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VOL XXXIV
ASHEBORO. N. C, THURSDAY April I?, 1909.
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MEETING AT CONCORD
Twenty Sixth Annual Sunday
School Convention.
RANDOLPH GETS THE PRESI
DENCY. Five Hundred Delegates Representing
Tern Denominations Attended Ran
dolph Again Wine the Con utjr Banner.
The twenty-Bixth annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association .convened in
Concord April sixth to eighth. It
was one of the most interesting and
profitable conventions in tne history
of the association, aud a great deal
of enthusiasm was shown by the
Sunday school workers. 1 here were
abom 500 delegates present. Thirty-
Beven counties and ten denomina
tions were represented.
The day sessions were held in the
Presbyterian chnrch, a larg. new
building, handsome in appear.
ance, and provided with almost every
modern equipnieut and convenience
for carry ma; on the work of a Sun.
day school. The sides and back of
chnrch were arranged so that small
rooms conld be formed by s iding
doors- -an ideal arrangement.
The night sessions were held in
the magnificent graded school andito
rium. which hau a sealing capacity
of abut 1200. Each night the
building was crowded to over
flowing.
Dr. Franklin McElfresh, of Chi
cago. International Secretary of
the Department of leacber lrain
ing, added greatly to the program
by his interesting address on Teach
er Training and Sunday.school wo k
generally.
Rev. Plato Durham made a fine
address on tbe "Child in The Sun.
day School," and mads a wonderful
impression on the audience.
The Department conferences and
Bound Tablet were centers lor trek
ing and imparting information in
regard to tbe various departments
of Sunday school work.. The-dele
gates recognized tbe vattie of these
meetings and derived ' great benen
from them.
Mrs. R Michaux, State Ele
mentary Secretary, assisted by Mrs,
Ghas D Melver, conducted a most
instructive conference on elementary
work. The music was conducted
by Tullar and Meredith, who visit
Sunday school convention! all over
the country.
Rev. C Brown Cox, who was elect
ed president of the Sunday school
association at the convention in
Burlington last year, has made a
most efficient executive officer.
Randolph again won the banner,
. but there were four other counties
this year which met the itquire-
ments, viz., to pay tne county pie ge,
to have held the county contention,
and each township convention and
to D4 represented in. tbe State con
tention. There were 54 delegates
from Randolph county, thirteen
townships represented. The Ran
dolph delegates outnumbered any
county outside of Cabarrus, and
when called on to rise during roll
tell of counties, they were applnud
- ad. - Randolph county pledged f r
the coming year $252.00, paid last
year, Z331.00.
This year our county not only
woo the banner with honorable men
tioD, but the honor of having the
president for the ensuing year. Hr.
Elijah Moffltt, who is president cf
tne Uounty Sunday scnooi uonven
toon.
The election of officers resulted in
tbe following':
President E Moffltt, Asbeboro.
Vice Presidents W R Odell, of
Concord; J D Bardin.of Wilson; Rev
J JK Prohl. of Wiuston-Balem.
Office Secretary Miss Maud Beid
Kaleign.
Statistician Prof 8 M Smith, of
Raleigh.
Treasurer H W Jackson, of
Raleigh.
Executive Committee W B
Cooptr, W C Dowd, E O Harris, B
Harris, J K Pegram, D T Perkins,
L R Yasser, R M Andrew, L W
Clark, O B Cox. Thad Jones, H B
Parker, Jr. S M Rankin, W C
Wicker. N B Broughton. V S Blair.
J R Mendenhall. J L Murphy, O M
Poole, George W Watts, W J Young,
8r, and the officers of the association
witb N B Broaghton a chairman.
Department Secretaries Mrs E B
Ifiohaux, Primary; Mrs G D Mo
Iver, Home; Rev W B Duttera,
Teacher Training; T B Eldridge,
urraniwd Adult Class Uttur de
tariment secretaries to be appointed
by the executive committee are as
MR. FINCH BUYS NIVARA.
Brokaw Disposes of Home at Great
Neck.
W Gon'd Brokaw, a New York
millionaire who lives at Fairview,
Irinity township, this county, most
of
tne time, has transferred his
summer Home, JNivara, of (reat
Neck, Long Island, to T. J. Finch,
one of Mr Brokaw's employes at
Fairview, the consideration named
in the deed being "one hundred dol
lars, and other valuable considera
tions." The property is said to be
worth one-half million dollars.
The estate which has come into
the hands of ex-Sheriff Finch com
prises 100 acres. It was bought
nine years . ago by Brokaw and he
built a costly mansi n thereon and
greatly improved the place. Its
Sale is subject to three mortgages,
one for $61,000, another for $10,000
and a third for $2,000.
Mrs. Brokaw did not sign this
deed.
It will Le remembered that it was
published in this paper some
u ontbs ago that sirs. Brokaw bad
sued Mr. Biokaw for divorce and
alimony.
ihe Brokaws were married in
1907. The last of December in
that year Mr. Brokaw and Mrs.
Brokaw executed a deed for the vur
ious tracts of land at Fairview in
this county to Mr. Gould one of
Mr. brokaw's uncles, Ttedetdwas
not recorded in this county until
about a month ago.
Lbe Mew York World gives a long
account of the trouble between Mr.
and Mia. Brokaw, most of which
was published some time ago.
Mr .Brokaw having disposed of
all his real estate, Mr. Brokaw ex
pects trouble in getting ahmouv.
It is said she wi 1 fight for her dower
rights in the Great Neck property.
INVITES G0VERH0RS.
Chief Executive of Thirteen Original
BUte to Participate la Caarlette Cele
bration.
Charlotte, April 12. rThe cen
tral committee which is directing the
programme or exercises to . be Held
here ou the twentieth of May in
celebration of the 134th anniversary
of the signing of the Mecklenburg
Declaration ot Independence, has in
vited the governors of the thirteen
original 8tates to come to Charlotte
for the three days festivities. Gov
Eben 8. Draper has accepted.
r The people of Charlotte are pre
paring to give M. Taft the great.
est reception ever accorded a Presi
dent of the United states lu a south
ern citv.
Special trains will be operated in
to the city on the 20th "Taft Day"
from all directions.
Aa Calient Minuter.
Rev. W. R. Lambuth, D. D., of
Nashyule, Tenn., missionary secre
tary of the Southern M. E. Church.
will preach at the Methodist church
Sunday night. Dr. Lambuth
one of the most distinguished
preachers in the United States to
day He is a near kinsman of ex
President Grover Cleveland, and in
force of character , and strength of
mind be does not suffer in oomptn
son with his illustrious kinsman.
Shooting at Wukiw,
T. L. Davis, fatally shot Chas
Gamble at Waxhaw Monday. The
men were drinking when they
began to quarrel over the contest
for office of catton weigher in which
a brother of Gamble defeated Davis
for the nomination.
fire at Graham.
The Ooeida Cotton Mills at Gra
ham was greatly damaged by fire on
Monday of this week. Tbe fire
started from a spark on the cotton
platforms. The loss was $7000 ful
ly covered by insurance. Good
work prevented spread of flames.
follows : Missions, ' House to House
Vibitation, and later mediate.
At a meeting of tbe executive
committee tbe following were an
pointed a central committee : N B
Broughton. E Moffltt. W J Younsr,
J E Pegram, G W Watts, C Brown
Uox,H a Parker, Jr, SM Rankin,
R M Andrews.
Tne convention next year will be
held in Wilson.
Tbe hospitality ef tbe Concord
people cannot be described; the
gates of the town were wide open,
and tbe latch strings were on the
outside. Evervoce seemed to have
suspended business and agreed to
entertain the delegates and enjoy the
wiiveutioa. ...
Passing of the
By MRS. IDA INGOLD MASTEN.
Randolph is to have a new and
modern courthouse. It will be a
natural and logical improvement in
the course of progress, especially
indicative of the progress so marked
in the south at the present tim.
It will be a credit to the citizens
of the couuty, an adornment to the
town of A-heboio, and a fiuger
pointing toward the better and
grander commonwealth, the like of
which is characteristic of p esent
conditions from end to end of our
great country.
We do not measure a man by
what be knows, or by the strength
and depth of his emotions. We
mea nre him by the amount and
quality of his deeds.. The employ
er who agrees to hire a man upon
tne strength of that man a word that
R AHDOLPR'S UW COURT ROUSE.
He is a good workman, doei so he-1
can so he has no other means of
knowing th truth and is in direct
need of a man to nil tbe position.
The employee gets uo p omise of a
steady job or of high wages until
the employer or his deputy hs had
opporanity for testing the man's
?wer and wilungoess to woric.
his is to show that the power to do
things is of first importance. Words
and plans nay eome first in the
routine of business transaction, feu
immediately lose their consequence
in the face of the all-importaat
question; the faculty and inclina
tion to bung things to pas. it is
so in all the universe; "to do" comes
before "to teach in point of valu.
'All the works that Jesus did if
they had been written tvery one,
the world itself could not contain
the books;" bnt the whole teaching
of Jeous is to be found in the little
New Testament, only a few hundred
puges altogether. We may make
much of words, but we must also
make more of oar works. Our in
teotions and emotions, unless fol
lowed np by fulfilment in works,
die witn the breath on which they
Mr. Ida Ingold Mastea
were bora and become a reproach to
ns. It is tbe same with a commun
ity, a state or a nation. What is ac
tually accomplished is the index of
character, good or bad.
That the p-ople of Rand lph are
yearning for better things will be
made clear to all tne world by the
erection of a beautiful co. rt house
as well as their efforts for the bet
termeut of tbe roads, etc. They
have yearned and they are going to
fulfill. Their desires, their dreams,
and their plans amount to nettling
without the fulfilment. If f ultil
meut be deferred, all else becomes a
reproach.
We are glad to know that there
is to I f a new court honse and are
interested in its early oompletioo,
yet may of ns will regret the pas-
Old Courthouse.
sing of the old one
as the memories
We w'll sigh
which clustered
about it betake themselves to the
indistinct past. In the make np of
hnman beings there is, in a greater
or less degree, a bit of fogyism, or
conservatism, or what you please,
which longs for and reaches back
ward after the old. It is in all of
us, and sweet and commendable
thongli it be, it stands iu the way
of progress. We cling to old cus
toms, old structures, and old places
often to our burt. It is th's at-
tachmeut, to the old things that
makes the children waste their
energy ou rockv, batren soil because
their fathers did so before them
lha home feelmjj is stronger than
the desire for miterial betterment,
uud they obey t le former iustinet.
l suppose with us an mere is
some such feeling in regard to the
olu court bouse. I cuerieh 1 many
memories of it, all of my early years.
But there is one mstauce that stands
oat plainer than the rest, perhaps
you wui know why when l tell you
about it.
I was young, but I had decided
to become a public school teasher
My father, respecting my wishes in
this matter, accompanied me to
Aeheboro and to the office of the Su
perintendent ofjPublio Instruction,
then went away to do some errands
iboat town. We had not known
for some reason when tie regular
day for exammining teachers hud
been, so I had come to stand a
special test alone. The Superin
deat was tall, dark, and to my
unsophisticated mind, forbidding.
He leveled his piercing eyes at me,
and I shrank up until I fancied I
resembled something very green,
a shrivelled - green apple, for in
stance. If a small boy had passed
througa the room at that moment
what a welcome sight it might have
been to me, and wbit a relief to the
Superintendent: 1'if, n -mall boy
citne, and beeidea I w is i- so sure
after all that I i.-semli ed t green
apple very much, tor my iet and
hands had asaum- I enoruit.-) por
tions. While the -neural s. inkage
bad been going n trios- Members
bad been getting larger un it they
were burdf-iajme to in-'. I had a
violent dee re that I uiigur fadeaway
liKe the fau lts of which I n .d read.
Bnt, alas, I was nude of fhsh and
blood, (mo t of the blo.d ws in my
f ce, howevei), and 1 couldn't fade.
There I sat as big as life, ud very
uncomfortable I was. 1 shall never
forget the Superintendent's first
question, Define likeness." I
looked straight at him. I had been
expecting something difficult. What
did he take me for? He looked up,
and in his eyes I read that he was in
earnest. I pondered a bit: this
world that tbej Superintedeat "poke
of could uot be the one witn which
I was familiar, the "likeness" thit
meant a picture. Examinations
could never be that easy, this must
be something different, and so I
timidly told him that I did not
know. The Superintendent frown
ed, if he reads this and remembers,
he may frown again, but, still I in.
sist that he frowned, as he told me
very unceremoniously, that a like
ness a tin-type, or photograph.
A elii.l crept around my heart,
for ( saw that I had lost my tim
onui.ie to "make good."
A t e that I was not sure of any
tl 4 in particular. Theie was a
d..z Bess iu my head, an uucomfort
al' feeli ig in my throat, and a
m Uture in my eyes that kept gath-
ering int dr a in spite of me.
the r-nperiuteudeut was not untind,
(at e did not understand each
other. He m irked me 82 iu the
shade, and I pi what wai known as
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS.
Increase For First Quarter Made Dur
ing The Month of March.
The receipts of a post office is a
fair index to the progress of busi
ness of a tow-. Asbeboro has made
a creditable showiug for the month
of March 1909 when the receipts
were larger than for any previous
month and indications point to tbe
greater increase during the month
of April.
lbe receipts for Msrch 190'J
from stamp sales were $513.74. For
March, 1908, $384.34.
J; or the quarter ending March
31, 1909 the receipts aggregated
$1,388.84. For the same period
last year, $1,259 21. Ibis shows
an increase ot $129. bd tor tne
quarter and from the report for
March, 1909, compared with the
same month last year, it is seen
that SS129.40 of the gam for the
quarter was made during March
1909.
Hurglar at Wadeeboro.
Wadesboro, April 7. Several resi
dent) s have been en lured iiud ran
sacked recently iu the heart of town
In alnioit every instance these burg
lar es have been committed in the
tarly evening during the absence of
the occupants at church service.
Tne town police are making every
effort to locate the offenders.
Vied.
Miss Sadie Barker died at High
roint April 7, after a linie ing ill
ness. The funeral was conducted
by Rev. A. G. Dixon, pastor of the
M. P. Church. The deceased leaves
one near relative, a sister.
A Ntw Legal Holiday.
The 12th day of April was made
a legal holiday ai the recent general
assembly, in commemoration of the
conventional congress . .at. Halifax,
having on tae 12th day of April,
1776, authorised our delegates to
vote for independence.
Three MMtgemery Defendant Pouad
Galltjr.
J. Elam Russell and Green Ho.
San, of Montgomery county, and
ohu Henry Jordan were found
guilty of illicit distilling in the fed
eral court in G'eeusbjro last week.
Charcb la Looted.
The Episcopal Church at Waynes
ville, N. O., waa broken i to one
night last week and mny valuable
articles were stolen therefrom, such
as linen and embroidered coverings
for, he altar aud communion service.
Fire at Spenrer.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the building, stocK and merchandise
of Mr. J. L. Barker of Spencer on
Thursday of last week ' entailing a
loss of $2000 with $1600 insurance.
Liquor Blectlon in Michigan.
Twenty of the the twenty-seven
counties in Michigan which voted
on the question of abolishing the
sale and manufacture of liquor,
went dry in the election la it week.
a "second grade certificate," which
I presume was very good, consider,
ing the circumstances and condi
tions. And so it is, I never think,of the old
court house at Asheboro that I do
not think of a timid little girl sitting
in the Superintendent's office with
big feet aad hands and a very red
face, seeking to place her unaccus
tomed feet upon tbe thorny path of
the country district sohool teachers.
That little girl has not faded away
yet, nor does she expect to for a
long time, and her feet and hands
are no smaller than they were then.
But the old court house will s?on
be no more. I may never see it
again, and the thought brings a re
gret for there are many pleasant
memories of it. One at least was
triumphant. When, having finish
ed teaching my first school I went,
accompanied by my father, (always
accompanied by my father) to re
cti v the money for my. winter's
work, almost a hundred dollars, 1
remember it well, how bappy I
was a I returned home with my
very first money.
So muuh for the old ooarthoose of memory
Bnt, here's to the new one, for progress!
"What u firet love worth
Exoept to prepare for a second?
Wll.l Amm Ik lorn. i;nn9
Ooly regret for the first-"
MR. RICHARDS VISIT.
Guest of Industrial Association
Last Week.
ADDRESS ON TOWN AND COUN-
TY DEVELOPMENT.
United Kfl'ort on the Part of People ot
Town ii ii J County is Essential to the
1'iogresHof a Community.
Aueb.ifo has taken on nw life
and Mns i iteivst i i-tmiulated
lasi T nil-id iy y t'i- v an uf M. V.
Richards, I i iu,in.il A-ir. of the
Souther" Uiiiwuv Aim f,eit two
days in Aj-ebjn upon luw.ion of
tbe Asbeboro Industrial Association.
Thar day afternoon was spent in
looking over the town, vi3iting the
stores aud . tntetiug the business
men of the town.
Mr, Richards highly compliment
ed tne people upon the appear,
ance of our "magniticant little town,"1
as he expressed it. lie spoke en
thusiastically of the progress al
ready made and the prospect for ad
vancement which is apparent on.
every hand.
Thursday night Mr. Richards
spoke to about two hundred citizens
on the development of the South re
viewing the past fifty years. Ha
also spoke interestingly of the best
methods of town buildings. The
fruits of bis address will be seen in
the steady growth of our town.
Mr. Richards toll of the many
obstacles ovir come in the develop
ment ef the Bouth cit:ag that only
persistent effort and faith in the
success of the work of developing a
town,' county or nation will bring
reward. He expressed great faith
in Asheboro and the future of Ran
dolph county.
Referring . to good roads Mr
Richards urged that the neoDle of
the county plan -immediately for
macadamizing the principle roads
or the county, and showed not Only
the value to the travelers, and.
farmers iu conveying their products
to market but also the greatly in
creased value of farm lands along
such roads. . Where ever we find
good r ads, good schools and
churches we find the highest type
of civilation.
Mr. Richards spoke interesting! v
of the agricultural interests and
urged that our farmers study more
along the lines of modern agricul
ture and .nstead of priding them
selves on the large numbers of acres
of land to boast of small bnt pro
ductive farms. He urged more
attention to the culture of fruits
an - vegetables for packing purposes
and suggested small oauneriea to
take care of these crops assur
ing profit to the owners. Dairying,
stock raising, etc., were also suggest
ed as profitable pursuits in this sec
tion. Mr. Richards believes in the co
operation of the people of the town
and country in the development of
a county. What benefits one bene
fits the other. Neither can progress
without the assistance of the other.
Friday morning Mr. Richards
gave a very interesting talk to the
pupils of the Asheboro Graded
Schools on the immensely increased
opportunities for education in the
State and urged them to endeavor
by every means to fix themselves
for success in life. Mr. Richards
complimented the school very high
ly as an institution our people
should be proud of.
Settle to Get llolton'a Job and Adami te
be Provided For.
Spencer B. Adams, Chairman of
the State Republican Executive
Comn-Utee, is slated for Commis
sioner of the Internal Revenue.
Thomas Settle is to be district at
torney for the Western district of
North Carolina, to fill the position
now held by A. E. Holton, who has
18 tmnthB mere to hold.
This id nice on paper, but Butler
is to be reckoned with. He has
not yet lost nis cunning.
Ciareno Call, of Wilk-s, wants to
be Marshal of the Wt stern district,
so does George Hendricks, of Ran
dolph; but it is whispered that Mil
likan, who has held tbe place three
terms, wants it again, and it is said
that lendiicks in that event, will
bock down.
For the second time within the
memory of nan the voice of Niagara
Falls is mute. The falls an trosea
over from bank to bank. At pres.
ent the damage is placed at $1,000,
00.