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VOL XXXV ASHEBORO, N C.,' THURSDAY, Januar 27, 1910. : No. 4
A DISASTROUS FIRE
MORE AT STAKE THAN RE
SOURCES. RULES GOVERNING BOYS' CORN
CLUBS.
GOOD ROADS ELECTION IN
RANDLEMAN TOWNSHIP.
ON WITH GREAT POPULARITY GONTEST-
, Nearly TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND votes have been eas1, since
our last issue. One contestant has passed the 10,000 mark; two the 5,000
mark and several others have made substantial gains. Eight new names
have been added to the list, and a large vote is expected from now on
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LIST..OP CONTESTANTS.
Miss Nellie Jordan, Trinity.
" Bertha Luck, Seagrove, Route 2.
Lna Cole, Dewey,
" Olive Moffitt, Asheboro, Route 1,
" Mary White, Glenola,
" Fleta Free, Randleman, Route 2,
" Maud Miller, Fullers, Route 1,
" Nettie Luther, Eleazer,
Miss Maude CurtiB, Ramseur
" Maggie Albertsoo, Trinity,
" Bettye Shamburger, Hills Store,
Mrs. W. P. White, Ramseur,
" ' Emms Coltrane, Olenola,
Miss Lola Trogdon, Asheboro, Route 1 ,
" Ida Cox, Ralph,
" Emma Pierce, Seagrove.
" Effie Presnell, Mitcheld,
" Linnie Dorsett, Farmer,
" Effie Harvell, Abner.
". Nannie Hill, Rachel.
Mrs. M. B. Goins, Trinity.
Miss Lvdia Lirsiter, .Lassiter,
' Eatelle Cranford, Archdale,
" Maud Foushee, Staley,
" Melia Frazier, Franklinville,
' Cora Vuncaunon, Seagrove,
" Moleta Yow, Central Falls,
. " Mary Stuart, Franklinville
" Ljzzie Cameron , Liberty
Besa Farmer, Randleman
" Margaret Slack, Seagrove, N. C. Route 1, ,
" Alice Burgess. Ramseur, N. C ,
" Hattie Luck, Seagrove Route 2,
11 II .1 T..k A i... i
" Ruhannah Coltrane. Randleman,
" Myrtle JohnBon, Worthville,
' Stella Kelly, Troy,
" Hazel Stanton, Randleman, Route 1,
Laymen's Day In Asheboro, Sunday,
Feb. Oth 101U.
Last Friday night at a meeting of
the special committee appointed by
various churches of Asheboro, it
was decided to devote Sunday, Feb.
6 th, to the Laymen's Missionary
Movement. The committee met in
the dining-hall of the Central Hotel
and after a thorough discussion of
the subject it was the general opin
ion that a rally would be of benefit
to the people of Asheboro. A spec
ial committee was appointed to ar
range a program, secure a speaker,
and make other necessary arrange
ments. . .
The committee has invited Mr. J.
W. Bailey, of Raleigh to make the
address .for this occasion. The
meeting will be held in the Audito
rium of the Qraded School Building
at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
It is expected that the various
churches of the town will suspend
their regular services and co operate
in this effort to arouse missionary
interest among the church member
ship. The special committee last Friday
night adopted a resolution recom
mending a County Laymen's Meet
ing to be held in Asheboro later in
the (Spring. Definite plans for this
Convention will be presented to the
union service Feb. 6th, This Coun
ty convention will be similar U the
State Convention recently held in
Greensboro.
Death ot Mrs. Johnson.
Mrs. Nannie Johnson wife of
Capt. Y. M. C. Johnson, departed
this life Jan. 17th 1910 aged 66
years. Mrs. Johnson was one of
onr best known and highly esteemed
. ladies. She was one of the towns
earliest inhabitants. With her hus
band she conducted the Ramsuer
Hotel in which capacity she was
loed and admired by all of the
traveling public She was so cheer
ful, friendly and motherly in her
nature that she soon won the love of
every one she met. She was a con
secrated member of. the Baptist
chnrch and always punctual in her
attendance upon divine wership.
She was a model mother, a loving
and devoted wife, a kind and gener.
ous neighbor, a true and noble wom
an. Truely a daughter of Israel has
been taken from onr community and
the church. May God in his infinite
mercv comiorc tne gnei scncufn
family.
Comet Visible Last Night. .
Several Asheboro people watched
the heavens Tuesday night about
seven o'clock to get a glimpse of the
comet discoyerea last week. It ap-
E eared in the western part of the
eavens shortly af ter.sundown and
was visible for about half an hour.
It was first seen in Africa about ten
days ago:
1408
20i
2101
201
7477
200
1164
766
4001
209
2977
200
12228
401
401
1200
2202
402
376
403
201
410
2 0
600
200
21)0
4447
1800
6010
4508
200
2M
200
400
200
1(100
1500
200
Daring Hold Up.
Four bandits, m thirty miles
of St. Louis on the Missouri Pacific
road on last Friday night.coolly un
coupled the mail and baggage cars
and ran the engine off with three
coached. After rnning the mail clerks
and express -messetgtrs out of the
cars, the robbers took the engine and
mail and express cars six miles away
where they went through them and
took valuables in mail. After run
ning the engine and cars the six
miles, the water was let ont of the
boiler and the engineer and fireman
were ordered to walk east for 15
minutes under threat of instanc
death, The quartette then disap
peared into the woods. -
The stranded passenger coaches,
three in number, lay on the main
line until 2 o'clock next morning,
when they, together with the engine
and baggage and express cars, were
brought into St. Louis by a freight
train. "
The engine and the two cars with
it were not located until the en
gineer and fireman ran the 6 miles
back to it, after getting their order
from the highwaymen.
E. J. Earn, of Toledo, 0., one of
the passengers on the tram, said
when he arrived in St. Louis this
morning:
"We beard shots and the en
gine stopped. The conductor came
running into the car and said: 'It's
a hold up, sure. Some of us stuck
our heads out of the window but
several bullets went whizzing by.
We found it convenient to stay in
side."
Meeting of County Board of Education.
The Chairman of the County Board
of Education has called a special
meeting for Monday, Feb. 7th. At
that time applications for appropri
ation for building school-houses will
be. considered. According to law
the Board cannot appropriate more
than one-tenth of the total annual
County school fund for building
purposes. This being the case the
Board desires to consider all appli
cations at the same time.
Sudden Death at Denton, Bi. C
Mr. Giles Snyder, a prominent
and well to do farmer, died suddenly
at bis home in Denton on last Tues
day night. Mr. Snyder had com.
olainedof feelinz badlv Mondav and
Tnesdav but did not seem seriously
ill; in fact, was sitting in a chair
when the sudden summons came.
The deceased was about sixty
years old and is survived by the wid
ow and several children.
Mrs. Mary Jane Cheek died at her
borne in Coleridge on January 21st,
1910, of Brights disease. The de
ceased was fifty eight years old, and
is survived by seven children, one
brother and one siBter.
FRIDAY MORNING-LOSS $10,000
Steady Downpour of Ram and Absence
of Wind Aid ClUzens In Checking the
Flames Origin ot The Fire Unknown
Fire brjke out at 2 o'clock lest
Friday morang in the wooden build-
owned by Mr. John M. Hammer on
Depot street, it npidly spread and
very' soon all th wooden buildings
between the brick stores of Mor.'is
Scarboro.Moffitt Company and
McDowell & Sors were consumed,
with losses as follows:
Star meat murker, op rated by Mr.
T. B. McPhersjn; s'ocks, goods, etc.,
loss rstimated, $500; insurance,
$200.
Morr s livery stables, op'ntea by
Mr. B. G. Morris; buggies, hhrnees,
etc., loss, $1,250; insurance, $200.
Lew's' nsturant, operated by Mr.
J. F, Lewis; small stock groceries,
etc., I oe s, $300; no ir surance.
Mentrovius Brcs., carjdy kitchen,
frails, etc., less, f 1,000; insurince,
$700.
O'Brianl's Pr ssing Club, loss,
$200; no insurance.
Ross Sale Stabhs, op ra ed by Mr.
R. R. Ross; less1, $300; no insur
ance. Alex Uuderwood, grocery s'ore,
loss, $650; insurance, $300-
Ashebcr) Telephone Exchange,
operated by Mr E. G. Morns, man
ager; loss, $800; insirance, $250.
J. 1). Simpson, slock goods, loss,
$250; no irsrrince.
John M. Htmmer, less building,
$3,000; insurance, $500.
John to, WarJ, less building,
$400; no insurance.
Claud Morris, less, building,
$500 no insurance.
VV. J. Armfield, Jr., loss, small
building; no insurance.
McDowell & Sons, injury to
building not estimated partially
covered by insurance.
Wood & Moring; injury to build
and stock goods, $500; covered by
insurance.
The big store of Wood & Moring
was saved by the heroic work of the
citizens, in which Captain Smith,
the railroad section master, took a
prominent part Had this build
ing burned, several other buildings
won Id have been destroyed and it
would have been the biggest ffre in
tne history ot the city.
By good fortune Mr. R. R. Ross
had shipped all his stock south and
there was very little in bis stables,
except some buggies and harness.
Mr, E. G. Morris had 11 horses
in his stables, which were saved by
his colored driver.
The fact that there was - a steady
downpour of rain and- very little
wind during the fire, enabled, the
citizens to check the ire and the
new postoffice building, as well as
others in the neighborhood, were
Bved.
The origin of the Ire is unknown.
The Asheboro Tel phone Com
pany; centrrl office was completely
destroyed. Arrangements were
made early in the forenoon of the
next day in the secon d story of the
Morris-Scarboro-Momtt uo. store to
commence with all out of town con
nections. Several phones were put up con
necting wivh each, a new switch
board was ordered and it came here
by express this week and before our
readers see this paper every phone,
in the system and connection will
be in operation.
By far the greatest loser was
John M. Hammer, whilst the build
ing was of wood yet it was a large
one with fifty feet front on Depot
and Trade streets, the livery and
sales stables being in the rear on
Trade Street and was occupied by
R. R.J Ross, who erected the entire
building only a few years ago. lie
sold the property to Mr. Hammer
only few months ago.
To Assist In Meeting at Randleman,
Evangelist W. R. Bradshaw, of
Hickory, si. (J., will assist Rev. J.
D. Bowen in a meeting with thd
Baptist church at Randleman, N.
C, beginning next Sunday at 11
o'clock. Rev. Bradshaw is the
general evangelist of the North Car
olina Baptist State Convention.
He has been used of God iu a most
signal manner in winning sinners to
the Saviour. All who possibly can
should hear him. The public is
hereby cordially invited to - all of
theBe services.
Sincerely yours,
J. D. Boweit, Pastor.
Pinchot Says Popular Government Is In
Danger. Former Chief Forester Issues
Statement. Reviews. Recent History of
Conservation Movement.
, Mr. Pincho", the deposed head of
the Forestry department of the
government, has lecently made a
statement to the public in which he
makes no comment on his removal
by the president.
Hia statement is epitomized in the
following statement:
"The conser ation of national re
sources an I the conservation of pop
ular government are both at stake.
The one needs conservation no leas
than the other."
Will Go To Special Interests.
Unless Congress act), the water
powers will pass into the hands of
special interests without charge and
without limit of time. So With the
phosphate deposits on public lands,
when tha withdrawals which now
protect them are removed. So with
the enormously valuable coal de
pobitg in Alaska which the present
law would sell for $10 an acre.
The dang r of bud legislation is
no leso serious. The special inter,
ests must no longer be allowed to
take what they choose out of the
great pioperty of the people. Those
who steal public lands steal homes
from men aDd women who need
tlem. Congress can stop the pillage
or Congress can let it go on.
The Two Great Projects.
In the absence of proper action
two great conservation plans for the
public welfare may fail. The firs 5
is the control of water powers on
navigable streams in tHe public in
terest. The second is the construc
tion of the deep waterway from the
great lakes to the gulf.
"The unanimous opinion of the
Mississippi Valley recognizes this
waterway as a commercial necessity.
It believes, with reason, that the
cost, wlich is already officially
known will be trivial when compar
ed with the benefits conferred.
Transportation facilities create traf
fic. The failure to develop our water,
ways, together with adequate termi
nals and connections by. rail, leaves
to the railroads a complete monop
oly of transportation in the Missis
sippi Valley." ;
Calls for Assistance.'
' The former' forester then call
upon every "man of good will" to
make it clear to his representatives
in Congress his lirm intention to
hold them personally responsible for
safeguarding "the rights and prop
erty pf the people,' -
la such action; says Mr. Pinchot,
lies the remedy. " r :
'The first great immediate danger
is that the water powers will be lost;
the second that the coal lands will
be lost," the' statement concludes,
"ont those specific dangers of. pub
lic loss are merely parts of the
great issue betweea the special in
terests and tbe rest of us. The is
sue is whether this country shall be
managed by men for hnman welfare,
or by money for profit.
Great Moral Issue.
"It is a tremendous moral issue,
far greater than any man's personal
feelings or personal fortunes. It
lies between the people and their
representatives on one side, and tbe
interests and their representatives
on the other; between progress and
reaction; between special privilege
and a square deai. I repeat that
the supreme test is the welfare of
the plain people. It is time to ap
ply it."
Woman Jailed for Selling Liquor.
Laura Simpson, an old offender
who has served a Bentence before,
was convicted last week in three
cases for selling liquor at Albemarle,
Stanley county. She operated near
Cottouville not far from the Anson
line. The evidence was that she
ran a joint at which liquor was sold
on Sunday or. Monday. She was
given 12 months in jail and requir
ed to appear nnder bond two yem
from expiration of sentence and
show good beuavior from term to
term. -
Prohibition For South Carolina.
At a caucus of prohibitionists of
South Carolina it was decided to put
state-wide prohibition bills in both
the House and Senate during the
present session.
Mr. Hunter, who is professor in
chemistry in a college in Alabama,
spent Sunday in Asheboro. Mrj
Hunter has been visiting relatives in
Davidson county.
Detailed Instructions are Given From
Raleigh ... Relative to ContestOnly
Boys Living on the Farm Can Com
pete State Divided Into ten Districts.
As has already been announced,
the Board of Agriculture at its
December meeting appropriated
$500 for premiums to Boys' Corn
Club contestants. Tbe contestants
are to be between tbe ages of 12
and 17 years. Any boy becoming
12 years old by June first will be
eligible and any boy who is now 17
but will be 18 not later than Au
gust first, will be eligible to enter
the contest. The rules governing
the contest will be about as they weie
last year, except that any boy will
be permitted to get any person ti
break his land for him. I do this
because the younger boys are not
heavy enough to handle a large two
horse in heavy land, but after the
land is broken each boy must do
the remainder of tne work himself.
If it is known that any boy per
mits another person to do the work
or to help in the work after the
land is broken untill all cultivation
is finished, he will be ruled out of
the contest. Only $10 north of
comraersial fertilizer may be jsed
on each acre. The plat of land
must be a full acre. The plat of
land must not be less than a half
acre in width Square plats are
preferred. Only boys living on the
farm can compete for tbeae prizes.
The plat of land must be a part ot
some regular field in the farm, and
not a garden spot or town lot, or a
plat belonging to some city or other
corporation. Cotton seed, Cotton
seed meal, city garbage, fish or fish
scrap will be considered as commer
cial fertilizers.
The state has been divided into
ten districts as per below, and prizes
aggregating $50 will be given to
the winners ra each district. 'First
prize, $25; second prize, $15; third
prize, $10. I shall ask' the County
Superintendents of public Instruc
tion to co-operate with me in this
work, so as to get the most boys
possible to enter the contest. The
average yield made by the boys in
this state last year was 57 bushels
per acre. With a record like that
every enterprising citizen should en
courage the movemeut. The boy
who succeeds In growing a large
crop of corn stands a good shew of
developing into a man who will also
grow large crops. We want a hun
dred or more boys in each county
to enter the contest. Application
blanks and other literature will be
ready in a few weeks, but the boys
can begin work now and send in
their applications later. Blanks,
etc., will oe sent to .the Superinten
dent of Public Instruction in each
county, or direct to boys applying
for them. Mr. I. O. Schaub, of the
A. & M. College, is co-operat-'ng
with me in the Boys' Corn Clubs,
and between us we hope visit Boys'
Club meetings in quite number of
counties in the state, Letters of
inquiry or for application blanks
should be addressed to the under
signed. T. B. Parker, Demonstrator,
Raleigh, N. C.
The Districts.
First district Camden, Curri
tuck , Pasquotank, Perquimans ,
Chowan, Washington, Tyrrel, Dare,
Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico.
Second diRtrict Gates Hertford,
Bertie, Martin Northampton, Hali
fax, Edgecombe, Wilson, Warren.
Third district Pitt, Green,
Wayne, Lenoir, Craven, Jones, Car
teret, Onslow, Duplin, Pender.
Fourth district Vance, Gran
ville, Durham, Franklin, Nash,
Johnston, Wake, Chatham, Lee.
Fifth district Person, Orange,
Caswell, Alamance, Rockingham,
Guilford, Randolph, Stokes, Forsyth,
Davidson.
Sixth district New Hanover,
Brnnswick , Columbus, Bladen ,
Sampson, Robeson, Cumberland,
Harnett.
Seventh district Scotland, An
son, Moore, Richmond, Montgom
ery, Stanly, Union, Cabarrus, Meck
lenburg. Eighth district Surry, Wilkes,
Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, Caldwell.
Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancy.
Ninth district Yadkin, Davie,
Rowan, Iredell, Catawba, Lincoln,
Gaston, Cleveland, Rntherford,
Polk.
Tenth district Madison, Bun
combe, Henderson, Transylvania,
Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain,
Graham, Clay, Cherokee.
An Epoch In the IIMoi-y of Randolph
Practically no opposition xoa f or
Good Roads 2T Agasust53Uld Sot
Vote.
Mr. Editor:
In reading over the last issue of
your paper I noticed a little para
graph on the first page about half
hu iuch long, in which th rublic is
made acquainted with tbe fact that
Randleman township has held an
election for the purpose-of voting
$50,000 in bonds for the purpose of
macadamizing toe roaus of tne town
ship and to my mind this is one of
the greatest stops forward that the
County has made in a great many
years. Few there aie who have
stopped to think perhaps, just what
this means.
or one thing it means that when
this money is spent Randleman town
ship will have a net work of fine
graded macadam loads, about 18
miles in all, counting those in the
town of Randletnun which are al
ready built, and th salsu means that,
when this is done tew capital will
be attracted to this section, new set
tlers will come in and take up some
of tbe watteidle lands of the county,
which by the way are as good as
western lands for the production of
small grain and grasses. The writer
has seen several instances where the
wheat and clover yield on lots of
from 15 to 30 acres were as good as
that of the great West where land ds
all the way from $50 to $200 per
acre.
It also means that it is only a
question of time when adjoining
townships and the whole county,
will join the procession and follow
sui. It was a very peculiar and
noticable fact in connection with
this election that the farmers voted
almost to a man in favor of good
roads, in fact the result would have
been far different but for their al- '
most unanimous support.
Now .is'I said before this means a
great deal, . It means that'the farm
ers who heretofore in similar elec
tions have been so bitterly opposed
to bond issues, oi for anything else
which would mean a small increase
in their taxes, have come to realize
that this increase in their taxes is
for their own good more than for
any ether class of people, and in
stead of looking upon tbe tax as a
heavy burden have become to look
upon it as an rnvestaMst wktek will
bring in to them undreamed of re-
turns in the years to come.
The time has come when there
is no argument that can be raised
against the advantage of good roads.
I here is no argument that can be
raised against the Bond issue as the
best plan to get them cheaply and
quickly, and as I said before it is
only a question of a few short years
when this entire section will be
honey-combed with a net work of
good roads connecting np onr up-
lying remote section with fine roads
to market, for the products, and raw
materials of this grand County the
resources of which are almost un
touched. This I believe to be the opinion
of a great many others as well as
of Citizen.
Death of A. L. Mendenhall
Rev. A. L. Mendenhall died last
Friday night at the home of his son
E. E. Mendenhall, No. 310 Murray
street, Greensboro, N. C. He had
been i,in poor health a number of
years and had been confined to his
room for the past nine months.
The Jdeceased was "73 years old
and is survived by his wife and
three sons; Messrs L. D. Menden
hall of Raodleman, and E. E. and
P. A. Mendenhall, of Greensboro,
and two nephews; W. D. and J. R.
Mendenhall of Greensboro.
The deceased was, for a number
of Jyears, a pastor in the Friends
church, but several years ago he
joined the M. E. church and though
never actively engaged in the minis
try, he had been fully ordained as a
Methodist minister. About thirty
years ago he taught in 'the Greens
boro Graded Schools. He was after
wards principal of the school at
Scotland Neck for a short time bnt
soon returned to Greensboro and
later moved to Randleman where
he lived for some "fteen years. For
the last three or four yaara he had
mada his home with his son, Mr. E.
E, Mendehall at Greensboro.
A. C. Ray has moved to Pittsboro
from Dillon S. C. and has engaged
in saw milling near Pittsboro. Ho
formerly lived in Montgomery
county.