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Wednesday, February 10, 1915.
"Savethc pennies." The high
cost of living will take care of
the dollars.
75,000 men out of employment
in Atlanta more Democratic
prosperity.
What the legislature has done
as a whcLs could be told in a
shorter article than this.
"Man's meaness is bound' - to
show through," especially when
he is clothed in a multitude of
sins..
A petition of some 2,000 sign
ers will soon be presented to the
legislature asking for the aboli
tion of the county's treasurer's
office. It's certainly coming!
The fellow who is always com
plaining that the newspapers
never tell the truth will repeat
any lie he hears without making
an investigation as to its accu
racy. Distinct Attorney Hammer
never loses an opportunity to
heap bi'ter personal abuse upon
the editor of this album of song
and truth. Wonder why not
publicly and in his own organ ?
With millions and millions of
dollars coming in from Europe
for food and supplies it is net
quite reasonable that business
should pick up. Just let the
war ston this year and then
what?
Democrats in Montgomery
,re having a row. Bob Howell,
swatted the honorable register
of dseds. editor of the Montgom
erian, etc., O. B. Deaton, until he
felt it, and now! the editor, of
course holds up his hand and
fights to the end.
Remember the "spiel" of that
Democrr.tic campaign orator last
year and two years ago. Wond
erful the way the cost of living
was coming down and wages go
ing up, under this Democratic
free trade. Now its in the sad
dle. Gentlemen of the jury you
have the case.
The territory along the n.v"
Norfolk Southern line from Star
to Charlotte $id from Star to
Raleign is gradually picking up.
Of course it would be better were
things different. A new railroad
is bound to develop property and
some clay that section will flour
ish and the Norfolk Southern
will build up a good business.
It is said that the District At
torney for the Western district
is largely responsible for the
devilment that has been carried
on in Rcndolph elections for the
past fourteen years and that
is the reason he cannot take a
hand on the right side for fear
of a "squealer." Can it be true?
Solicitor Abernathy was fined
$50 in New Bern Monday by
Judge Frank Carter, because he
would net obey the judge. Some
judges allow a good deal of
wrangling between the lawyers
while o-hers are mighty strict.
Evidently Judge Carter don't
stand fo. much from the law
years. 1'nat Representative Foster,
Randolph's representative in the
Legislature is trying to d'o the
right. Does anybpdy think for
readily bo seen. He's carrying out
the Republican county platform
to do it, but is right, and he
knows it is. Dr. Foster says he
never intends to go to the legis
lrture l ut one time, but he
wants to do his duty while 'he is
there and he is doing it, with
out dictation from any of the lo
cal ring.
Little by little the legislature
is beginring to repeal the Jus
tice freight rate act, and its all
right. Does any an think for
one minute that the railroads
are not going to make enough to
run on? Certainly they are and
if it don't come one way it will
come another. A crowd of wind
jammers and gas bags get into
the Legislature and want to leg
islate don't make any particu
lar difference what just so they
get a bill through with their
name attached, and the net re
sult is they generally get wild
eyed and call every man that
don't agree with them a 2x4 and
names in general. The railroads
are not such a set of grafters
'and hogs after all, for.it must
be remembered that every year
calls for something now--6ome
new fad some new station im
jprovements in service and all
this costs money. Naturally the
man who buys the goods last
pays the bill and one man in ten
don't care a rap whether the
minimum freight rate from
Asheboro to Spero is 40 cents or
a nickel, and never knows the
difference. No matter "what it is
the consumer "pays the
freight."
"AND THEY ALL WITH ONE
CONSENT BEGAN TO
MAKE EXCUSES."
The National Field, publish
ed weekly at Atlanta, Ga., the
national organ of the Farmers'
Union, and edited by Charles S.
Barrett, National President, un
der the same caption as this ar
ticle, carried a very interesting
story last week, and we are re
printing it in full below.
Ever since the Democratic
party came into power, it has
made a great howl for the farm
er; made hundreds of grand
play for his benefit, when
really the only thing needed was
a period of prosperity in order
that he might hnd a market tor
the oroduct of his labor. The
farmer is not dependent upon
any man, nor upon any political You also say that : "The Na
party, not near so much as the j tional Banking System, up to the
wage earning class of people, 'present time, has labored under
for so long as the balance of the restrictions imposed' by law
country is busy the farmer will -which made it impossible for the
make good, for his marketable
product will bring a good price.
But when the balance of the
country is idle the. farmer can
live for he can grow what he
needs to eat, and and a little on
the side. That farmers are tir-jer is an independent, aprosper
ing of all this tommyrot now. ous, as sturdy, and as self-reliant
flowing through the halls of the as you have just said he is, what
National Capitol at Washington, lis the., problem you are talking
is verified by the following avi-j about?
tie : I "State, banks," you say, "with
When one just naturally does fewer .restrictions, with smaller
nofy Want to do a thing anyhow ' requirements and ability to lend
and if excuses do not promptly! on real estate, have established
sugest themselves, . the most of 1 more intimate touch ;md have
us develop an expertness on short perhaps rendered greater assist
notice, amounting at times to ge- ance."
nius of a high order as inventors How did you find thi:; out? In
of excuse.
Indeed, there do come times
when we find ourselves circum
stanced as was "Uncle Remus' "
rabbit, and like that sagacious
denizen of the fields, we get to
the place that, although climb
ing is not our forte, "we is jest
er bleeged to clim' er tree."
This seems to be somewhat
the predicament that the Secre
tary of Agriculture finds him
self in as Chief Explainer and
Official Excuse Maker for the
present administration in th?
matter of rural credits.
Since the American farmer,
"seein' as how" his government
was so often lending aid to com
mercial and industrial enter
prises, granting special privi-
i leges to special interests here
and there, decided that 'he, Reu
ben, was entitled1 to some consid
eration, it would seem that peo
ple have been sitting up nights
inventing excuses intended to
show; him that he really didn't
know what he wanted, and
shouldn't have it if he did.
If we take seriously all the
fatherly admonition that is be
ing passed out from Washington.
to tut-tuts and chiding, we
will be persuaded that the only
decent thing for us to do is to
f'.'fess up" to having committed
a sin against civilization and
plead for clemency.
Admitting, for the sake of ar
gument, that we grieviously
sinned in asking for rural cred
its legislation, we respectfully
submit that if those at Wash-
ington who say they love us so,
ardently, will convince us that
they are trying as hard to enact r
this legislation as they are try
mg not to do it, they will rise
wonderfully in our estimation.
As to the Chief Explainer, if
he does not regard us as the
common or garden variety of
fools, some recent utterances of
his strongly indicate this.
For instance, m the Weekly
News Letter to Crop Correspond-
ents a puDiicauon issued rjyihearts. Qne by one the bonds
i 1 1 I t tT t
Authority, ot the becretary ot ;are severed, binding hearts to
Agnculture, these startling j pother v. rw Vw na
words, in the Dec. 23rd' number,
"stedV.0,3rJ0tics: .
The chief difference of opin-
ion arises over whether there
1 ,11 1 1 V ,
snouia De special aia lunusnea
seems to be no EMERGENCY
which requires or justifies the
use of the government cash or
the government credit."
Is that so ? If so, then why
"in the name of all , the gods at
once." did you not say so sooner ?
If that is the truth, and the
whole truth, so help your buco
lic soul, why did you stick just
the reverse in the platform you
offered to the American farmer?
If there is no "emergency"
now, there Was none then. But
the emergency did exist then
and you recognized it, and' upon1
the promise that such tegisla-!
tion would be enacted the Amer-j
ican farmer helped to put you in
power, and this repudiation is as
shameless as iz is uniair.
You sav in the same article
that: "The American farmer is
sturdy, independent, and self-reliant."
When did all this happen ? It
must have been since the issu
ance of the 191C census. You
tell us then that ;he total num
ber of farm owners in the United
States is 3,948,72'"!, and that the
total number of farm tenants is
2,354,676.
Does that look like independ
ence and self-reliance?
In this same census you tell us
that in the State of Georgia
there are 98,628 farm owners,
and 190,980 tenants. Is it pos
sible that these figures have no
meaning to the Honorable Sec
retary of Agriculture? Do they
not even hint at an EMERGEN
CY to him?
Evidently they do make some
little impression, for he solilo
quizes thusly: "He is not in the
condition of serfdom, or semi
serfdom, in which were some of
the European peoples, for whom
government aid was extended in
some form or other in the last
century."
Thankee, kind sir. That is
just why we are calling on you
'now. We don't want to get in
;that condition, but, according to
your own figures, we are headed
that way, and at a momentum
which promises to break the
rspeed limit.
.national banks to solve the prop
lems in the most effective way."
Yes, that is just what we
thought about it, and that is just
why we asked for a Rural Credit
law. But if the American farm-
the South the farmers have been !
"touched" to the tunc of 8 to 0
per cent, and they have grown
so intimate with these banks, by
reason of this "touch," that
many of the 190,980 tenants you
tell us about in Georgia are so
because of mortgage foreclos
ures as a result of this "touch."
"Perhaps" in this connection it is
well put !
Really Mr. Secrr tary, this is a
very touching affa.r.
It involves the i: tegrity of the
dominant political party, and it
also involves the prosperity of
the million of American farmers
who trusted this party under a
solemn promise.
Whether or not the American
people will look with favor upon
the repudiation of this promise
remains, of course, to be seen.
The silence is painful. Does
the District Attorney absolutely
refuse, even after the precedent
has been set?
In Memory.
On Friday morning, Jan. 22,
1915, the spirit of little Edith
Curtis took its flight from the
arms of earthly parents to the
bosom of her heavenly Father.
Her stay of a little over four
years had filled her home with
sunshine and the hearts of its
inmates with joy. Outside of
home the little light shone, espe
cially in the Sunday schoo'i .
Sunday school, which she loved
so much. The little spiiit has
been transferred fmm tVi
Sunday School and home to tho
abbath service and 'home above.
We, irretefullv recoimizrv th
goodness of God in giving this
little one, for even so short a
time, and bow submissively to
the will of Him who gave and
who has taken His own. We
extend our heartfelt sympathy
to the parents and little sisters,
and only wish we could say some
thing to lighten their sorrow, or
do something to bind the bruised
w
are iddftd tr, ih Wrf w
knows no tears.
And just beyond the trial of
f,w.
iUCl)l
Her spirit rests in sweet repose
'AUNT SALLIE."
Gatling is Made Postmaster at
Raleigh
President Wilson Monday re
commended Bart M. Gatling for
Postmaster at Raleigh, to suc
ceed Willis G. Briggs. whose
term expires this month.
Miners Entombed by a Terrific
Explosion.
One Hundred ard sixty-eight
men were entombe t in the mine
of the New River Coal Company
at Carlisle. W. Va. hv in
aion Saturday. All but ten made
their way to the surface.
RANDLEMAN NEWS.
Mrs J Warrv Jones has returned to
hei home in Charlotte after a visit to
her, grandmother, Mrs. M. E. Frazier.
Mr: D. SutclKT spent ounaay in
Greensboro.
Mrs. E. I. Muhgo of High Point has
returned home after spending some
time here with relatives.
Messrs. J. G. Brown and fc. w.
Swaim were business visitors in Ashe
boro Monday.
Mr. G. H. Frazier and little son, of
Marion, are the guests of Mrs. M. E.
Frazier.
Mrs. John Howell spent the week
end with relatives in Asheboro.
Naomi Philathea Will Give Social.
The Philathea class of the Naomi
Sunday School will give a social at the
old drue-Vitore buildine on Feb. 29.
ifor the benefit of the church. Coffee
i and sandwiches, ice cream and cake
win De served. rjcryuw.y i iuviwru
to attend.
Resolutions.
Whereas it has pleased God to take
from our midst Mary Alice Jferree,
.the mother of our beloved eistor and
former teacher. Mary Ferree, ba it
'therefore resolved:
First, That each and every mem.
iber of our class extend to our sister
our deepest and most sincere sympa
thy and pray earnestly that she may
be reconciled to His will.
Second, That sister Mary look to
the Master for health and strength
to bear her affliction.
Third, That she may not lose faith
in God for this bereavement, but bj
strengthened in the work for the
Master.
Fourth, That it may prove to
strengthen her for the work fof th2
master and that her exemplary life
prove to her sister friends one of sub
mission to His will and thereby be in
strumental in leading many souls to
Christ.
Fifth, That she may fesl that in
the midst of our class she will always
be welcome and find in us her sym
pathetic friends.
Sixth, That a coy of these resolu
tions be spread upon our minutes, a
copy be sent to our bereaved sister, a
copy be published in our county paper
and a copy sent to the Baraca Phila
thea Herald.
ST. PAUL PHILATHEA CLASS,
Committee.
Big Hog.
The largest hog we have heard of
being killed in the county was killed
by Allen Robbins of Caraway, weigh
ing 540 pounds.
Seagrove Rt. 1.
Hurrah for this beautiful weather.
Mr. Claude Smith is sick at this
writing but we hope a speedy recov
ery.
Mr. Enoch McNeill of Steeds had
the misfortune to lose a fine milk cow
Miss Pauline Cox visited Miss Lula
Hancock at Steeds, N. C, Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess Allred have
returned home after a long visit at
Burlington.
Miss Laura Briggs is very ill at
this writing.
Fork Creek Items.
The roads in this section are just
about impassable.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Wilson was badly burned last
Friday.
Miss Cora Bridges does not seem to
improve.
Miss Quin Milton has been a wel
come visitor at the home of Mr. R. L.
Albrights for the past week.
Mr. G. G. Fox has returned to his
work near Ellerbe.
Mr. E. E. McNeill is rather sick at
this writing.
Mr. B. M. Allred has returned from
Burlington.
Resolutions of Respect Farmers'
Union No. 1025.
We, the underaigned members ap
pointed by said local do with great
sorrow regret the loss by death yfi
J. Cicero Skeen, our brother. His
firmness and great kindness and use
fulness as a brother and neighbor and
we know he will be greatly missed.
We hereby tender to his wife and chil
dren our deepest sympathy in their
great loss.
Resolved, That a copy of these res
olutions be spread on the minutes of
our local also that they be sent to the
Asheboro Courier and The Bulletin
and that one copy be sent to his
widow.
W. R. ASHWORTH,
W. M. COBLE,
B. M. PARISH,
Committee.
New Salem News.
We are elad to see an occasional
fair day.
Mr. Homer Trogdon, who has been
sick for some time is well a gain. We
are glad to report.
Mr. J. B. O'Briant preached an ex
cellent sermon at New Salem Sunday
evening, a large crowd being present.
The President, C. A. Cecil, will preach
at this place next Saturday evening
Feb. 13, at 3 o'clock.
Misses Beulah Trogdon, Kate and
Maud Hinshaw, Hal Pugh, Cliff Hin
shaw and Rome Ward'spent the later
part of Sunday evening with Miss
Henrietta Hinshaw.
' Julian Grove Items.
Our farmers are badly behind on
their winter plowing, owing to so
much rainfall. 1
Their was a spelling bee at Julian
Grove school
house last Thursday
night. I was reported
their were
about ZOO presept.
Mr.Lacey Black, teacher of this
place visited his mother, Mrs. John
Black at Ramseur Friday, returning
to his school on Monday.
Miss Beulah Trogdon, a student of
Randleman school, was at the spelling
Thursday night.
Julian Grove and Millboro teams
crossed bats on last Thursday evening
and played a very interesting game.
The score being 2 and 1 in favor of
the Millboro boys.
Death of Mrs. McPherson.
Mrs. Clarence McPherson died Jan.
31, 1915, age 16 years, 2 months and
14 days. The cause of her death was
pneumonia. She was taken very ill
and Drs. Hayworth and Caddell were
called, but medical science availed
nothing. Kind hands attended her
bedside, but in spite of all she passed
away Sunday morning between 10 and
11 o'clock. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Johnson, of Moncure.
The untimely death of this good wom
an is deeply deplored by the community.
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Asheboro, N. C.
OBITUARY.
" ' Death of Deborah A. Lanier.
A heavy mist fell on our family
Feb. 2nd, when mother, who we iovod
so well and who loved us so much bet
ter, said good bye to us, to join her
little ones who have gone on years be
fore. She was 78 years old and had
been a member of the Friends church
since early childhood. She leaves a
husband, three daughters and one
son to mourn their loss, but may our
loss be her gain.
SON.
Death of Mr. Allred.
Mr. Dennis M. Allred son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph C. Allred, of Randleman,
died in Clayton, New Mexico, Friday,
Jan. 29, 1915, of tuberculosis, age 38
years, 2 months and 15 days. He
went west for his health last spring,
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A Proposition For
The Farmer
Do you know that the most economical of any of the mod
ern conveniences for the people living in the rural districts is the
t2lephone? Any farmer can own one and be connected with his
neighbors and with the near-by villages and towns for a very
small sum. You can pay for switchboard service one year with
an amount less than the cost of wear and tear on horses and bug
gy in making one or two trips to the physician. The farmer's
telephone will pay for itself and the ccst of maintenance for
twelve months every W3ek in the year. Then why not "get
busy" and see what arrangements you can make for connection
with the nearest switchboard?
The best plan is for the farmers to build and maintain their
own telephone lines to the nearest exchange, as they can do this
themselves cheaper than tte telephone companies can do it for
them. See to it, that this necessary and indispensable commo
dity does not fall und?r the control of foreign monopolies who
will dish it out to you scantily and at exorbitant prices.
We have an interesting farmers' line proposition for you.
which we wi l be pleased to explain in detail if fbu will indicate
your desire to have us do so.
Yours cry truly,
Asheboro Telephone Co.
Randleman Telephone Co.
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Greensboro;; Mrs. C. A. Crotts, Siler
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I The undertaker, Mr. F. P. Klbum,
at Clayton, New M;x., quitely turied
him with appropriate exercise.
New Salem News.
Mr. J. N. Caudle has been veiy sick
but is improving we are glad to ray.
I Miss Lou Fogleman delightfully en
tertained a number of her friends
Jan. 31st, with a birthday dinner
j There is considerable sickness i?.. this
, section.
The boys of Bethany, Prov ('ence
and New Salem schools will g-ve a
public debate Wednesday nigh; the
,10th, at New Salem school hjuse.
:The public is cordially invited.
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