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EE GOUR I TShe COURIER I tt ds In Both News and j Circulation. I I I 6 COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. J esaed Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year VOL XXXIV. - ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, February 26, 1909. No 8 HANGING ABANDONED All Executions May Take Place at Raleigh. TO INSTALL AN CHAIR. ELECTRIC Want to Enlarge the Capital The Trust Bill to Be Heard No Working Oa Roads for Prisoner! Awaiting Trial. Raleigh, Feb. 23, 1909. Since the luat Utter the Legisl tare has been as busy as legislatures ever get to be, for the end is in Bight aud un less there ia work day and night there wilt be a barrel of bills ou the calender wheu the mill shuts down. At one sitting aud that at a night session, there were passed 102 bills, a'l private bills, pertaining to tou3, cities, school districts aud town ships. Trait Bill ta Cant Cp The Lockhart bill killing -he trusts was killed in committee, and the Bio substitute reported favor ably by a vote of 8 to 9, and that means that there will be ti ust regu lation ou the floor of the Senate, it it does not get to the huuBe. The bill takes the worst of the teeth out, and allows the Attorney Gene:al to proceed in the Superior court, when he has reason to believe that any combination exists to control the trice of any thing produced by abor. Child Labor Bill Agree Vpta. When the matter of taking up the child labor bill again, cane round, there was a compromise measure Sropc3ed. The house passed the ill, with the understanding that the senate was satisfied with its terms. It change the existing law very littlt; makes the apprentice age as thirteen, and the age to hire and work at fourteen. Makes tiity-four hoars a week's work, allows machin ist! aud.firemen under eighteen to work longer hours, and atj that age .lunger on urenmuwus. Talk Larger Capita sliding. Some years ago there were drawn a set of plans for the enlargement of the State capitol building, but the natter was rested then, Uovernor Glenn showed the necessity of some place for the State offices, and a fire Eroof place for the records. Mr. a nea At osanty oi Hertford has mow introduce, a bill to usne $500, 000 in bonds and build the addi tions that the plans mentioned call ad for. Aa a Ml Isawe Bonda will have to be issued some think to pay the three million of bonds coming due next year, and it il likely that there will be others also for the neeua mentioned above. Snnerlstaaatdaat mt Agrlamltare auad aaatlteUaau Dr. Gordan, the valuable member from the oouBty of Guilford, has a ill in the house to appoint an offi cer to superintend the educational interest of farmers and people who live in the country. The duties are to teach people, as he goes about, the beat way to farm, the best things to (Maut on certain lands; how to keep the premises clean, and how to keep off and froaa spreading infeotioui or contagious diseases The idea is new, but it ought to ap pe.l to the very class that will op pose it. Let Thrik Freights Rmm Sunday After a warm battle last Friday, tne aouse voted to allow through freights, crossing the State to run on Sunday. The old law was such that ouly perishable stuff could be hauled, and under the pretext of hauling that, all kinds of stuff has been hauled. Deputies With Folic Powers Several of the mill villages of the state nave bad laws passed so that the deputy sheriffs of the townships . shall have police powers, aud have the right to arresi as do po icemen, without getting a warrant. It is in the opinion of the legislature a good thing. Ho Work Oa Roads While Watting ' Trial The bill of Mr. Coie, of Anson ojnty, to work prisoners on the rotds while waiting trial, met its death Saturday for good and always. It waa proposed for Anson county only, but a great many other counties were tacked on to it. It was decid that it was a bad idea for a man waiting trial in jail, to go out and work like a convict, even if he waa paid for the time in case of coming clear, and have it credited on his time if convicted. Looking to Adjournment. A resolution to quit the 3rd day of March and another to let n more bills come in aftxr the 26 h inst, have been introduced and they indicate that the body has adjourn ment in mind. Mo More Old Fashioned Hangings The bill to kill all condemned men by electricity in the penitentiary instead of the old county hangings, which was killed in the committee in the early days of the session come back to the House, and was passed the past week, almost unanimously It will pass the Senate, no doubt. All prisoners convicted of rape are to g under to guards, direct to the penitentiary, so as to prevent lynching. There will be no more importint change in the general law at this session, hardly The average sheriff ought to feel good over this, but the lasv, if it p-.isses the Senate, does not apply to any case uow pending. Love Uuihattf ltd Miss Martha Merkl, a member of a prominent family of Ruff lo, Is Y., was married last week at the city jail to Harry E ans, a prisoner charged with burglary. Tte zirl declared that they were sweethearts before his arrest and her love is un shattered by the criminal charges, and that their marriage will lighten the weight of the hours he spends in couhoement "Kentucky Joe" Again. "Kentucky Joe," the notorious bank robber who escaped from the penitentiary at Kaleigh several yaars ago, has been arrested at Koaaoke charged with robbing many post offices in Wise county, W. Va. He is 67 ears old and is under indict nieut in many other cases. Embezzler Ceavleted. L. G. Hancock was convicted of embezzlement in Forsyth court last week and sentenced to years in the tate priaon. Hancock waa book keeper for the Shelton Box Factor? and disappeared several weeks age being abort several thousand dol are. he was arrested in California. Hit attorneys entered a plea of insanity. Plaehnrst Kebbers David Knight, a special deputy ot Aberdeen, passed through Ashe boro Monday enronte to Southern Piuat with two colored prisoners, who are charged with robbing the express omce at tbat place recently The robbers secured several thousand dollars worth of diamonds and other jewels. Extend Road to Kldorado Tire CaroPna Valley Railroad Co. has been re-organized with M. L. Jones, Pres.; J. L. Ariufield, Sec and Treas., and these with Dr. Mock, F 8. Lambett', J. W. Lam beth and Zed Griffith are director;, i'he road will be known as the Piedmont Railroad and will later be extended to Eldorado. Saldae la Horrible Manner. Mrs. Alida Burkhead, a member of a prominent faaa:ly of Cabarrus coauty, committed suicide at Con cord Friday in a most desperate manner. Saturating her clothing in kerosine oil she deliberately set fire to herself. She was 50 years of age. Ill health was the cause. Marder at Tadeabere. J. L. Fox, proprietor of a barber shop at Wadesboro, shot aud killed Stephen Watson, an R. F. D. car rier Fox, who was arrested in the evening in bed, denies all knowledge of the sh oting. His hat and glasses were found by the si .e of the dead maa. A mystery sur rounds the killing. Bank of Newborn. JR. B. Garraway, it appears has been systematically stealing from the Bank of Newbern, a National bank, for t n years. He is short $116, 000 aud is bound over to the Feder al couit in a loud (.f $8,001). Hie buuk officials have replaced every uollar of shortage. Property Transfers. During the last week Morris & Ross transferred ta Wm. C. Ham mer and John M. Hammer their vacant iot ou Depot street. Also Dr. Moore bis office lot near new court house to Wm. C. Hammer. Bank Fall a re. The Bank of Carteret, at More head City, has been placed in the bands of a receiver .owing to the hard timed and failure to collect loans. TO HONOR THE CONFEDERATE DEAD OF RANDOLPH COUNTY. We bave set our hands to the sacred task of erpntino- in th . inun nf Aaheboro. near our beautiful new cnurthnnae. a mnnnmant. in immamn,. ate the bravery and valor of the Confederate Sold ers of Randolph Countv all ... u u. a., c...... r J ion il tun wni uetwreu tuc outius. Love for our county and loyalty to the men who nobly died for Southern libertv an i independaaoe imuel us ti this mnWtjikinr Tt- is true indeed that the Confederate Soldier needs no costly tomb to glorify uio memory since me wnoie oouiniana is uis stpuicher, and the people for whom he laid down his life have prepared for him, in their own hearts, an imperishable memorial. But there are d.-en ami imhJ nsntimvnk vhm h demand a material expressiou of our A due regard for posterity demands it, lest the lesson of their hero ism and the purity of their patriotism be nof, duly impressed upon the generations that will come af er us. In every county n our state there should stind a memorial in brouz ui oiuue iimb me neroiu ueeus oi cue ojucnei n dinners oi'iy UfVr net tor gotten. We feel that there should be crectwd hi onr county's capitol, un der the shadow of our l ew "Temple of Justice" a shaft of nu!,le propor tious, WvJithy of the spof., worthy of the illustrious deeds of our Confed erate Soldiers, and woHhv of the people of the county. We would tha all m'n in In.nnnir inuin it-, mi'.lit fool fKat- if. m.n fii- expreasiou of the glory ot the ded pcwjue tor wuuiu iney uieu. 11 win Hpeait to goner:'ioaa yet unborn of the simple loyalty and sutdime constancy of the Soldiers of Randolph county who fought without peward and who died for a cause that was to them the embodiment of liberty and sacred right. And now, citizens of Randolph county, in the name tf our heroic dead and for the bo cr of our county, we appeal to you to aid us in our iwdertaking. It is fittiug that this maaument to the honor of the Soldiers of Ran dolph county should represent the devotion of each and ev ry citizen of oar county. Surely the kin.ired of those who gave their best ar.d bravest men to the ettndard of the South in tbat tiemendous struggle should be eager to contribute their part to the sum necessary to erect, here in full view of the capitol of the county, a shaft worthy to commemorate the valor and the virtue of those heroic men whole deeds have never been sur passed, and who have shed imperishable renown on their county and the commands under whose banners they fought. The Randolph Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, appeal to to you by the sacred memories of mas lost cause, aria By the Honor due prompt ana noerai contribution to ui'iiuinui, ui vuiCipnae. Mrs W. A. Underwood, Mas. W.C. Hamhojtd, Mbs. J. T. Mofktt, Mus. Wiley Rubh, Mouuaent Committee. - While thia annpo.1 ia fswak in .... -rr - y will! maU and forward the same w . u. avm, ireaaurei, Asueooia, . u. , All contributions will be p i tlicly acknowledged through the wlumas of Thb Coubiej and The X'UUCIIU, TO FIGHT STEEL TRUST. The OpaaalUon Is Preoarlag ta Maaa ntctare Steel Rails. Pittabarg, Feb. 20. The inde pendeut steel manufacturers have decided to concentrate their efforts in tbe rail business and in this way force tbe steel tru t to come to tortus. The Jones & Laughlin Company is said to have acquired a large interest in the Republic iron and steel works and rails will be made at that plant in the fature. CoatribuUam Jte Mananent Faad Re ceived to Date. Amount contributed hv tha Ran. dolph Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. $150.00 W. C. Hammer 60 00 Wm. P. Wood 50.00 E. R. Ko68 j. 25.00 A. C. McAlister 25 00 U. R. PrebBell 20.00 J.W. Jollv 16.00 Z, T. Rush 10.00 Z. A. Crauford 5.00 John Hancock . . 5.00 Dougan Brower... 5.00 A. o . Rush 5.00 E. J. Coltrane 6.00 Wm. H. Glasgow 5.00 Must Secure Tickets. The railroad mileage bill, reonir- mg the conductors to pull mileage on trams instead oi requiring the holders to secure mileage ticket nt the ticket offi.ws was defeated in the Senate last Thursdav. The vot stood 22 to 22 and the Lipnt. Gm- ernor cast the vote defeating the measure. W. A. Stuart Killed by Train. Hon. W. A. StuBrt, nf Dunn, Harnett coantv. one of the States brightest men of the younger class was ran aver una literally ground to pieces on Broad Street at bis home town on last Satnrdav nicht at 7:30 o'clock bv a ihiftin? f reie-ht train of the Atlan ic Coast Line, Greensboro's New Charter Turned Down. The Lew fancied charter to gov ern Greensboro bv an anno nti commission was turned down by a masa meetioe of the citixena oa last Saturday night. reverence for their memory, aud our and of the love aud reverence of vthe to our glorious dead, to make a further the worthy achievement of sj Miss Mat D. McAlibter. Prp Mas. Wm. 0. Hammbh, 1 t V. Pres. MK8. J. V. HrWTBK. 2nd V. Pres. Miss Lulus Bcsch, Secretary. Mas. Hirbkht MoFFm,-Cor. Sec. ks. w. u.mtbdmak, Historian. mmr minA'AmnlA wuitk ,uuuiriuailon by check or P. O. money order to CANAL "LIBEL" CASE. 'staph Palltasr aad Edltere and Twe MdlaaaUa Mewe Heads Indicted. Bench warranta have been issued in the U. 8. Oour at Washington for the arrest of Joseph Pulitzer, Caleb M. Van Hamm nd Robert U. Lyman, of New York, propri etors and rxlitors of the N VnrV W-rld, aud for Delevan Smith and Charles R. Williams, owners of the maianapoiu Hewa, for criminal libel ia connection with tbe publica tion in those newspapers of charges of irreeularittea the United States Government of the Manama. Canal property from the French own. Theodore Roosevelt, William H. lait, Jiiinu Koot, J. Pierpont Mor gan. Charles P. Tuft. DonaU R,.K. inaon and Willim NeUon tlrom- well are named in the indictments as the persons alleged to have been vilified by the stones appearing in the two newspapers. Grave Stonea For Confederate Dead. The stone to be need in marking me graves or. tne uonrrderate dead at the cemetery have been i eceived by the Daughters of the Confederacy and are being erected. T e marking of thegravta itMTie of the important works of the Daughters far which they are commended. Another work is the maintenance of a fchoiarsaip at the State Nor mal for the education of some de scen lent of the 'Jo .i federate veterans. Cotton Mill Damaged Three floors of the big Gibson cotton mills at Concord sank proba bly six feet S:tnrdiv af ert'ortri ajmut 1:30 o'clock, duo to the crumbling of a piliur under one eud of tbe building Four hundred operatives wee iu the building at tbe time Out n one was injured. The floors were beld intact and 'he damage to the hi: ld ine is slight The mill will he closed for several weeks while re pairs are made. Rev. J. A. b. Frv. who formprlv lived in this state but is now nn.t.nr of the First Methodist Church at Berklev. Cat., visited nt hi nlH no-e iu Alwra County recently. o. The Carthage Bugey Com. in the hands of a receiver. Chaa. M. Hoover has been re appointed postmaster at Thomas ville. The Mt. Aiiy Furniture factory, employing 150 bands resumed oper ation Tuesday. Mrs. W. L. Kilter, of Hallieon. died lust Sunday. She suffered with appendicitis. Ilir.im Kudy, aged 75 year?, liv ing in Stanly county near the Cu. barrus line, committed suicide Tues day on account uf iil health. The American Buttle Fleet arrived at Hampton 1 toads Monday from cruise mound the world. Thousands witnessed the review by President, John Jackson, colored, want d at Salisbury for the murder of Police- in in Monroe, has been arrested in leu neesee. J. A. Pritchett, one of Guilford County's oldest inhabitants died nt Greensboro Sunday. Ha was 82 yeais old. The Alb -marie Enterprise says tnai m. m.. rurr nas a well preserved pair of baby shoes that he wore when a child ia 1872. J. Adolphus Long, of Graham, has gone ;to Elreno, Okla., whera he becomes law agent for the Roc!s Inland Pacific Railroad. F. Mat tin. a cotton mill at Greenville, S. C, failing to get "i ou lass oaiuraay killed him self. Mrs. S L. Patterson, widow tf mc luruier uomoiis iioner of Agri culture died at Wt day. The remains were taken to uenoir ror interment. Mrs. B. F. Cooper, of Greensboro, u" " cuucauny morning or last week took an overdose of chloroform aad aiea irom the effects of it. Tbeie waa no evidence of suioide Baxter Shpmwoll u. i .-- "w. wuTiuieu Monday at Greensboro of assaulting Conductor Smifhora nf k Q a em a few weeks ago. Shemwell win oe iriea in two other cases be fore being sentenced. The State CouneilJ. O. U. A. M. is in session at Elizahnth Citv t., hundred delegates are attending, irjiicrcuuug rfuw members in the State. The furniture factor af. W. Aa.. boro was sold at auction last week, bringing $10,000. Tha new n.r. era will begin operation at once witl W. W. Dean, nf H,h P; - Superintendent. ' ChaS. W. Mamhv. formerlv nl Salisbury, will conduct a specia train from New Orleans to Wuh ingtou March 2nd for the Inaugur ation. The traiu will be the mos elaborate ever operated. Walter Moore, sfntencfl l f fnm years for niantdaughter, was pardon ed last week by Governor Kitchin. but Moore rtiel before the pardon reacled. Tha pat don was became of ill health. I Spears Bros, at Rornvill. ,' Yadkin countv did nnitp n tr. si 'e canninc busineaa Uat- They have recently sold out their large siccK or merchandise and will devote their entire energies to can ning oa a large scale. Mrs. Ellen Sherrill Babcor.k. of Utica, . Y., mother-in-law of V ice-President-elect Sherman, was taken from a Seaboard Air Line train at Sauford Moudav nifht ami carried t Ueutral Carolina Uospit.il for irei.tment She was suffering with weakness of the heart Mr. A. R. Chisholra has received th- eerJficate for a trnl.l mp?al which is to be awarded him no thn collaborator of the North Carolina furniture and textile exhibit at. t.h Jamestown Exposition. Much of the work of collecting and arran?infl- this exhibit was done by Mr, Chis holm. He was untiring in bis efforts to make tbe exhibit show up Si well as possible for ths Stat Sanferd Express. P. M. Asbur . a well known nia. no salesman, has been awarded a prize of $25 offered bv the Stioff Piano Cj. to the salesman doino- thn largest business in the ; Southern tirritory. OF LOCAL INTEREST dove Factory Now Operating In Asheboro. ASHEBORO A PRODUCE MAR KET. Over S.'IOOOPald Out For Eeks Alone In 30 Days Mai-rlnge of Mr. 'l eague aud Other Interesting Notes The existence o.f a glove factory n Asbeboro is not peneiallv knnarn but it is nevertheless one nf tha young and growing enterprises of me town. vy. U. Kush, a native of Randolph county who receutly re turned to Asheboro from Marion, ua . is uii-Mfimturinsr fabric clovea at his home, and expects in a few montns to install power machines and begiu the manufacture on a large scale. He is operating uider the firm name of W. (J. Rush & Co. rhe demand for this prude of goods is great and there are only a few manufacturers in the county, and all of them are iu the north. This is the only one in the South where it is almost imnossibla for th dealers to secure them. The eloves which are popular with persons em ployed out of doors, are marin in several styles for both men and women and are cut from a canton flannel fabric of special make. OUR PRODME MARKET. Over $3000.00 iaid Oat by Dealers During tAst Thirty Days. The chioken and egg industry in Asheboro is fast becoming a factor ia the commercial circles of Ashe, boro. Different points of the State havi boasted of their success in the produce market and upon aa inves tigation it is shown that Asheboro stands us one of the foremost in the State. Each day the express crs are heavily loaded with crates of eggs aad chickens. Tbe express records show that during the thirty days ending Feb ruary 22nd, over 12,816 dozen eggs have been shipped from Ashebora for which more than $3000.00 was paid out by our produce "dealers. About $300,00 was paid out for chickens. This does not include the amount paid for local consnmn- tian. I'araiera Union Meeting. Editor Green, of The r armor. Union News, of Marshville, was in rtsneooro aionaay to address a meet ing of the officers of the County Farmers Union and members of tha local unions in Randolph. On ac couut of the rain the attendance was not large, but plans were laid for au active organization campaign in the county. Special Organizer Scott, of Union county, will begin work in Randolph about March 1st. He Was to have aifonriut th meeting here Mondav. hnt waa (ta. tained at his home on account nf the illne of his mother. T. ague r-'uwti-r. TI e f-.li.iwu.jf c.r d l ae been received: Mr. and .Mm ! ,,-phv K.iwler request i!u In nor of your jue aiice at the marriage of their daughter, Mabel to Mr. Samuel Everett Taagas on tbe morning o Saturday tha aixth of March at half after six o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal Church Apalachicola, Florida. Mr. Teague is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. T.ague, of Asheboro. He has mude his home in Florida for several years. Handlemaa Contributes $i3 l.so. A card from Rev. J. P. Rodgers, the financial agent for the Children's Heme of Western N. C. C mferene of the M. E. Church, South, says that contribut'Oi s aggregating $654.50 have been received from citizens of Randleman for that in stitution. Held up Express Messenger Three masked men attemnted to rob the express car on the Mt Airy wain as.ono.ay nignt. The messen ger extinguished the lio-hta in tha car and after filing several shots the robbers fled without booty. Several thousand dollars was on the car.
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