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ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907.
No 24.
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Construction
Cost of
JOHN W. HAYES,
A finished roadway of stone sur
face or sand-clay, should present a
workmanlike appearance in etraght
Hbos and regular curves. Its grades
should be as continuous as practica
ble, without unsightly humps and
depressions. It should be so pleasing
in appearance that they who have
bnilt it and the tax-payer who has
furnished the money will be proud
of the resultand speak of "our fine"
roads, as all do in Mecklenburg. But
the road once built - cannot be
abandoned to its fate. It must be
cared for.
Prevent Destruction Ilest.
There ore two met bud of le.
paring roads, the continuous
method and the intermittent. The
continuous method as to keep a man
in charge of a certain section at all
times, as is done on the railways.
Thia is the cheapest and most effec
tive method. It is the prevention
of road destruction and not the re.
pair of it. This man is commonly
in charge of about five miles of road
and may be a resident and farmer
on the section. He may be emplej
ed to give his entire time to the road
or to give only such time as will
keep it in repair, ditches clean,
weeds cut away, ruts filled, stone
ravels stopped. Whether it will re
quire all of his time or a portion
will depend upon thoroughness of
construction and amount of traffic.
The other method is to put a large
force on repairs, once a year perhaps.
But in twelve months a scar which
might have been repaired with a
shovel of material has become a
dangerous hole, an obstruction and
menace. It is better not to build
expensive roads than having bnilt
to abandon them to their fate.
In order ta do good conomical
vtrk in any undertaking there most
be proper orant2atIonrlhis u
true of road .building as of other en
terprises.
Muwt Have Organization.
We will assume that the town or
eonnty is about to spend $100,000
on roads. There is great enthusiasm.
Meetings of citizens have been held.
Speeches have been made. Commis
siooers and committees have been
elected or appointed. These new
members are holding one' meeting
everr day and sometimes two. But
the work will have not progressed
far when these woithy men will
find their own business demanding
time and the public business, for
which they are paid nothing, fast
becoming a bore. By the end of a
year it will be almost impossible to
get a quorum together for the trans,
action of the most urgent business.
The accounts will be clamoring for
money. The man who is handling
the labor cannot get instructions
and slops along, indifferent to re
suits. The whole business is in
confusion. This is the condition
to be expected when there has been
no organization effected for such
large work, and where those directly
interested have assumed that the
organization which has carried
along the little town or county busi
ness will also continue to be effec
tive. Engineer In Charge.
Some one must be employed and
paid to give strict attention to all
the thousaijds and one matters inci
dental to disbursing this money and
getting this work done. This per
son may be the '-Engineer in
Charge, if the work shall be suffi-
cieut in magnitude t employ such
an officer economically, in" which
j pase he shall have charge as general
manager, reporting at monthly inter
, vale the Board of Directors, namely,
the Town or County Official Body.
The relations of this General Man-
kger and1 Board of Directors
t Shall be that prevailing. in all under
t takings; that is, all details shall be
i jmder direction of the General Man
i ger, but his plans shall be subject
ijo approval by the board, his man-
Sigement subject to review and criti
i iem, and his accounts audited.
1'his General Manager handler no
loney. All pay rolls made by him,
ad vouchers for supplies ordered by
aim, should be seut to the board
lor auditing and payment. To
, tct this auditing moateeouomical-
r the board has a clerk, responsible
I ly to them, who receives and audits
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and
Good Roads.
Civil Engineer.
the bills sent from engineei, and if
urgent, promptly pays them by draft
on some deposit made by the board
to his credit. This draft may be
endorsed by tbe chairman of the
directors, if the amounts involved
are liable to be large. At the
monthly meeting all these accounts
shall be passed upon by the ful
board and approved or disapproved
A few pressing items will have been
already ptid bv th clerk, such as
freight, or weekly pay-rolls. But
the bulk of urchases can wuit for
the auditing by the full board,
monthly. There sho'ld be no iu
termeddling with the subordinate
force of employees by the individual
mem'ers of the board. Nothing so
surely and quickly deiiioial'zes a
working force as several boss-?, giv
ing diverse oideis and j-tcking up If
the geneal manager is incompetent
he should be fired. If he is to be
retained be should be actually as
well as nominally in eharg". with
every member of the board (support
ing him so that every subordinate on
the job would be iu no doubt as to
whom he is working for. No good re
sults may be expected from a general
manager who is not lree to employ
and dismiss his subordinates, buch
a one is not the boss, and whit be
says does not go. And it is needless
to add that no engineer of standing
would reuia n in such an anomalous
position.
Under the authority of this en
gineer there would be an oUIm
clerk and the superintendent haviug
charge of teams and laboiers on the
works.
But assuming that the work will
not justify the exclusive attention
of engineer and general manager,
and that the road ones located will
have the engineer's inspection but
net bis manages. eat, it vlWte d-.
sirable that the clerk of the board
should become a petty executive,
dispatching all details incidental to
ru-ch isiiigjand paying for supplies
and reporting to tbe board, JLms
clerk should be a man of good buei
ness qualifications and not a run
down po'itician or cigarette smoking
youth. lie should have judgment
and some executive ability so that
he can act without referring every
detail to his superiors, who may not
be in reach and are sure to be busy
with their own daily business. This
organization is efficient only when
the chairman of the board is pre
pared to give much time to the su
pervision of the work.
The party who makes out pay-rolls
and vouchers should never under
any circumstances be the same who
handles the cash in payment With
this organization the superintendent
of laborers should report to the
chairman of the board and not to
the clerk.
The outfit for good road work
should include a quarrying and
stone crushing plant, steam roller,
sprinkling wagon, tanti and small
steam pump, ten wheel scrapers, a
dozen slips, railroad plow, road ma
chine, ten dump wagons.several carts,
and twenty-four big mules with
necessary harness. Without a full
and efficient oufit cost of work will
be increased. If convicts shall be
used quarters, of course, must be
provided.
Carthage Wholesale Grocery.
Carthage Wholesale Grocery Com
pany, of Carthage, to conduct a
wholesale grocery business and to
act as brokeis and commission mer
chants. The authorized capital
stock is $25,000 with f 15,000 sub
scribed. The incorporators are
Messrs. John C. Newsom, of South-
ern,Piniw; Luther B. Clegg, D. F.
Watson,!). A. McDaniel, M. 11.
Caldwell. W. H. Jackson, R. L.
Burns and J. V. Larkin, of Carthage.
Mr. JNewsom one of the incorpor
ators formerly lived in Union town
ship Randolph County.
Kuby Deposit In Macoa.
State Geologist Pratt says that he
goes to New York in a few days to
meet the officers of the United States
Ruby Company, which is going to do
systematic work on the ruby deposits
of Macon county, which are amodg
tbe richest in the world, lie work
ed the property five years ago. The
stones are equal to the bestBurmah
rabies and are worth $100 per carat.
SUNDAY SCHOOL 1
ASSOCIATION
Interdenominational Meeting to be
Held in Asheboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEET
ING HELD TUESDAY. :
Randolph County Sunday School Asso
ciation will Hold Annual Convention
in the M. K. Church September Sth
and (MilResume or the jProprsai--Randolph's
Position in Sunday School
Work.
The Executive Committer of the
Randolph County Sunday School
Association met iu the Al. P.
Church at this place, lust Tuesday
at 10:00 a. m. Those present from
out (f town were Dr. C. C. Hub
bard, Chairman, Worthviile; Mr. J.
W. l'ugh, Millboro; Miss Muriel M.
Lowe, Edgar; Mr. M. K. Johnson,
Ramseur; Miss Dora Redding. lUn
dletnan,'K. F. D. No. 3; Kev. U. L.
Meltou. Worthvilie; Kev. J. W.
Ingle, Fanner. Q ate n uumber of
Sunday school workers from the
different Snud-iy Schools in town
attended and participated in the
meeting, amoug whom were
Col. nd Mr.. A. C. McAllister, Rev.
X. K. Richardson, Rev. v". E.
Swaiu, Miss Esther Ross, Mrs. W.
H. Moring, Prof. Chas. M. Staley,
Messrs. B. A. Yeargaa, J. Jd. Way,
and Jesje Scarboio.
The time for holding the next
Interdenominanoral buuday School
Convention is September 5th and
6th. The convention will be held
in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, Asheboro, and the different
Sunday Schools will make prepar
ation to entertain a large crowd of
delegates and Sunday School
workers. "
Mrs. W. H. Moring, Miss Esther
Ross and Mrs. C. C. McAlistei were
appointed a committee to have
charge of the music for the conven
tion. No better selection could b,e
bees made, and as good music as cm
be heanrirjwareinayfee ;tpt'ij2&
at the convention.
Messrs. J. O. Redding, Col. A. C.
McAlisu r, E. Mofhtt, K. R. Ross,
R. I. Dickens and J. P. Birkhead
were appointed a committee to ha e
charge of entertaining the delegates
and visitors will be provided homes.
The convention will begin at 10:30
a. m., on Thursday, September 5th,
and close on Friday night September
6th. At the first session the reports
of the President, Viee-Presidant and
Secretary will be heard, and conven
tion will be organized. The second
session will be devoted entirely to
tbe consideration of Primary Sunday
School Woik. The third session
will be devoted to Organized Class
Work aad an address on temperance
by Prof. Thos. Newlin, of Guilford
College, provided Prof. Newlin can
be secured. The fourth session,
Friday morning, will be devoted to a
study of teaching aud teachers. The
fifth session will be devoted to
Home Department and Cradle Roll
Work. At the last session of the
convention the different committees
will report, two addresses will be
given and the convention will then
be thrown open for all who wish to
talk, the subject being "Home
Again, What."
The Executive Committee will
again take a Sunday School census
of the countv this summer.
It was also decided to ask every
township association to hold the
township convention as early as
possible this year. Many of the
townships have already called their
conventions, and all are requested
to call them as early as possible.
The work will b pushed in every
way possible this vear. Randolph
is now the bauner county of the
State, and it is to be doubted if
there is another County Sunday
School Association in any state so
well organized. 1 hree years ago ;
Rindolph paid $75.00 per annum
to the Bupport of the State Sunday
School work; this year it will pay
$250.00, aud $185.00 of the amount
has already been paid. Since the
people have learned how the money
is used they contribute freely. Many
Sunday Schools that used to go into
winter quarter now run the entire
year; the enrollment has been in
creased to about ten thousand; the
teachers study more about methods
in teaching, and the interest iu
Sunday School work has been mauy
times doubled in the last few years.
It will doubtless bi news to
many of our people to know that the
ttiiwiolph County Sunday School
NEW NATIONAL
BANK PROPOSED.
Will Soon Be Opened In Asheboro
In New Building.
APPLICATION MADE FOR CHAR
TER Will Hcgin Hu-luos With V2S.OOO
CapitalHome In New Building to
Be l-'.rected By Lew Is-H inflow
Hardware Company.
Application has been made for a
charter for a new bank for Asheboro
to be known as tbe First Natiouai
Bank of Asheaoro. The application
was made a few days ago, though
tbe charter lm not yet been issued.
The details of the new instisution
i.ave not been arranged for the pub
lic but it is le-irued that the bank
will begin with a capital stock of
$25,000 paid iu.
It will be located in the new bind
ing to be crrected by the Lewis
Vin8low Hardware Company; iu tbe
corner of North and Deput Streets.
Theiiew building will be 52X102
feet fronting o" Depot Steet. The
bdtik will be 20X50 feet, with three
rooms over it. The hardware store
will be 32X102, feet and extending
around the bdek of tne bauk. The
building will be built of brick and
two stories hiy h.
MVSONIC PICNIC.
Celebration to be Held at RamseurJuly
4th-Matters Met at Frankllnville Sat
urday. At a meeting of the Master Masons
held at Franklinsville Saturday,
May 18th, it was decided to hold a
Masonic Picnic celebration at Ram
seur July 4th. J. M. Whitehead, of
Ramseur was appointed chairman of
committee on entertainment, and I.
F. Craven, of Ramseur was appoint
ed Sec. A more suitable place than
Ramseur could not have beeu selected
for a Masonic celebration, for her
people are-among the most hospitable
that can be found anywhere and with
the hearty cooperation of every mi
son in the county this can be made
one of the mst profitable and enjoy
able entertainments that has ever
been held in this section. Th' pro
gram and speakers will be announced
in the near future.
COUNTERFEITERS SHOOT HIGH.
Spurious Greenback in Denominations
offlO, C20 and tlOO Have Found
Their Way to High Point W arning
Has Been Given.
High Point, May 18 There is
afloat in this city counterfeit green
backs in denominations of $10, $20
and even high as $100. The money
has oeen going the rounds for a day
or so. The money is a very good
imitation, the plates from which it
is made no doubt being genuine,
having been stolen from the govern
ment, but the fallacy of the counter-
fieters lies in the fact that the fibre
of the pap -r is different fro.n the
genuine, not having the silken
threads interwoven.
Music Recital.
The recital given at the Academy
last Friday evening by Miss Nannie
Bulla s music class was attended by
a large audience and the program
was greatly enjoyed. Ihose who
participated in the exercises did
credit both to themselves and their
instructor. The program consisted
of vocal and instrumental music and
drills. The attendants were highly
entertained.
Mr. J. O. Redding presented a
prize to Lillie Pairish, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Parrish, be
cause of her excellence and progress
during the past term, and Eulah
Glasgow was honorably mentioned
as a close rival to the winner.
Saturday evening the class enjoy
ed a pleasant stroll about the town,
chaperoned by Miss Bulla.
Malcomb Whitfield, of Lumber-
ton, visited his sister, Mrs, W. C.
Hammond last week.
Association has an enviable reputa
tion throughout the United States.
The great international workers,
such as Mai ion Lawrence, W. C.
Pearce and others, in passing
through the State have acquainted
themselves with the work done in our
county, and the good work now
being done in liandolph is spoken of
all over the United States and in
Canada.
Independence
In Politics.
J. W. BAILEY,
NOTES ABOUT THE CONTEST,
Interest GrowingCandidates Quiet
ly Working Watching their Prog
re .
The Courier is crowded with news
but one of the first things to be
lead and talked about is the Contest.
Interest, i increasing daily, for each
mail brings requests for informa
tion. New candidates are enteiing the
contest. Several have entered this ;
week and more will en'er within the j
next week or ten days. The
interest nd enthusiasm are growing. ;
All of the candidates are encoiiraeed. (
Subfcriptioiis are coming in from
every quarter. j
To win Keep pegging away.
To work ry tits and jerks is notj
bett. Interest a few of jour frieuds I
au-1 you will be surprised how:
rapidly your ballots will increase. !
Where else could jou secure so.
much for so little as in the Courier j
Contest in such a short time with ;
such little effort? All our prizes!
aud premiums will be given away as
Huvortised and without variation.
If you are a subscriber to
the Courier send it to a friend.
The names of ladies who have re
ceived votes sit.ee the contest began
appear below:
NUMBER I.
Miss Lena Kearns
" Jennie Davis
" Coriiina Aumiin
" Muy Dk-kenn
" Beitie :hitmberr
" Kannle Birkhewl
" Lulu Andrews. '
" Muy Ktage
Ciiloe LaMiter
" tR-nrietta Dickens
" Ada Newbv. ,
' Kuimn Dnrsett
Mrs. W.L.Keller
" H. ti. Kearns
NUMBER 2-
Hn. U F. Fentrass...., 1
Miss Flnta Parks
- Lovey Swaim
' Hallle 8ettle.neyer
" Miss Clam Wall
" Ethel Barker
" Luara StimsoH
" Blanche Covington
Annie Black
" Ora Scott
" SaJlie Thomas
" Florence Luther
" Sallie Foust
" Lena Smith
" Lizzie Smith
" Daisy Uiboru
" Roua Yow
" Swauna Lnwdermilk
" Fletu Hutch v
" Marti tia Robbim
" No-a Kanoy
' Bess Farmer
Cozy Fox
NUMBER 3
Miss Lolu Brutnn
Cullie Nauce
" Bertha Lwis
Claudia Dickens
" Hon Wade
" Ethel Bi tries
" Minnie Hall
Jennie Bruion
NUMBER 4.
" Berths Dorsctt
Mrs. Geo. H. Yow
" Alice Kearns
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MINISTERS.
DISTRICT NO.l.
J. H. Stow
N. R. Richardson
W. E. Swain
B. F. Hargett
J. W. lnale
C A. Wood
J. W. Frank
C. M. Campbell
K. C. Horner
S. T. Moyle
W. R. Evans,
D. N. Cuvencss
J. J. Eads
NUMBER 3.
Parker Holmes
M. I. Hicks
J. H. Moton
Henry Sheetsi
I. Newton
Jetlenon Lanning
Roads Granted An Injunction.
Richmond, Va., Mav 15. The
Norfolk & Western, Atlantic Coast
Line and Chesapeake & Oaio railroad
secured an order last week restrain
ing the corporation commission from
enforcing tbe two-cent rate in Vir
ginia. The order, which is tempor
ary, was issued by Judge J. C. Piitch-
ard in the United estates Uircuit
Court, and the proceeding is Rimilar
to that instituted by the feouthern
Railwav.
Kuidlng An Addition
Contractor E. D. Frazier has
begun work on the addition to the
McCrary-Redding Hardware Com
pany brick building on the corner of
Fayetteville aud North Street. The
addition will be two stories high I
and a basement, and will extend
back thirtv-five feet the width ot I
th present building. i
lion. Jas. R. Young insurance
commissioner, has approved tbe
charter of the Registry Life Insur
ance Company, of Greensboro, it be
ing a mutal assessment company. 1
Kalelgh, N. C.
To The Editor of f he Co-jfies-
In response to your request of a
letter from me on any subject of cur
rent political interest in North Car
olina, I wish to present to your read
ers some thoughts on certain signifi
cant popular movements ia recent
municipal electi ms. These move
ments were indicated by the elec
tion by Democrats of a mayor of
Charlotte who had announced, after
his nomination in the Demociatic
primaries, his intention to vote for
Mr. Roosevelt in thf event that that
picturesque figuie should be nomi
nated again, and the nomination of
mixed tickets in Durham, Graham
and perhaps other places amount
ing to the abandonment of party
politics and party line3 in these elec
tions. As to Pauty Loyalty.
All free people are predisposed to
party politics. It is not practicable
to obtain a definite expression of pub
lic opinion by other means than par
ties. There is therefore a profounds
argument for the existence of politi
cal parties, and the maintenance of.
party fealty. But this mnst be re
membered, party shibboleths cai not ,
maintain parties. Parties rise andt
fall according to their pojver to seize
an individual's sense of light and
wisdom. Party loyalty will carry a
party only so far at length its force
will be spent, and like a bullet it
will fall to the ground. As a man
cannot live on food he ate a month
ago, so a party can not flourish on
achievements wrought in a former
generation. If parties will not pre-
sent vital issues, the people will pre
sent vital issues and let the parties
go.
Democratic Municipal Issues
Necessaky.
The lesson of these events is there
fore, that the Democratic party mast
setup municipal issues in municipal
elections.- If it undertak's to carry
an election in a city on a national is
sue, or on the party nam5, it- may
succeed for a time; but nothing 1
more certain than that it will event
ually fail. I suggest therefore that
Democrats in our cities, who wish to
maintain the party line of battle
and that is a most worthy aim, in
deed, a necessary aim set up appro
priate municipal issues. '
Issues Suggested Sound. Bigness-like
Administhatio-h.
And I venture to suggest some of
these issues. First, sound and effi
cient, business like administration.
In the "American Commonwealth"
Mr. Bryce declares that American,
politics reaches the point of shame
and failure in municipal government.
It is true that in most of our towns
and cities the administration of af
fairs is miserable. Justice is lax
taxes are high; and adminstration is
weak, ineffectual and careless. This
has called forth'-Citizenb Tickets"
these being an effort to bring busi
ness men and business methods into,
municipal administration'. If th
Democratic party would save itself
from these movements it must make
them unneccessary. The party's na
tional issues, the party's old time
shibboleths will not sufce.
Able and Clean Men.
Another issue of prime importance
in municipal politics is men able
and clean men. Another and supre.
mely important , is education. Every
town and city in North Carolina
should be concerned to improve its
educational facilities to reach all
the children and to put a high school
education iu reach of every one of
them. Another most vital issue is
the public health which is barbar
ously neglecid in many places. An
other is public vice lewd houses,
gambling dives, blind tigers, etc.
every one of which may be extirpat
ed by proper public demand. Anoth
er is public utilities. Another is
the enforcement of the law against
vagrancy. I would not argue for
immediate ownership in every in
stance, but my judgment is that
municipal ownership of monopolistic)
utilities that affect the entire popu
lation, is the only reasonable, just
and effectual me'-hod of conducting
these loctl utilities. Where there is
t.ot ownership there must be strict
control; and for my part, were 1 own-
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