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VOL XXXIV.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, February t.,.i90.
COURIER.:
LEGISLATIVE NEWS.
Many Bills Presented and Fights
Were Frequent.
CONSERVATISM IS THE WORD.
A Double Acting Penalty Law CJov
jertom Message Hefcred to Judici
ary Commute to be drasted Into ,
a Hill Light Still F.xpected
" on Autl-Tiuat Lawa-As to
New Counties.
Raleigh, Feb. 16, 1909. Th-s 'is
the thiry lixth day of the legislative
Eession, and the fortieth sinco the
members came to the capitol. As
intimated in these letters from time
to time, the matters of real State
importance have been far and few
between, and ii'Ubi::g has come on
passage that all the siate felt special
interest in". Not so with the com
mittee work, as .here are some
measures'theie that are euotigh .im
portance to .make the whole state
take notice for io'stauce the trust
1 busting bill, and the message of the
I' Governor as mentioned under a
different head of the let er. The
legislature in slow to act, e.xcipt ou
private bills. ')','.
if . Conservative Is The Word.
This body may get wild in the
lend, bu left to its own war up to
now,, there will be no radical legisla
tiott. ! j : , '
A Double Acting: Penalty Uw j
Mr flavin tiua "had ' passed the
Houte a bill so amending the rail
way penalty law that it makes a
penalty ui Sou Hit, auu allows we
coasigoor or the consignee to bring
the sait, and nses words; "party
aggreived", by which the man at
either end of. the line can get to
work on the roads, v When it came
d in the House for action, Mr.
Morton of Nw Hanover .laised a
furht. and single handed held it up
for nearly an hourj in an effort ' to
get the penalty bo collected into the
school fund instead of going to the
party ' ' saeing.- . Bat the house
thought that Mr. Morton was '.work
ing a trick, and vod down his
amendment with all whs yotad sve
Hn ,Marton. This gave toe gal
leriea a chance tp enjoy a , real Ue
debate at nigut when those who hare
to work, can attend. , This,, bill is
designed to help the truckers of the
east and the produce dealers of the
vest in protecting shipments.
" ' Plrit Real Partlsaat Dajr,
Wedaesday.of laj wee.k ' was. Sthe
ferst reai day or partisan politica,and
I the house ' got its fill from the
1 stajftdpointpf .both; parties and, ;th
! fellow wao dees. uotliK .either ha
to sit ancl hear 'both.' The' occs
-was tlje ininr4ty, report ,oa the
i tCktatoha tod Hbra to alio t
I ooonttestto fcUct her 'ww'n fedttc
x! il-.L.il N Vul- r-, l' J..
uonai ouarus. j. an ueuvxrtx ciai
thai they caiiubl gire the- republ
i cans a chanoe to elect each and make
l partisan politics play m the etnea
tional' system . of .the state. The
Republicans reply that the, demo-
, crata in charge in tne 'eoanues are
. otten so pru an as to get into row,a
1 with the "county (Jomaiasiuers to
the spending of the tschoal money,
and besides j;hey are c not eonsie tint
a that the allow some counties to
lect and others the? will not.. It
raw a iiuu -.yuimw - auuuym saiu
Ota of. stiff they won id b ashamed
. jf ou the the lournal of the house
ad they ar glad no donbt such, "is
aot wris'en down save as the (milted
reporters T-write. The ill of Mr.
Harsh&W was dead to begin with
bat the casual wauted was created
-n-botht snie ; AU the other ,conn?
v ties that v ant to be allowed to elect
wfl be'ented tjhU, privilege.
,AppolntOrnt of Magistrates.
' At each session of the legislature
there are rafts of magistrates that
have failed of election or illegally
electediVhiil fi.iey hvo to be p;iSiut
ed by tlj loj.Satiiiid aaJ' haidly a
day piiaw i"4 sajte is.not putn to
appoint mugis! rates.
tTbefeWailuind tha educatio
qaliiioatioi8 of voung men taking
9f meuicine was nard taught satu
day, andiUled for- the time, , The
igtt lead by Mr.'Dowd was on the
ola use ot the law reomnne appli
oaats.of ,tiigh school,: or -fit for
freshman at the nmversity. That
claied it deith; It will come up
agam.tnia weeiu . ; ri :.
lj fJL f ramble Tm tnw .
the w iter does not recall it. Town
ship, school districts, city, town,
drainage : districts; all anxious to
better their present state by the is
suance of bonds for paying off debts
ar to make things better.
Williams Holds Ills Seat.
As stated before the committee
having the contest in charge, of
StringQeld against Williams, tiled
(he report some weeks as;o, in favor
of Williams, bat the minority want
ed to thresh it out on the floor and
was granted that privileged When
up to a vote, the parties lined up
political I y,says three or four repub
licans who voted for Williams.
Hesurrecled The Child Labor Hill.
The adverse rerort on the bill f f
Iliuedale as to labor of chikirtn
n the mills cume u) m a suti'me
bill, taking out nil' that the mil
men seriously ol.jeot d to but Mr.
rlined.il.i came in with auieniinR'iit
th:v were adopts! and put the bill
in as good 'Shape from hi stun i
point us it was first; and then Wil I
luins of Uabanits 1 .inded uu amend
ment that said no minor female or
hoy under sixteen years of age could
work in a mul at night, lhat was
the limit, and the frieuds of the
mills, and there are many, got busy
and after a fight had the bill laid
over to another day, in the house
where it has only been considered.
Wants Strong Trust Law.
If any had hoped that the Gover
nor would lie still and not get after
them he claimed were fighting him
in the summer campaign of two
years and less ago, they can abandon
tnat hope, for in a message t the
legiblata.e he comes out for law
that will effectually handle them.
It had been said that it would show
the Bize ot the man if he would let
the matter alone now; but ' the lasu
ot the party win,) so effectually wall
ed trom about the aity of KaleJgh or
a well defined motive has brought
th Uovernor out . in uo uncertain
way. Mr. Connor's motion to refer
it to the committee on Propositions
ud VUreivaacea was overcomH by
Mr. Doughton's to send it to (he i u-
aioiary to draw a bill, bo now we
have sub section A or x ., the Aoonoe
Texas bill and the desire of the
Governor all to consider.
Three kew Casiaitcs H(1I1
A proposed connty . tkat has not
been named here was tkat of .Mo&ely,
with LaG ranee us the' county seat,
out of Leuoir, Wayne .and Giaeu,
and i met death the very first nay
1 he county of ' Awry still has a
fighting chauce an . it made will be
entirely of Jlitchell. s" .
; ' . rrldar Was Fish Dar. (' . '" ,
Tbs date set for the hearing by
the house of the discufision as to the
proposed new law as to the fish in-
uustryot the State, ana v was a
lirj afTir. ' , It. can. be of little inter
est to those counties, in the interior.
out .tbe .law. applies - to all the
State To show bpw .unpopular the
Din is, all but three .of . the' coastal
oonnt.ies.iuve asked to be exempted
trom us piroslsions. .t
- EwJaff Adjudged Insane.
Henry Young, alias Henry Ewiup,
ot Stanly countvy who made cntm
nal assault on. Mrs. J. K. Moss, near
New Loudon, on the 8th- of last De
cember, was tried in no wan county
last week and was nd judged insane
lie was sent to the criminal insane
department of the penitentiary to
remain until his mental condition is
such that he can be tried for the
offence.
T , . . Tbe Jig Is I'p.
It is said that Seawell hasn't 50
endorsements and enly 30- of the
lawyers in the entire district of the
Eastern states have endorsed him as
judge. As yas ' annon ced in . Inst
week's issue of The Courier the
jig is np with . him for the present
at Ii-ast. ' ' '
YnrUtWIUIama
Curtis York ' was bianied to Miss
Louie Williams on l ist Sunday at
Suiley, It. F. D by E. A.. M:Mas;
ters. J: P., inHhe presence of the
family and intimate friends.
Miss CI ra Boren entertaineJ a
number of her friends on last Satur
day afternoon at her beautiful home
at Pomona in honor ot Mistes Mor
ing and Coffin, of Asheboro. Among
the 'gnesta that were present were
Miss Annie Moring and Mrs., B. F.
Page, of Greensboro.
HOME COURSE IN MODERN AGRICULTURE.
' , By C. V. GREGORY,
Of the Agricultural Division of the Iowa State College
pARMERS and others are becoming more deeply interested
. every year in the science of agriculture as taught in the
special courses provided' in many colleges. It is not only a
subject of fascinating, interest but' means largely increased
profits to the farmer. Those who cannot go to college can
get the information in the above new feature to be published
each week in The Courier.
The Home Course in Modern Agriculture will run for
eighteen weeks in The Courier nearly five months; and will
be sent to any address for only 25 cents.
j The Second Feature We Offer
Is of the greatest interest and value to every lover of Music- A
series' of Talks on Singing by Tetrazzini and Caruso, two of
the world's most famous singers,
COURIER- Every man, woman,
in those pla'.n, simple talks on
Send Fifteen Cents or this? series.
Address, THE
FIDDLERS' CONVENTION
The Talk o' The Town and t'rtunty
Clrrat r.vent or l''ntimaklii
The Fiddlers' Convention to l
held in the Town Hall on the even.
inf of Friday, February 2(it.h, prom
ises to be one of the ni at mousing
and entertaining events that has yet
occurred in Asbeboio. The pro
moters of the convention are making
plans on an elaborate scale and from
indications the large hall, which will
accommod te about 1,000 peopl ,
will n')t co u tain the crowd.
T e convrntiim will be under the
direction of F'rof. W. . Johns, the
well known fiddler of Hi h Point,
and W. N. Elder, of Trinity. The e
gentlemen have had experience in
conducting such conventions' and
know how t" produce merriment
The managemeiu of the conven
tion has arranged many special fea
tures which will be worth traveling
to see and everybody should arrange
to attend. ' '
The most skillful lady banjo pick-
ers-in this section and probably, in
the State will attend and take part
in the program ot specialties. A
piano played by electricity a won
or within ttself--will furnish addi-
tiinttl music. ' "
A stage 20x40 feet has been' con
structed for those who take, pa in
the ooiiyentibn .and chairs vf ill, le
prosit ed for the. comfort of the an
dieoce.,,,,., ., j
You will miss the treat of your
life if yoa miss this couveotioa.'
', E.ddlers who desire to ..become
membeisof tbe convention wre re-
qurs'ed to write '-The Maimgei Fid
dlers tonvention, ; asheboro, JN. y.
; ' Commit Suicide. 1
Pearl Fagga-. t, of Cabarrus county,
committed suicide Lhj batting her
throat with, a razor, ou last Friday
afternoon. . ; , , i ; ' v
,i Pearl Faggan was a noted 'beauty
and was known throughout the
countiy.'she having bWii'held under
serious suspicion gt;ve-'al Keiirs ngb.
and it is thought, that, brooding
over her unhappy life, the woman
was driven to drgpair aud death.
The paunts of the woman are among
the county's best families and much
8uipathy is felt for theni. .
Death of Mr. Ill ark
J. W. Bi'ick dinl ut . his honin at
Uams -ur, Tuesday.- lie had suffer
ed several days with pnumnnia.
The deceased ; was 50 ye irs uf tge
and is sni vivi-d b? h wubw, 'Mrs.
Emma Yow-HI irk. a d-wyhtor of
the late A. J. Yow, and two i:!u!T
dren Miss. Annie ca.it I- Sum lilick.
He was also h brother of dt-o. H.
IJ1 ick of Franlinvill Th" f'.mer
nl was Ciinduo-.''l .t! I'l lan: II' '!e
Christian Church yesterday morning
ut 11 o'clock.
1). C. lli liltfo Kehullt.
The'lridg.; tf the 'f)uf-ham Ri.d
Charlotte Railway,, w.hicli spans
Deep Itivei belo Slendon has been
complfted and trains are now cross'
inir. Trains havtj not crossed the
river since the great freshet of last
August, when the bridge was carried
away, trams would have Deen
cro sing the new bridge weeks ago,
but for the fact the hiuh water
wash'-d out the new structure be
fore it was com pitted aud much of
tbe work bad to be djue over again
; Sanford Express. '
will run for 12 is-ues in THE
boy and girl will 1 e interested
the secrets of successful singers.
COURIER, Asheboro, JSt. C7
DR. LONG GETS A LEMON.
ProniiiteDt Nurgcou H ns luu Astonlxhed
, To He Hacked.
When Ur. Ijonr reached hme
lust evening his wife preseuted him
with a hmon that fail ly .toe k his
iTt-atb away. He looked at the
lemoa, looked at his wife and taking
off his glasses, and wiping them
carefully he-adj'isted tbeinand look
ed ouce more, the lemon was cer
tainly h reality.
this lemou was sufficient to as
tonish the doctor for 13 inches one
way and 14 1.2 the other was tbe
actual -measurement and it was
grown in the Long home, where it
had been carefully watched and
tended by Mrs. Long. This climate
may not tie able to produce a large
crop of km ns, but the size will
make up thi deficiency in numbers.
Greensboro, Telegram.
To Navigate Pee Dee.
There is soine prospect of the Pee
Dee River helng made deep enough
for small boats orna from Blewitt
FalJs to Cher aw from which point
the river is navigable to the sea, says
the Wad. sboro' Ansonian. Congress
man Page has secured the passage
of a bill which provides for the in
spection of the river between these
ptinu?, ana it tne lepori is tavoraoiet
an appropriation win oe uiuae ior
tbe work.. .., .
Girl Pearfully Burned. ' v "
Mia Lina- Srkes.: of ElizaWeth
City, aged 22-- years, was fearfully
onrneu one uay last wees. She was
heating a pot Of tat on the cookine
stove and when she ' lifted the' pot
the ;hbt;tuni fell out, spi.ling the
contend of the tar all .over, the
s ore. Immediately the room was
filled with fire and smo'ie and t! e
young w mill's clothes were 1 afi e
The iBinriej are so eerere that it js
thought they Will be fa ai.
, Fur The Henelit of Farmers.
Much intifest is shown m the
publicatiou of tbeJesaons in Modern
Agriculture, cow .appearing weekly
in The Courier,, '1 hese. articles are
copyriffhied and The Courier )m
obtaiued the exclusive riaht to pub
Ush these ln.ns in this County.
The Ci.urier is largely dependent
upon the rursl populasion for its
patronage at d .it is fir the ben fit of
thi class of our suVsoribers thut
these articles are published.
Conductor killed.
On Thursday of lust week John
W, Wall, formerly of Greensboro,
now. living in i'.luelield, W. Va.,
aged 39 yeaM, wits struck by a shift
ihg engiue and the wheels passed
over him, ppvoring. h'? bodv hrv
tbe waist.
The l.rxiiigtuii PoM mlicc.
More than a week ao the post
office department notified Mrs. Ad
dertou at I xingtjii that her lot had
been decided upon as the lot on
which to build the new post-office..
This is knotvu as the "down town"
lot.
George Murphy Convicted.
' George Murphy, charged with
consp racy to blow open the frafe of
the Wachovia Loan and liust Co.
at Spencer last September, was con
victed last week and sentenced to
the penitentiary for 12 months.
J- L;
Griffin of Davie county, is
0. M.
overseer of the finishing robm.of
the'Wlseussett Mills at Albemarle.
Nine blind
aler8 were con-
vicied. and v.
rlrf i.aE vine
last
reek.
Cias. Fodrell was couvioteu
Winston-Salem recently for the
murder of his wife, and is sentenced
to be banged on April 30, next.
W. L, llarrelson recovered $9,000
ia a daina'- suit against the JJjutii-
ern Hallway Couipauyiu OicCusi o. i
court la.t week.
J. T. NonH lius accpptfd a- posi
tion us traveling sale man for Srou -Uuiikiu
Coiupaiiv of 11 gii l'uni',
uiid hasalre.idy gone on the l'j-ul.
Collgieo.JUl.lll ' 11. N. l'a: will
speak bt-ioiv the GrteiisbLiro City
actio. Is, by iiivit-.tiou, on . ibi 5tii
of May,
A feature of the putaJc- ut t'.ie
iiiauuiiiuon ut l'resuieu; Taft. will
be the appearance of .a'.-vr-ti coui-paiiR-3
of Confederate Veterans
went ing tueir uuitii'ias of ray.
Henry Sharp, a farmer, was fouL'.!
dead in tbe woods near his home in
Iredell County ou ihe morning of
Feb. 11th. lie had cut his tnr jut
with a razor.
Gen. J. S. Carr and his two sons
and VV. F. Carr have purchased
another cotton mill and a hosiery
mill ut Durham.
Will S. Biggeis, who shot and
killed J. G. Hood over a business
matter on Tuesday of last week, is
said to be insane. It is said that
he has not had a lucid interval since
the killing.
C. M Miller, civil engineer, ot
Salisbury, is making a survey of
Stanley couotr for a new map. It
will show ail roads, churches,
school i, creeks, water-powers, mines,
bridges, etc
A package containing $2,000
W' rfcb ot diamonds Was looted in
the express ' office ai . Pinehnrst ' one
night lalt week, Jit is believed
professional burglar, committed the
men. , . , , . , , , , ,
If the cornmiatiohers 6f Yadkin
county had the right to give a mad
license to ship whiskey to other
towns in the state,, woader didn t
tbey have the right tt give :hioa It
cense to retail it in that- county?
Durham Her Id. ' -
Fred 'Perry, 19 yaars bid, "was
killed in a cotton seed m il at
Mooresville on' Feb. 11. Ho was
caught in a belt aud was whirled
aropnd the shafting a hundred times
hia head and body i being Krribly.
mutilated.. . r :. . ; r ,
The date of the Fair at Winston
this year is Oot. 4-9. At Greens
boro, -Oct. 11-15; Kaleigh. Oct. 18-
22; Charlotte, Oct: . 25 29. These
Pairs are in a circuit With othsr
Fairs in Virginia and South". Oaro-'
Una, ", ,
The Moffitt Furniture of . High
Point, has been organized with an
aathi nzed capital of $25,000 aiid
paid in capital of $1,800. The pur
pose of tbe corporation is to do a
general ladies' furuishing btisim.
Ihe incorporators are A. iloniit.
II. B. Bradner and M. J. Wrenn.
The Mn.Vli8ter Company is ti e
name of a new cotton mill .t Leaks'
ville, to manufacture yarns, cl.itbs,
ete. 1 he authorized can a sto k
is $125,000. The incorporators
. McAliater, E.
A. Wiles aid
N. Pe8hozo.
Norman II. Jrhnw, wl.o hs f
several ye.ns Uvn the editor of the
Mproh-uits' Journal, published
Cha'lo' r has s -1 I th pebliratiY.n
to tl. Hoot Newspaper Associati
nf Ntw York ("it-v, ovie of thn Jnr:.r
tmiiii iourual corporations in the
cnivitry, for ' he sum of $150,000,
The narer w 11 probiiblv be coik.ii
uou ii b-.' pnblis'ud in i ''lar'.o-f,-.
A no tier Suicide. ,
' Mrs. Susan II. Yon tit , an emploi e
of the Agriculinral Department it
Washington, committed suicide by
inhaling illuminating gas laet Thurs-
She left a note asking that Sera
tor Simmons and , Representative
Small and her two brothers at
Washington, N. C., be notified.
J. A. Withers, of Worthvillc
spent Sunday in Charlotte,
i THE, NEW DEPOT.
Visit of Southern Railway Officials
to Asheboro.
"'AL ARRANGEMENT EXPECT-'
' ED THIS WEEK.
Cielieral Superintendent Westt'all aaa
Division Superintendent Walton
Spent Friday Mj;lit Looking
Over tV Kite--Additional
Track to lie
Laid.
That the railroad facilities of
Asheboro will he improved at once
was ii.-r-'ired i'.y (i"ii-r.J Sujieriaten
dent WcSbfal U and I'ivisiou Super
nueiideiit P. W.IUm, of the
S ui: hern railwliy, during their visit
to AstK'Ooro last Fuday night.
Tney anivfd oa their privute car
Friday af'eriioou and remained un
til featurd .y uiorniuuj.
J he object oL tn-ir visit was to
look ver thj proposed site for a
new Union Kvatioii far Ashebora
and also to a:r iiige for enlaiffio?
the yard. To m.er, the demand for
more room ou the jurd it is learned
that work of laying additional track
will begin in a fe.v days.
Superintendent Walton says the
officials of his rond have decided to
erect a Union Station here-as soon
as ra agreement can be reached
with the Asheboro & Aberdeen laii
way Company. It is learned that
Messrs Page are ready to fill their
part of the coutract aud it is under
stood that a nieetiug of tbe officials
of the two roads will be held in
Asheboro at an early date for the
purpose of making final arrange
ment. The need of a new station in Ashe
boro iB keenly felt not only by the
agents and their assistants em ployed
in the offices here bnt by the public
generally. , The business men tf
Asheboro appreciate the promptness
with which the railroad companies
h-ive acted upon their request' for
improvements. ' The rapidity with
which Asheboro is advancing, and
the equally rapid development of
tne entire County is assurance that
wh tever investment is made U
meet tie future requirements of the
town by the railroads will be money
well expended.
No town in the state has mads
greater strides than Asheboro, and
from the many rumors of new resi
dences, new business houses ' and
new enterprises, and tha agitation of
improved streets, water system, etc.,
it is evident that twele. months
hence will witness the greatest pro
gress of her history.
. Death of Mrs. Ingram.
Eva Ethel Ingram, daughter of -Dr.
F. E. Asbury and wife of S. T.
Ingram, died at Salisbury Feb,' ll1
1909 after a brief illness in the
Sanitarium. She was a yonmg
CbristL n woman of most eicelleat
traits, cultured, amiable, ' kiudl;. and
canseoratlsd, converted an'd nhrtinj"
with the Methodist Church in the
tender years of girlhood, Bhs devel
oped iat6 a useful 'Vo-lwir " for tha
cause of -Christ in all the .Dpberes of
life aud'onducti Thb . home of
the snfl ! ig.n'd nee jr, oe rendered .
helpfu ' : r nc; .,.-i.Ky-f of mer
cy. A a-.- ''h.4?v ;M 'uffeCi
tioni-.., l' , i o de "'.rjstiak !
worker has '..::ri'---l-'---u d ftwn
earth to ,t-iy ' U'V-',' in..' b'yoai,
where shei.'juiis i:er ni .tiier and
mother-in-law, .who have preceded
her. . Conscious, of hei . condition,
she expressed entire, willingness and
readiness to be" released from suffer
iag and to bet ret. Bidding her
father and hnsband g6d bye, she
peaoefully fell asleep in Jesns.
The remains weie tikeu to Stat.l
Fridav, 12th inst. for interment.
Heartfelt sympathy is extended to
the bereaved in their time "of - deep
sorrow.
Mothers Meeting'.
The Mothers Meeting at the -Gra'.ed
S:iiool Friday afternoo- was
greiitly i" j ned oy all w.;o attended.
AUut tiiiy mothers visited the
school iu response to an invitation
from ihe itatheis and pupils. of the
tirst, tee ml and tbiiu grades. Be
sides the regular c'ass work a pro
gram of song and lecitation includ
ing tbe regular recreation work wai
presented. The mothers visited the
grades in the school and were highly
pleased with the work. The meet
ings not only arouse greater inter
est among the patrons in the sac
cess of the school, bnt inpire tha
pupils to greater effort. Other meet
ings will be held from time to time
during the spring term.
It there ever was sach rush to
iue bond s "as there is at this time,
j yt is! if m v ft. i i a
..'I ;h; i;; my v u