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VOL XXXIV.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, January 21. 1909.
IN LEGISLATURE.
Worth Carolina Law Makers Are
Busy.
ANTI TRUST LEGISLATION EXPECTED.
Bill o Protect Game Wltl Be Consider
edTo Increase Attornev-tieneral's
Pawer Lively Debate Over Salary f
Commissioner of Labor and Printing.
Raleigh, N. C, January 19. The
North Uarolina General Assembly
has been in session two weeks to
this date, by which time the ma
chinery is jetting limbered up, so
that it sounJs like the old time legis
lature, when it gets busy. But
there baa been no bill introduced,
that on its face, looks like it would
tear up the peaceful conditions of
the State. In fact the local bill has
had tbe right of way so far, and will
have to have till the average repres
entative getf his Special laws passed,
then there mav be some live wires
pulled.
The appropriations for the insti
tutions and the depaitmeuts for the
next two jears will have the honor,
with th- revenue bill, to be the most
impoitint legislation before the ses
sion. Demand has been made in
some quarters that have had undue
weight in times pact, for a Trust
bill with teeth, one that will bite
hard enoogh to run octopuses ont
of the State. The Governor in his
inaugural address said that if all
the bad ones were run out, that good
domestic concerns would take thei
placet; and also that a cirporation
that would diive out all competition
and kill the sau e had m more right
to live than did tbe niau who took
tbe life of another. These thing
go to show what there is in tbe
minds of some people about this
city at this time, and the pushing of
these measures will depend upon
what encouragement there is to be
had.
Te Increase the Attorney General
Power.
Senator Manning, of Durham, has
a bill in tbe senate to increase the
powers of theattormy general, and
to appoint an assistant to him. The
proposed power is to allow him to
get tbe rooks of any corporation,
save public service, and thereby as
certain if they are working in the
bounds of their charter, This is
enough to see that it would give him
peep at tbe American Tobacco Go.
through another source. Senator
Lockbart has a strong anti-trust bill
ready for the time to introduce it.
To Protect Game.
The disposition to protect the
game birds and animals of tbe State
baa growu with tbe years, and the
present ieeliug is for a law at this
session of the Legislature, that will
be more far. reaching than any here
tofore passed This is a place where
the lai d owners of tbe State can
hae a say if they will get busy. At
this time, there is nothing tangible
in a giit, and for that reason it
wonld be a help to the committees
for the people to write to their rep
resentatives, and express themselves
on the mutter. All seem agreed
tnat there is a special need at this
time, when it setms that moat of tbe
birdb were di owned the past season,
to make a law forbidding the kill
ing ot auy at all tor a specified time
of one, two or three years, but that
M not uaeit.eu. policy.
After Debt Oadgers.
Kepresentative Turner of the
Mountain County of Mitchell, has
introduced a bill that may never
come out of committee, but one that
would interest mauy people if it aid
by any accident become a law and
that is this: that if I tell yon I will
pay you for a certain thing I buy of
you, when Mr. John pays me for
such and such a thing, or when Mr.
B. hues me to work; and 1 get all
of each of these and do not pay, I
am guilty of a misdemeanor, and
can be imprisoned or lined. It is
about in keeping With tbe board blil
law now on the books and is oeiug
sed eve-y week in some phce,
where a rascal beats his meals. As
I said this may not ever 6ee the
light again, but after all there is a
principle back of it.
The Old Homestrad Law
The old graybeard gets a bump at
each session of this body, and still it
livfs, and will live till the people
vote a constitutional amendment re-
Eealing it. Senator hlliotr, ot
lickoiy, has introduced or present
ed a reaoiuiiou from a number of
citizens asking for the repeal of that
part of the constitution, but a repeal
means a vote of the people. This
section of the constitution has been
hammered at for many years, et it
stays and a majority of the people
must want it to stay. It is said
that it is the salvation of the de
fenseless women and children,
against the profligate and trifling
fathers of the land who would
squander all and take the shelter
from their heads. With it off the
books a man could get credit where
he cannot now, and somjman would
be helped to business but this
scribe does not expect a vote to
come on that till there is some more
to go along with it.
Penitentiary Ezaoutleas
There are two bills in the com
mittee that look to the exeeutio; of
t.11 criminals, condemned, in the
state penitentiary, and hanging will
be abolished for the electric chair.
One bill repeals the county execu
tion law, and the other provide for
the electric cbair. It looks like
these or one embodying both might
pass. All the states seem to be
coming to it.
Touching Coca Col
Perry, of Blalen, under the name
of raising school fund, wants to tax
coca cola, and other drinks supposed
to contaiu any kit.d of rtope $50 per
year for manufacturers, and each
retailer is want d to put in $5 for
the privilege of dealing in th stuff
That too has to run the gauntlet ot
committee, before anything can be
done.
Auot her Heat Couteated
It had not come up in the House
Monday morning, bntit is said the
seat of Rep.eseutative Scarhoro. of
Wake couuty, will bine his Beat con
tested, on account of his being pot
tnasler at a Wake couuty office, in
which case the Republican who re
ceived the next highest vo'e will be
the contestor. He will stand a pool
show ordinarily, unless it in a fact
that the holding the poet office and
the house seat made it unconstitu
tional, aud that plainly.
Committee Appointments
Speaker Graham threw a nice
boquet to representative Dowd, his
main competitor for the speakership,
when it was given bun to be the
head ot tbe important committee o
Finance, and it was well given, Mr.
Dowd cau do the work. In thi
connection it is interesting that th
brother of the Governor was appoint
ed to the chairmanship of the coin
mittee on Public Service Corpora
tions. You kuow Mr. Kitchin war
elected on the light he made as tli
victim ot the railroads, but be it
said to his and ex-Gov. Glenu's hon
or, that they both advised modera
tion as to the course in regard to
these useful corporations, end i.oth
ing is expected to come up that
threatens them.
Salary of Commissioner of Labor and
Printing;
Monday the Senate bill increasing
the salary of tbe Commissioner of
Labor and Printing came np in the
House, and a hot fight waB made on
the bill, the tight being forced by
the minority, but many of the ma
jority helped. An amendment was
offered by Gotten of Pitt, and adopt,
ed, reducing the increase to $2,000
instead of $2,500. All other amend
ments were voted down. Mr.' Grant
of Davie, wanted it re-referred to
the eommittee on Appropria ions,
but that was lost and the bill was
about to go upon its third reading
when it was moved that it go over
till Weduesd y, and become the
special order of the morning hour.
It will probably pass, but it stands
a chance to go down in defeat.
Tuesday tbe election ef the Unit
ed States Senator came off, and Hon.
Lee S. Overman, of Salisbury, was
re-elected over Mr. Spencer B.
Adams, by a full party vote.
On Tuesday the Legislature by a
special train went to Chapel Hill, by
invitation, to see the State Universi
ty, and to hear Woodrow Wilson,
President o Princeton speak on the
Life of Lee and Jackson, it being
the anniversary of the birth of Lw.
The trip was a pleasant one, and
greatly eDjoyed by all that went.
Tbe Univeisity if North Carolina
is doing a work abo t, which there
is no doubt, and will have the sup
port of tbe Legislature in its main
tenance. Last year's advertising is as good
for a store now as last year's food is
for the store's owner now. Both are
stronger today, for having bad them.
Both ueed today's supply today.
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hundred subscribers to The Cour
ier whose time expires. Many of
them are known as campaign sub
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to the first of the year, and by
reason of delay and the failure of
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past, these extra copies have been
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With this issue we part company
retuctantly with these friends
whom we have numbered as a part
of our family for the past several
months.' We have a most attract
ive clubbing" proposition and any
one by writing; a postal card or a
letter to 1 he Courier will receive
by return mail information which
will tell how you can get a sub
scription to The Courier tree for a
year.
Colonel Argil Dead
Thomas M. Argo died at his home
in Raleigh on Thursday, January
14th. He was one of the greatest
jury advocat a of this generation.
Col. Argo w8 born in Alabama
April 20, 1841, and a few years later
with his father moved to Tennessee,
where he lived for many years, lie
was educated at tbe State Universi
ty and graduate 1 in 1864. After
graduation he entered the Confeder
ate army and remalued until the
close.
Prof. Sadler Dead.
Prof. Warren H. Sadler, head of
Bryant & Straitou Business College,
of Baltimore, one ot 'he best kaown
educators in this country, d;ed in
Baltimore January lOib. Prof.
Sadler wus secretary and treasurer
of the Uwharne Mining Co. aud
was connected with the North State
Mining Co., the latter of which was
largely engaged lu iinnin ' in this
section, several years ago.
Prof. Sadlei was a good and use
ful man.
Fayetteville lias Murder Mystery.
The blood stained clothes of A. E
Skinner, a coal passer on the U. 8,
Ship Frankliu, who was honorably
discnarged owing to deifness, were
found at fayetteville Saturday
morning. Tbe body of the man
could uot be fouud. A strange ue
gro, Paul Vinson, is under arrest, he
Unviug been found wearing tbe
trousers that matched theco-a found
and he is believed to know some
thing of the terrible murder. Skin
ner was on tne government pension
list.
Thoinaaville Cnterprislag
A uiaes meeting of the citizens of
Thoniasville was held Monday night
to discuss civic improvements. At
this meeting $1,000 was subscribed
to a fund to induce the Methodist
Prutestaut conference to establish a
college there, aud an invitation was
extended to tbe Baptist otate bun
day School Association to meet at
1 nomas vi lie in July,
Admits Insolvency
The stockholders of the Industrial
News, at i heir meeting in Greens
horn last week, admitted th" insolv
ency of the company aud authorized
a sale ot tne paper under tne nans
ruptcy proceedings. It is said that
E. C. Duncau aud others are organ
izing a company to endeavor to get
control of the paper when it is sold.
National Tariff Commission.
The National Taiiff Commission
Convention will meet in Indianapo
lis February 16th to 18'h inclusive.
The convention favors tbe appoint
ment of a permanent, non partisan
semi-judicial tariff commission
which shall gather auU study facts
in this and other counnes pertinent
to the tariff question.
The State Normal.
The report of tbe trustee; of the
State Normal aud Industrial College,
to the Legislature shows great pro
gres of th institution for the past
two years. Duung the time $105,
000 has been expended in improve
ments, erection of dormitories, etc.
The' e is a strong demand for still
larger doinitory roam.
3000 for Death ot Young Vaden.
In a suit for damages in Guilford
Superior Court against the North
Carolina Railroad Company by Chas.
E. Vaden, Admr., asking $10,000
damages for the killing of Jesse
Vaden, a young white boy ot nigh
JPoint.a verdict of $3000 wis return
ed Saturday.
WERE MARRIED IN NEW YORK.
Mr. R. T. Rosemond and Miss Louise
Hrad.haw Made Man and Wile.
Thursday at nnnn in Near Ynrlt
City at the Church of Transfigura
tion, Mr. R. T. Rosemond and Miss
ljomse Ur dshaw, both of Greensbo
ro were united in marriage.
Miss Bradshaw went to New
York some time ago with Mibs
Mar e Reynolds, the two planning
to epend a mouth there with friends
of Miss Reynolds. By previous ar
rangement Mr. Rosemond went
several days ago to claim Miss Brad
shaw as his bride, it beiug the desire
of both to avoid the usual wedding
formalities.
Following the wediing the wedded
couple an! friends p.trtook ot a
luncieon at Sherry's. They will
return to Greensboro making their
home with Mr. and Mr. VY. J.
Sherrod, 306 North Elm Street.
Tbe bride is a daughter of Mr.
aud Mis. G. S. Brads aw and is a
lovelv young woman. Mr. Rse
niond, is chief clfik at tbe
Guilford Hotel. He is a young
man of prepossessing appearance aud
popular with all who know him.
Many friends wish the newly mar
ried couple great hHppiuess.
Married JO Years.
Mrs. P. E. Jarrell,of High Point,
has leceived the announcement that
her sister, Mrs. Henry lieu ley, aud
her husband, who live in Kansas,
ill soon celebrate then 70th wed
ding anniversary. The Heuleya
inovetl tiom KinUoiph years ago.
Mrs. Lieu ley is 80 years old. Both
of the old people are lookiue for
ward to the celebration of this, their
diamond wedding.
Fooled Ills llrlde
H. Cam Heitman, who married
Miss L nise Campbell, of near Ashe-
ville, some ten days ago, did not
keep his bride with him long. She
left Heitman within three days, tell
ing the lauy with whom they hoard
ed that Heitman had fooled her.
Heitman is to he tried at Iredell
court rent week for securing money
on worthless drafts.
Heavy Claim For Damages
W. E. Worth, of Wilmington,
claim $04,000 damages for breach
of contract against the Knicker
bocker Company, of New York,
Hugh McKae & Co., of W.Iming
ton, The Colonial Surety Co., the
Rockingham Contract Co., and
ethers. The enit is over the hv-
draulic plant at Blewitt Falls in
Richmond and Anson counties.
Thumb Sawed.
On Inst Friday mornin? Charles
Jarrett, an em' Ioye- of the Bard
Lumber Co., was painfully injured
While sawing out chairbacks his left
hand slipped against the eaw, which
out deeply between the thamb and
first linger, almost severing the
thumb from tbe hand.
W illiam Jennings Rryaa Oa Adverti
Ing;.
"A fellow who tries to attract
baiiness without advertising is like
the felW who throws his sweetheart
a kiss in tbe dark; he knows what
he is di ing but nobody else does."
JVOOO Workers Involved.
A hat maker" strike is on in New
York and New Jersey, caused by
the managers in 75 factories declar
ing their intentio to discontinue
the use of the union label. Th
manufacturers state that a rise in
the price of head gear is inevitable.
Ajratnat Flirting.
Miss Nannie Crook, a handsome
young woman, has been fined $10 in
the police conrt at Roanoke for flirt
ing with a young mun on the street
eorner from the window of her home.
Uncle Sam to lirert Homes In Italy.
President Roosevelt has decided
to ship to Italy at once materia.! for
the construction of 2,500 or more
substantial but modest houses for
the relief of the earthquake sufferers,
;H Autos Burned.
Six garages, in which were scored
348 Automobiles, were burned Rat
urday. The machines were valued at
$750,000, which the total loss is
nearly $1,000,000.
The Alaska-Yukon Exposition
will be held at Seattle, Wash, from
June 1st. to November 1st. North
Carolina will have a valuable exhib
it there and the General Assembly
will he asked to appropriate $25,000
for the purpose.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Capt. J. W. Todd, a .ell-known
citizen of Jefferson, is reported criti
cally ill.
R. F. Coble sunerintendent of tha
Southern Cotton Mills, at Bessemer
City, wiu soon return to Concord as
superintendent of the Locke mills.
It now seems that South Carolina
is destined to swing into the prohi
bition column soon. A State-wide
prohibition bill will proba cy be en
acted during the present session of
legislature.
The Anson county school board
announces that the per capita ap
portionment for this year is $1.51
against $1 .44 last year.
The Waveily Cotton Mill, of
Laurinburg, with $300,000 capital
has been chartered hy J. F. Mc
Nair, A. L. James and others.
In a head-on collision between a
freight acd passenger train near
Gleuwood Springs, Col., Saturday,
fftty persons we a killed outright
and forty seriously injured.
The Thomasville Methodist
chnrch collected during last year
$10,661 for all purposes, an average
of $45 per member.
Seven foimer residents of Wilkes
couuty were killea in the Lick
Branch Coal Mine by an explosion
last week.
S. A. Iloleman, formerly a pro
fessor t Elou College, but for some
time a but-inet-s man of Greensboro,
died Saturday. He was a native of
Chatham county aud near 70 years
of age.
About 9 o'clock Fri ay night the
Greenville (N. C.) Lumber & Ve
neering Plant was burned. The
damage is estimated at $12,000 with
$5,000 insurance.
Durham's handsome municipal
building, erected a few years ago at
a cost of $50,000 was destroyed by
ne Sunday morning.
W. R. WilkinB, druggist of Salis
bury, will opeu a hansome drug
store at Carthage in a a iiort time.
The Rowan county commissioners
have granted a franchise to the Pied
mont Carolina Railway Co to builu.
and operate a railroad in that county.
The cars are to be running within
12 months.
Tbe coronor's jury incmiring into
the explosion at Lick Branch Coal
mine in W. Va., in which sixty
persona were killed, has exonerated
the coal company from the blame
for the disaster.
JA. F. Moses, trustee of the Vade
Mecuai Springs Co., which was
several weeks ago declared bankrupt
announces that tbe Springs will be
opened again next summer.
Chas. Brown, a negro, haa entered
suit against the Southern at Win-son-Saleaa,
claianiag$2000 damages
because one of the clems in the bag
gage department threshed him in
the presence of his women friends
The clerk says he whipped the negro
for his impudence.
Clarence H. Poe, state chairman
of the A. ti -Saloon League, suggests
that all sheriffs b paid $25 for each
distillery seized by them under the
State Prohibition laws.
Siler City is preparing to issue
$5,000 in bonds for school purpose.
C. F. King financier, who has be.
gun his sentence in the Boston pris
on, is operating a knitting machine
in the hosiery department of the
prison.
The Greater Charlotte Club is
agitating the constrnct:on of 20
miles of rail nmd from Taylonvil'e
to Wilkes bore and thence to Jeffer
son, Ashe county. Tbe Club thinks
Charlotte's commercial advantages
would be greatly increased.
Mr. C. B. Webb has moved from
Salisbury to Greensboro. He is Past
State Councellor of the Junior Or
der and is well known in the state.
He formerly lived in Statesville.
Mrs. Shields, wife of Dr. II. B.
Shields, of Carthage, died recently.
Mrs. J. Webb White, wife of a
well known citizen of Spencer, died
Tuesday of this week.
Dr. Allen E. Frazier, of Eligh
Point, and Miss Lula O. Whitaker,
of Hockingnam, were married yes
terday. They will be at home at
High Point after February 1st.
NEWS IN RANDOLPH
Interesting Items frnm All Over the
County
Ramseur Will Vote Five Thousand
Dollars Bonds.
New Roller Mill lor Asheboio The A
man House Voluutary Petition in
Bankruptcy at Randleman Other
News.
W. F. Redding has purchased the
Smith property, adjoining the Ashe
boro Furniture plant upon which
he proposes ac iu early date to erect
a uew roller mill. It is proposed te
organize a company for the opera
tion of a mill of a 75 barrel capacity
installing modern inachineiy. The
details of orgauizi'iou a e t ot Jready
for publication but Mr. Redding in
forms Tbe Courier that application
for a charier authorizing $10,090
capital will be : made at once and
when the org tnizution of the com
pany is perfected the erection of a
building on the new site will be be
gun. Town Fire Limit.
The Board of Commissioners of
Asheboro has recently extended the
tire limits of the town as follows:
Beginning at a point even with
the west side of the new court house
lot and south side of W. H. Morings
residence and running thence north
82 degrees west to Church street,
thence in a northren direction along
Church street to a point .60 feet
north of Depot street, thence east to
a point 100 feet from the Sou. Ry.
track, tnence northwardly keeping
100 feet distant from said Railway
track to a point west of the south
west corner of T. U. Redding's lot,
thence east crossing North Street to
T. H. Redding's southwest corner,
thence eastwaidly with said T. H.
Redding's line to Fayetteville street,
thence south along Fayetteville
street to a poinr directly west of
the north end of the new court
honse, thence east to the court house,
lot, thence in a southern directly to
the beginning.
Death ef Mrs. J. F.d. Cole.
Mrs. J. Ed. Cole, of Liberty, died
at Greensboro Sunday afternoon af
ter a lingering illness. Mr. and Mrs.
Cole had been guests at the Clegg
Hotel for several weeks, stopping
theie en route to Texas. Mrs. Cole
was unable to continue the journey
on account of rapidly declining
health.
The deceased was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Reitzell, of Lib.
erty, and is survived by her husband
and three small children Mrs.
Cole was 30 years old.
The funeral was conducted at
Liberty Monday aftern on.
The Auman House
The Auman House, a new hostel
ry for Ataeboro, wasopeneu to the
public last week, aud is being ac
corded good patronage iu the build
ing formerly known as the Uollady
Pooi Hardware building which has
been renovated, and has eight sleep
ing apartaaeats oi the te O ld floor.
A neatly furnished lobby is arrrang
ed in the front of the 1st floor, I ack
of which is tbe diniugroom. Mr.
D. Anmau, the proprietor, has
equipped the hostelry in first-class
shape and deserves a liberal patron
age. 1. M. Candle Bankrupt.
L. M. Caudle, grocery-man of
Randleman, filed a voluntary peti
tion in bankruptcy in the office of
U. S. Court Clerk Trogdon, at
Greensboro Saturday. The case
was referred to G. S. Ferguson,
referee.
H- gives his liabilities at $3,958,
77 and tssetts $4,039.72.
Ramseur has decided to ask
Legislature for a permission to vote
$)000 in bonds for Street, sidewalk
and other improvements.
Dr. W. S. Edwards died at his
home just acroes the Chatham line
near Staley on Friday of last week.
He leaves four sons, Drs. .). 1). and
S. R. Edwards and Mr. W. S. Ed
wards, Jr., of Siler City, and Mr.
Robt. Edwards, of Florida, aud three
daughters. The funeral was at
Rockv River church.
The Davidson Hardware Co., of
Lexington, has been incorporated by
J, W. Noel, Dermont Si en well and.
S. L. Owen.