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EDITORIAL COMMENT SO RKAMOM AT AM. The Raleigh Evening Times pub lishes ac article from the Richmond News-Leader entitled "Against Good Roads," giving the objections of farmers, as published in several Vir ginia weekly papers, to the better ment of roads throughout the coun try. These) objections being that if roads were flood it would icduce automobile owners to use them, and that their horses would be frighten ed at these "devil wagons ;" that they would be afraid to let their wives and families drive out on this account, etc. The same argument was advanced againBt railroads when first they came into uee, and it was very soon demonstrated how foolish it was, as horses soon became accustome.l to the engines and they would equally as soon become accustomed to ttuto mobiles. Tho main reply to these questions, however; lies iu an entirely different direction. The farmer who objects to the improvement of the roads in his section is standing in bis own light. Under the present condition of country roads generally his team can only haul about half a load to market, and he has to make two trips to market the same amount of pro duce as he could take in one trip if the roads were improved. Another direction in which good roads benefit the farmer is the in cretsed value of the land contiguous to the road in many sections. The city dweller is ever on the lookout for good residence eites with in easy distance of the city where he and his family can enjoy pure, coun try air and water and a garden,where he can employ his hours of recrea tion and which will afford himself and family the pleasnre of fresh, beautiful flowers, smooth grassy lawns and vegetetables, eggs and poultry for hid table of his own raising. It is the automobile and elec tric car which have made the subur ban migration possible and the di rection which it takes is always that of the best roads. In many of the States this is a fact and numerous instances could be quoted where tne advent of good roads has been the means of estab lishing modern, progressive, wealthy cities with surrounding hillsides dotted with handsome residences,the homes of rich and prosperous mer chants, whose coffers were filled with the profits accruing from the sale of farm produce which was hauled to them over these same good roads in wagons piled high with barrels and crates an impossibility on the roads as generally found in the country hereabouts. The Stroller. SOUTHWARD HOI The advice of Horace Greely years ago to one who asked him what he enouia uo to improve nis circum stances was "Go West, young man." Now the same advice might be good but a better would be "Go South, young man," for the oppor tunities for young men in the South today are just as good as they were in the West at the time when Horace Greely gave utterance tothe sentence which has since been the slogau to lead many to fortune. There are two Bides to every ques tion and whether it is better for the community that pastors should ex change their pulpits, as the custom is, or not is a mooted question not to be lightly set aside with a superficial answer. Of course a grert deal depends upon the value of the exchange but it 18 a fact that a pastor. who has the love and affection of his congregation will be listened to attentively and his words will have a more lasting effect than one who comes only once perhapg and with a burst of oratory claims attention for the time and is soon forgotten. 'You've met him, haven't you?" slid the Stroller as he walked into the oflice last Tuesday morning with a "chip on his shoulder," to use a common eipression, mean the 'butter iu,' the fellow who has more nerve than brain and is always pok itig his nose in where he has no busi ness. He is certainly the in:st un conscionable idiot that I know of and when one of those fellows comes within my surroundings I feel like overstepping the bounds or p.u dence and giving bim a sound thrashing." Why this unusual heat, said we, what has so ruffled the general calm and placid temperament which we have always admired in you 'i "Well, I'll tell you. About an hour ago I was talking with a gen tleman in the lobby of the Auman House on some private business, iu fact, I was tryiug to interest my friend in a mining deal and was suc ceeding splendidly, as I had him in-j UTtsted, when one of these irrespon sible fools came up and joined in the j conversation, couinlttel v detracting ! my friend's attention from the line disseminators, of argument 1 had advanced anil thus rendering of no avail the work 1 had already done. Just then the train drew into the station and my friend excused himself with the re mark that he was obliged to leave on that train but would see me some other time about the matter we had been disc ussing. Of course it may be ttait 1 can get him interested when I see him again, but I doubt it, as it has been my experience that if you can't clinch the nail when you drive it' the opportunity is lost. "After my friend had left, I turn ed to the chap who had been the cause of my disappointment and was preparing to squelch him with a scathing iebuke when he said smil ingly, 'Say, old chap, that friend of yours was a jolly good fellow.wasn't her V hy didn t you introduce me ?' Well, sir, you would refuse to print the answer I made him, and it would not look well in cold type, but from the expression on his face it was quite a revelation to him, for he has always known me as a quiet, unobtrusive individual-" Of course, said we, we sympathize with you. 'bympathize ! Yes, I know you do, but that does not alter the fact that there are too many of theee busybodies who, instead of minding their own (business, take it upon themselves to mix np in other peo ple's affairs and they deserve to be ostracised and driven out of the com munity." We hart never seen the Stroller eo wrought up, and as he bounced out of the door, slamming it after him, we could hardly blame him for his exhibition of temper when we real lzed the cause. Why the Home Paper Should be Pat ronized. The Minneapolis Star inquires: If a member of yonr family died would you print the resoluteons on a billboard;' If yonr wife entertain ed would you send an account cf it to the theatre program man? If yon weregoing to enlarge your busi ness would you advertise it in a ho tel register? If you were- going to have a wedding in your family, would yon get out a handbill? You would send such items to a newspa per, would you not? Then why don't you put vour advertisements iu a newspaper? livery maa who uses a billboard u adding to nature faking. The newspaper builds your town. Why not help build up the newspapers. There is no better ad vertisement in the world for a town than a newspaper. A newspaper is the barometer of a town's industry. Show us a good newspaper full of advertising and we will show you a good town full of live merchants. Billboards an an eye sore; handbills are a nuisance; theatre programs are worthless; hotel registers from an advertising standpoint are rediculous. Newspapers ar? town builders, town advertisers, fortune makers, news sermon deliverers. prosperity forecasters. They are a necessity, not a luxury. Tbey must be maintained. Without them we would retrograde to the medieval days. Don't patroniz? them from a charitable standpoint. Patronize them Ittc:iii3i they deliver the goods, that is, if they are the right kind. Cut out the foolishness and work : for the upbuilding of your town and State by upbuil Sing your newspi. ! pers. : Wet Feet Cost ore Ttaiin National llird Victim of Appendicitis Last Thur-diy being the day when turkey was a subject of live convers i tion, it may be of interest to note that scientists of Harvard have discover "i that the great national bird is a vic tim of appendicitis. It is asserted that large numbers of turkeys have died from this disease, and that t'ie game birds, such as quail, etc., h ive been kind oil also, ihe opinion of these highbrows who have investi gated is thai a email living organ ism produces inflamation which causes something similar to appen dicitis in humans, and that this small living orgauism is carried about by English sparrows and by them distributed to the other mem bers of the feathered kingdom. While it all sounds foolish, it is nev ertheless considered so important that the Massachusetts game com mission has given close attention to it. The Editor'! Mistake. Niw Orleans Picayune. It is held to be an inexcusable outrage for a newspaper editor to make the slightest mistake in a statement of any sort, while profes sional persons, upon whose certainty of knowledge and on whose state ment in regard thereto, life and death and to the most importan inter ests depend, make the most serious errors without incurring the slight est criticism, much less blame. Take. the judge on the bench, whose decisions are set aside and an nulled by higher courts almost every day, and the judge whose judgment is so reversed does not suffer in the least in public and professional es timation. In the same way the physician who makes a wrong diagnosis of his patient s disease, administers treat ment that results in death instead of a cure, loses none of the confidence of his patrons in bis skill, and he may kill any number of people se- cudem artem without incurring the slightest responsibility. These are curious facts, but they be facts, and they are mentioned, not by way of excusing editorial mistakes, for there is no excuse for them, it is because every individ ual firmly believes that he could con duct newrpapers better than those who are charged with the work.while no unprofessional person would un dertake to usurp functions of the judge or the physician. DespondentSuicides. Miss Stella Gorman, of Columbia, 8. C, dtowtted herself on Wednesday afternoon, November 24th, in a wa ter hole in a disused quarry near the Olympic mill. She waj despondent '. ;!) )mUh fci'X h-.t btt i arti.-r Violating Insurance Laws. Commissioner Young is informed that the Ueorgia Lite insurance Company of Macon, Ga. is sending circulars to .North Carolina bankers asking their patronage. He warns the bankers in this state that this company baa no license to do business in this state and that hereafter any contracts made by it would be nul and oid under the North Carolina law. Thanksgiving Service. A thanksgiving service waa held at the M. P. church oa ThanksgiV log Day at 11 a. ci. A powerful Hwim was prMfibfd bt the pastor r l r 'inf. 44 Grippe," Rheumatism and Pneumonia levy a heavy toll on careless ness each season. Wet feet claim their thousands annually where accident and pestilence take ten. One medium sized doctor's hill will provide a whole family with rubbers for five years. One pair of good rubbers may save you a hundred dollars and untold suffering. MALDEN RUBBER. SHOE; CO U.S.A. BOSTON MALDEN AND MELROS (s A 5 jj BOSTON Rubbers Arctics Boots are the very best that can be made. They are the leading brands of the. biggest rubber manufacturers in the world. Pure Para Gum, the stoutest duck lining, everlasting water-proof cement, all vulcanized into a solid shoe this in brief is the story of these goods. Maiden and Melrose rubbers come in all sizes and styles, from infants' overshoes to men's hip boots. If your dealer does not carry them write us and we will see that you are supplied. Look for the trade mark before you bay. Dealers! Write for Price List. CRADDOCK- TERRY CO., LYNCHBURG, VA. The Largest Manufacturers and Distributers of Shoes in the South. U the Day of the McAdam Koart Pat Mr. Scarritt, a road expert from New York, who has been visiting Atlanta, Bays to the Journal of that city; "1 he day of the McAdam roads is past. The "Imperial" ai this new road is called, will supplant macadam. McAdam will stand the travel of automobiles or wagons, but not the travel of both. The two together ravel a macadam road. The iron tires of wagons grind the road and the rubber tires of auto mobiles whisk it away. Were it not for the latter the road would be packed again by the next rains. Were it not for the former the latter would have nothing to sweep away. Ihe "Imperial" road withstands both. Imperial" road Brit. "The imperial road is first plowed; then tne loose dirt is soaked with chemical mixture adapted to the soil; then the whole is kneaded to a paste; then it is leveled and rolled. It gets as hard as traffic packa it. It is selfhealing from the wounds of horseshoe calks and iron tires. It won't melt like asphalt. It is im pervious to water. Automobiles can't skid on it. It grows better with age. On the whole, it is the best road known nowadays. I be lieve J. 0, Kobin who has an office iu the Times buidiBg, New York, knows more about this type of road tnan anybody else wnom 1 can re member. The imperial road in volves practically no expenses fcr maintainance. it costs about as much as mcadam, I nnderstand, bnt it lasts lndenaitly '. December, 10, the Day. December, 16, will be the first is sue of this paper in which the nom inations for the prizes in the Cou rier's Popularity contest will be published. This does not mean that yon are to delay nominations until that day. Send them in at once, the sooner the better, ao that yonra will help to swell the lone list which we shall publish on the above date. Yon may also aeud in votes for yonr favorite, the more, and the sooner the better. CAOUTCHONE is the rubber of commerce and plays an important part in the drug industry. WE SELL WATER BAGS, ATOMIZERS, SPRAYERS, SYRINGES and all else in the rnbber line be longing to the drug trade These articles bear the imprint if beBt manufacturers. BUY YOUR DRUG STORE RUBBER GOODS OP US Rndlemaf Drug Company, Randleman. N. C. A an all-round laxative tonics and health builder bo other pills can compare with Dr Kina'a New Life Pills. Thev tone and reeo late stomach, liver tad kidney, purify the blood, strengthen the nerves; cure Coastipa- tinn. Uyi"piia, Uiliouen. Jaundice. ftflndavlirt, (. lull and Valeria. Try them SSo at alt dfir;rist,'j - - ;; iseosooeooossooooooosseoeo! 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Exclusive) Growera Paxh Tree June buda a apecislty. No agonta travel ing, but tell direct to planter at wholesale prioee. Absolutely tree from all disease and true to name. Write as for catalog and price before placing vour order elsewhere. We ouarau' tee oar stock to be true to name. Largest peach nursery in the world. I r. HAT.F Pmiv 1 Winchester, Tennessee. BOYS' SUITS. We are still - selling Boys' Suits at greatly reduced srices and will be glad to fit you out in this line. G. W. ELLIOTT'S, The Big Store Rtvndleman, N. C. Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Gtnlldrain Ory FCH FLETCHER'S CAOTORIA Blank Dikds Blank, Warranty and Mortgage Deeds at 25 cents a dozen. Chattel Mortgages at ten cents a dozen. -- Send sttmps or til T9T. Tub Coubihr, Astaeboro, N. 0. End ef Strike. Subsequent to a conference betweei President McGiltery, the shop oom mittee representing the strikers and representatiyes of the Southern Bail- way, the strike of the machinists at the 8pencer shops came to an end. The grievances of the machinists are to be taken np with the officials at Washington by President McGilyery,
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