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ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, Decembet 3. 1908.
No 46-
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ODELL MILLS SOLD.
Will Be Re -Equipped and Put in
Operation.
BID OFF BY THE CREDITORS.
ToUl Receipt of Hale SI73.4O4.30"
ule Be 0tbmlUed t Judge Boyd
fur Oaflxmatlon Deoeaufeer 1th Hale
Well Attended.
Tbe Odell Mfg. Company's cotton
mills were sold at public auction at
Concord last Wednesday. They
broPghtll66990.
Other rocks and aiscellaneous
.articles run the receipt up to $175,-
404.50.
The Buffalo Thread Mill was tbe
first pioperty on tbe block atid was
started by Mr. C. W. Johnson, of
Ohanotte, at $40,000. aid was run
un bv small bids to 6fc000. The
second block offered was the Odell
Mills proper and this property was
run to $0;000. Tbesf inlls were
then sold as a whole and were quick
ly mn from $100,000 to $166,000,
wbeu the? were knocked uowu to
Mr. Henry T. Decker t, who repre
sented the creditors.
It is expected that the eale will
be coufiroiexl by tbs court December
?ih aud pl"iis are Ueiug utatue to re
equip the mills and resume opera
lion at once.
Will Tn Late la New Yok.
Raleigh, No. 26. W. A. Mont
gomery, former aiociite justice of
the Mute Supreme- l,ourtwill secure
an order nonsuiting the suit for libel
that he instituted recently against
Thomas Dixon, Jr., iu order that he
may go to-New York State to bring
suit in the state courts there. II
finds that personal service conoot
he procuied on I nomas Ihxon lor
the litigsliou iu Borth Carolina nor
can service bv publication be sub
stituted satiafactoriy. Diion baa
property in that state that can b
attached fur tue satr.eiaction or any
verdict fer damage that way be
awarded in a unit maintained in the
New York tdate conrts..
Jl"trlrt MeeUagof 4.O. V. A. M.
Iijgh Peiui.
'welfth iiatrict meeting of
tl- . U. A. M.of North Caxo-
l moi itiug the Counties of
huu. !, Randolph, Rockingh
and Alamance convened at High
Point last Wedoesday. A large
number of Junior! freru the city a
well as -visitors wu present.
Am in tore ting programme waa
earned out Ihu'fllar. It. 1. Peoie.
of Troy, made anjadiress on foreign
immigration and at night Prof.
Charles . Brewer, State councilor,
made the principal address on edaca
tioo.
Mica I'empaay at Aaiicrille.
It is announced by the Asheville
board of trade that the great South
rn Mica Com Dan v. whose head
quarter! are now in Cleveland, Ohio,
baa aeciaoa to ceoirauio an its
Southern plant! at Asheville and
baa taken a lease on a line pieoe of
property there for manufacturing
purposes. The aew plant will be
consolidation of the plants at Spruce
Pine and Svlva, this fctate and
Befflin Ala. The company ia one
of the largest engaged in the mica
business.
Boy Hanter killed.
Coy Croits, the 17 year old son of
James Crottc, a contractor of Lex
ington was accidentally killed while
retnrning from hunt Thanksgiving
day. lie was puling aguu into a
wagon butt foremost when it was
discharged, the entire load entering
his stomach. He lived only a few
minutes.
New Cotton Mill lor Lexington.
C. A. Hunt, Jr., an expert cotton
mill man, ia promoting a nevs mill
for Lexington. The propojed capi
tal is $125,000 and New York capi
talists are interested. 11,000 spin,
dies and 250 looms will be installed
K. ul l orphanage.
Tlioh Point, will mukfl ft StronCT ef
fort to secure Knights of Pythias
Orphanage, which is to be erected
bv that order at an early date.
Bids and offers from the various
towns will be received until Febru
ary 15ih next.
Union Copper Mines to Open.
It is stated that' the Union Cop
per mines at Gold llill, Kowan
county, which were c'oted tyear ago
on account of a biir droo iu the cop
per market, will reooen with 200
DISTRICT MEETING.
0(W5ellow of the Tenth Diatriei U
Meet at Franklinvllle.
The meeting of the lodges of the
10th District, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, wril be held with
fraakliuville Lodge, No. 291, at
Franklinville, Friday. December
11th. Two meetings will be held.
one during the afternoon and at
nigra. All third decree members
are eligible to participate in the
meetings.
lhe following is the program:
.34feIeok P. lb At X.oLg Rmm
Meeting called to order.
Singing Opening Ode.
rrayer.
Addiese of Welcome. Bro. C. JL
Stuart, Franklinville, N. C.
akspowte. Bro. L. M. Dodanwiad,
Uigbl'oint, IN. C.
Ma uu tee of Last Meeting. By the
oecretary.
Enrollment of Delegates.
Appointment of Committees.
Kepur's of Lodges.
AUjourumeut.
JiJO Otoloclc P. Si. a the AcacUnty.
Kinging Opening Ode.
Prayer.
Benefits of die District Conventions.
Bro. 1). M.. We-iberly, Frank
liuville, N. C.
ilie influence of Odd Fellowship. -
Bro. . JJ. liajuiau, oiler City,
IS. c.
An Odd Fellow In and Out of (hi
Lode. Bro, L. I). MendeuhalJ
Randlenian, N. C.
The North Carolina Oad Felloe. -
Bro. B. 11. vVWlel!, 01 rand Sec
retai y.
What we are doin to increase Lodge
aitendiii.ee, aud Gener ! Discus
siouj. JJy Everybody.
Motions and Resolutions.
Selecting Time aud Place for Next
Meetiug.
Adjournment.
J ulnar; WwtaJiig.
The many friends uf Dr. A, E.
Frazier, oue of our popular dental
surgeons are ready to congratuJate
hem on his approaching marriage.
The following anuouneejaient lias
bewi made:
Mrs. NoiaO. Whiiaker, of Rock
inbain. announces tae engagement
of li.r daughter, L"a O., to Dr.
A. K Frtzier, if High Poist, r.h
wedding to lake place the evening td
Januaay 30th, 1909, in tbe Meth
odist Episcopal church, Rocking
ham. The bride is a member of one of
the oldf stand mast promiueot fami
lies in Richmond ouuty High
Point Enterprise.
Ca.pt. Aeae Bmy Katlraad.
The Carolina Railroad was sold at
public auction iu High Poiot Mon
day afternoon and was bought by
Capt. M. L. Jones, price paid $37,
000. this price including the rail
road, right! of way and rolling stock.
He also bid in all the steel rails al
ready purchased for $28.50 per too.
Captain Jones intends to continue
the operation as it now is for a while,
then he hopes to extend the road fur
ther south.
, Hooked Pasta Through .Transom
J. E. Cole, of Liberty, en roite to
Texas, was robbed of $300 and his
railroad ticket in Hotel Clegr Wed
nesday night at Greensboro. He
took a room, locked the dor, left his
money and ticket in his pants, and
went to sleep. Some thief secured
the pants by hooking them with a
long pole through the transom, and
no clew exists. Mr. Cole saved $60
in cash which he had in his vest
pocket.
Telrpnone Open to Winston-Salem.
Manager E. H. Morris, of the
Asheboro Telephouo Company, an
nounces the completion of the long
distance line from High Point to
Winston-Salem, waich puts Ashe
boro in speaking distance of the
Twin-City. The toll charges is 85c.
from Asheboro. The line is in first
class roudition and the transmission
of message s is almost perfect.
Kin itey-Wlonlngham
Mrs. Mae Dobbs Winningham,
daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Winningham, of Greensboro
was married to Mr. J. U. Kinsey, at
Gainesville, Ga., November 26th by
Rev. Frazier, of the Methodist
.diurch of that place. After De
cern bei lat they will be at home in
Gainesville.
Read the new advertisements in
The Courier. .
ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Successful Prenentatlon by the Rlseee
Dramatic Club.
A large crowd of vounsr neonle
from Asheboro attended the play,
"Above the Clouds" at Biacoe Tues
day night. It was a drama in two
acta, presented by the Biacoe Dra
matic Club, and was a success in
every particular. The cast of char
acters was aa follows:
Philip Ringold, Cry Phil." a
mountain beimit Mr. Frauk Pase
Alfred Thorpe, a city nabob Mr.
lorn curt.
Auios Gaylord, a couutly geatle
man Mr. Herbert O. Sink-
Howard Gaylord, his aon Mr.
J no. K. Wood.
Titus Turtle, a giottonous person
Mi. Hoy Taylor.
Curtis Chipnuati, "Chips iin :the
Rough," Mr. Clyde Canel.
.Nat Nay lor, Thorpe's protege
Mr. Lacy Shambucfier..
Grace Ingalls, a young artist
mids dame tiusaeu. .
Hester Thome, Gaylord's houu
keeper Mi0a May Shambursrev.
Susy Gaylord, Gaylord's daughter
VI IBs Elizabetn Liles.
Lucretiu, "so romantic" Miss
J ant Coggin.
VIRGINIA WINNER OVER CARO
LINA. Klvr Touchdowns K
Xatet)Telt
I'ichmoiui, Va.,
II : of 111 i
uur ;oale and One
tbe story.
Nov. 26. In the
u 'ii in I entblli-
i ji.ui siiijioi Lei- of the rival univer
sities, Virginia w.iu the victory
ovt-i Carolina by the overwhelming
score of 31 to 0 in the great Thanka
givittg tool t)uli uuiue piayt d on the
l. road hir.-et l'urk gmiir n this af
teintxMj. Fiv,' uiuchdowud, four
goaia ami on- a.ife'y teli the story of
the mm c, Virgiiiia'n fasi atid fierce
back field w.is too much f r tiie men
of the white and blur, but though it
was from tne lii-at apparent that the
orange ai d blue would tr'umpb, the
plucky Tar Hn-U never let up oue
iota on the uViceuese of their play.
iv. f;leiu Pardoua Keur.
Thanksgiving Day, according to
custom, Gov. Gleun issued pardons
t' i 'tt.- !oag tetut prisoners iu t.hs
pri neuuary. i ney are: j.u.viace, i
m hi . . Ceil vie'ed (u MaUison Superi
or ('ourt iu 1896 of murder and
ieiiteiiced to fifteen yeare; Wlur
Newton, white, couvicted iu Grau
ville Superior Court in 1894 of mur
der, thirty year; Will White, color
ed, convicted iu Iredell Superior
Court iu 1893 of burg ary, twenty
five year; Moses Pender, colored,
convict -d in Edgecombe Superior
Court of murder in Second degree in
1899, twenty years. All of these
prisoners have perfect records and
their pardon is asked for aud recom
meuieJ by tbe prison authorities."
Fire In M. P. Building,
The building of the Methodist
Protestant Publishing Company of
Greensboro was damaged by fire
early Monday morning. The ire
oiiginated in the second story. Tbe
damage by fire was not so great as
that of water. The stock of cloth
ing of I. L. Blanstein waa flooded,
be being the heaviest loser. Tbe
plant of tbe Publishing Company
also suffered heavy loss. The Ham
age will be seveial thousand dollars.
Disappeared After Writing friend.
Isaac Perry man, a farmer liviug
four miles from High Point, disap
peared last Tuesday after writing a
friend to look after hid children as
he was going to kill himself. Sui
cide by drowning is suggested, but
it is more geucraily bcl;tvcd that he
h.is left for parts unknown.
Mr. IVrryuian was located at the
home of a relative in Davidson
county, and has been placed in jail
at Lexington to await an examina
tion us to his sanity.
Olliriul Vote, for Cievei-nor,
The State canvassing board met
at Kaleigh last week and Friday
gave out the vote for governor as
follows: W. W. Kitchin, Democrat,
145,102; J. Elwood Cox, Republi
can, 107,760. Mr. Kitchiu's major
ity is 37,342.
Tar Heel for Harvard's President.
President Elliott, of Harvard
University has suggested Di. David
F. floudton, president of ! Uni
versity of Texas, as bin ruece-sor.
Dr. Houston is a nat:e 1 Union
county, North Carolina,
1 1 lit to
Teias in 1894.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Editor T. G. Garner, of the Mt.
Airy Leader, announces that he will
soon begin to issue a daily news
paper iu that growing little town.
Mrs. Mary Peacock wife of G. A.
Peacock, of Trading Ford, Rowan
couuty, died laat week after a britf
illness. The deceased was 30 years
of age.
The plant at Revolution Cotton
Mills will be enlarged by the erec
tion of two new structures at a cost
of $40,000. The new buildiugs will
oe usea as a bleachery. Lelegram.
Tht-Vft Airy Sastern Narrow
Gauge railroad from Mt Airy to
tubler, Patrick County. Va.. is to
be sold at public auctiau December
7th.
Mies Etbtl Shaffuer head of the
department of Elocntion at Crescent
Academy, Kowan County, will be
married January 1st to Rev. J. D
Diefeudurfer, ot Hamilton, Pa.
Uov. -elect ft.itchiji announces
that he will appoint Mr. Alex. J.
Feild, for some years secretary of
the Democratic State committee, his
private secretary.
V. li. LiUDstJuen, on engineer on
the Southern at Spencer, has resign
ed and will enter the ministry. He
has entered Rutherford College for
tbe work.
SharifT J;ckon Slanlaad, ef
Brunswick .-, '" and
killrd Sunday uiul by a man nam
ed Walker, who he was attempting
to arrest for eture-breaking.
Mrs. Sallie R Shive, wife of
Chaa. Shivee, of Faith, died at the
hospital at Salisbury Saturday af
tarnoon, aged 25 van?. A husband
aud two ciiildieu survive her.
Miaa Mjra Barton, daughter of
Dr. .. tin. J. Vf. Burton, of High
Point, died Friday night after a lin
gering illtien of tuberculoiia. She
was a bright christian young woman
19 years of age.
The death sentence ef Sam Mas
sey, of Salisbury, convicted of crim
inal i.oHaalt. h is been changed to
life inif r.-or, nnt om account of ;i
dement 1 ei'i -'ilion at 'he time of
the crim. Me was .o Lie liu'..ii
December 4th.
Mr; J. W. Lancaster, a prominent
farmer of near Rocky Mount, has
hat vested from a five acre field, over
three huudred and eighty bushels of
peanuts. They are of the small
Spanish variety, and two hundred
bnshels from a similar tract of land
would be considered a good yield.
Mr. II. C. Sechrist, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Sechrist, of High
Point, and Miss ' Minnie Clapp,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Clapp, of Jamestown, were married
in Winston Salem Wednesday after
noon. Work on the new buildings of the
negro insane asylum of the State,
near Goldsboro, is being pushed
rapidly. The buildings are four in
number and of brick, two of - which
will be for the care of tuterculosis
patients, and two for epileptic pa
tients, male and female.
Mr. E. F. Owea has moved to
Abheboro; James W. Pnlham has
moved from Asheboro to his farm
neur the Randolph county line, and
Mr. Pearl Kindley. of Lilac, has
moved in the houu vacated by Pul
ham and is 150111 g to farm for Mrs.
A. S. Miller. llanner8ille corres
pondent to the Davidson Dispatch.
A & M Defeat the "Terhs."
At Norfolk laat T-hursday the
Agricultural & Mechanical College
foot ball team defeated the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute team by a
score of 6 to 5. Over twelve thou
sand spectators witnessed the game.
Thi game is said to have been one
of the fiercest ever seenjon the South
eru gridiron.
I'.mbexzler Caught In California.
Requisition has been made on the
Governor of California for the re.
turn of L. G. Hancock, the default
ing manager ef the Lamb Fish Box
Co., of Winston Salem. Officers
have gone to Califorina to bring
him b.ick for trial.
New Pastor at Salisbury.
Dr. R. L. Motley, of Atlanta,
Ga., has accepted a call to the pas.
torate of tbe first Baptist Church of
Salisbury. He has for eight years
! been pastor of the Central Baptist
Church of Atlanta.
TROY BUSINESS BLOCK BURN
ED.
Rata Start Fire That DacaMnch Damage
to lUontgomerjr C'aunly Seat--loaa
About !O,0OO.
The block of buildings across the
street from the Bank of Montgomery
at Troy was burned Tuesday morning
., . r !.. i, Ti,. . e .u.. is
on w u uiua. x uc uj 't:iu VI kUB Ul e
is supposed to have been ' rats. The
losses are: I. E. Saunders, furnitnre,
$3,500, with insurance of $1,000;
bauuilers & Brown, grocenes. $1,.
800, with insurance of $500; Dr. S.
H. McCall, fiom $500 to $1,000. no
insurance; Frauk Morgau, barber,
$100. Thj buiidiugs were owned
by J. R. Blair, who had no insur
ance, several other merchants sus
tained loss by damage of their stores.
The tire threatened the entire busi
ness part of tow u, but by heroic effort
it was saved.
Thomasville News
uon. A. r . cams, a prominent
attorney ot 1 homasville, has opened
au omcaat Winston Salem and will
move his family there iu ta.e near
future.
L. A. Martin, a young attorney
or ijeaivsvue lias opened un omce at
inomasville.
At an eaily'dae the Hon. O. B.
Eaton, mayor of Winetou-SalAi,
will be iuvite l to Thomusville 10
address the sitizsns of this city on
the subject of civic improvement
Mr. Eaton is oue of the best inform
ed mayors iu the state.
1 nomas J. Finch is having the
ground excavated just below the
rinch block, where he will at an
early date build a 25x80-foot store'
room; me hmldinz will be two
stories high.
Albemarle Note.
I). M. Rous, of Albemarle died
lat wees, aged 73 years. He was
.. member of Co. K. 14th N. C
Regiment of the Confederate Army
iiiu was tviU'e wounueu.
Miss Pattie Smith, and W J
Co tou, of Albemarle, were married
las: week at the home of the bride
mother.
Ftank T. Boyett, of Albemarle,
laol aeek, killed two hogs weighing
pounds.
fu"dda? afternoon at the home of
M-. on.l fr-. S. H H-ai ne, t'vn --i.itar,
Mis-, Elizabeth Kir.
il.a'ti.-, was married to Char te. l
I'nplett, Jr., of Pine Bluff, Ark.
Tne marriage was one of prettiest
home weddings ever witnessed at
Albemarle. They will be at home
at Pine Bluff after December 10th.
Rev. O. W. Bdk, paator of the
Albemarle Presbyterian Church has
resigned, effective December 31st, te
accept the work of general Evan
gel is t of the Synod of North Caro
lina. Mr. Plrlerto go ta th Chicago (Jal
crattf ,
Rev. A. W. Plyler, formerly pastor
of the Asheboro M. E. Church
South, afterwards presiding elder of
the Ashevillo district and more re
cently presiding elder of the Salis
bury district, was stationed this year
on Mt. Zion circuit in Charlotte dis
trict. Mr. Plyler has asked to be
released from his charge and will
leave in a few days for the University
of Chicago where he will take a
special course of Btudy covering sev.
eral years.
Mr. Plyler's action is a surprise to
his friitidd.
FOR MONUMENT FUND
Coult'derate Bazaar to Be Held in Old
Aradeuiy Building To-day.
Everything is in readiuess for the
Confederate Bazaar given by the
Daughters of the Confederacy for
the benefit of the monument fund.
The Daughters have bien very suc
cessful in raising funds and a neat
bum is already iu the hands of the
treasurer. It is hoped that with tbe
liberal patronage of the people that
the receipts from the bazaar will
greatly increase th? amount in hand.
The Daughters have collected a
l-i ge variety of articles to offer for
sale, including dolls, pictures, fancy
work, etc., and many articles suit
able for Xmae gifts. The bazaar
offers an excellent opportunity to do
your Xmas shopping and also aid in
a most worthy cause. Lunches and
refreshments will be served both day
and night.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and lite
son and Mrs. Jappie Craen and
daughter, Miss Flossie, of Danville,
Ind., are visiting relatives at Greens
boro aud Ramseur.
bLERK J. W. COL-
TRANE ARRESTED
Charged with Robbing the Mails On.
the Greensboro and Goldsboro.
Line.
Alter Hearing Testimony 17.8. Commit--
aionar Placed Coltrane Under Sl.OOO
Bead Which He Gave--Will Be Tried
In April.
J. W. Coltrane, a railway mail
clerk was tried at Greensboro Tues
day on the charge of robbing the
mailt, and at the conclusion of the
hearing was place! under a bond of
$1,000 for bis appearance at the
April term ef U. S. Coart, of the
Western District.
At the trial Inspector J. C.
Koons, ef Washington, told the itory
of the trap into which Coltrane i
alleged to have fallet), as follows:
In Waahu.gton special delivery
lett rs bad been arranged and ad
dressed as follow.: "Henry Notts.
Creedmoie, N. C(; Miss Belle Nix
on, Chase City, Va ; Miss Maud
Croder, Granville county, N. C."'
The let'.er addressed to Notts con
tained I one dollar bills aud a silver
half dollar; tbe one addressed to
Miss Nixon contained 4 one dollar
bills, while the oue addres-sd to
Miss Crowder contained three one
dollar bills. Before placing the
money iu the envelopes each bill had
been carefully marked, the number,
saries, eheck letter and other descrip
tive features being written down, so
the bill could easily be identified
upon sight.
Iiidpector Koons testified that
each of the decoy letters hd been
stamp' d, the former with the Rich
moad postmark aud ilia latter with
the New York postmark. He had
then come to Raleigh and Sunday
night at 11:30 o'clock, iu the pres
ence of Inspector Mitchell had ex
amined the coutent of each letter
and sealed them after which he saw
them placed in the lockeo pouch for
Ike GreenBboro train. He bad fol
lowed thp pouch to the fetation and
-en it placed aboard the t.aiu yes
terday morning at l:d0 0 clock, af-r-r
which he got aboard the train.
VViiee the tram reached Durham be
a- tae locked pouch takeu Irons
tbe train aud followed it to the pott
office. Here the letters in question
were taken from ike pouch and ex
amined. The one addressed ta Nott
had been opened and one of the bills
were missing; the one addressed to
Miss, Nixou was short three bills,
while one bill bad been taken from
the letter addressed to Mies Crowder.
Tbe ponch was pened in the pres
ence, of Inspector Robertson and two
employees of the pestofiisa at Dur
ham. The letters were prodnced as
were their contents as found at Dur
ham. A fourth decoy lettr, the
addiejs of which was not given at
the trial, had beu tampered with,
but the contents were unmolested.
District Attorney A. E. Holtsn
prosecuted the oase, while the de
fendant was represented by Jndge
W. P. Bynum.
Coletrane's home is at Liberty.
He has been in the postal service
for the past four years, having been
on the Greensboro and Goldsboro
line for about two and a half years.
Before that time he ran en tie Sea
board Air Line. Colsraue had
been promoted to the hight posi
tion held by postal clerks, that of
olerk in charge. It is reported that
tie had made application to stand
examination as postofli.-e inspector.
Will Open Copper Mine Again.
Messrs. W. L. and A. J, Thurbsr
announce that arrangements are
bcin,' made to re-open at once, the
Asheboro Copper Mining Company
mine just 11 nth of Asheboro. They
expect to be running at full blast
within 00 days. The mine baa not
beeu operated for several months on
account of the fall iu the price of
this metal. The miue produces a
good grade of ore and with the rise
in the price of copper the operation
will be resumed. A force is now
engaged in cleaning out the shafts.
one Charter Granted
A charter was granted yesterday
to the Old North State Land and
Lumber Company, of Spies, Moore
county. The authorized capital
stock is $25,000, but the company
commences busiuess with $2,100
paid in. The incorporator are H.
It. Monroe. B.L. Stiider. O. A.
Luther and others.
employes' ami will run on full time