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COURI I T5he COURIER 1 1 tit in Both News and . Circulation. Ue COURIER j . Advertising Columns J Bring Results. I eeued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year VOL XXXlVi ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY July 22, 1909. No 28 THE SUPERIOR COURT July Term Held In The New Court House. MEW BUILDING ONE OF BEAUTY Subject of Much Favorable Comment And The People of The County Pleatied i ..Judce Long Delivered Interesting Charge to Jury. 4 Randolph Superior Court conven ed Monday with Judge B. F. Long, of Statesville. presiding. i This being tne cnristening term for the new court nouse there was a large crowd in attendance, and all were highly pleased with the struc ture, though not v-t completed. There seetns o be general satis faction also with the location be cause of the convenienca to the busi ness ce iter and it is also conceded that the cramped conditioa (us to hitching lot and camp room) was also to a great degree imagination. Judge Long, in opining his charge to the grand jury, paid a high trib ute to the evidences of progress in Randolph, complimenting the peo ple of the county upon having kept pace in the erection of the new build ing. Referring to it he stated that in every appointment it was one of the most convenient, 6afe and oeau tiful in the State. It is a fact tiiat there ha3 oeen free ted on these plans 26 court houses in counties all over the South. He urged the people to be patieut and not hurry the building commit tee, thus permitting them to com plete the structure in a manner that will make it the more lasting. His charge to the giand jury as to their duties during the term was brief, but clearly outlining the work they were to do to the end that the people secure protection and that the violators of the law be brought to justice. He spoke at length upon the im portance of enforcing the laws protestingjsociety, as slatder, perj u y, cigarette smoking, etc. "Since I have been on the bench I have never tried a case for violation of the law against selling or giving cigarettes . to minors" Baid His Honor. Declar ing the injury being done the youths hy this evil habit be urged upon the grand jury its duty in this as well as all ether laws for the peace of the State. The following were sworn as jurors: GRAND .JURORS. W. H. Watkine, foreman; W. 11. Pickett, J. L. Shaw, Allen Scott, H. B. Scott, Geo. II. Parks, W. D. Moffitt, M. L. Fry, Roddy Swaim, Wilson Barnes, T. fi. Branson, M. P. Coward, S. M. Caviness, Jeste DensoD, Joseph Parks, J. O. Arnold, T. W. Lawreae;, W. T. Carter. R. L. White, was appointed officer to the grand jury. PETIT J URORS. Wm. C. Foster, G. 0. Cox, 0. F. Yow, Belford Aumau, James John son, Ed. Holland, G. H. Kimrey, Walter L. Lyndon, S. J. Kennedy, G. A. Laughlin, L. A. Smith. CASES DISPOSED OP MONDAY. State vs. Bud Foster, rude conduct at Church, defendant pleads guilty, fined $15.00 and costs. State vs. Mamie Millikan, rude conduct at church, plead guilty, fined $15.00 and costs. State vb. Jonah Luther, carrying concealed weapon. Verdict not guilty. State vs. S. D. Hancock, a. w. d. w., plead guilty; fined $5.00 and cosU. State vs. J. C. Robbins, exposing private parts, plead gailty, judgment suspended on payment of costs and good behavior in future. State vs. Fred Hutcherson, a. w. d. w. plead guilty, judgment bus pended upon paymeut of costs. State vs. Viola Maness, larceny, Plead not guilty, verdict guilty, judgment six months in jail. State vs. David Record Jr., J. W. Fonst, David Recoid, Sr., Cora Bunton, John Bunton, larceny and receiving, plead not guilty. The jury finds that all are guilty as charged in bill of indictment except Cora Bun o i. i ' TUESDAY. State vs. Lee Gardon, c. c. w., plead guilty, fined $15.00 and costs. Another case for assault, judgment suspended. State vs. John Baldwin, a. w. d w., judgment suspended upon pay ment of oetB. State vi. Myrtle Dark, larcney, verdict not guilty. State vs. J. M. Kirkman and Bud BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL. Wlnston-Nalem and Lexington Capital- lata Form Company. Last week the Lexington Real Es tate and Trust Company transferred "College Heights" to the New South bound Investment Company. The consideration was $11,00, the prop erty embracing fifty acres of fine surburban holdings. The South bound Railway will pass directly through it and there is hardly any doubt that the new road will build a station and perhaps shops on the property. Messrs. H. B- Varuer, editor of The Dispatch, and Ge . 'V. Montca6tle, president4of toe Bank of Lexington, Col. H. F. Fries, pres ident of the Wachovia Loan and Trust Company, and Mr. W. F. Sbaffneraltoef Winsttn, treasurer of Southound RailwayCouipany, are incorporators. The authorized cap ital being $125,000. The object of the company is to handle real estate, loin money, etc. BLEWETT FALLS PLANT SOLD. Iteorganized Company to Complete Con struction Work. All the real dud personal property of the Rockingham Power Cjqi piny, which was engaged in building a hydro electiic plaut at Blewett Falls, ou the Pee Dee River, were sold at auction Wednesday at Wadeaboro to D. H. Thomas, representing the bondholders. When the sale is con firmed reorgauizition for tne pur pose of finishing the work will take place. The property was bid off at $1,000,000. The campany issued $1,500,000 in bonds and this amount has already been spent iu the development of the powo. plant and liens are filed in tne court here aggregating $150,000 for unpaid claims against tae com pany. Tbe trouble in this enterpr.se dates back to tbe failure two years ago of tbe Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York City, whioh was financing the enterprise. Cannon String oi Mills to Close. Owing to the high price of "cotton and the accumulation pf goods the Cannon mills at Concord and Kin napolis, the Patterson mills at China Grove and at Kannapolis, tbe Uibsou, the Franklin, Cabarrus Cotton Mills. Wiscassett at Albemarle, Kestler, at Salisbury, and the Tuscarnra at Mt. Pleasant wiU close- down for two weeks. This includes all tbe Can non string oi managed mills. The shut down will give an opportunity to make ueci-ssiry repairs to the mills. Ofliaes Moved. The Business Office of The Cour ier has been moved from tbe build ing north of tn old Court House to tbe second door west of the new Courthou8e,next to the office former ly occupied by Hammer & Co. The law office of Hammer & Co. has been moved to the building just west of the new Courthouse, iu tbe office formeiley occupied by Dr. Moore, but more recently by thc real estate and Insurance firm of Hammer & Co. Cast Member ot Confederate Congress. Hon. John Goode, the last sur viving member of the Confederate Congress died at Norf olk last Wed nesday. He was 80 years old and hal leen in public life in Virginia and at Washington since he became of age. Underwood, nuisance, pleads guilty, fined $15.00 each and costs. State vs. Geo. Parks, forgery, plead guilty, judgment 16 mouths in State's prison. State vs. R. B. Boling, nuisance, plead not guilty, verdict guilty. 8: ate vb. P. A. Williams, setting up still, plead guilty. Defendant also plead guilty of resisting officers. State vs. R. B. Boling, retailing plead gniltv. State vs. R. B. Boling and John Her r Jordan, manufacturing whis key. Bolitg plead not guilty, ver dict guilty. WEDNESDAY. State vs. Oscar Williams, a. w. d. w., plead not guilty, verdict guilty, judgment 4 months on county roads. State vs. Pearle Balfour, aban donment, plead not guilty, verdict guilty, judgment 7 months on county roads, or pay wife $50 and $25 fine and costs. State vs. Simeon Cox, incest, is in progress as we go to press. This case was returned for a new tiitl by the Supreme Court. j EFFEC1 OF TARIFF In commenting upon the passage of the Aldrich Tariff Bill by the United States Senate la3t week the Philadelphia Record's Washington correspondent had :his to say: The measure as it comes from'eht hands of the senate is regarded by tariff ref:rmer8of both pirtiesas the worst ever written. They declare it is not merely the expression of pro tectionism run mail, taking its sched ules and its administrative features together, but is a shameless embod1 nieut of protective debauchery and libertiuism. Like the debavichea of the French court preceding the revo lution, its authors, they suv, might almost be suspected of taking as their motto the cry "After us, the deluge." Since -e tariff revisionists in bath houses of cjugress regard the artitu le of Aldrich in forcing through the measure with its endless nihilities as the most II tyrant defi ti."e of pub lic seutiment, sound economic p:ia ciples and simple justice perpetrated by any legislative i O ly in almost a hundred years. Diy nfrer day an I week after week Altltic'u has push-" I through, almost without failure, the paragraphs of his till framed up in secrecy by the republicans of the finance committee. He had massed a'ound him th.' allied representatives of the trusts and other gvat pratec ed interests, all dominated iu their action by tbe greatest trust of all, the Staadard Oil Company. This Macedonian phalanx, as Sen ator Tillman dubbed it, has pre sented throughout the fight an un broken front to the opposition anil defeated every attempt to write in the schedules even a modicum of the revision downward' which the re publican party and ice presidennal candidate last year promised the people. Etch of the trusts oatain ed for itself what it wanted in the way of protection for articles it pro duced and cneerfully conceded to all the other trusts the same valua ble privilege of taxing the other American consumers as they saw fit. Juet a Piece of Scorn. Brought into and being nursed to vigorous maturity by the scandalous ly high tariff rates of the Dingley bill, the all powerful trusts had it in their power through their repre senta'ives in the senate to makesme, uot only that they would not lose auy of he advantages given them by the existing law, but to seize new advantages. Having the power to take what they wanted, why should they Bur.euder anything to the help less" cousumer merely because the people demanded it and the repub lican platform and the republican candidate for president promised tariff revision downward laat year, and a congress was called io special session for the supposed purpose of carrying out their pledges. They laughed to scorn the persistent and vigorous attacks on the bill as framed up by Aldrich that appeared in the newspapers of all shades of political opinion. They went ahead with their work of upward revision with a cynical defiance of party pledges and public sentiment that could not be paralleled in the action of the national legislature of any civilised country in this generation. Plutocracy and privilege were in the saddle and they rode with the reck less daring of beings drunk with power. Whatever Jthe theory 9l the con struction of the bill, in fact it is en tirely devoid of scientific adjustment, it has been made almost entirely without regard to the needs of the government or the interests of the ereai. mass of tne American people; Theoretically a leading object tuj making the b 11 was to increase the revenues to a point where the pres ent deficit would be wiped out. But the needs of the government were entirely lost sight of as the bill took shape under the manipu lation of the deft, and daring hands of Aldrioh, Smoot i'e rose, et al., the dominant consideration becom ing solely the desires of the trusts and the other great protected inter ests. During the debate Feiator Aid rich Lai persistently claimed that the bill would raise sufficient reve nue to meet the waut3 of the gov ernment. But few even of his closest lieutenants make any pre ense iu sharing this view, and all the opponents of the bill assert and give fig ares to support the assertion that ON COMMERCE. the tariff schedules will yield little, if any more revenue than those of the existing Dingley law. This was what was to be rxpecrei in view of the fct thac the real aim of the bill is not to increase the revenues of the goveromeut, but to maintain, if not to eise the revenues of the trust" tiad other protected manufac turers. i Prices Already Rising. Should Aidrich prove deft and strong enough to force the house to accept the bill iu approximttely its present form and should the presi dent prove weak enough to sign it, the effej; will undoubtedly be in creases saull ami large in the prices of ail the necessaries of life and, in fact, mail articles listed ia the I schedules. Aldrich and the oiher authors of the bill must be well aware of this fa,;t. This gives the utter defiance of public sentiment and economic laws with which the framers of the bill hive d nt their work. In tie face of the f.ct that the prices of all commodities have for years been steadily rising with no indication of au arres: of the ten dency, Allrich and his lieutenants boldly attempt to place on the stat ute boo-8 a law that is bound to accelerate the upward movement. i. is a sjeotaole or the moat sinister significance. The new upward movement of piiceo, due to the action of the bill, is already well under way. A circu lar just issued by the National Asso ciation of Wholesome Clothing Manufa:turera tells what is going on in th t great industry. The cir cular states that alieady the prices of worsted goods have taken a new lift, ft points out that while the increase in the woolen schedule may be slight, the administrative featu -es of the new law are so drawn that they will bring about a heavy increase iu the actual duties to be paid. The circular asserts that careful estimates of the probable increase in the cost of woolen goods used in the United States in the year ! 910 places it at tbe enormous total of $120,000 000. This is more than double the value of the annual wood clip of the UnitedStates. Retail Icalers in men's cl ithing say that the new pi ice lists coming out show an increase of from 25 to 40 per cent over the old lists. In practically all articles of wo men's wear, dress goods of woolen and cotton and other material; in un derclothing, hosiery, gloves, lace em broidery, ribbons and millinery, the Bame npward tendency is already re ported, and it will undoubtedly be accelerated if thr Aldrich bill be comes a law ia approximately its present shape. Prof. Farlow Klected to Charlotte School The school com mis ionrs of Char lotte have elected J. Macy McLean, of Maxton, as teacher of tbe eleventh grade and Prof. N. F. Farlow, of Randleman, as assistant to the prin cipal in the nineth grade. The former's salary is $90 per month and the latter $85. Prof. Staley to Conduct Institute. Prof. Chas. M. Staley, Superin teodent of the Graded Schools at Hickory and Miss Inez Tillman will conduct a teacher's institute for Iredell county in Statesville, beginning August 16 and lasting two weeks. Mr. Staley was formerly Superintendent of the Asheboro Graded Schools. Heath of Mr. Hodgla. J. Addison Hodgin, manager of the savings departmentof the Greens boro Loan and Tr jst Company, died last Wednesday, after a brief illness of pneumonia. He was a prominent figure in the business and religious life of the city. He was a man of deep Christian piety and a lifelong member of the Friends Church. Masoni increasing. The Masouio Fraternity now has 20,000 members, one thousand hav ing beer, added since the meeting of the Grand Lodge. The new lodge at Biscoe ia one of eight recently formed. Albeataxle ta Vote Bonds. Albemarle, Stanley county, will on July 27th vote on a bond issue of $65,000 for lights, water, sewerage, etreet and school improvements. NEWS IN BRIEF. W. L. Moore, a prominent citizen of Taylorsville, died Saturday, aged 4a years. A widow and seven chil dren survived him. M. A Phyler, a prominent citizen of Cleveland. Rowan fnnnir. riierl jlast week after an illness of several j months1 He was 70 years old. I The Dunn electric plant is being i enlarged. It now furnishes 38 arc Uinhta onrl 1 1 fin 1 wl . Tu capacity will he more then doubled. John F. Lyon, of Greensboro cele brated his 95th birthday S turdav. He is very active and finds pleasure ana recreation in hoeing his garden. The Thoamville Light aud Pow er Co is negotiating with the South ern Power Co for power to light and operate the mills of the town. Curtis, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Efird, of Whitney, broke his leg re cently and Salisbury physician; fouud it necessary to amputate the limb last ween. The macadam toll road fro Walnut Cove to Danbury and Pied mont springs is meeting with en couragement. About 4,000 in small subscriptions has been raised. Mr. Mebane Lambe, who is 83 years old, and one of Greensboro's oldest cit:zens, died last week. He had lived in Greensboro ever since young manhood. A sever electric storm passed over Jonesboro last triday. Kev. J. W, Little, was knocked unconscious, and is in a critical condition at a hospital at Sanfoid. Several others were shocked. Mrs. Lizz:e Lindsay, widow of the late Dr. Lindsiy, of Greensboro, died at Butte, Montana, Saturday. She was 43 years old aDd has many relatives and friends in North Caro lina. The mellon crop of Eastern North Carolina is becoming active. Five to ten car loads of canteloups a day are leaviug Maxton. Ship, pers are finding it difficult to secure cars to handle the yield. S. A. Batchelor , County Com. missioner of Nash county owns two hogs which are listed on the tax books at $50 each. They weigh 000 and 700 pounds respectively. The usual listing price is averaged at $10.00. The home of Wilson Vick, a farmer living near Rocky Mount was destroyed by fire Friday morn ing, and before noon he had a force of hands clearing the ruins away, and was hauling timber for a new home. This is entarprise. Elitor II. B. Varner, of the Lex ington Dispatch, has sold his ele gant suburban home at Lexington to J. E. Foy, cashier of the National Bank. Mr. Varner will move to the J. L. Peacock property, opposite the public bui'ding site. DEATH OF MR. SKEEN. For Forty Years a Magistrate In David sou County. Joe C. Skeen, of Bain, for forty years a Justice of the peace of Davidson county, at one time a member of the County Boirl of Education and always interested in the welfare of his county, died at his homeat Bain Sunday, July 18th Tht end was unexpected by those who attended him and the news of his death was a shock to his many friends in Randolph where he was so widely known and esteemed. About four weeks ago Mr. Skeen fell from a load of wheat and though he had been unable to walk, since, he was in such high spirits and his condition did not become se rious, nor his friends alarmed until Friday. QMr. Skeen was 80 years old and is survived by the following children: N. O. Skeen, of Palmetto, G; Mrs J. H. Burkbead, of Fairburn, Ga.; Mrs. W. J. Miller and W. S. Skeen, of Asheboro; Hendricks Skeen, of Farmer; and Homer and Cleveland Skeen, of Bain. QThe deceased was for many years aud until his death a member of Rocky Springs Methodist Church. The funeral wascoudusted Monday afternoon at Salem. Miss Lillian Hendricks has re turned from a visit to her sister. Mrs. Elkins, at Franklinville. TELEPHONE TRUST First Step Believed to Have Beea Taken. MANHATTAN CONCERN TO FOL LOW. It is Kuuinred that the 'ctrn L'uisn and the Pastal Telegraph Companies will Also be Merged IViMith Bell Hnt Not Confirmed. What :s believed fo be the first Step toward merging '.r.e Hell tele phone companieK, whew combined Capital totals $970,00(1,000 wis ta ken yesterday whn the New York ft" ! New Jerey 'JVIephonn (Joruomy was nlisorbed by tbe American Tel .'pocno and Telegraph Company, which i? the parent Hell rompany. Officii notice of the absorption was sen to the stockholders of the New York and New.lers-v Compa ny by Present H. N. Hethe'.l aud Secra'e-y W al Lou Hopkins. There is outstanding 0OU,tM)0 of stock of this company, and the holders will get share for share in ttock of the parent company. By this ex change they will get an 8 p?r cent, stock for a 7 per cent, stock and al so a stock which Iiks a broad market. Until recently the stock of the smaller concern Bold ubont 10 points under that of the parent company, but in anticipation of the merger the price of the former has advanced to the level of the tiarent shares. The absorption will w:pe out the individual identity of the New York and New Jersey Company, which supplies Brooklyn, Long Island, Sta ten Island and New Jersey. Many Brooklyn men are in the directorate of tbe smaller company, including Alexander Cameron, William D. Sargent, George H. Prentiss, Theo dore F. Miller, James Jourdan, William C. Courtrwy, William Berri, John C. Reilly and H. F. Thurber. Tbe company, however, has always been controlled ud dominated by the parent concern, Theodore N Vail, president of the American Tel ephone and Telegraph Company, has been chairman of the Board of the New York and New Jersey Compa- The New York Telephone Compa ny, which serves Manhattan and the Bronx, may be the next of the Bell concerns to lose its individual iden tity bv being absorbed by the pa4ant company, which already coauolls and dominates it. In this country there araiJjOO. 000 telephone stations, of wliilge Dtn system controls d,aio,ai5, afld has conuectionB with 1,150,000 moh. There are 7,800 Bell companies and 16,000'independents. Many of these are very Email, the average number of stiMous to each of tiie 16,000 companies being but H'i. I be absorption of the New York and New Jersey company led t-j the revival of the old report that the parent Bell company would also try to absorb the Western Union and Postai Telegraph companies, but no coi liruiation of this rumdr could be had. DEATH FROM LOCKJAW. Result of Sticking a Nail Into his foot IO Days ao. Craven Ingram, son of Mr. New- toa Ingiam, of Trinity di d Tues day of Lockjaw. Thinking the child suffered from mumps physi cian was called. The boy was unable to open his mouth and was having spasms. When the doctors arrive 1 and made an exanuuaiiou the child was found to have an advanced case of lockjaw and his life was despaired of almost from the hist. The boy hid tffrnst a nail in his foot eight or ten days ago and lockjaw had resulted from. the wound, lhe funeral services were held Tuesdiy nfrueon at 3 o'clock at the home of the father. Hurt to Alat ana. Rev. Hay Watsjn Smith! and family are visiting relatives at Greensboro. He has recently ac c?pted the presidency of the Selma (Ala.) Military Academy. Here- signed his pastorate at Port Chester, in. x . uu account oi nis neann. Sudden Death at High Poiat, Mrs. J. W. Smith died at Hiirh Point Friday night. She spent the afternoon visiting but ubont 10:30 o'clock she became ill and before physicians could arrive she had died. The remains were interred at Clemtnons. ' i