Evi dently Congress will have to work hard if it completes its work by June 1. Tenth Anniversary of Baltimore Fire. Throughout the business sec tion of Baltimore Saturday flags were displayed in observanceof the tenth anniversary of the great Baltimore fire and in cele bration of the rebuilding of the cityince the catasthrope. Tho fire of 1904 was one of the most distastrous that has ever visit ed an American city. It began on February 7 and raged for two days. One hundred and forty acres, comprising 75 city blocks with about 2,500 build ings were burned over. The property loss was estimated at over $100,000,000. ion the seawara en of the 2X2 mile breakwater that protects the harbor from the high seas that usually run in the Atlantic. On the Pacific end of the canal there are numerous buoys and beacons besides the range lights that indicate the canal channel. By the day the channel is not only marked by can buoys but also about 60 spar-buoys and the many concrete tripodes, painted a brilliant white. By day the range light towers are easily seen due to the brilliant white they are painted. Nor is this all. Captain Hugh Rodman, U. S. N., superintend ent of operation, has just com pleted establishing the locations for a number of signal towers along the canal route. They are to be used m signaling from sta tion to station the coming and going of steamers and to arrange meeting places. The signalmen will practically funcate on the lines of the railway train dispatcher. Canal workers are anxiously waiting to hear definitely from Washington as to whether they will have to pay an income tax There is no one within the zone who is prepared to give official information on. the point, not even the law department or Col onel Tom Cook, collector of cus toms for the zone. The law de partment, however,, points out thatHhe canal territory has been declared, by no less an authority than the United States Supreme Court, as not a part of the Unit ed States territory. Frame Feuille, chief legal officer of the zone has told many inquirers that the canal zone is not men tioned in the new income tax law. With March 1 set as the date for making returns to income tax collectors in the United States, the canal worker is im patient to learn his status. If he is to be required to pay the tax he is also wondering wheth er it will be withheld at the source, which in most cases the war department. is Greensboro Will be Parcel Post Terminal, News was sent out last week that Greensboro will be made a parcel post terminal for the dis tribution of parcels in this seo tion of the country The ac tual operation will begin about March 1st and about ten men will be employed on the clerical force. fl .- - - s , it ill i V! I -3 .1 i I -1 " J r-; v. a- m..., ------ T.--
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