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r COURIER o T5he COURIER Leads in Both News and J X5he COURIER j Advertising Columns f H Circulation. . J Bring Results. J ssued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Tear )( VOL XXXIV. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, January 28. 1909. No BAILEY'S BRILLIANT SPEECH ON BRYAN "Be of. Good Cheer, the Morning Cometh" IN THE SHADOW OF DEFEAT Merer In the History of the Country Was There So Mucb for Good Demo cratsto Fight tor; Merer a Higher Call to Battle; Never Were the nemo crate More Ready to Greet the Call of Battle With a Cheer. Io nominating William Jennings Bryan f ov President before the Nort h Carolina E ectoral Colege, Mr. J. W. Ba ley, of ltdleigi, e'eotor at large, made a profound impression. His br.lliant i ominutiug speech evoked much applause arid has been highly praised. The full text of this speech is us follows: "VViuchmini, whatot the Night?-' f stand l i the ijiiado.v of a great di'fcu'; Hud Seeing ih a it is the fourth in uubroKeii huceesidot., it becomes ns here a reive-a, ,U es of a great and nis oiic party, who records abound with t--.- evidences of memorable services to our li-pun lie and tj eivihzatioe, winch to lav comma; ds the suffrage of 6,500,(100 American citiz-ns and whose destiny no man dare measure; it becomes ns to look about us, to reckon wuh our peculiar situation, to take couu sel concerning the condition of our country with a view to proposing a program in keeping with our record of service; and so, if possible, to reasonably answer the inarticulate cry to millions of Democratic heurts throughout the Republic "Watch m n, what of the Night?" That we cau reasonably give back to them the answer, "be of good cheer, tke moaning cometh." I have in the high hopes of my own heart the best, assurance, and these hopes have I set out to communicate to you. Democratic Achievement In Defeat We stand, I said, in the shadow of a great defeat of tour of them in nubroken tuocessioD. But we stand and as we stand our hear 'A bear wit ness that never in the history of o r country was there so mucb for good Democrats to tight for; never hid we a higher call to battle than now, and never were we moie ready to greet the call to battle with a cheer. So far from being cast down or overwhelmed, our party is more nu merous, more united, more determ ined, aud inoie devoted to its stand ards than at auy time in its. event, ful history; and its causes were never so dear to the hearts of s the people. Good causes never die. Eight and justice are immortal. And therefore is it true that Democracy it immortal. The- history of progress is a record of defeats. A thousand oattles g against the standards of Right; bat every defeat means a step in the long, triumphant forward march of civilization. Joseph is sold iuto Egypt, but he rises at Ust to save his father's house; Soorates drinks the hemlock, but his philosophy gaidea the ages; Jeans is nailed to the cross but the instrument of his death is now the life of the race. Carlyle hits the idea in one of his great paragraphs. Says he, "Up ward of a century mast elapse, and till the bleeding fight of freedom be fought, whose is noblest perish ing in the van; and the Moloch of Iniquity must have his sacrifices and the Michdbl of Justice his martyrs." Bat our Americau poet has put it in more popular phrase: Truth forever ou the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne: Bat that scaffold sways the future, And behind the dim unknown, Stand th God t in the slow Keeping watch above tlis own." King John gave the Magna char ter from the throne; bnt the barous at ita foot compelled him. Charles II. gave the great reforms of modern England, out the ghost of Cromwell glided his pen. In such terms, sir-", I interpret Oar present coudition. We have been de:ete I, but onr faith in our cause abides, and ur cause rides ou in triumph. We are cast down but not forsaken, and we ku w that so long as we ot'eave to our cause, we have naught to fear. We would terte our Republic in triumph, but bidrig that hour, we know that we have served it more worthily aud more efticieutiy iu defeat than our triumphant opponents have served it in victory; and we are not the men to refuse to serve so long as that can be Baid no matter who gets into the places of honor, reward and power. I have just made a bold statement namely, that the Democratic party has served onr Republic more worth ily and more effectually in defeat than the Republicans have served it in victory. Let me either make it good or witharaw it. What is the record of the Democratic party? Do your mi no a revert to those early days when our party swathed the Lew born Republic in its swad dling clothes ohose great princi ples which are its armor todav; when it rocked the new Republic iu the cradle of Liberty under Jeffer son aud Madisou, Juckson and Mon roe? They we e great days, aud are not to be forgntteu. But they wee the days nf victory; g:eat as were our party's aouuYjmen 8 i he u, 1 venture to slnw hut, the yclutvn meuts of the D.-niuoj V.io par.'v tin lifty years of defeat have been no It-bs great. Review for a moment these fifty years since the great war. What are the outstanding uohicveni.n'.s of Ui:s great period in our history? First of them all is ti e l.estora- tion of the South within herself aud ber rel.it o'i to the Republic. And who resi.oieJ th i South? Diu the carpel-bag -r; did the tiiv-ent-r; did the Foiakers aud the Lo lg. Bills; did Stevens and Reconetruc lion? Did the Republican party? Why, sirs, it tias i.ot yet eo much as gottea iuelf "restored" in the Soutb! It has remained for the belated Mr. L'aft to discover that such an achievement wai on foot; and he ha set himself about it with all the ar dor of a sola discoverer! There is not but oue answer to these ques tions the Democratic paity restor ed the Souta to herself ana the Re. public. It was the Democratic party that drove the despoilers from this temple ana rebuilt the fallen Stale. And yet we are told that the Democratic party is notconstructive I answer that this one particular re construction is the greatest achieve ment of any party in any time aud an evidence of statesmanship beyond all doubting. And how signally did the Republicans fail at it! Again, what is the policy through out our Republic today with regard io the negro citizen? la it the Re publican party's policy whatever that may be whether social equali ty, miscognation, or whatsoever shape it may taker Is it the lie publican party's policy in Sp ing field, III., the home of its father, Lincoln? Is it the Republican, party's policy in Philadelphia or Boston." The world knows the answer. The Democratic party is the only party iu our history that has had a positive aud unvarying policy on the race prcbiem, and toJay it looks abroad and perceives that wherever that problem has become intense there the Democratic party policy has been adopted regardless alto gether of sectional lines. So we have given to the Republic not onlv a restored South, bat also the one pol.cy of safety ia the race question. These two achievements outrank at every point my others since the great war. But I have not done by no m- a i?. Of late tbe Republican party has boasted of the single gold standard and our national financial policy. Need I remind th. m thai when their leader, McKinley, was preacn ing bi-metalism, our leadei, Cleve land, was holding the tiller cf the ship of state, true to the gold stand aid, and we Democrats who honor his memory for the unswerving courage with which single-handed and alone, with no party to support him, be fought the memorable bat' tie. Again, what is the other outstand ing f cats re of American political history since the great war? It is tbe controlling of the public service corporations in the interest of the people and the warfare on monopo lies- And who brought this great cause to the front? Who urged it on? Who forced it upon a reluctant R publican Congress? There is but one answer. Not the Republicans, for wheu they were themselve own ed and controlled by these same n stitut ons, when they had nit on notable man who would lift his toioa against them, the great voice f Bryan was heard in onr land and millions ra lied to his standard Who seriously thinks that without him this cau3e could have come for- 'ward, who dreams that but for him bEWS IN' BRIEF. Leving I. Wrenn has been ap pointed postmaster at Siler City. Mrs. C. F. Curtis, of Lexington, died last Friday, aged 38 years. xaer uusuauu auu in.ee. cnimreu ; survive her She hmi hfn ill several months. Mrs. M. W. Woody, of Siler City, died last Thursday at her home after a brief illuess with pneumonia. she is survived by a husband and three children. She was t consist ent member of the M. P. Church and a devoted Christian. Chatham County recently voted $200,000 in bonds for macadamiz ing roads. Woik will actively begin at once. Work on the electric railway to unite Burlington, Graham aud Haw liner will tat'in 1) u few weeks. The final survey it- bein made. Mrs. Kuiah Honey, f lliiih Point, the! las'' we ug-d 88 vena. She is survived by live chihlriii. W. P. Maigntn Turner, who located at Ia .xiWtoii a'joui. ;t v. if ago to practice ih : profession ( , uas deoid d to move 1 o Wilmington, lie ia a man of vigorous ability auu loice of character. The editor of the Stanly Hnter p'ise calls attention iu a very forcible manner to the l.tot that school teachers are very much underpaid. Miss Edith Moore, of High Point, is.recevi'ig national utteutiou as a singer, s ays the Cnai lot e Observer. She has assisted in professional con cert) and nas been accorded the unstinted praise of her hearers. The A.0. L. and S. A. L. rail way companies will erect a uuiou passenger statien at Wadesboro. Morris-Parker. Miss Maggie Parker of High Point and S. G. Morris, of Trinity, were married in Aheboro , Tuesday afternoon fey W. N. Elder, J. P. Th iy left for Trinity Wednesday morning. The 'bride is a daughter ef Mr. Lemuel Parker, of High Point aud is an accomplished young lady. Mr. Morris is well known and popular among a host of friends. and bis militant hosts President Roosevelt could have hammered the Republican Cougtess into eveu the slight degree of support that it has givan this great cause? And, as if to give the Democratic party the completest possible ap proval at the present hour the Re publican party is tr ing to get the consent of its owners, the protected interests, to enact a tariff for reven ue onlv! I assert that I have spoken only the words of soberness and truth. Let me review the record. Since the great war our Republic has made five great political advancei: 1. ' lhe Kestoiatiou of the South. 2. 1 The forming of a raoe policy. 3. The Hit: g of the gold stand ard. 4. The controlling of the public service cor orations. 5. 1 he reforming of the tariff (now proposed). And in every one of them the Democratic party has had an incom parably larger part than the Repub lican party. I challenge any man in any party, or in any land, to show an equally brilliant and beneficent record of constructive statesmanship ny an opposition party. And so, sirs, we can face defeat in the light of triumphs like these with stout hearts, and we can go onward with these trophies in our hands in different to th minor and insignifi cant rewards of intra office. If they taunt ns with our exile, let us answer them with these immortal triumphs. And if our hearts fail us, or our foil' wers would faint in the long, long battle, let ns cheer them with these great rewards of the struggle, We are mere than con querors! Our party is superior to defeat, because us cause knows no defeat! For my part, I rejoice in the fact that the Democtatic party is differ. ent from auy otner in American his tory in that it can withstand d'fest. It has feen perliap' one ."'ii. lre'.! p? li , c :1 ! iies n e .1 fai., iU o'.uiSl X .al io ou"y Litii a neLinry old, in j Kes- i Wi a; of, old !;- 'h iw t ;i e-ni i yci', Hut the Democrat ic prty goes serenely on. It is the one party in America whose life is (Couti. uetl ou eeco d paeO RAILROADS MOVE ON GOVERNOR OffldalaP.il Wnr a r-f.r- t v " Passenger Rates, GOV. KITCHIN CONSIDERS MATTERS SETTLED. Many nil In Before the House. But All of a Local Nature Working on Di vorce LawsSenator Sucnce'e Matrimony Bill. The bill putting all solicitors in tbe State on Silanes was passed by the House Tuesdav. The talary fixed by the bill is $2500 a y sr. and all fees H,ru to be pak! lulo the Si ate Treasu y. If th-' Senate mlnp-N the 11 ii wiM . -i bei-iiiie a i,iw. In ih - house Representative R. T. Pi!'d", of .M MlllI'ltlKTV, finale ii s "lii.iileii" rpee'h on Uii tail i.uJ ws eoijyr.itnliited ou ali side-'. Rnl.--!!., I in. 2."), l!)o). Tl;e Leg .Si.-il ,-.. h.-i; iimW lieell In iv-MtilOi, for seventeen ilays, ami h:;. r-'ii-hed the poiiii, her.' the pp.iceidi .;. mv lengthened, and more Hiiiinatnui thrown into th ;in. In short the matter t ie work has come. IlHllt-oml Move u Sarprluc, When the railroad officials moved on tbe Governor last Thursday for a rate conference, it came as a clap of thnuder in winter time, as beth tbe incoming and outgoing Goveiu or qonsidered that niatier of passen ger rates settled, and so said ia their messages. But from what has been said the rouds are not satisfied with the earnings uuder the rates in force, and want a raise, yet it is inti mated that they want it other than opening the matter in the legislative body; aud perhaps through increased power of the corporation commission, by a law making that bo y th pow er to reduce or increase rates. This move will be regretted by those who fought so hard for the roads, two years ago, and will be welcomed by those who were so anxious to get even with the roads at that time. Not getting any im ourageuient on tbe increase it is to be hoped the railroads will back away, aud not disturb the peace now seeming exist ing. The roads are entitled to pay for their work. No eue wants them to be losers. $1,090 To Bnaagnrate Governor, Mr. Cox's resolution to pay the expense ef the commit ee on inau. guratiin, $1,050, caused some talk, and after passing its second reading was sent to a committee for action. This was the houses own com mittee aud it will certainly not turn down it iu any expense. The old solicitor on salary rackst has oegun again. It cornea up a regularly as the meeting of the leg islature occu 8, and just as regularly gets killed so far as the state is concerned. This time the bill was reported without prejudice, showiug the committee was ifraid of it, and will let tbe committee as a whole fight it oat. Contested Electlom. The Williaim-Stringtield election contest, which may have been looked upon as joke at the beginning bas turned to be a real contest, and both are claiming to be as good a democrat as the other except one is regular and the other independent. Mr. Williams has been here before, and this time had a majority of )nly three votes on the faee. Mr. Stringfield has found eighteen men who swear they voted for him, whereas he had only seven votes counted to him at that certain pre cinct iu Dare county. So the fight was in earnest, and it took two days to decide and hear the evidence and the srgumtnt pio and con. After heari g all the evidence it took the stenographer some lime to get tbe ma ter so it could be read aad studied, and it was left in a peace ful state to come up later. Went Ere Doctor Examined. A bill has been introduced in the house to create a bo ord of Optome tiy, to examine and license all per sons wanting to practice he treat ment of the eye. It provides the same machinery as the medical men have, and takes care of a'l those who have been at the work two years, as tbey will not have to do more than pay a few dollars aud register aad keep .egistereu. This bill will be oome a law, no doubt, as it should, DR. MOTT. Wrltea a Characteristic Letter to Wash ington. Dr. Mott, one of the leading Re publicans in the State has this to say in regard to the appointment of tbe Eastern Judgeship: Certain big corporations, doing business in North Carolina want a corrupt judiciary. These influences are responsible for Mr. Duncan and his elevation. The party organiz ation has been constructed ou lines laid down by these corporations. The politicians of the Republican party in th- State are subject to the dictHnon of th'S constructed power, and keep the.r mouths closed. If Adams is Hjip niued judge, Duncan will be Slate chaiiman. Montgomery News. The Mintg' mriun Itnth Russell, of Eldorado town ship, died ii fow days ago, aged 82 Ml'8. Mr. and Mrs. M. 11. Leach, of Taylors iile, 111., are isiuing rela tives in 'Irs count'-. J. L. Wood, of Kther, and Mis? Tea Allen, of Martins Mill, wre married ''ew days ni'O. I). R. Graves, of Randolph, aud Miss Delia Leach, of Litn'e River township, were married on the even ing of December 31. Esq. J. C. Mcintosh officiating. The groom is a youag man of splendid character and bas many friends. The bride is a daughter of Mr. Sandy Leach and is i lady who is justly popular. High Point Bank Meeting. Tne stockholders and directors of the North Carolina Baak & Trust Company, of High Point, met last wees. Officers were elected as fol lows: 0. E. Kearns, president; A. M. RanLin, first vice-president; P. H. Johnson, second vice-president; E. d. idol, third vice-president; Lee A. Briles, secretary and . treasurer; L. M. H. Reynolds, manager Barings department; W. F. Armfield, man ager insurance, W. R. Newby, book keeper and teller. Read Our Advertisements and Save Money. During the past week several of oar merchants have inaugurated special Sales ou all merchandise at reduced prices, and in connection, some are showing advance styles in Spring goods. The sales will last several days and are being well at tended. Readers of The Conner ere urged to read all advertisements and note the pi o s. They can readily see that money can be saved bv Datronisino' enternnsino- mer chants who use the columns of the Courier to talk to theii friends. For Prevention of DUeaie. In a recent statement issued by the vice Dresideut of the North Car olina Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, membership in the organization is open to every man and woman and ch Id in the state. Every person who sends their nnme aad $1.00 to Dr 0. A. Julian, of Thomasville, Secretary of Associa tion, will be enrolled as a member. The Association will not only fight the disease of tuberculosis but all other contageous diseases in the State. as all the other practitioners are protected by law. Ae To Hoigege Bales. A bill that the committee killed that affected the whole ttate was oae to make the advertisement of land under sale of a moi taue tell how many acres were in cultivation, how much improvements, timber and such was ou the place. It cre ated much discussion, and was killed. Some one said that with such a provision the leaving out of a small thing might io validate a bona fide sale. Collecting Back Taxes. There are bo many bills before the legislature at each session, to allow certain sheriffs to collect back taxes, and all are so near in the same class, it ha been agreed that a general bill be drawn to allow the whole state to have the right to go back three years and collect, as these sheriffs desire, and if that is proper ly shaped, it will go through, most likely, and include ail. Enough Power Alreedr. The judiciary committee has kil (Continued on tilth page) RANDLEMAN CHAIR FACTORY TO START Will Be Operated By Deep River Chair Co. NEW COMPANY ELECTS OFFI CERS. Other County NotesCrown Roller JMIlls of Asheboro Changes Hands-. Death at Itandteinau. The stockholders in the Deep River Chair Oo., which recently purchased.the Randlemau Chair Co's plant have decided to startjthe plant at once. The officers of the new Company are: Directors Geo. T. Penny, John B. Ward, E. E. Mendenhall, 0. C. Marh, J. J. e Im, W. M. Coble, 11. F. Bisc-i,,.,., s. E. Holland, L. D. Mendchh ili, f nomas Farlow, L. A. Spencer, V. II. Pickard. The director elected the follow ing otlicers we;erieoted: President K. E. Mendenhall. Vice Presidents J. li. Ward, 0. C. Marsh und L. . Spencer. Secretary and I'reaauier W. II. Pickard. The new roller mill company mentioned in our last issue, pro. moted by W. F. Redding, has pur chased the Crown Milling Co's plant from C. C. Cranford and will take charge in a few days. Progressive Asheboro. The store of the Standard Drug Oo is undergoing a transformation. The floor has been lowered to the street level, and the interior hand somely papered and with the addi tion or a new plate gUss front nd new fixtures inside the store will be Credit tO Our town. Mr. Tlnrlor. wood declures the work of 'pitioHaI. ing will not cease until he has one or tne naoasomest stores in this section of the State. The tnanv changes made in th business portion of Asheboro during the past 6 months have rrenf.lv im proved the appearance of our town and today we have the most progres sive town in the State. Th s is the comment not only of our own pa triotic enterprising citizens but of the traveliug Dublic who note th conditions of the towns they visit. No town in North Carolina offers better commercial, educational social and religions advantages than Ashe- ooro. Wadesboro's New Charter. Wadesboro aldermen desire more power to improve the town. A new charter for the, town asks the Board be authorized to call an election an any tira to vote bonds not exceeding $10,000; gives power to pave sidewalks, the town paying half and the property owners half and to pave streets the property owners on either side paying one third e. ch. Negro Killed at BIscoe. Eugene Smitherman, colored em ploye of the Asheboro & Aberdeen Kail way Company, was killed at Bisooe last Friday night. Ho at tempted to catch an out-going train. Missing ti e step he f 1 under the wheels, and death wasiustantune?us. Smitherman had been in the employ OI tne A . Oj A. Tnr apvsral vnara r and at the time of his death waVl Wants SIO.OOO From Wadesboro J ' Mrs. Lucretia Harrington, m(04 of Jas Harrington, deceasefj brought suit agaiast Wadesboftfc-f $10,000 damages for t. e dVatha her son, James, who was kljlpq ht " a live electric wire which, was stretched across a st-eet Aptjent,, show, lhe wire was baEngfllr baa ation. loillo TuiUjaBrnmoo icea gqooil sril la M-. Harris Goes toiMackstfileyiill aob Roland Harris, M newspaper mau pMurv,, M purchased th Mocksville .gujtfejia xca and will at oncebegitt, liVlwbi i that, paper. Thvgju.JJaMfc mriool Democratic oigasJuttml Io tnod e oitil am H til a t ii f oniirll at molein 8JilP''rekP,"nw" lod5 . ,. ;o'w 1 .en'.i'xl anoov. bos erwtrj A small wrk(pugrgd',n(1 dtin Asheboro b5a.ndflOi,,WifcsSoutleral U near Ran(ilemHnohimKlay7mciii!rig.trwob Three cann fwere ieMDlraheelhatK Jt'Ji" others dtatagedpl t'hfeaKrtoW torn up for quite a distance. Fortu mately no one was hurt.
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