Yhe vsiieooro Courier
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ntered at the postofflce at Aaheboro, N. C,
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Wm. C. HAMMER, Editor.
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TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR
VOTING CONTEST.
The News & Observer is giving
ay more thin $10,000 in prizes:
a $2,000 White Steamer Touring
Automobile; a Ford Touring Car
and a Miller Grand I'iano. Then
there rre dozens of smaller prizes,
such as piauos, diamond rings, cash
bank deposits, buggies, rocking
chairs, etc.
The Observer has added to its
list a number of uew subscribers in
this section.
SEAWELL SIDE-TRACKED.
It is said that President Taft
will notjn ime II.;F. Seawell, of Car
thage, to be United States Judge
for the Eastern District of North
Carolina. It is said he has another
person in mind to appoint. It is
given out that the position was
ffered to Ex Governor Charles B.
Ajcock, but the President has been
assured that Governor Ajcock would
not accept the nomination if it were
tendered him. It is also said that
he is considering the names of Ex
Justice James E. Shepherd and W.
B. Allen.
A new thing in Republican ad
ministration has been suggested by
President Taft; that is, that those
responsible for the expenditure made
to carry on the government be as
economical as possible to make the
burden of taxation as light as pos
sible. This is not Republican doctrine
as administered since the foundation
of the party up to this good hour;
but that is Democratic doctrine;
that is whiit the Deinociatic party
has fought for all these years. Pub
lic economy is something which was
not preached by the Republican
party in the past. The leaders of
the Republican party have declared
th it this was a billion dollar countr
and that cheap government meant
cheap people and a cheap Dation;
whereas a high priced government
meant a high priced people and a
high priced nation.
Two of North Carolina's "most
distinguished citizens now lie
ttricken at their homes. Mr. J. P.
Caldwell does not recover from the
slight stroke of paralysis which he
suffered several days ago. Mr
Cyrus B. Watson id still critically
ill at his home in Winston and his
recovery is not expected.
r. Tail's Tariff Message
Presidect Taft's message to the
extra session of Congress last week
was brief and to the point. He
urged that Congress act upon the
tariff revision, for which the special
session was convened, and that the
less time given to other subjects of
legislation at this session the . etter
for the country.
Colored School Commencement
Program for closing exercises of
Colored Graded School will be as
follows:
lnursaay, April 22d, primary
grades will give an entertainment
Friday, April 23d, Grammar
School Grades will render their
program.
Sunday, Apjil 24th, Annual Ser
mon.
Monday, April 2Gth, Graduating
exercises and Annual Address. All
exercises will begin at 8 p. m. except
the annual sermon. The public is
invited to be present. .
A spring tonic that makes rich, red blood.
BriugB strength, health and happiness to
the hole family. Nothing equals llolhs
ter'i Rocky Mountain Tea as a Spring regu
lator. 36 cents. Asheboro Drag Co. .
Baslneas Depression Still Exists.
Prosperous times have not return
ed. The panic is still with ns, al
though not so much has been said
about it because onr people have got
used to it. During the campaign
we were told that if Taft was elected
prosperity would be restored and
that there would be a great demand
for labor. We were told that the
reverse would be the case in event
of the election of Mr. Bryan. If
Bryan had been elected the depressed
condition of affairs which still i
ists wruld have been attributed to
the fact of Jhis election. Now, Re
publican poli.icians tell us that the
election has nothing to do with
present conditions. That there are
still worse times ahead for the wage
earner and the manufacturer is the
ptediction made by the Iron Age.
We quote as follows :
"Announcements of wage reduc
tions in the iron industry are becom
ing more numerous and others are
about to be made. It is evident
that this phase of the readjustment
has only been fairly entered upon,
and it may be expected that the pro
cess will be thorough, affecting every
opera :ion from the mining of the
ore to the rolling of the finished
product, li e trade is facing the
probability that the return of real
prosperity may yet lead it over some
rough ways. And in such a gen
eral readjustment as Is now being
discussed it is hard to see how the
railroads and other important inter
ests can escape.
"More business has beea done in
some lines than it might be judged
from surtice inuications, yet there
such irregularity in prices as
make the situation in particular pro
ducts far from clear. The attitude
of t ie large steel companies toward
semi-finished steel is a matter of
conjecture, borne of them have a
trade in billets and sheet bars with
consumers whose product competes
with certain nnisheu products of
other large producers. The tend
ency of orices in these lines is io
narrow the "spread of the inde
pendent prod ucei.
"Kailroad buying is still very lim
ited. Structural lines show in
creased activity, but fabricators
would like better aseurances as to
new work that must take the place
of the long.peuding busineea just
booked.
A Duty on Loom Harness.
A writer in the Charlotte Ob
server suggests that there should be
a revision of the Dinglev tariff on
cotton loom harness or heads. We
iuo:e from the letter, so that all
may see how manufacturers of cot
ton in the South are discriminated
against: under the Wilson tariff
this item was 45 per cent ad. val.,
preseutdury is 2 ) per cent. ad. val.,
and 50 per pound specific, making
tae duty close on 12o per cent.,
the average cost of the imported
article being about 60 cents' per
lound. Cotton bioni harness is
part of a loom out lit, useful for no
other 'purpose. Lioins cannot be
merated to make cloth without
harness. The duties on this item
were changed at the last moment of
the tariff conference at the sugges
tion cf a few loom harness matiu
tacturers in Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Maine, supp rted by
their Representatives in both houses.
Being necessary parts of a machine,
duty should be same as machine y
in wbicn it is to be used.
Previous to the passing of the
Dingley tariff loom harness wasiai
ported into the United Stages, ad
ding something to the revenue.
Under the present tariff importa
tions have ceased entirely.
When the duty on loom harness
was 45 per cent., United States
manufacturers made prices as low
as 1 3 4 cents per 40 eyes. As
soon as sufficient protection (125
per cent.) was in force price jump
ed to 2 1-4 oents per 40 eyes. Im
portations of harness ceased; the
revenue lost Borne of its income, the
mills had to pay the big price, in
many instances for inferior giods
A Correction.
In the recent report of the bills
allowed by the County Commission
ers The Courier made a mistake in
recording a bill of $84.40 for tile
ine for A. W. Fuller. 1'he items
of the bill are as follows :
Team and hand, 28 days $42.00
21 days work 15.75
Hauling 148 bags cement
from Thomasville 18.40
345 feet lumber 3.45
Express on hardware... 40
90 lbs. washers 4.80
$84.80
MORTGAGE SALK.
By virtue of the powers of sale contained In
two certain Mortgage Deeds executed os the 4th
day of July, mm by F. L. Hill aud MxxU Hill to
J. O. Miller, and recorded in Book Ism page 14
In the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph
County, the undersigned will on the 10th dav of
April, 1M09 at U o'clock M sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash at the court house
door ia Asheboro, N, C, the following described
real estate, to-wlt: A certain piece or tract of
land lying aud being in Randolph Cnuntv. state
aforesaid, iu Asheboro Township, and defined as
follows, to-wit: Beginning at Tom Bell's comer
and running West on his line 88 poles to Bibb
Ingram's Hue. Theuce North on his line 8 poles
to Will Harper's line. Thence JSaat on his line
in rart SB pole to the Kailroad right of way
Thence with the right of way to the beginning,
oonunning one acre more or less.
Hale being made to satisfy said Mortgage. "
This loth day ol March, 1m.
,.0. MILLER, Mortgagee.
Five t'ert I.onjr.
Dr. Chai. W. E'liott, one of the
most distinguished men of this
country, recently Baid in a lecture
that a shelf three feet long wouH
hold enough books to give a person
a liberal education, if they be read
for ten minutes each day. Imme
diate! v after that. Dr. Elliott was
tiooded with letters asking for a list
of those books.
In a recent lecture in Atlanta he
said that he did not have time to
select them, but since his retirement
from the presidency of Harvard, he
intends to devote his time to the se.
lection of those books only he has
decid. 0 to make the shelf five feet
long instead of three.
When Dr. Elliott selects tbis list
of books The Courier will publish
them, their prices and where they
may be obtained.
Books are today within the reach
of every one, and any person who
can read an 1 write can get a liberal
education by devoting a few spare
moments each day to the acquisition
of know ledge.
Death of Mrs Lawrence
Mrs. Mary F. Lawrenee died at
the home of her brother, T. W.
Andrews last Friday, aged 88 years.
Old age was the cause of her death.
L'he deceased was a wife of the late
E. S. Lawrence and an estimable
Christian lady. For five years she
had made her home wth her brother.
The funeral was conducted at
Pieasant Hill Sunday.
Prof. Blair at Fair Vlrw.
Prof Frank S Blair, of Guilf..nl College,
poke to the Fair View Sunday School
Sunday. Afterwards he aililressed the
school and audience on "Peaee Movement
of tin World." Prof Blair is one of our
great Sunday School workers, and deserves
reat credit, for the good work that he u
nrying on.
Business Locals.
CHAIR TIMBER WANTED The Kau-
uolph Chair Company will piv cash for
chair timber for the next 30 tlavs.
CABBAGE PLANTS-Guaranteed to live
through frosta and freezes. Price reduced
to 11.00 per 1,000, cash with order. Vari
eties: Early Jersey and Charleston Wake-
li.'ld. Union Plant Company, Marshville,
N. C. .
We will pay cash for chuir timber for
thirty days. Randolph Chair Company,
Asheboro, N. C.
FOR RENT Good two or four-horse
farm for rent. Good residence, water and
outhouses and bams. Address Millikan
Bros., Handleman, N. C.
FOR SkLE -200 bushels of Field Teas.
Writ me for prices.
8. A. COX,
Pixgab, N. C.
FOR SALE A thoroughed Jersey
Heifer Cow and Calf. Trice $50 00 for
both. Apply to Wm. C. IIammki,
Asheboro, N. C.
WANTED Success Magazine requires the ser.
rices of a man in Randolph County to look after
expiring subscriptions and to secure a new busi
ness ny means oi special meinons unusuany
ellcctive, position permanent, prefer one with
ejperience, but would consider any applicant
with good natural qualifications, salary (1 80 per
day. with commission option. Address, with re-
lerencea, i . reacocn, Kooin, lua, ouocew
Magazine Bldg., Ne York.
DO YOU WANT TO GO TO COIXKGEt If so
we can help you. We have already put hun
dreds through college by means oi our plan.
Write to-day for full information regarding our
odor of a free scholanliip in any si hool or col-
ece. Addreso. Robert J. Hticrlock. X8-81 East
Sind Street, New York City.
SPRING OPENING ! !
My NEW MILLINERY
has arrived and the line
is complete. In the hat
Shapes we have the best
and most effective styles
those now. in great de
mand. Also a choice
selection of trimmings '
which are the best sell
ing ideas of the day.
The date for my an
nual Spring Opening is
Tuesday. March 30lh.
Miss Eugenia Tysor,
' ll
JSsobitety Pan
, The finest, most tasteful and
wholesome biscuit, cake and pas
try are made with Royal Bak
ing Powder, and not otherwise.
Royal is the only Baking Powder
mads from
Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
Buffalo Itlll.
The Courier has been running for
several months most i teresting r
ticles written by Ci1. Wm. F. Cod v.
These articles by Bnffalo Bill, tell
ing of what is claimed to be true
adventures in his "Tales of the
Plains," have proved to br very pop
ular with all classes of Courier
readers. There will be four articles,
one of which will run each week
until the series is completed.
For Coughs and CZolds
Troubled with a cough? A hard cold, bronchitis, orsome
chronic lung trouble? There is a medicine made for just
these cases Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Your doctor knows
all about it. Ask him what he thinks of it. No medicine
can ever take the place of your doctor. Keep in close
touch with him, consult him frequently, trust him fully.
No alcohol in this cough medicine. j.c.AyerCo.,Lowell,Mm.
Aver s Hills. Sugar-coated. All vegetable. Act directly on the liver. Gently laxa
tive. Dose, only one pill. Sold for nearly sixty years. Ask your doctor about them.
OUUMTUO .
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For
117E have just opened and placed on
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ISU.1. LX.il UV,J. '3 Cd IHtUUUV IXlVs lltlv VJ.
200 SUITS FOR MEN AND BOYS
from the well known Griffoft tailors.
The newest in cut, fabric and finish, at
prices from 10 to 25 per cent below
last season's prices. Every garment
is guaranteed in fit and workmanship.
FOR ECONOMY IN
Our showing in Dress Goods
JUST RECEIVED IN NEW SPRING AND SUMMER
Styles is superior to anything ever shown on this market.
Before buvinc: your Easter dresses and Summer skirts and
waists you should see our complete line of dress materials,
including wash fabrics, silks, laces, embroidery, collars, belts
belting, buckles, etc., etc.
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings
WOOD (& MORING.
PERSONALS
Miss Lucile Rush went to High
Point Saturday to speud the day.
Mrs. A. R. Flicks spent a few
days in Biscoe last week.
Dr. John B. Shamburger, of 8Ur,
was in Asheboio Thursday ou busi
ness. Mises Coney Spencer and Hazel
Stuart were in town a few days last
week.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Mot.t II rm, from
near Thomasvill", p ut a few days
in town last week.
Rev. F. M. ShamSu rger and
daughiei, Miss Mjrll , of R.tLigh,
are w'siting relatives at Stir aud
Biscoe.
Mr. L. D. Moody, who has been
visiting relatives in Montgomery
county, returned to Asheboro Thais
day where he wi 1 spend tae re
maiuder of this month.
Surprise Marriage.
Mr. J. T. Betts, of Asheboro, and
Miss Jennie Bowdon, 'f Raudleman,
surprised their frieuds Wednesday
evening when they drove from Kan
dleman to Worthville, aud were mar
ried. The bride ia the daughter of
Mayor aud Mrs. T. O. Bowdon, of
Handleman, and is very popular.
The groom is a young newspaper
man and a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Betts, of Asheboro.
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MEN !
HARNESS!
HARNESS!
Having: opened a first class har
ness making; and repair shop in
Asheboro on North Street, fust
north of the Postoffice, I solicit
your patronage.
A laree stock nf TTnmorr
Hridles. Saddles, ninnbot
Robes, Whips, Collars, Etc.
The shoD is attended hv an py.
pert harness maker who will do
all repairing on short notice.
oee ua hi once u j c t v En any
thing in the harness line.
S. E. RIGHTS.
ASHEBORO, N. CAROLINA
Free Copy Books and
Drawing Books.
We have some tree copy lxioks and
drawing hooks left for our customers.
If yon sre not one of our custom.,
ers it will pay you to became one at
once.
We have the largest and best se
lected Block of Drugs, Medicines
Stationery, Iders, Blank Books,
tc, in this section of the Stal.
We sre offering some special
prices on
Hard Rubber and Elas
tic Trusses.
All kind of Stock Powders, Poultry
Foods, Harness Soap, and Harness
Blacking at less than coat.
We lead in all kinds of foun
drinks.
Come to see us.
Standard Drug Co.,
Asheboro, N. C.
O K COX, President W I AKMPIRLO, V-Prei
W 1 ARMPIKLD, Jr., Cashier.
The Bank of Randolph,
Capital and Surplus,
Total Assets, over
$50,000.00
$200,000.00
With ample assets, eznenence and nrotectkm
we solicit the business ol she banking public and
feel safe in saying we aie prepared and wtlllnf
to extend to our customers every facility and t4
aonimoaauon consistent wttn sale banking.
DIRECTORS!
w. J. Armfleld. T. J. Rw1diniOr. F. K. Asburr.
T. H. Redding, Belli. Moftttt, Hugh Parks. W.
K, Redding, A. M. Rankin. E. M. ArmneW
C. J.l'o, O. R Colt. P. H. Morris, D. B. Mconuy,
u. v. mcAiister, w. r. vtooo. ,
The
BANK of RANDLEMAN
Randleman, N. G.
Capital and Profits $18,060.
4 Per Cent Interest
Paid on Time Deposits.
S. BRYANT, N, N. NEWLIN ,
President. Vlce-Pres,
J. H. COLE, Cashier.
limber Wheels
and Smithing.
The strongest timber wheels
made f r m first grade material
are made by us-
Full force of expert black
smiths doing all kinds of repair
work and horseshoeing, buggy
painting, etc.
Our shop is located back of
Skeen's Livery Stable, on North
Street, near the new postoffice.
A. M. PRESNELL,
Asheboro, N. C.
Ham me r C8L Kelly.
Attorney at Law,
Asheboro. N. Carolina
'Phone No. 5.
Wilt Practice In all Court. Special Attention
toSettlement of Eatatea,
N. PCOX,
Jeweler
Asheboro. N. C
Farm or Busfasssa
for a ale. Not particular about location.
Vlah to hear from ownwronly who
will aelt direct to buver. Give Drlr-ei
ua owner only who J.g
buyer. Give pries, Ej
ate wben poaaesatoa Si
Baa, If
104 Kochtaier, N. T. Is
aeaenpuon ana atnte '
can be had. Addreaa,
k Darbrtuira, Deek