North Carolina Newspapers

GOU X5he COURIER I G COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. Leads in Both News and m " Circulation. I I tea saamrammmsm saw e am mmm sued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year VOL XXXUI. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, Decembet 31, 1908. No S2 FT R OUR SCHOOL RECORD Attendance of Fall Term 1908 the Largest NINITY-THREE PERCENT OF SCHOOL POPULATION EN ROLLED The Holiday Begin With Public De bate by t'ravenlan Literary Society Against Randleman SocietyJudges Favor Asheboro. The closing of the Asceboro Graded School for the holidays wag marked by an interesting debate be tween the Craveuian Litrary So ciety of A hehoro and the Beginners Debating Society of the Randleinan Grided Schools. The debate was he d in the auditorium Wednesday night of lust we k. A large crowd attended, many coming fibin Rau dlemaa. The question whs: Resolved, That the present rate of increase of our navy is i (sufficient and calls for a more rapid develop, meut." Charles Redding and Oscar Beasley, for the Beginners' Literary Society, champion"d the affirmative of the question while the negative was held np by the representatives of the Craveuian Liuiary Society, Clifford Cox and Itiyl Ferree. The .udges, consisting of Prof. L. L. While, of James town High School, Mr. R. C. Kelly, of Ashe boro, and Mr. L I). mVndenhall, the postmaster at Raudleman, decided unanimous y in favor of the nega tive. Colin Spencer, Ourney Ferree, James Swain and Superintendent Woosley delighted the audience with two well rendered quartets imme diately following the argument. The Asheboro schools have passed all previous recoids in attendaue. Out of a possible number of 437 beys and girls between th ages of t and 21, 390 have been enrolled and an average attendance of 93 per cent, realised. The superintendent of the schools is in receipt of a handsomely bound set of Shake speare's works, given by the eighth and uiath grades. Mr. Chandler Here W. H. Chandler, who is well and favorably known in this eectiou of the State, spent a part of the holi days on his estate 6 miles east of Asheboro. Mrs. Chandler ana son accompanied Mr. Crutudler as did also Mr. Theo. Mayer, a leading bus iness man of urookline, Mass. Mr. Chandler was identified at one time with the development of mining properties near Asheboro and has mauv friends here. He is now the New Eueland agent of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad, the Brunswick Steamship Co., and the Texas Steamship Co., and is Jo cated at 1010 Old South Building, Boston, Mass. loin Mine Case The hearing of the bankrupt Iola Mining Co., case was re opened at Greeusboio before Judge Boyd Mon day upon exceptions filed by the creditors as U the report of the re ceive sale of property for $00,000 The sale was confii med with the pro Tision that a tgn pr cent, additional bid may be received on or before January 16th. The attorneys ap pearing in the case were: King S Kimball, of Greensboro; T. J. Je rome and Waker 11. Woodson, of Salisbury. J. Ueece Blair, of Troy; .T A Snence of Asheboro, aud United Slates District Attorney Jno C. Rote, of Baltimore. Marriages In Yadkla Yadkinville, Dec. 21st. Hayes Garuer and Miss Sal ie Wooten, bi th of Ceurtney, Davie conaty, were re cently married at the home oi j Craven, in that pUc Dr. V,. A. Piouii. and onl r puv i T He, . - r. veut.lv Nn a i Th ly for . visi'. I Fi ell known tt T.ilki.- ...1 i M 1 i i' nie ; . Village Hwept ly l ite Two serious tiles occurred in PiU couutv SutnL.v. One at Li.ianiw destrovin-; the t3,(n st ck of i:oods nf .1 'H. I'obn. aiid the i.i. r -t Four thin, in whiiM i main binini ss st n t was swept bur-'. N bnrned, coiiPinii!iii j at $40,0ni. The u gated ut cut f ln.t'H' side the Moll DEATH AT FARMER.' Mr. D. G. McMastsra Died Friday December 25th, Funeral at Salem. Mrs. Nancy J. McMasters, wife of D. Q. McMasters, was born March 19th, 1845, and died Dec. 25, 1908, aged 63 years, 9 months and 6 days Hers was one of the quiet lives that make no mark on the pages of history; her name was never herald ed across the continent as one who had done some remarkable thing;! out she did not live "unloved, un honored, and unsung," for her life was cheered and brightened by the love of her family and mtoy friends. Uer life of service will long inspire songs of Thanksgiving in the hearts of those who knew her. She gave her heart to God when 13 years of age, under the ministry! ol Khv W V ifaBnon. The body was laid to rest in the cemetery at Silem, on Sunday, Dec. 27th. The funeral services were conducted by Dr. C. C. Hubbard, and as attended by a large numhpr of relatives and friends. Mrs, McMasters leavs a husband and eight children: Mrs. Columbns Keirns, Mrs. E'mer Steed, Mrs Cbas. Ltwis, Misses Cora and Marv McMasters, of Concord township; Mrs. Jas. Brnokshire, of Oklahoma; Mrs. Alau Browning, of Hillsboro, N. C.; and Mr. Herbert McMasters, of Laurinburg, N. C. Nr. Claud Homey Returns from Panama Mr. Claud U. Husaey, who was born and reared near Asheboro aud who made a fine rei ord in the army and was afterward appniated one of the m u u tei I police at Panama, dur lug bis recent visit to Uandolpn talked interestingly of his adopted home. Mr.Hussey says that sauitary con ditious on the canal are excellent; that there has uot been a case of ty phoid fever repotted. All workm r are paid iff in gold. It takes prac tically a car.loa.l each py-uay. it is estimated that the cana will con three hundred millions and will t.e complete! in seven years from now There are more than ten thousand Americans at work, besides many thousands of foreigners. 1 he mem bars of the mounted patrol are Amei leans. They have under them col ored men natives as subordinate offi eers. There are large government commissaries at each end o' the line of work, hut the principal merchants along the hneaie Chinamen. Dr. G. F. Burbank, a well known ODtician. was found dead in his room at the Benbow hotel at Greens boro last Wednesday morniug. I is supposed that an overdose of mor phine was the cause. The discovery was made by a bell boy vnfo had taken a telegram announcing the death of Mrs. Burbank at Durham to the doctor's room. Mrs. Burbank was a patient at Wati's hospital at Durham. Dr, Burbank was addicted to the mor phine habit. President Kompera Gets 19 Months. President Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frunk Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, have been convicted in the injunction proceedings restraining them from attempting to mrorce tne-ooycon against the Huclt stove s ttang Co.. and sentenced to imprisonmen for from 6 to 12 months. Tbey have taken appeals from the decision of the SuDreme uourt or tne uia trie of Columbia. Governor's Message Gov. Glenn will have his final message to the General Assembl readv in a short lime. At the re ouest of Governoi-elect W. W Kitc.hiii. Mr. Glenn recommends many po iiies iu which the two ar verv much in accord. In bis mes sage tue Governor briefly reviews th record of the past four years. rr.'&e to l!-illi . tie ro.id 1 Lexhmton i-oroiier's V' ,ed froze to H' Wednesday. . declared tne t Ii following mi n which shn fell jattick of Vt i tio inscious in t ne H id. late Hunk I" Vuilkiii !,.,nR i- to ! estililished Y s-i k . ii C 'tuty. early , !viii ...-.t I in- N Y. n .v Yi Uitik and will i d in c ipi-.il. GOMEZ ADMINISTRATION In Venezuela Will be Recognised by United States I he threatened revolution in Ven ezuela seems near settlement by the recognition or the Gomez adminis tration by the United States, which, it is said, the State Department will do witbtut delav. The battleship, North Carolina, and many others are now headed for Venezuelan wa ters and it is expected that when the squadrou arrives the new adminis tration will be recognized.. Presi dent Castro, who is in Europe thro' tear o face the thre tened over- throw of the government, is dispos-1 ',nr, tel -graph nd telephone com ing of his interests -t Caracas. mu mention is cut off. and it is esli- Kandleiuan Marriages. At the houi'4 of the bride on hurch St., Mr. (!. L. Hussev, of PanttniH, and Miss S.ulte Viruer, of ktaiidleman, were uuited iu marriage. Thursday evening at Z o'block they ft for lligu Poiut to spend Xmas with Mr. Huasey'spuents. ,vlr. n A Mis. Hussey will leave January bit) for Panama, wh-re Mr. Hussey has a position with the Government as policeman. Mr. Hmsey is tne kju of Mr. Alf. Hussey wlo lived until a year or two ago below Asheboro I aud was a very successful f.rmer. Miss Varner is the accomplished daughter of our towusiuan. Mr. lvey Varner. At Randletnan at the residence of A. Russell, J. P. Frazier and Miss Ethel Gray, both . f Climax, were married Sunday, Dec. 20th, 1908. Mr. Frzer is the seu of Mr. E. I). Frazier. one of the best farmers n that section. Miss Gray ii the daoglit-r of Mr. Robert L. Gray. They have the best wishes of all. Mr. J. V. Ilatniltou, of Central Falls was happily untried to Miss Chattie McNeal, of Fay it eville, ou Dec 24th, 1908. Mr. Hamilton is principal of Bombay Academy in which Mrs. Uemilton will he musio teacher. Death at Trinity. Mr. Beui. Gray, au aged citizen of Trinity township, died last Wed nesday at his home rear In lty. The body was iuterred at Hopewell Thursday. He was 88 years old and is survived by a widow and six chil dren. They are Mesdames Charity Spencer, W. C. Croker, W. C. York aud Beni. Lanier and Messrs. featu uel and Robt. Gray, all of Trinity t. wnsuip. Sale of Malt Liquors Unlawful In Geor &. The Georgia Supreme Court has decided that the sale of malt liquors, near-Seer, etc , is unlawful whether intoxicating or not. The opinion handed down also decides that the sali of malt liquors is prima facie unlawful and that the defendant must prove the malt beverage not intoxicating. Newspaper tor Rockingham The Post company has been char tered to publish a paper and do a general printing busiuess at Rock ingham. L. G. Fox, C. Gore aud L. J. Bell are the incorporators. Suicide Near Burlington Mrs. John T. Mcldams commit ted suicide at her home ten milas from Burlington last week by the use of a shot gun. Ba t health and ul balanced miud was the cause. Jury Failed to Agree The famous Beach Hargis trial for the murder of his father, Judge Hargis, of Keatucky, closed Satur day with a mis-trial. The jury stood nine for acquittal. Sent to the Pen W. B Satnnels was last week con victed t f the minder of Policeman VV . ii. F.niiiiitMit, of I' -ipei, and s i t. nci ii to eighteen yi ars i.i the Stw Hank at Stiikesdale The new bank at St.okesdal opened bt week. C. A. Bray, of Greeiisiuno, is president and S. 1. Denny is cashier. A farni-i, bo years old was the lirst depositor. The Alphabet in Senlenre 'I lie following U the whorl -st scn- tt nee Con iiining nil the i.-tf-TS of th" ulpii.ibit: l'ac! iii v box witnCvb dozen liquor j i ,s. Home jr-f. MORE THAN 60000 KILLED IN ITALY City Alter City Converted Into Sepul- ehresof the Dead by Devastating Earthquake 7 he extreme southwestern portion of l''.il, ''the toe of the boot," ex perienced the most devastating earth quake Monday experienced in that rt of the country in years. Cities mid towns were destroyed, five hun dred sh'is wrecked in Can tan i a har. imtt-d that the deatti 1st will num. her ninny thousands. The town of Messina, Sicily, was completely de stroved and other town are buried in mud, due to the tidal wave which followed the quake" The Italian Government has sent troops and sup- plies to the sufferers. (Later) I The earthq lake in South Italy and Moilv Monday morning wrecked city ifier city, and obliterated smaller towns anil villages without nntnber. I'hen a tidal wave swept along the strait of Messina and added to the horror, drowning the people in their heir-'"' ess and panic. Flames broke - it iu the devastated cities and eon it less numbers of wounded men, women andchildien were burn ed to death. Any adequate estimate of the total casualties is as yet quite irapossilde, but. the Rome Tribuna places the t. umber at betwen 60,000 and 70.000. Messina has been tire- swept. The dead there alone will rnu tn'otens of thousands. Reggio is a P'pulchie of he Head. Catania suffered heavily. Mt. Aetna, the voVuno on the island of Sicily, active. f MARRIED TUESDAY MORNING "Mr. John M. Hammer and Miss vleve Jennings Plight Their Troth. A a met marriage ceremony was pet formed this morning at eleven o ch ek by Rev. 1. J. Ugburn at his home in this city, by which Mr. John M. Hammer, of Asheboro, and Miss Genevieve Jennings, of Greens boro, becane husband and wife. The young couple had kept their intentions a profound secret aud the ceremony was witnessed by a few intima e friends. Mr. and Mrs. Hammer left on the 12.31 train for Asheboro, where they will reside. The br de is a daughter of Mr. C W. Jeuuinrs. cf this city, and is a most charming and accomplished young woman, mueh loved by all her friends. Mr. Hammer is brother of Solicitor W. C. Hammer, of Asheboro, and is a bright and popular young man. His circle of friends is imited only by the nambsr of his acquaintances. That the vows pledged this morning will prove the ripening of love s young dream into tne most sacred and hallowed sweets of a happy and prosperous married life, is the sincere wish of all who know the contracting par ties. Gret'iisbjro Resord. Special Reports of the General Assemb ly. The Conrisr . ill have a special Correspondent that will give an accuiate, ml resting, and iutelli. gent acconnt of the doings of the General Assembly at Raleigh during tbe coming session. This will be an interesting and attractive feature for Tbe Courier during the coming months. Una Disaster In Virginia. An eiplo.ion in a coal mine at Lick Branch, Va., Tuesday entomb. 50 men. Raging fire renders res cue impossible at present. Four teen of the fifty have been brought out and ve of these are dead. The others are seriously'injured. I'.nglneer SalUrlield killed In Wreck. Spencer, X. (!., D'o. 29. By thej der.i lnietit of Boiithhouud passenger tram No 35 ii the Southern Hail way at Stokesland tonight, Engineer A. 1'. S.tt'erfiidd, of Spencer, was instantly kilkil ami Ellis Davis, colord, li'-etinn, of tSjiL'tioer, an i two railway mail clerks were seriously injured. I'.t -illicit Wall, n iaiiiier livin near Raleigh, commit'ed suicide S:'tur day i ec.mse o; ..m; dt'unkennenS of hi- two son.-. Mr. Wall was seventy years . . Mr. H. A. Gudger, a North Caio linian, will be named as Chief Jus tice of Panama Supreme Court. F S. Sawers, of Salisbury, was married to Miss Sallie Sharp on last Wednesday. Miss Emma Newby, who has been a teacher in the High Point Graded Schools, was married last week to Mr. Kennedy, of Reidsville, Ind. The next meeting of the State Dental Association will be held at Asheville Juue 23 26. Congress adjourned Saturday for the holidays aud will re-convene January 4th. W. C. York, a merchaut of High Point, has been adjudged bankrupt. Liabilities $2,000 with $1,200 as sets. W. C. Grubb died at High Point Monday from consumption. The remains were taken to Davidson c mnty for interment. In 1909 High Point will be 50 years old. A celebration and home coming week has been proposed Sam Massey, who was sentenced Rowan Superior Court to be banged for rape, but whose sentence was commuted to life impriBonmeut, died at the State penitentiary Fri day. J. J. Kiacaid, of Salisbury, has purchased a site and will begip tbe erection of a veneering plant at Maxton about January 1st. S. J. Banks, of West Virginia and J. P. Graverly, of Ridgeway, Va., have leased Hotel Vaaderford, at Salisbury and will take charge Jan uary 1st. Tbe Lenoir Steam Laund y was burned Thursday night. Tbe loss is estimated at $2,500. The origin is unknown. Richard Potts shot and fatally wounded Lou Sum oers, at Elm wood, Iredell county Friday. Potts was drinking. The Greensboro female College and State Normal College closed December 22nd for th Xmas holi days an ' will resume worK January 5th. Five whiskey corporations of Sal isbury have filed notice of dissolu tion with the Secretary of State pre paratory to quitting the business January 1st on account of the State rrcnioiuon ijaw. Thomas, the four-ye r-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Debnam, of Greensboro, was fatally scalded a few days ago by turning over a pot of boiling (water which was on range in the kitchin. Jnlian Armstrong, a Confederate veteran, who lived alone at Elkin, fell into the fire and was fatally burned last Wednesday. It thought a stroke of apoplexy caused him to fall. Fred Watson, son of Hon. Cyrus B. Watson, of Winston-Salem, was married last week to Miss Jessie Leak, daughter of W. H. Leak, at Kernersville. The Davidson Dispatch is arrang. ing to install a new newspaper pr.ss and folder. Tbe size of the paper will be increased from six to seven columns. State-wide prohibition in North Carolina is effective Friday, January I t. Every legal saloon and distil lery will be closed from that dale. Frank R- Ratts died at Mockville Tuesday. He was a R. F. D. car rier aged 63 years. Miss Bessie Loy was fatally burn ed at her home near Burlington last l'uesdav. Her clothing caught while she was standing in front of be fire. Mr. R. F. Coble, formerly of Ran dleniao, and afterwards connected with the Odell Mi'ls at Concord, for a time superintendent of a cotton mill at Salisbury, and one time a policeman at Salisbury, and now the popular malinger of the Southern L'o'ton Mill at Bessemer City, nave a delightful banquet at the Kails Ik-nise at Bessemer City to the over seers of the mill and a number of friends on Suturduy night before Chiistuias. STATE FINANCES Report of State Treasurer B. R. Lacy Complete MANY THINGS OF INTEREST Balance of 5 S6,04M In Treasury on December inThe Receipt and DIs bursementu Extlmate of Income for tbe year l09 A Nummary. State Treasurer Lacy completed to-day his report to the Legislature which is trausmitted through, tne Governor and in his letter of trans- mittal tells a great many interest ing things; in tact the whole report is full of interest and a very care ful summary of it has been made. Tbe Treasurer reports a balance De cember 1st, this year of $556,000, but there is chargeable against this outstanding warrants aggregating $47,547; auiount borrowed from the National Park Bank of New York city this year $250,000; appropria tion for the hospital commission nn. paid, $85,000; amount due the peni tentiary for stock in the Matamus keet Railway $33,000, and for stock in tbe Elkin aud Alleghany Rail way $32,000; amount paid into the treasury to cover the penitentiary farm bonds which fall due January 1st next, $170,000, making a total of $617,540. This shows a deficit of $59,500. The State Treasurer says that the receipts for the past two years. 1908 09 aggregated $5,469,732, and that the disbursements total $5,878,777, so that the actual disbursements ex ceeded the receipts $409,644. ESTIMATE OE INCOME. The Treasurer's estimate of the ncome for iuuu is z,i!78,oa8. Tbe chief items in the list aie taxes $1,600,000; railway taxes, etc, 233,- 001; insurance companies, $2do,UOO; corpoiation taxes $75,000. The estimated expenses during the com- ng year are given as $3,155,550. The largest items in this list are pensions $400,000; interest on the public debt S164,000;school8 $250,- 000; hospital commission $425,000. Hospit 1 at Goldsboro $75,000. At Morganton $175,000; at Raleigh $105,000;Staie University $75,000; Normal it Industrial College for Women at Greensboro $75,000. Rail way Construction $60,000; printing $52,000; Legislature $75,000; judi ciary $90,000, institution for the white bund and negro buna and deaf mates at Raleigh $65,000. Bat in 1110 taere will be no Leg islature. The penitentiary informs the Treasurer that it will turn in to the Treasury the accumulated stock of the railways at present and what it is estimated will be received from the same source next year ay be ad led, so that ia this way $24,000 will be added, making the total balance available $446,000. But against thisfmust be off -set the amount due the National Park Bank and also the maturing bond, leaving the balance estimated as unappropriated $41,000. Tbe Legislature made large appro priations basing these upon the big increase they figured upon. As a resilt the State Treasurer had to borrow money fioui the National Park Bank ot New York city parti cularly to Meet tne ppiopriations made for tbe iusane and epileptics by the Bickett Hospital commission, and this loau falls due Juue 1st next. The Treasurer says this bank has been most obliging and for tbe thud time has niado a loan to the State, in every way showing its confidence in North Carolina'! financial status, wbic.i lb very grati ng. Italian Paper Prims it Ghent Story Rome, Dec. 27. The Italia pub lished a report w Inch has caused a sensation in ecclesiastical rirc.es, that Joan of Arc recently ij p-ared in a iision to the Hot e ai,. . ri .d mm solemn ...! . mr- av'.' ii- :t, ex hi tw..:iuie his sue promised crowned 'nti' .: a His I - 'it po' !.'! -.von 1,1 triumph. to ich i.-,OiK) Tire at ;rcr le-tx.i $25,000 damage was dco by fire in one of the cotton warei ouses at Proximity Mills, Greensl-o V ed nesdav ni'l.t. Spontane s com bustion is t tie supposed oii i i. dipt. Citi.rll week. Geo. L. Phifer. n of Mt.rgMitoii ymed last V