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j me COURIER J I Leads in Both Newt and Circulation. J COURIER. H me COURIER f Advertising Columns Bring Results. J Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year VOL XXXIV ASHEBORO, N. C , THURSDAY, Decembei 9, 1909. No. 52 i THE CORN GROWING CONTEST. thai. F. Phillips of Randolph Won First Prise In the Boys Competition. Following is the report of the contestant and affidavits certifying to its crrectneB8. A fuller account of this contest will be published in the Courier next week. The acre of land that this corn was grown on was broken on April 2rd 1909, about 10 inches deep, The latd having been in com tb previous vear. Land harrowed April 15th, then plowed with double plow April 16th plowing in 1,000 pounds of lime, then the top was smoothed off with log drag, then the land was run off 4 1-2 feet wide and planted on April 12th, ten inches apart use. ing 100 pounds of guano to the acre, Uo April 30th a tremendous rain fall caused the land to bake to such an extent that the corn had to be planterd over on May 8th, running planter in siuie furrow. Owing to to the continued heavy rainfall the corn was ploughed tit the fallowing irregular intervals: Ploughed with a single pluw May 14 and loth, which was just as corn was coming up. Chopped out May, 24th; ploughed with single plow May 28; ploughed with walkir.g cultivator June 14th. At this plow, ing the corn was fertilized U tne ex tent of $10.00 worth, including ail former application with $8.33, cot ton seed meal guano, manufactured by the Southern Cotton Oil Co. of Charlotte N. 0. Ploughed with walking cultivatoi June 19th, 28th and July 5t h. The production of the 135 bushels was at a total cost of $26.50. Boy' Contest Report. Thomasville R. F. D.No. 4. November 2nd, 1909 Mr. T. B. Parker, Demonstrator, Kaleigh, N. U. Dear Sir: We, the undesigned, nertifv Ithat we meannm! r.hn iol land on whicn Unarlea k. Jt'hillips j grew tne corn tor wnicn be is con testing ior one or. toe prizes ottered . by tne state Department of Aen culture to the boys making t he most corn on one acre of land. The plat of land is 98 yards long and 50 yards wiue, containing rjuu square yards We have made a diagram of the land on back of this report.' We have also measured or weighed the cor a, and find he made 7560 pounds of sound dry, merchantable Bhelled corn. on the acre. Itlis our belief that all the corn mesured grew on tne acre or land above described. The report below, signed by the bov and his parent or guardian, is in our opinion, correct. Respectfully submitted, J. A. Varner, Joseph Hancock, L. 0. Phillips. Randolph County, Township, Tabernacle Report of Contestant. This is to certify that I, the un dersigned, cultivated the above des cribed acre of land as per my appli cation filed with Mr. T. B. Parker, Demonstrator, Raleigh, N. C, and as per my written report accompany ing this. I also certify that all the above corn grew on the acre of land above described and that the corn shucked and weighed, by which the calcula tion was made, was a fair average of the entire acre. Rrspectfully, Ghas. F. Phillip- Contestant. I certify that ths above report is true. 0, H. Phillips Parent or Guardian. P.O. Thomasvillle N. 0. R. F. D. No. 4. November 2nd 1909 . Lunch With Teachers. Arrangements have been made by the ladies of the Asheboro Bet terment Association to join with the teachers of the couiity, who 5eet here Saturday in asocial lunch. Each lady of the Asheboro Better ment Association is requested to come to the graded echool on Sat "way morning and bring lunch for Jjerselfand one other. Lunch will w eaten in the old school building. Boi Party. M 1 T. . . oitrane, of GieDoIa, luvformsjus that there will be a party at in T rBUOa OCIooi on tne night lii7 ecember 23rd. The proceeds CliE" .tbe of the Sed ItW' Ma8io wU1 be finished by Phillgre8? r5triD baDd- Mi88 j the program. 6 HIGH SCHOOL WORK IN COUNTY Good Attendance Growing Interest t Honor Roll ot Students. One of the most significant evi denpfta of educational growth in the county is the excellent condition of the three public high schools. Ref erence has been m ide to this fact before. The preseut conditions have so completely surpassed the expect -tiens, however, that it is uecesaary to call attention to what is being uone in each school. Students who are ready for high school instrnti are t, .to these schools from any part ui the county without any tuition charges. That the people are taking advantage of this oppor tunity is evidenced by th" att.-nd-ance. The real problem is supply ing a sufficient teaching force to meet the needs. It has become necessary to employ another teacher for the Farmer echool, and the ar rangement has already beiin uru'i-. There will protmbly bo some vacan cies after Christinas, and this will give an opportunity for ties students. Parties having children who can enter a high school in the spring Should correspond with the princi pals of of the three high sehojU in the county. Honor Itoll In the High SiluioN. Eirly in thnyter ths plan ti have an hono" roll in each high so iml was adoptel, and lias proved s:ri 'actory iu every respect. In the Trinr.y Bchool, if a student does not fall lelow u grade of 90 on any sub ject, and is not absent or tardy more than twice in a month, bis name goes on the honor roll. For the third mouth the following names appear on the roll First Grade Claudia Ingram, Hazel Johnson, Herbert Johnson. Fifth Grade Loris Collett, Carrie Cranford, Fannie Crocker, Sadie Reddick. Tenth Grade Willie P. Mangum weeks. In the Liberty school if a student noes not fall below a grade of 90 o. any subject and is not absent or tardy during the whole month and also makes 100 on deportment, the name is entitled to go on the honor roll. Below appear the results of tne tmrd month s work. - Eighth Grade Gladys Hightill. Sixth Grade Chan Kimrey, Gar net Michanx, Mary Bowman. Fifth Grade Fleming Patterson Fourth Grade Leioy Caudle, fearl cnstow, Uiarence irazier. Third Grade Glem Caudle, Lydia nckett, Mary Shepherd, Lorna Smith, Clara Hinshaw, Robt. Smith, Jwl X razier, JSaomi iumrey. First aDd Second Grades Juanita Reece, Eulah Wheeler, Lela McMas ters, Lettie Perry, Ruby Lowe, Laura Jitta smith, Annie Lewis Smith. In the Farmer school there was a necessity for more distinction, and therefore a High Honor Roll. To have the came on the High Honot noli one must not fall below 95 on any subject and must not be absent or tardy. Hope Hubbard was the only one to reach this standard. The regular honor roll for the month is as follows: High School Department Rosa Barnes, Hate JJorsett, Alma Laasi- ter, David Scroggs, Cammie Nance, iiiSta Homey. Intermediate Grades Mary Park. er, Myrtle Barnes, Mittie Russell, Elbert K earns, Annie Cranford, Lnla Spencer, Juauita Eearns, Ruby Fuller, Luna Kearns. Primary Grades Gv oree Kearns. Lucile Kearns, Edith Spencer, Othel Keams.Leatta Kearns, Wade Kearns, Carl Liassiter, Raymond Nance, Louise Kearns, Neai Kearns, Eugene Horney, Etta Pierce, Lewis Kearns, Tom Hammond, Emma Trotter, Tom Kearns, Ara Ridge, Alton Kearns, Ethel Kearns, Esther Rus sell. In the Farmer school the require ments for the honor roll are the same as in the Trinity school. In the Liberty school there is a slightly higher standard. Attempted Suicide. One day last week, Mrs. Carrie D, Moore, of New Hope township went behind the house and cut her throat with a razor. Fortunately the cut was not deep enough to cause death. When found she was lying under the piazza almost dead. She was the wife of one of Chat ham's best citizens aad had been somewhat out of her mind for some months. The sympathy of his many friends is extended to Mr. Moore in his tronble. COURIER REPRESENTATIVE'S TRAVELOGUE Description of the Beauties of the Alaskan Climate Wrong Impressions Corrected History of the Insti tution and Meaning of Totem Poles. Alaska Htatorlealljr and (ieo;ra)htcalI)' Before going into the descrip tion of Alaska. I think- it wnnlH be well to give a little historical data a3 to this vast. terrirrv which has been called a ref rig erator ana nas been recognized as a land of snow and ice, whose people are principally Indians, miners ana missionaries. Alaska was discovered in 1.11. by Rlis- siansand was sold while William II. Seward was Secretary of State to the United States in it, ior tne sum ot w.iU'.) OUo. or two centi per acre- .Mr Se.v- ard was severely criticised ior thi3 seeming extravagance whicii has resulted in a veritable &. nanza for the Jnit-.-..l Stat.. Capitol and Court House, Juneau, Alaska. Statistics show that since 1878 the total value of Alaskan pro ducts is $320,000,000, almost five times the purchase price. At tention was first attracted to the wondertul seals which abounded in Alaskan waters, then in 1896, when gold was discovered in the Klondike Alaska sprang into prominence. Alaska is situated, as we all know, in the northwestern part of North America. It contains 586,400 square miles of territory, or is about as large as the com bined area of the thirteen orig inal states, with Maine, Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Vir einia. Ohio, and nparlv on-Violf of the great State of Washington added. Without thinking most of us would believe that after leaving the State of Washington we would soon reach Alaska soil. From the most northwpsterlv point of Washington to th most southeasterly point of Alaska the aistance is six nundred miles, the intervening territory being Canada. The District of Alaska is nilprl by Congress, a Governor and a Judge. Its people are ambitious and Drocressive. and for some time past have heen petitioning uoneress ior a t erritorial torm of government. Climate Land of ftnilntght Sum--Keaonreea. It is hard for one who haa nor been to Alaska to believe that there is a summer season there, but it is true. In fact, the cli mate along the Southern and southeastern coast is mild the year round, while the interior and northern part is very cold The summers in Alaska are three months long, and during most of that season daylight lasts for the entire twentv-fonr hours for this and other favorable reasons vegetation grows very rapidly. 1 sat on the deck of the boat wrir.inc a letter homp at 11 o'clock one night without know ledge of the time. It is said that all kinds of vegetables can be raised excent corn, and trip Rea son is not long enough for it. We Raw several vpfrprnh I car. dens, in which potatoes, cabbage, rhubirb, lettuce, radish and other thinors were jrrowine. Grass crows luxiiriantlv. and nnp gentleman told me he had sowed oats as an experiment and it was doing fine. The principal re sources of Alaska are gold, cop per, coal, lumber, fish and seal skins- Ketchikan The Gateway to tk Pan handle of Alaska Our first fiton waa at. Ketrhi kan originally an Indian village but now a town oi uu innaDi tants The town is built as sev era! of the Alaskan towns are, rigkc up on the side of the moun tain in tiers or sections, with flights of steps connecting. We counted 160 steps in one flight. in filing ol Ketchikan's pos- sessions some one said. "We : have seven hundred people three I hom, two unmarried women and nlntv of salmon. " Tho w was rtair.ly true, for a "haul" j was ;mi for our benefit and l;ii.id:.i h-n.-..-!i tv, I ter s.vr.ad i-Sl'of tUmii. lions o th:jm were jumping up .mt (.. ill vater. On inquiry ! Wc ! .salnw j t iv.in waLei'. e toi'i tao history of the . Th?y are hatched in witer, they go into sale where they stay for from Hjil il l three to four years, when they return g iresh water, where they were hatched, spawn and die bv beatinc themselvpa no-ninet- rocks in an effort to go further upiresn water streams. It mat ters not how far awav thov ppf. from spawning place they go oacK to spawn and die- They locate fresh water by jumping up in salt water. I knew that the Chinese wanted to either die on their own "happy hunting f rounds" or be taken there after eath, but didn't know this "fish story, " which evidently is a true one. There were several salmon can neries in Ketchikan stnA if ia a distributing point for some gold and copper mines not far away. The boys play baseball on the beach, the only place that is level enough- The Episcopalians have a neat nine cnurcn. anri in ntirm with it run a hospital and Indian school. There are also Methodist and Catholic churches- There were Catholic churches in pvprv kuwn we v iai Leu. Interesting "Totem Poles.". We were introduced to the first real Totem Pole in Ketchikan, and the origin and history of totem poies have been especially interesting to me. They may contain family histories ; they may illustrate legends ; they may serve tne place of tombstones, tellincr what clan the man ho- lonered to. and thev mav hp thp coat oi arms ot the tamily, show ine what familv lives? in thA house in front of which they stand- The pole in Ketchikan stood in front of tha little Ind inn church it was a raven totem Thev are not idols, as manv sun pose, Dut in a general way may be said to be family registers. The figure on top of the pole Totem and Native. is usually the Drineinal Rvmhnl of the male occupant. Follow inc down the nole the various grotesque carvings (all gaudily painted) represent traditional folk lore or events connected t I -I I lis : tlx: eV? With the earlv histnrv nf tHo tribe. Persons having the Same Representative Attendance. crest are forbidden to intermarry. Ou Tuesday, December 7th, at For instance, it is against the the noon recess of court a good roads i uies ior me iriDe wnose emoiem is the frog to marry into the frog tribe- A frog mav marry a S 1 - f 1 t 1 1 T 1 wolf, eagle or fish. All Indian children take crest of their mother- The totem nole in Kptohiknn to which I referred hpfnrp was erected several years ago to the memory ot John swanson, whose wne was an Indian and who dur inur her husband's life IpH n rv ilized life, but at his death re turned to live with the Indians The pole is in front of Mrs Swanson's house. On the top of the toie is a carvino- renrpspnt ino- an eagle, which denotes the clan to which members of her trihp belong. The remaining figures if ii i ne iamny nistory. i ailed to the pole are the coat and cap Capt. Swanson wore while in Native Residence and Totem Pole. command of the T.nhnnhprp The pole is about twenty feet hich and ia full of parvir.cra. Tho eagle clan believe themselves to De aescenaea irom an eagle, which they accordingly reverence and protect from harm or death, believing that it is a beneficent spirit tnat watcnes over them. Almost anv incident could s-ncr- gest an addition for the totem poles. In fact some of the ideas come from one of the tribe who falls into a trance and rplntes somp of the experiences he had. Whenweleit this interesting place the whole town was out to see us off. and sevprnl of thp party wore pansies friends had piCKea irom some flower garden MRS- WM. U. HAMMER. Well Known Here. A corresDondent of the Winston sentinel, mentioning the nrpsence nf Rev. A. W. Plvler. who was form erly a teacher in the Asheboro Schools at the Methodist Confer ence in Hickory, says: "Hf gave up his wook last year to take an advanced coarse in Eng lish in Chicago University. He was at New Bern recently for a month, supplying the First Methodist church during the illness of the pas tor. He would like to take the work next year, but on account of the ad vane ;d aire and feebleness of his father and mother, who live alone iu Iredell conntv. the son feels it a matter of nuty to spend most of his time witn bis parents tnd assist in makinir the closing davs of their lives as comtortiUle and nappy circumstances and condition will permit Randolph Book Club. Mrs. R. C. Kellv entertained the members ot the Randolph Book Club last Thursday. Besides the :eenlar members were Mrs. J. V. Hunter, Mrs. H. B. Hiatt and Miss Bettie Standback, of Mt. Gilead, who was the puestlof Mrs. W. A Underwood. Mrs. W. H. Moring read a most interesting article on Milan and the Italian Lakes, while Mrs. Herbert Moffitt pave a BDlendid description of Sr. Peters and the Vatican. Mrs. J. D. Simpson who conduct ed the question box had given to eacn person questions on Italy and they were answered during roll call. Alter the nroeram Mrs Kellv served delicious refreshments. Traffic Blocked by Snow It is hard to relize that while we are enioyinsr such mild weateer herein Randolph Countv. cold weather and snow are blocking traffic on railroads in Minnesoto. Reports from there show that freight traffic on the No.thern Taenia and Great Northern Railways, ia de layed more by the cold weather and deep snow than by the strike of the switchmen. The Good Koads Meetlns-.Laree and meeting was neia in tne new uourt H use in Asheboro. The spacious- com t room was filled with a large 1 . . . . P and attentive audience whs lis tened to the speeches with close at tention. Frank II. Wood, at the sueees- tk' jf Soliciter Hammer was voted the Chair and in a neat snepnh the chairman introduced Mr. Pratt of the Department of Agriculture who, in a speech which covered ths subject; in a nusterly manner, urged upon tee citizens of 1 auao nh county the actual necessity for the uiiirovenients ot tlie io.iUs tiironch- out the county and told of the gitat benefit good roiuls would be to ine rarmers especially. Mr. rr.itt first took up the irac.ical result of good reads which he said were: Firet Economy in hauling pro duce t ) marke explaining toe dif. lvrence in the c '6t of hauling on a good, smooth, ii r-,1 road and the pievaant mud lou.'.s as often found. Tie speaker fctuu-u that a fanner who lived tin mi its Irom market on pood hard road was practically a near as one who lived only live miles away on a poorly kept road r.d that the former was able to matktt his produce when the prices were high in the fall and winter, whereas the latter, very often was unable to get to 'market tt all at that season of the year ou account of the State of the road. Second The saving in wear and tear on harness, wagons and live stock, pointing out that when teams; were not working they were not making any money for their owners. Statistics show that North Carolina loses each year nearly $11,000,000,. due to the loss of hauling over bad roads, which loss would be 6aved to the farmers if the roads leading to their farms were in good condition. Third The relation of good roads ta education cannot be emphasized too much, lhe sneaker here nnint- ed out the benefits which would ac crue in this respect if one graded school building were built to take the place of nine or ten of the old fashioned school houses scattered throughout the county. Fourth The relation of good roads to the R. F. D. routes. Thev Postmaster General has ordered that where the roads were not lent in good condition for travel bv buctrv on any route that the route would oe aiscontinuea. xnis would be a. hard blow to tbose'living along such' a route as the benefits of the rural routes were inestimable. A further svnopsis of Mr. Pratt speech will be given in a future is sue. Mr. W. L. Snoon. of Alimanc county, was the next speaker, and a synopsis or his Bpeech will appear in a future issue. Dr. Long was the last speaker and made an interesting and instructive talk, which will be published in full in next week's issue of The Courier. County Teachera Meetlag. Notice is herebv riven that the will be a meeting of the County Teachers' Association in Asheboro next Saturday, December 11. This is a county meeting, and all teachers in the countv are exoected to be present, unless satisfactory excuse can ne given ior tne absence of any one. lhe roll of schools will be called, ann if teachers do not answer to their name, such fact will be recorded. Some of our previous meetings have been unpleasant because of the long sessions we were compelled to hold. In this meeting the situation will be relieved, and lunch will be served to all teachers. The meeting will be opened at 10:30 in the fore noon. After a session of perhaps two hours, there will be lnnch in the old Bchool building, and another session in the afternoon. One hour of the after dool session will be de voted to Betterment Work. We will close the meeting in time for all teachers to reach home before night. A good program for this meeting hB8 been arrauged. Dr. Weeks will be present to deliver an address on an impoitant subject. Also Mr. Bivins has promised to make good his former effort to be with us. Mr. Bivins writes that he will not miss, the train this time, and that he will certainly be here. Teachers cannot afford to miss the message which he comes to give. Otler speakers will discuss important topics. All teachers are nrcrnd tn a.ftnn1 this meeting. E. J. COLTRANS, County Supt. of Schools.
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