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VOL XXXIV
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, Decembei 2 J, 1909.
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Lads in Both News and
- Circulation.
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A SICK WOMAN.
Mrs. Sexton Will Not Know of Step
son's Death until She Recovers Ini Hos
pital. Mrs. -John Sexton, of Denton, N.
C, whose Btepsoa Edward Sexton,
was killed in the Southern Railway
wreck at Reedy Fork Creek lust Wed
nesday, has not been told of the dis
aster, and will not know of it until
she returns home. Mis. Sexton
was brought to tne Memoiial Hos
pital, accompanied by her Btepson,
last Tuesday, and that night under
went a serious operation. Mr.
Sexton was in a hurry to go South,
but remained over one day on the
advice of physicians, who feared fa
tal consequences.
Mr 8. Sexton although the opera
tion was entirely successful, is still
in a serions condition, and, as pone
of her relatives are here, the hospit
al authorities thiuk it best to keep
the news of the tragedy from her un
til her relatives assume the rvspon
sibility of telling it. VA telegram
was received on the morning after
the tragedy asking that she be kept
in ignorance, but prior tD that time
the doctors had agreed that it would
be best t) wait.
Mr. Sexton tried to catch an
earlier train, but missng it, was forc
ed either to leave late Tuesday night
or remain over another day in Rich,
mond. Mr. Sexton's remains were
recovered from the wreck, and were
removed to Denton for inteiment.
Mr. Sexton was buried at Mt.
Ebol on Friday.
Two Wrecks on Southern Last fc'rlday.
A freight train was derailed near
Asheville last Friday by the spread
ing of the ruils and eighteen cars
were pi leu up in a neap.
Kja toe same uav JNo. 37 was
wrecked near Atlanta, four cars
leaving the track. No injuries ex
cept two trainmen who will recover.
National Editorial Association.
The twenty-fifth annnal session of
'the National Editorial Association
will be held in New Orleans on the
10, 11 and 12 of February next,aftei
which members will have their
' choice of a trip to either Cuba or
ranama.
r ire Id Uui hum.
On Sunday morning a fierce fire
broke oat in the store occupied by
Bane and Ton el in the Reuben Bar
ber block on Main street. Several
thousand dollars loss on the build
ing and tock of goods, partly cover
ed by insurance.
Mr. J. 8. Weathers, a prominent
citizen of Garner, N. C. died at his
home last Sa n relay abont noon of
pneumonia. He leaves a widow,
two daughters ard two sons. Fun
eral was conducted by Rev. Hilliard
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from
the Baptist church.
Our Popularity Contest.
Great Interest Being Shown in It.
The Courier is inaugurating a great Popularity Contest and will gi?e
away a $400 Piano and other valuable prfzes to winners.
The Courier will give all workers, includiug the contestints, valuable
premiums, full details of which will be found in this issue of The Courier.
Many inquiries have been received, and several nominations have been
made, which we give below:
LIST OF CONTESTANTS.
Mies Nellie Jordan, Trinity.
" .Bertha Link, Seagrove, Route 1.
" Luna Cole, Dewey
" Olive Moflitt, Asheboro, Route 1.
M Mary White, Olenola.
" Fleta Free, Randleman, Route 1.
" Maud Miller, Fullers, Route 2.
" Nettie Luther, Eleazer.
Mrs. W. P. White, Ramseur.
Mis Maude Curtie, Rsmeeur
Maggie Albertson, Trinity.
Bettye Shamburger, Hills Store.
Look over them and make other
the paper and nominate your favorite.
The sooner yon start to getting subscribers the better.
Everybody should take the Courier: Those who do not take The
Courier should be induced to do so.
The voting begins this week. Make ycur nominations today.
Send in your own name and go to work for subscriptions to vote for
yourself. s
A ballot box is kept in The Courier business office and a oaref ul
rtcerd will be kept and results will be annonnoed each week.
Start the ball to rolling today.
LIST 07 GRAND PRIZES.
lit PriaA f 400 Piano. The best piano ever offered in a contest
2d Trim tlOO Vifttav TVni4
3rd Priat A $60 Bering Machine,
th Trle A $64 Boggy.
Frist Uij or GeoUeWs 20-Year Guru teed Gold Watch. , J
Another Recover From Injuries.
Salisbury, December Fire last
night in the Empire block, the
most valuab e department store busi.
n-ss in the city, partially destroyed
the block.
The blaze was discovered about 11
o'clock by workmen who were hand
ling the cement to be used in the
Trust building. It was seen to be
issuing from the second story and
the firemen were called out. The
Salisbury companies responded, but
fearing inability to ccpe with the
flame?, called on Spencer and the
cars were sant for them. In an
hour or more the blaze had been
fought to a standstill and an inuoin
p'e'.e inventory of the clatnnge would
place the loss to the building alone
at about $15,000, with insurance un
known.
The Empire block is occupied by
the Empire Dry Goods store, the
Boston Shoe Company, the Stock aid
tailoring business, the Empire gro
cery store and the large Empire ho
tel. For some time it looked as if
all of these would suffer but the tire
was confined to the store on the cor
ner. It was the worst fire of many
years. l ne building is owneu by a
syndicate headed by ss.a. Mcanless,
C. L. Welch. J. 8 McCubbins, and
others. It is of recent erection and
tie hotel taking :ts name is the en
larzed Central.
tt. H. Feuder was killed and E.trl
Keeter was injured so he will die
Neither were firemen. Both at
tempted to get on a fireman's wag
on as it r:unded a corner and were
violently thrown to the ground.
Good Koad lletternent Days.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday be
fore December court in thiscountv
were ad vertisedin this cou nty as"Good
Roads Betterment Days," and all
road overseers were requeitii to
waru their bands and to work their
roads on those days and others be
sides road subjecu were requested to
aid in this laudable undertaking.
The result was that in almost
every part of the county the roads
were worked more during these three
days than in twelve months. It is
estimated that there were two thou
sand persons at work on the roads
in this county during tnese tnree
days.
While the work is not of a per.
manent nature vet it has greatly
benefitted the roads. The only way
that roads can be kept np is to work
them often, keep the ditches cleaned
out and the holes filled np and tte
road higher in the mudle so the
water will ran off ana the roads will
be fairly seod even in winter. If a
split log drag is properly used of tea
enough in mud the roads will be
greatly improved.
Two barns on the farm of I. L.
Weddington four miles from Mooret-
ville, N. C. were burned at an early
hour Monday night. Cause of fire
unknown.
Mrs. A. B. Coltrane, Olenola.
Miss Lola Trogdon, Asheboro, Route- 1.
" Ida Cox, Ralph.
" Effie Harvell, Abner.
" Nannie Hill, Rachel.
" Linnie Dorsett, Farmer.
" Effie Presnell, Michfield.
" Emma Pieroe, Seagrove.
" Laura Stimaon, Haudleman.
Mrs. M. B. Ooins, Trinity.
" John Brame, Trinity.
nominations
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COURIER REPRESENTATIVE'S TRAVELOGUE
Valdez, Alaska, "Where Sails Meet Trails'Wapanese
PoachersHospitable People.
The Bonanza Mine.
is situated on a high ridge be
tween McCartley Creek and the
Kennecott Glacier. It was dis-cove-ed
in 1900 by a party of ten
PrsPe,ctors, one of whom, Mr.
McCIellan, was in Cordova and
went with our party up to Mr.
Heney s camp. He gave me some
copper ore from the Bonanza
mine wnicn nas more copper in
sight than any mine in the world.
Mr. McCIellan had hon
mine for siv ZnihT V. service is held" The pool tables
BnnHLTJtowiy, are covered with i
0, nwv, seen t wo-
manandnooneexc pt the miners
with whom he
daily. As I said, the mine is 178
miles in the interior of Alaska
and while Mr McCIellan said he
was jrrowinpr vegetables suc
cessfully and had an experi
metal patch of oats which gave
good promise, it was very cold.
He had seen men with frozen
ears and noses in winter Sum
mers are very short, but days are
very long.
t lllld. an.l Miles Ulm-lerCainp 40.
At Forty-nine Mile Camp the
train stopped to allow the edito
rial party to visit the Childs Gla
cier which was about one fourth
of a mile from the camp. Stretch
ing three miles alon the river
front and towering three hundred
feet above the surfarf
tending back about fnrtv miloa
the glacier presents a solid wall
ot blue-white ice. Th
face is crowded forward about
two ieet every clay, and tre
menaous cnunks Dreak way at
intervals and tall into the river.
sometimes producing waves that
go out irom two to fifteen feet
we sat on the rocky bank of
tne copper river m the sunshine
opposite this mountain nf ipo
with umbrellas raised to keep off
the hot sun. Grasses were grow
ing and flowers blooming near
tne waters' edge. A call for
luncheon came, and when we
reached the dining room used by
employes. We found an elahrtrsita
dinner i waitinuf orw 4W
would do credit to Delmonico.
Here we were in the land of ice.
copper and gold, away from the
markets of the country but not
away from luxuries. Mr. Heney
has a French chef whom ha navs
$1200 per year, and everything
was up to date.
After luncheon we resumed mor
trip, were ferried across the
river and passed Miles Glacier,
which is larger but not so beau
tiful as the Childs on the other
side of the river. Following the
river we
We passed Abercrombie Ran-
ids. The river for several miles
was foaming, leaping and whirl
ing m a series of cascades and
whirlpools It was somewhat
like the rapids and whirlpools
below Niagara Falls.
Mr. Heney is located at Camn
Fifty-six, which, is the terminus
of the road at present. Here he
has his living and business apart
ments (all in tents). In his pri
vate tent the floor is covered with
skins of Alaskan bears, the walls
with smaller skins and rare paint
ings. Every comfort was found
within the four walls.
As we follow the river back to
Cordova I recall a poem composed
by some one who had spent a
good deal of time in Alaska :
AN ALASKA RIVER,
"There, where the mountain fangs snarl at the
oiooa-rea moon ;
Where precipice o'erhangs, to echo floods of
June,
Yon roar and pour.
Through canyons dark and deep you plung6
with maddened pranks
To vales that rest asleep, where sprues trees
line your banks.
You swirl and curl.
Ringing there your murmur chant to red
men's tread ;
8inging songs of summer, to living or tne
dead,
Yo moan. and graan.
Calling, yoa wind your ways toward the
northern sea;
Falling throng auune day with laughter
that is free,
. -. Tbaa sigh and cry. ,
Weep, wWs glaciers grumble 'peelh sun
dog s Cutter sloes ;
8w aad madly tumble by mountains
bleak end here.
Aa4 ehinM tn rhyme. , .. -
Oh, leave the W of gold aod seek the dark
MwL..'-J - j.
O to yew fcome of eld. ' Wait to terpStf,-,
WWW VIM IMHMII-- -
Return to Cordova The Red Dragon,
On our return to Cordova some
of our party became interested
in the "Red Dragon." which
proved to be a building which
Rev. Edward T. Newton erected,
and which is open all the time.
In it he has a good library, with
all the late magazines, pool ta
bles and games of all kinds. On
ounuays tne cnancei, wmcn is a
movable one, is brought in, and
, nth hpfnre Th
.rStTtw? -S
idea of :om
and pleasure
building with the church was to
attract especially the miners and
keep them from the saloons
which have been erected in the
towns in Alaska, as a rule, be
fore anything else could be.
The ministers and missionaries
seem to think a mission of this
kind is demanded and this meth
od is used in many places.
Sunday morning found us in
Valdez, the most northerly open
winter port in Alaska. Winter
mails for the interior of Alaska
i nd Lower Yukon and for north
vetern Alaska are taken by
suatner to Valdez, thence by
stage to Fairbanks, and thence
down the Tanaua and Yukon by
dog teams, and by the way a let
ter concerning Alaska would
hardly be complete without
speaking of the "Huskies," as
they are called. They look al
most as much like a volf as a
dog and seem to have a great deal
of intelligence. There is no
doubt but that the dog has been
the poor man's friend in Alaska
They can stand cold better than
any other animals and can be
kept at less cost. The expression
"Mush on.T which has come
from "March on," came from
men driving dog teams.
We attended service at a Ro
man Catholic church in Valdez.
The priest gave a long talk on
the duties of church members.
and then announced it was the
regular-tjme for communion ser
vice, and he took commun
ion for the entire member
ship. I couldn t help venturine
the remark to my friend that I
was afraid he was indulging too
ireely. The largest church m
Valdez was the Presbyterian
and it was closed on account
of debts and at present was used
for a jail, in which were about
sixty Japanese poachers who had
been caught within the three mile
limit catchintr seals. One of the
Japs died while imprisoned and
his comrades burned the bodv on
a pile of wood, and sent one third
of the ashes to his widow, a third
to his parents and buried the
other portion.
Kiitf-rlalnmcnt la VnldrzHont Com
panion Leave I'nrty.
The club house was open to
the visitors and lemonade wa3
served and a cordial welcome ex
tended. Wv saw an extra long
gun which was owned by Hud
son Bay Company, and which
was made long on account of
trading with Indians. It was the
custom for Indians to measure in
trading, so they stacked up furs
until they got the stack as high
as the height of gun.
At Valdez three of our boat
companions left us, two of whom
sat at our table and told us many
interesting things of Alaska.
Mr. Rapp, who is president of the
ulendennmg Copper Mining Com
pany, and Mr. Hughes, who also
has mining interests in Alaska.
Mr. Rapp told us of having killed
numbers of bears and how he
had learned to cook since pros
pecting there, while Mr. Hughes
told of his experiences. One I es
pecially recall was that on one
outing he sank in some oil land
waste deep. This suggests that
Alaska has oil as well as minerals.
Our third companion was Mrs.
Rose Johnson, who was a widow,
and had been to Seattle to
her three children who were there
in a convent) and at the -same
time register for a land claim.
Different ones in the party ex
pressed a desire to leave laundry
at vaidex and get it on return,
and the kindly offered to see that
it was attsnded to, and to our
great surprise she delivered it on
our return and would not accept
pay. So eighteen dollars was
given and a committee purchased
a set of solid silver spoons and
some other things- This is a sam
ple of Alaska hospitality.
Valdez has no railroad, but the
government is building a wagon
roadway to Fairbanks. It is a
pretty little town, more level
than the others, and at the back
of the town is a glacier.
On our return to Valdez a Min
nesota lady who was a friend of
Mr. Hughes, entertained the
Minnesota delegation and our
immediate party at a "salnicn
berry tea." Salmon berries gr w
wild in Alaska. They are in
color red and yellow, in size
about like a cultivated black
berry ; grows more like raspber
ries. Mrs. Ames served delicious
cake, cream and coffee with the
berries and gave us a good idea
of home life in our northwestern
possession.
Seward-Day Spent Uiieats ofSevei al
People.
Seward, named in honor of the
statesman by whose wisdom
Alaska is United States ter
ritory, beautifully situated on
Resurrection bay. A broad ave
nue leads from the wharf to the
crest of the rise on which Sew
ard is built, and from the end of
the avenue rises a flag pole with
Old Glory floating at its top.
Sewa:d has its mountains, its ho
tels, its stores, electric lights,
telephones and other things for
the proud Alaskan to emphasize
Another interior trip over the
Alaska Central Railroad was
planned, so after locating our
selves noteis we accepted an
invitation to Mrs. Wybrant's
home across Glacier river, which
runs through the town- Mr.
Wybrant is a United States Mar
shall and takes great interest in
public affairs. The trip the fol
lowing day was beautiful beyond
description, through wooded for
ests, some agricultural lands by
streams swarming with fish and
beautiful Kenai Lake, where
were the most perfect re
flections into the valleys of
wild grass and not only by gla
ciers, but in two places, tunnels
were cut through them by can
pns and falls, in fact, every va
riety of scenery. A picnic lunch
was served and coffee made from
a camp fire. A wild moose
kindly came near the railroad
track and let us have a good look
at him- On the route our train
was stopped so that we might
pick wild flowers, and in a space
perhaps twenty feet square we
picked a dozen different varieties-Mrs-
Wybrant was a highly cul
tured woman and has a charm
ing daughter who shows wonder
ful musical talent Here in Sew
ward, as at all of the Alaskan
towns, there was unbounded hos
pitality and everyone was anx
ious for Alaska's needs to be
supplied Three principal things
especially were wanted aids for
navigation, transportation and
legislation. Alaska's population
is 90 per cent. American, 10 per
cent of whom are college bred
people.
Itelnrn Trip Slops at Kllniiinr-Mctla-fcutlu.
Leaving Seward on our home
ward journey we felt that we
were leaving friends. Our home
trip was uneventful. Stops were
made at the place3 where we
stopped on our trip up. Ellamar
is a small place where our ships
unloaded some freight and then
waited several hours for the tide.
While here we caught enough of
the Alaska spirit to brave the
rain and go see the salmon in
a fresh water stream near. Mil
lions of fish living and dead could
be seen ; living ones striving to
go up stream. Different ones
picked up large fish in their
hands and carried them to the
boat
At Vldez we loaded on the
sixty Jap poachers, whom I spoke
of above. Mr. Wybrant, of Sew
ard, had charge of them. The
government was sending them
to Seattle After providing them
with a new suit of clothes, shoes
and five dollars in cash. From
there they would be deported to
Japan. Our government pays
deportation rather an expensive
luxury, but perhaps better than
leaving them Jiere.
The Japs
expressed Borrow at leaving, as
they had plenty to eat and no ,
work while prisoners. Doubtless
these same "poachers" will soon
again be arrested within the
three-mile limit of our shorts for
catching seals.
Metlakatla, An Indian Village,
Metlakatla, perhaps is one of
the most interesting places we
visited. It is said to be the most
progressiva Indian community in
the world. William Duncan
better known in Alaska as
Father Duncan, came to Met
lakatla on Vancouver Island 'in
1857, when he was twenty two
jears old as missionary to the
Indians. He was sent out by the
Church of England, which tried
to compel him to give the Indians
communion before they could un
derstand what it meant. In the
meantime he had taught the In
dians word by word and learned
their language by living among
them, but knew they had not
advanced enojgh to know what
the communion meant. Finally,
the church asked Mr. Duncan to
resign or obey. He felt that he
could not let the 800 Indians go
astray, so withdrew from his
home church, bought Annette
Island, and with seven hundred
of the eight hundred Indians
moved there. They became cit
izens of the United States and
began the work of founding the
new colony. They have built a
nice church, a saw mill, a num
ber of stores, school house, pub
lic library and a cannery, which
is said to be the cleanest in Alas
ka. Neither tobacco nor whis
key are allowed in the colony.
Mr. Duncan has taught the In
dians different trades and made
good citizens from a tribe which
was in the lowest state of sav
agery. He met our party and
welcomed us. He is now 72
years old and has lived a life of
sacrifice, but one of usefulness.
Leaving Metlakatla we soon
entered British waters and sail
ing three hundred miles reached
Seattle, where good-byes were
said and the members of the
National Editorial Association
went to their respective homes.
Mr. Greenhow wrote a poem
on "Leaving Alaska" to the
tune of "Marching Through
Georgia," which we all from
North, East, South and West
saog enthusiastically.
LEAVING ALASKA.
We're sailed thy placid, inland seas,
We people from the South ;
We breathed thy balsam srsnted breeze
As ws passed the Dixon's mouth.
The mountains of thy channels crowned
With everlasting enow,
Like escorts ranged along cur path
To point the way to go.
Hurrah, hurrah, Alaska was our goal,
Hurrah, hurrah, the people with a soul.
We'll sound thy warmest praises
From Panama to the pole,
As wn sail away from Alaska.
From Ketchikaa to TreadweU's mills.
From Trsadnell to Juaeau,
From Juneau to Cordova's hills
They kept us on the go.
Where Valdei camps upon her trail.
Where Seward's pine trees grow,
We've met thy people, Alaska.
Hurrah, hurrah, the land of many showers.
Hurrah, hurrah, the land of sweetest
flowers.
Thy memory will stay with us
As we journey to our horuec.
Regretfully leaving Alaska.
We've seen thv niilily rivers flow
As we limited for thy gold ;
Wo've climbed thy popper mountains,
And we've faced thy gluciers old ;
We've seen thy salmon humping
Their way up rocky strefius.
Ami thy totem poles will haunt us
As we lie down to onr dreams.
Hurrah, hurrah, we'll sound ihy praises
meet .
Hurrah, hurrah, we leave with memories
sweet.
We're going to our homes once more,
We're on our ead retreat.
To dream of thee, Alaska.
Married.
Ad elegant double wedding took
place at the home of Ellis Jordan,
on Randleman R. F. D. No. 2, last
Saturday when Mies Lula Jordan
and Mr. John Pritchard were mar
ried. At the same time Miss Ida
Jordan and Mr. Clarence Brown
took npon themselves marital vows.
Mr. Browu it a son of M. John R.
Brown of Oentral Falls. Mr. J. A.
Neighbors officiated for both parties.
A Christmas Gift.
The publishers of the Southern
Agriculturist have given us until
January 1st, to fill eur contract f or
600 annnal subscribers to that paper.
Everyone paying The 'Courier a
dollar requesting it will get a free
subscription for one year to tbe
Southern v AiricnlUuUL . brovided "
the Ittter reaches us br December 30
This premium paper cannot be
test after that date.