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VOL XXXlVi
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY May 27, 1909.
No 20
COUME
WITH SCHOOL BOARD
New Faculty Elected for the -Next
Term.
TWO NEW TEACHERS ADDED
New Gnde Will Prepare Pupils to
Knter College Supt. Wooiile v W rites
Interestingly of Progress of
School.
. The Boaid of Trustees of the
Asheboro Graded Schools met last
week and elected the teachers for
the fall term as follows:
First grade Miss Maggie Lee
Erwin; second grade Miss Laura
Stimson; third grade Miss Annie
Blair; fourth giadt Miss Isla Blue,
of Aberdeen, N. C; fifth grade
Miss Florine Oorothers. of Rock
Hill, S. 0 ; sixth grade Miss Estelle
Webster, of Archdale; Seventh grade
Miss Ida Byerly, ot ladkin uoi
W eighth and ninth grades Miss
Met Lvles. of Tarboro; tenth
grade Prof. 0. V. Woos'.cy.
Provision is made for two addi
tional teacheis which are made neces
aarv bv the large increase in the en
rollment in the several grades and a
new grade the 10th grade has
been added with Prof. Wooaley as
instructor. He will also have gen
eral supervision of the school, and
with only one grade to teach he will
have more time to devote to his duties
M nnnermtendent.
The course to be taught in the
10th grade will prepare the students
for college work, ana win give Asne-;
boro a graded school which will
rank among the first in the State.
The board will make an effort to
beautify the school grounds with the
assistance of the Woman's Better
ment Association.
The campus will be sown in peas
at once aud then laid off .in walks
grassy plots and shade trees.
It is also probable that arrange
ments will be made for bene ac
commodation for the colored school.
However the plan has not been
definitely determined... ,
Prof. J. A. McRae has been re
elected principal of the colored
school.
Supt. Woosley On the Schools.
One month has passed Bince our
school closed and one month of the
summer vacation is over. The chil
dren have put away their books and
tre living in the present forgetful of
hard work of school days.
This is not true, however, in re
gard to the fathers and mothers, and
specially the school board. Thry
are constantly striving to formula e
Elans whereby the best results can
e obtained from the limited amount
of money at hand. In this they are
succeeding most satisfactorily.
The coming year will see the
Aheboro Graded Schools take one
of its biggest strides of advancement.
Inst' ad of seven teachers there will
be nine, and astead of nine grades
there will be ten. The growth of
the school necessitated the addition
of one teacher and the added tenth
grade brings the other.
It has baen a fact that when we
turned our boys and girls out from
onr school they were not sufficiently
prepared to enter the leading colleges
and hence had to enter some pre
paratory school. We are glad this
will no longer be the case. The
parents of the twenty reoeat graan
ates have decided that they will help
the board change this condition.
The ABheboro people know well
the teachers of the first three grades,
and for the others suffice it to say
that they are all graduates of the
leauing female colleges of the coun
try and havhad more or less ex
perience. With this faculty, our
commodious building and our ex
tended curriculum there is no reason
why our school should not be one of
the best in the state. That it may
be in the lead will constantly be iu
our minds.
There is perhaps no town in the
state that can beat our last year's
school record. O it of a possible
somber ot 455 boys and girls be
tween the ages of six and twenty-one
onr school enrolled 416. Of the re
maining 39 not in school quite a
Dauber were off at school and several
are married, so it may be said that
we practically enrolled our school
population. Of this enrollment we
had an average attendance of 94.1
per cent.
With this record already made we
will not feel like doing worse by
another year. We will do better.
CRAVEN-M0RING.
Unique Announcement of the Marriage
of Popular Young People.
Last Saturday afternoon Miss
Etta Blair delightfully entertained
in honor of Miss Edith Moring, who
on June 16th is to become the bride
of Mr. 11. E. Craven, of Concord.
The home of Miss Blair was dec
orated with cut flowers, the colors
pink and white prevailing.
At the closeof an interesting
game of progressive Hearts, Miss
Laura White was awarded a beauti
ful burnt wo d cup she having re
ceived the largest number of gold
hearts on her score card.
Following the presentaton of the
prize cream, in pink and white was
served, the plate or tne honored
guest bearing an exquisite bouquet of
pink and white swaet peas and ou
the others were pink roses. Cake
and delicious mints were also served
The refreshments served, each
guest was given a little pink bag
with the renuest. that they examine
carefully the contents. They open
ed them aud brought forth tiny
blank cats, bearing a card t,ied
around its neck with pink ribbon
As the hostess exclaimed "The cat
is out of the bag now" the guest
realized the meaning of the wotds
on t e tags "Craven-Moring."
But this was not all that was in
the bags. In the bottom was rice,
with which the bride.to-be was
showered. Just at this time the
groom-to-be arrived from a belated
train accompanied by Prof. O. V.
Woos.ey, and he was met at the door
by a crowd of ladies and a shower
of rice.
The merriment continued until
the hour of departure.
It was indeed a pleasant affair
DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED.
Emmett Vow, of Seagrov, Died Sud
denly from Congested Lungs.
Eramett Yow, eon of Mr. and Mrs,
E. R. Yow, of Seagro?e, died Satur
day, aged about 18 years. Mr. Yow
was a student at Why Not Academy
when he became sick and was com
pelled to leave school a day or two
before. On Saturday morning he
suffered an attack of congestion of
the lungs which resulted n his death
within a few hours. He was an ex
cellant young man, industrious and
popular with all, and his death came
as a shock not only to the bereaved
family bnt to a large circle of friends
The deceased was a brother of Elmer
Yow, a popular clerk in the McGrary
Redding hardware Btore, of Ashe
boro. The funeral was conducted
at Pleasant Hill Church Sunday
afternoon at C o'clock and was at
tended by a large concourse of
friends.
Dr. Stockard Retires from Army and
Resumes Practice.
The announcement that Major J.
Ktvett Stockard, a native of Ala.
mance county, has retired from the
ariry, having served ten years, four
years of service being in the Philip
Sines, returning to the United States
ve years ago, recalls a once familiar
character in Randolph county. He
has recently been stationed at Forte
Revere, Hull, Mass.
Dr. Stockard married a daughter
of the. late Peter P. Freeman of
Liberty township, this connty. More
than twenty-ive years ago he located
at Why Not and practised medicine
there for a few years; then he located
at Liberty and practised there for
several years. He was quite active
while in the county as a democrat
and was a candidate before the coun
ty convention one or more times for
the nomination the lower House of
the general assembly, but was not
nominated. He finally, we believe,
became a railway mail clerk, and
moved back to Alamance, and prob
ably figured there in local politics,
if we remember correctly rnnning on
the Republican ticket unsuccessfully
for some office.
Dr. Stockard is a clever fellow
and a man of ability. He will lo
cate in Reidsville, N. 0. for the
practice of medicine.
Woman Killed.
The post-mortem examination
held over the body of Mrs. Hayton,
at Kibler. near Mt. Airy, whose
death was supposed to result from
natural causes, has revealed the fact
that the woman had been killed, and
it is said that the evidence points
numistakably to her husband and a
woman with whom he was intensely
infatuated.
MR. CRAVEN TO KINSTON.
Prof. Bruce Craven Resigned as Super
intendent of South Carolina School.
Lancaster, S. U graded schools
closed a successful year's work under
the superintendence of Prof. Bruce
Craven, a native of Randolph county.
A dispatch from Lancaster says:
ihe past year has been mamed by
numerous improvements nud pro-
giessive plans, aud the eat inaction
has been general. Superintendent
Bruce Craven bus accepted the offer
ot the supenuteiidency at Illusion,
IS. V., and will leave here within a
few days to take up that work. He
n as given a unanimous re election
here and it was hoped that he would
decide to remain, aud thi-rc is much
regret that he decided otherwise.
('apt. Jones Wants (.'apt. Kaitkla.
The Entei prise has learned in
cideutallv that Cupt. M. L. Jones,
who always has an eye for business
haa made overtures to Capr. A. M
Uunkinfor him to tak entire charge
of tie Pee Dee Valley Railway
Capt. Rankin has had over 20 years
experience inhe railroad business
and would be a valuable acquisition
to the roud, but he has not given a
definite answer to the proposition
ana it is probable that he will de
cline it. High Pont Enterprise.
The WhltsMy rMn Start.
It is now almost a certainty that
the Whitney Company has adjusted
its troubles and work will be
8umed on the power plant soon. It
is not known whether the general
electric company will t Sethis plant
over or whether a iLuropean corpor.
ation will take charge of it. The
Electric Trnst is taking everything
in Bight now, and it will be a sur
prise to naany people if it does not
get noia ot this immense power
plant.
Saaaasea Mas Murdered.
Bradley Parker, of Parkereburg
Sampson county, was shot by rural
mail carrier, Bass, on last Sunday
afternoon because he refused to sell
a box of cartridges to Bans who de
clared be wanted to kill another
man.
Parker declined to open his store
to procure the cartridges, whereupon
tne mail carrier snot rarlcer dead.
Bass is in jail.
Fo W-oaarSjr Honored.
Prof. O. V. Wooslev left Tuesday
for Guilford College to attend the
commencement exercises which be
gan ounoay. rrot. Wooaley was
notified M nday that he had been
elected President of the AluntLt
Association, fie was installed
Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday night
tne annual banquet of the Alumni
Association was held.
Ceargia Railroad Vied Dp.
The white firemen of the Georgia
ttailroad nave struck, because they
refused to work with negro labor,
aud every engine is standing still
Gov. Smith's proposition to arbitrate
labor troubles by a commission with
the railroad authorities has been
rejected. It is thought, however
that the matter will be considered
by the railroad today.
Malt! Millionaire Rogers Dead.
Henry H. Rogers, vice President
of the Standard Oil Co., a;d fo inder
of that company, died last week at
his home in New York. His estate
is estimated at between $50,000,000
and $75,000,000.
Maaalajr Appelated,
James S. Manning, of Durham
has bee appointed by Gov. Kitchin
as Assistant Justice of the Supreme
Court to succeed Judge H. U. Con
nor, who was appointed by the
President as Eederal Judge of the
Eastern District,
. Thrtw idii hilli Feee.
On Monday night of this week a
tramp weighing 175 pounds entered
the home of E. 0. McGowan, at Elm
City, and demanded money of one of
tne ladies of the house. She
promptly threw a gun in his face
when he to k fright, going direct to
Wilson.
Seat Herself to Haaiess Bleep.
After brooding for several weeks
over ill health, financial difficulties
and the suicide of her brother in
Salt Lake City, Mrs. Mam.e V
Brown, a beautiful young woman of
23 years, committed suicide by
drinkiug carbolio aci at her home
near Asheville on last Friday.
FRAN KLIN VILLE JUNIORS.
Vtetor Couaell Jr.. O. IT. A. M. Klerte
Officer, Cornell Thriving.
At an annual elestion at Victor
Council No. 228, of Franklinville,
L , the following officers were
elected for the ensuing yiar:
W. V. Maner. Councillor: C. II.
Ellison, Vice Councillor; Jus. T.
tne, Keeording SecreUrv: C. L.
Allred, A-sistant Recording Secret
ary; Tr cy B. Dove, Financial Sec-
etar?; J. E. Burke. ChuDlam: S. L.
Welch. Couductoi; Hugh B. Buii-,
nside etitinel; IS. K Moffat. Out
side Sentinel; L. F. Fentriw, Treas
urer; J. 11. Kentries. I). S. Sumner,
. C. Jones, Trustees.
This council has 43 members and
was organized le3S than two vears
ago.
What IWpublleane DM In Ix'.ll.
Tne language of the resolutions of
the Republican State Convention iu
KleigG enthusiastically endorsing
Judge Connor for election to the
State Supreme Court are given
herewith:
"Whereas, the Republican partv
believes that the best interests of
the State will be served by uplifting
the judiciary of the St tie above the
contaminating influences of partisan
pontics, therefore, and for this rea
son, we declare our intention to cast
oar votes for Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court for the Hon. Wui.
I . haircloth, of Wayne county, and
Hon. Walter Clark for asaociate
justice to succeed Justice McKae,
riun. li. u. Connor for associate
justice to succeed Justice Puruell.
Having full confidence in the
above named gentlemen, and believ
ing that if elected to the Superior
Court beuch they will interpret the
law fairly and impartially between
all persons, interests and political
parties, we ask all good citizens, ir
reepecure of party, to cast their
votes for thm.
"It is due ourselves and the gen
tlemen named to say that this action
is taken without their knowledge
or consent with no desire or further
purpose on onr part than to secure
the best qualities of min j and for
the highest judicial tribunal of our
state.
The AlaakaWVaoa.Pacle EapoaUloa.
The buildings are comnleked at
Seattle of the Alaaka-Yukon-Paoiic
Exposition. There is a natural
ampitheatre formed on one of the
precipitous shores of a lake where
there are seats for 40,000 people ar
ranged in tiers by the hands of na
ture, and overlook the blue waters
of Lake Washington and the tower
ing, snow topped peaks of the Cas
cade and Olympic mountains. The
enormous stadium with a seating
capacity oi au,uuo spectators will
witness competitions betw en ama
teurs and professional athletes from
every part of the emh.
One of the important features of
the Exposition will be the Live
stock snow which will be opened
September 27 and continued to
October 9 inclusive. Entries have
been made covering every breed of
horses, cattle, sheep, etc.
The Ray Streak n the name of the
amusement avenue and is filled with
attractions and entertainment of
merit. The Art Exhibit presents a
collection of paintingand sculptured
pieces oi me value of $3,000,000.
A Madera M1U.
The ABheboro Roller Mills which
has been close down for sometime
for the purpose of installing an en
tirely new outfit, will begin opera
tion between the 10th and 15th of
June. All the old machinery h&s
been torn oat and a new and mod
ern equipment complete is being in
stalled. The product of the new
mills will be greatly improved and
the capacity will be between 100 and
140 barrels per day.
The new equipment will give
Asheboro a. ' roller mill ranking
among tne beet in the couth.
loaal Tax la Mm re.
Pineview Public School district in
McNeill township has just voted a
local tax. aaiser end Sandhill dis
tricts also recently voted a local tax.
This is the sixteenth local tax dis
trict in Moore Co.
anew CItjr Hews,
Rev. J. F. McCnlloch, of Greens
boro, preached the baccalaureate
sermon to Siler City Graded School
on last Sunday morning. His sub
ject was "Success and how to attain
tJ it."
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Taboro is to have strset cars.
Earl Farrand died near Hamlet
recently.
The Virginia and Carolina South
ern Rtilroad from Lumberton to
Hope Mills has been completed.
Seventeen young ladies graduat
ed at the BaptiBt Female Universi
ty in Raleigh this year.
Wm.C. Meacham, of Wolf, Pit
township, Richmond county, died
recently.
Charles McKeatchin, farmerly of
Uockingham, this state, was killed in
Ohio last week while stepping off of
a train.
Miss Callie. Holt, who lives four
miles from Oreensboro, entertained
a party G. F. College friends last
Thursday. Miss Elizabeth Toinliu
son, of Troy was ir. the party.
Ben Parrum, of the law firm of
Sams & Parrum, of Winston-Salem,
ins moved to 1'honiasville and the
tirni will have in office there.
A site next to the Yarboro House
in Raleigh has been purchased for
an auditorium, the price paid being
$25,000.
The contract for the Federal
Building at Salisbury has been let
to a baltimore Guilder his bid being
$109,000. The building is to be
completed by December 1st, 1910
There will be a Farmers' Meeting
at High Point on June 4, in which
C. R. Hudson, of the United States
Department of Agriculture, Prof.
D. H. Hill and others will make ad
dresses.
William Bowers, living near
Lake, Davidson county, was Btruck
and killed by ou engine of the
Southern Railway one day last week,
ihe deceased was 6d years old.
The following named gentlemen
were eleoted town officers for Biscoe
at the recent municipal election:
Mayor Frank Page; Marshal, D. J.
McLfod; Commissioners, J. W.
Ewing. E. R. Burt, A. A. Maness.
Dr. Frank L. Mock, of Reeds, and
Miss Alice Zimmerman, of Enter
prise, representing two prominent
families of Davidson county, will be
married June 10th at Mt. Olivet M.
E. Ciiurcu, near L-xiugtou.
Misses Bettie uud Liuuie Hodgin,
daughters ot K. D. liodgin, who
were bitieu by a s.ray dug six miles
South of Greensboro last week, are
taking the Pasteur treatment in
Raleigh aud are said to be getting
on well.
Troy is to have a large sanitotiam.
Work is progressing nicely on the
ouilding, which will be one of the
finest in this section of the State.
This institution will be owned and
operated by Dr. A. F. Thompson.
Prof. A. H. Jarrett, of Yadkin
csunty, has been elected principal of
the Lexington Graded Schools, suc
ceeding Prof. W. M. Brown who has
accepted a position with the South
ern Life and Trust Company, of
Greensboro.
The Raeford Institute commence
ment began last Monday, continuing
through Wednesday. Dr. Henry
Lewis Stmt h, of Davidson College,
delivered the address. George Ful
ler was awarded the medal for ora
tory. Dr. W. L. Cripliver, a popular
dentiBt of Lexington, will be mar
ried on June 2nd to Miss Laura Dell
Grimes, daughter ef T. F. Grimes,
of Lexington. The marriage will
be solemnized in the Forest Metho
dist church, at Lexington.
J. L. Ludlow, civil engineer, of
Winston-Salem, has started suit
against the town of L xington for
breach of contract, alleging that he
was under contract to supervise the
paving of streets. Another engi
neer wis put in charge of the work,
hence Mr. Ludlow's suit for $5,000.
Walter F. Doby, who is a member
of the mounted police force on the
Isthmus of Panama with head
quarters at Culebra, is at home in
Lexington, N. 0. on a six weeki
furlough. He was in High Point
yesterday visiting Claud Hussey's
patents and will sail from IN ew xork
on the 26th inst for Panama in order
to report for duty when his fur
lough expires. High Point Enter
prise.
RIOT IN MADISON.
Andy Franklin Shot Dead By Robt.
Tweed.
OTHERS WERE MORTALLY
WOUNDED.
Seriously Injured ax The Hex it It oi an
OKI l end in MadUuu o.
A Dispatch from Marshall on
May vd says that a pistol tight took
place in tl.e Laurel section of Madi.
son county on last Sunday night in
which Andy franklin was kiUetl;
Arthur Franklin shot throtgh tne
head and not expected to live; Major
Tweed shot through the arm, aud
Ben Stanton Bhoi through the thigh.
The 'shooting o:curred at White
Isock and was due to an old feud,
particulars of which cannot be as
certained. It is stated that there
was atdifliculty between Robert
Tweed end Arthur Franklin on lust
Saturday aud that they went their
way and little wae thought of it.
Sui day evening about dark Robert
Tweed and Arthur Franklin met at
the store of Andy Franklin, Jr., at
White Rock, when the men pulled
guns aud commenced shooting. The
friends of the men interfered.
After Tweed and Arthur Franklin
were separated, Arthur was taken up
stair by his cousin, Andy Frauklin,
Jr. Robert Tweid left the store
and it is alleged secured a ehot gun
and took up a position in the road
in front of tk store building. Ar
thur Franklin went to a window
aud leaned his head out when it is
said, Tweed shot him. Andy Frank
lin went down stairs and, walking
out into the road, asked who it was
that had fired the shot. It is elleg
ed that Robert Tweed replied with
an oath, "I did it," and firing
point blank at Andy Franklin and
he Ml dead.
It is supposed that Maj. Tweed
and Ben Stanton received their
wounds in the first fight.
TO MOVE ELECTRIC PLANT.
w Balldlng Will Be Erected la
Batn Asheboro
At a meeting of the directors of
the Asheboro Electric Company
held Tuesday night it was decided
to move tha nlant from lto nrnunf
location in West Asheboro to South
Asheboro on the line of the A & A
railroad, at the rear of M. W. Par
risb's residence. Just when the
erection of the new building will
oegin is not Known.
"No plans have been secured. The
building will be f brick. The
Company eipecta to complete the
work this summer.
Mrs. Mary Moon Meredith to Vbit
Asheboro.
Mary Moon Meredith, a lady
evangelist of the Friends Church of
Indiana, and her husband, Frank,
lin Meredith, are conducting a spe
cial evangelistic meeting at High
roint this week and a part of next
week. From High Point it is ex
pected that Rev. and Mrs. Meredith
will come to Asheboro aud conduct
similar series of meetings.
Mrs Meredith, who will be re
membered as Miss Mary Moon, is
we.l known throughout Randolph
county, where she has conducted
special meetings with power for
many years. Her return to Ran
dolph at this time will be learned
with pleasure and munylof her old
friends in the connty will meet her
during her meeting in Asheboro.
Held en Charge of Forgery.
Geo. W. Parks, who formerly
conducted a small grocery store in
ABheboro and who was burned out
several months ago, was tried and
bound over to court Monday on the
charge of forging checks on the ac
count of Henry Yow, at Seagrove.
In default of a bond of $200, he was
sent to jail. Parks is about 70 years
old. The check were passed on
Messrs Hugh Parks, of Franklin
ville and W. H. Watkins, of Ram.
seur. He was arrested last week in
Greensboro.
Lost Baggy faTl at kl a.
H. Val Badgett, in attempting to
cross the Yadkin River last Sunday,
returning from Charlotte by New
London, lost his horse and buggy
and a suit case which contained
$300 of notes and mortgages. The
horse dashed into the river before
the ilat could be gotten into position,
la haa been given out that a new
cottea mill will be erected at Albe
marle in the near future.