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VOL. XXXV
ASHEBORO, N C, THURSDAY, February 3,1910.
No.
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AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION.
A COUNTY ORGANIZATION EF
FECTED SATURDAY.
Object to Promote and Interest Farmers
In tbCountv--Valuable Prizes Will
Be Offered, to Boys and Glrli--Boys
Encouraged to Organize Corn Clubs.
And Girls W 111 be Urged to Have Poul
try Clubs and a Canning Contest.
In connection with the seed-corn
test exhibit last Saturday the Ran
dolph County Agricultural Associa
tion was formed. This association
has for its purpose the promotion of
better conditions of rural life. Par
ticular attention will be given to
the encouragement of the Co-opera
tive Farm Demonstration Work in
the County and also the organization
of Young People's Farm-Life Clubs.
The movement originated in the
minds of a few men who have be
come deeply interested in the possi
bilities of the demonstration work,
whether among men, boys or gins.
Prof. I. O. Schaub, of the A & M
College, and the special representa
tives of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, was present by
arrangement to present the organ
ized work to the farmers. Mr.
Schaub's particular work is to or
ganize clubs all over the State, and
his plan is to have clnbs of boys and
girls in all school districts in the
Stale in the near futi.re. Randolph
County has shown that her people
are ready to take hold of ideas of
this kind, and the Government is
now ready to assist in the movement.
At the conclusion of Mr. Schaub's
address a committee was appointed
to sibinit a . plan of organization and
also to suggest officers of the Asso
ciation. The following rules were
agreed upon:
1. That the organization be
known as the Randolph County
Agricultural Association.
2. That the officers be a presi
dent, a vice-president, a secretary and
a treasurer.
3 That the executive committee
, consist of the officers and one mem
ber of the association inaaoh town
ship. 4. That any white citizen of
Randolph County, regardlesi of oc-
-cupatioV'b -allowed o -become -a
member of the association upon the
payment of a membership fee of
twenty-fire cents, and that the offi
cers and executive committee be au
thorized to solicit members, and- also
contributions to be used as prizes.
5. That the officers of the asso
ciation be chosen for one year; . .
.6. That the association meet an
nually, the 'date for this annual
iafinr tn ha fixed later bv the ex
ecutive committee, and that special
meetings may be neia at ine can oi
tha nroairlnnfc.
- 7. That the executive committee
be empowered to offer prizes for
adults ana also ior Doys anu gins,
nil also to have full control of the
same.
H. That seven memhers of the
executive committee shall constitute
a. onornm for the transaction of
Vinainpsa.
9. That the association money
be paid out upon the warrant or the
nmiirient and the secretary.
10. That the treasurer shall give
a detailed report at every annual
.. ...ii .j
meeting oi an receipts aim uisuurae-
ments.
Th fnllnwinff officers were elect
ed: President, T. J. Finch; Vice-
PmaSilAnt.. A. B. Uoltrane: Secretary,
B. j. Coltrane; Treasurer, 3. F.
'Nnwhv.
The following members of the ex
ecutive committee nave oeen ap
minted for various townships:
Trinitv. D. M. ! Welborn: New
Market, J. P. Beeeon; Providence,
8.B. Coble; Liberty, J. W. Wil
liams; Randleroan, B. H. Lassiter;
Columbia, W. J5. Jfousnet; rranxnn
tiIIa T. H. Push: Aiheboro. R. B.
Ross; Back Creek, Troy Redding;
Tabernacle Dr. 0. O. Phillips; Con
. nnrd. J A. Kearns: Cedar Grove.. E.
K Vuncannon; Grant, R. F. Finch;
Coleridge, W. JS. grower; rieasant
Grove, Lige Brady; Brower, B. Ty-
snn? Rinhland. J. O. Lowdermilk:
Union, J. D. Welch; New Hope, J.
T. Thornburg.
IftThe members of the executive
committee were authorized to enroll
members of the-association in their
' respective townships. Membership
limited to neonle over eighteen
years old. Boys and girls under
. Aiirhteen tn admitted whenever they
enroll ia the clubs for which there!
FAVORS CURFEW LAW.
Children Should be Put Off Street by
Law If Parents Fall to Look After Them.
Mr. J. P. Cook, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Jackson
Training School for boys in a re
cent interview published in the
Raleigh News and Observer, says ic
answer to a question as to the Cur
few law:
"I have seen already even with a
limited study of thoss who have
come to the Training School, that
the greatest trouble confronting us
now is an inflated idea of what so
many people are pleased to call per
sonal liberty, and the neglect of the
great virtue of parental training.
My sympathy is with the so-called
bad boy he is just simply the pro
duct of his own environment; this
and no more. If a man is thought
ful enonsrh to house his horse or cow.
or strive to know where the pet dog
is, ne snouia oe maae to nouse uis
children when nightfall comes.
They must be run off the etree? by
the authority of law rnd forced to
stay in at night, if parents persist in
this lawful neglect of a sacred and
important dutv. The Jackson Train
ing School, though in operation only
one year, has furnished examples that
absolutely prove tne soundness or
this nosition. And the authorities
of the institution, from the superin
tendent down to tne least import ing
employe, ly using kind but positive
government witn these ooys, wno at
home were regarded hopeless and
worthless, have seen idleness and
listlessDess fade into energy and a
lively interest: Dale faces and dull
eyes change to color and brightness;
trail, weak ooaies to growing snengin
and hope. Regularity, system, dis
cipline, love, trnat. teaohinir. work
and priyer have already convinced
me that there is nope for tne great
majority of to78 whom the impatient
nnhlin nrononnoe worthless and hell
hound. It is not the bov it is the
environment Give him a chance."
Silver Anniversary National Editorial
Association, J"-'
TinT went Filth! Annual session
of the National Editorial Association
will meet in New Orleans February
10-12.
A side tup will be made by boat
to Panama, touching at Cuban
points.
; Delpir&tea who will attend from
TftrtV tftroTnawe, ft. F. Bewetyr
Monroe Journal; e. a. uioson, nan
rinhnrc Exchanee: W. B. Harker.
Scottish Chief; H. B. Yarner, Lex
ington Dispatch; J. P. Uook, Con.
cord Uplift; J. B. 8herrill, Concord
Times: Jbaenhna Daniels. ' Raleish
News and Observer; O, H. Poe, Pro
gressive Parmer; D. O. St. Clair,
Banford express; a. e. iocKery,
Kockingnam rost; o. J. J arris,
High Point Enterprise; Wm. 6.
Hammer, Asheboro Courier.
There is on the program from
North Carolina: "The Local Paper's
Neglected Opportunity Promoting
Kural Development. cy v. u. roe,
Editor of Progressive Farmer.
The Doty of the press in the Good
Roads Movement in the United
States by President H. B. Varner.
The Law Its Enforcement By
Josephus Daniels, Editor of Raleigh
News and Observer.
Joe Mitchell, Chappell, Walter
Williams, A, E. Winship, and other
nrominent iournalists in different
parts of the United States are on the
program.
or Interest to Members of Poultry Club.
The Courier will begin publish
ing in a wek or two a series of arti
cles on Poultry . Raising for the
benefit of the Girls' Poultry. Club,
and we call the attention of the
young girls to the importance of
these articles. We have an interest
ing proposition which we will give
on application. :
Randolph county Is the first coun
ty in the state to undertake the or
ganization of the Poultry Club.
Mr. Gaston W. Ward, aged fifty
six years, died amis nomeon spring
Garden Street in Greensboro last
Saturday. Mr. Ward has been a re
sident of Greensboro for a number
of years and was the owner of the
West End Drug Store.
is no fee of any nature. If boys or
girls desire to enter tne contest tney
should write to the secretary and the
application 'will be furnisned at
once.
More oomolete particulars in re
gard to the young people's clubs
will appear in next weesrs papers.
E. J. COLTBAKX,
' Secretary.
THE FEBRUARY PRIZES
The free trip tJ New Orleans, our January prize, was won by Mrs. A.
B. Coltrane, of Glenola. .
We are,' going to give a prize for February to the young lady who secures
the largest number of subscribers during that month, provided she gets
more than 20,000 votes during the month. We are going to leave the
selection of this prize to the Contestants, and want each of them to write
us at once and let ns know what she would prefer. We cannot give too
expensive a prize but would be willing to give one costing as much as a
buggy, a sewing machine or a scholarship to some Business College in this
state.. Please start right now and get in line for the February prize.
Get your friends tcrhelp you solicit subscriptions.
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, Bandleman, Route 2,
" Maud Miller, Fullers, Route 1,
" Nettie Luther, Eleazer,
Miss Maude Curtis, Ramaeur
' Maggie Albertson, Trinity,
" Bettye Shamburger, Hills Store,
Mrs. W. P. White, Rnraseur,
" A. B. Coltrane, Glenola,
Miss Lola Trogrlon, Asheboro, Route I,
" Ids Cox, Ralph,
' Emma Pierce, Seagrove,
" Effie Presnell, Mitchfield,
" Linnie Dorsett, Farmer,
" Effie Harvell, Abner.
" Nannie Hill, Rachel.
Mrs. M. B. Coins, Trinity.
Miss Lydia Ltrsiter, Lassiter,
" Estelle ran ford, Archdale,
" Maud Foushee. Staley,
" Melia Frazier, Franklinville,
" Cora Vuncannon, Sa)trovet
" Moleta Yow, rentral Falls,
" Mary Stuart. Franklinville
." Lizzie Cameron, Liberty
Bess Farmer, Randleman
Margaret Slack, Seagrove, N. C. Route
" Alice Burgess, Ramseur, N. C ,
" Hattie Luck, Seagrove Route 2,
' Myrtle Pugh, Asheboro, Route 1,-
" Huhannah Coltrane. Randlemsn,
" Myrtle Johnson, Worthville,
' Stella Kelly, Troy,
" Hazel Stanton, Randleman, Route 1,
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
'One instantly HilledTwo Fatally ."la
Jured Hwaln County Court House
Wrecked.
Omar Conlev was instantly killed,
Wafren Banks fatally injured and
Register of Deeds J W. L. Francis,
seriously hurt by the accidental Js
ftinr of it atick of dvhamite iu the
ntfcwH &ce t Brjson -oityi -K.
v., last inureuay uijny. xuo
a&d Oonley were thawing' dynamite
nn ii rudifttnr.tta be used onafishinz
trip, lijis supposed one of the Sticks
ten to tnenoor- xne esptueiuu iiuku
fnl ,nx) ahfctfantd the aobrrf and win
dews in the building and , seriouslr
aamngea tae entire wcau cuu
court house; ' Marijrj valuable, recr,
brds and legapap8 weredetroved;
Register Francis was working f is
desk when the explosion occurred.
The court house was built about
three years ago and cost $7S,000, , fl)
Death of Former labuHatr. '
General William F. Draper, former
Ambassador to Italy, died at bis
home in Washington, D. C-, last
Thursday after a prolonged illness,
at the age of 68 years.
General Draper was the inventor
of the f anions Draper Loom and was
one of the pioneer textile men of the
country. He had large cotton mill
interests in the Sonth, His fortune
was estimated at from eight to
twelve million. It is stated that a
new loom which be has just perfect
ti is worth millions.
More Randolph Rabbits.
A few days ago the Enterprise
noticed the large shipments of rab
hita from SoDhia. We are informed
this morning by the agent there
that so iar 6,U7Z raooits nave oeen
binned this season. The largest
shipments have been made by Mr.
E. A. Farlow, who has shipped 4159.
This is a good record for a small
village. What do you suppose the
antir nnnnt.v conld do if all the
hunters were to get busy? High
foint .Enterprise.
Receiver Per Eagle Parnitare Cei
pan? ef High Point. '.
On the application of local cred
itors, the Eagle Furniture Company
of High ' Point was placed in the
bands of a receiver, last eaturaay.
It is stated that the total indebted
ness is about $110,000. Mr. R. F.
Dalton was appointed temporary re
ceiver.
Mrs. Bailie A. Johnson, widow of
Robert Johnson, died recently at her
home near High Point.
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Heaer Ml &me 4aaary.
The bnpils who Vave attended
each day, who hare, not: .been tardy
and hate made high averages during
January are aa. follows;
. FirebGrade--Frances Hall, Mil
lard Browd. Edith Pearce, Josephine
Ssoithf Ben Hombfe; Buren Mcrber-
son.
Second Grad--Edward Cranford,
Henri Ron, Robert Jones, Maud
f8Mm, static WardLLiUie BeU
Uobius, rraooee' i'earje, . JUennie
Bean. .hm-M i.
inThir4GradMGarret Allen, John
SIfamiBdif, Shatter ,erree,
Ruths Cox,'--iMaryv '.Fox,,. Dona . Lee
Ln, EVelm Woodell, Norie Yow,
Alice Uunsaokeri Diet Rich, Msrv
MWVtn nio'lnt l' . '" .
i roucin uraaeJtnei,,vijt(afigQw,
xj AM&nt, tlaIri,os8,, Kidney
Weod, Ioh4 Immj, (Amy, Loflin,
, i Fifth, i GradieMargaref ;, Morris,
Edna .Norsaan. .-Clyde Cox, Simen
Fox1;;. Hobarti Richardson, , Ernest
Spenoer. !
Seventh Grader-Everett Kendall,
Wayne Miller, Everett Newby, Man
etta Berry, Cathrine Burns, Fannie
Newby, ; Lithe . Richardson, Corna
Wall, Irene Watkins.
Eighth Grade-Janette Dickens,
Eathrine Hammer, ' Myrtle Hocket,
Hattie Juvett, JSugenia McUain, lCy
Uaywortb, Byron Kicnardson. .
Ninth Grade Virgin.a Dickens,
Cora Reddine, Lucile Rush.
. Tenth Grade Ina Auman, Lena
Johnson, James Swain, Bertha Cox,
Blanche Cox.
HMdtmaa W Wrmw Tsrkr En
Matter Howard Parrish, n of
William Parnsh, of Cox, Randolph
County, found a turkey egg in the
woods last spring, wmcn be carried
home and put under a setting hen.
When the hen came off with her
brood of chicks he gave, the turkey
egg, with other eggs, to another hen.
At the and of week, which made
th.:ourth'iwekj' the turkey was
hatehedL ! The hen left her nest and
rai sai the turkeys i' The boy sold the
turker Jfor aJWirwith which he
bakght mim laiened the, pig
ana soia itmon yeneraay w Mr.
Frank Delk tor $19.20 cash. Mr.
Parrish had no turkeys and it was
thought that the egg was-, from a
wild turkey. .; ;
GresnaS Hag Day.
Yesterday was 'the day and if
there, is anything; in the old adage,
we aaar still expect 'Winter weather
for the next forty ? days, because
there is no doubt about tne ground
hog seeing hit shadow unless he, or
IV wsjou ecpuewoij transparent;.
FARMERS' BIG DAY AT ASHE
BORO. Inclement Weatber Does Not Prevent
a Large Attendance, Fine Farm
Demonstration Work, Seed Corn
Test And Prizes Awarded.
The farmers, their wives and
children for several weeks have
looked foi ward to last Saturday as
an event of more than usual ina
portance in the affairs iu this
county. The Farmers' Seed Corn
Day, Boys' Corn Club Day and the
Girls' Poultry Club Day was ladver
Used throughout the county to be
at the Court House on last Satur
day. Notwithstanding a light snow-fall
on Friday night and the extremely
bad weather there was a goodly
number of farmers from almost
every section of the county present,
and quite a number of boys from
different parts of the county were
present.
Ine day was too bad for the
young ladies to attend. Uovern-
ment larm Demonstrator for .North
Carolina, Mr. C. R. Hudson, who
has been located at Statesville for
the last year cr two but who moved
his headquarters to Raleigh two
weeks ago, was present and made
an interesting address on what farm
demonstration work had done for
North Caiolina and his talk was es
pecially instructive on the selection
of seed corn.
Prof. C. L. Newman, head of tl e
Agriculture Department of tht A. &
M. College of North Carolina, dis
cos aed commercial fertilizers and
other subjects in a manner which
showed his familiarity with every
subject which he handled.
rrof. 1. O. Schaub, who is in
charge of the Farm Demonstration
work in the A & M College, made
an address directed principally
to the boys in which, he outlined
the plans of the Young People's
r arm Life Clubs.
Mr. J. L. Hall, who has been for
three years. County ..Farad .Demon
strator in liowan County, and who
is a moec successful farmer and an
intelligent gentleman, made an in
structive talk on the cultivation of
corn.
The addresses by these four gen
tleman were all well received and
every one present felt he had been
more than repaid, and several times
over for coming through the slush
ana mad.
There was a seed corn test and
about twenty-five or thirty farmers
brought seed corn. The explana
tion and the instructions given for
selecting seed corn was probably the
most . interesting part or the pro
gram. . At the close Of the seed corn
test;,these four gentlemen, who have
been named above, acted as ludges
in awarding . prizes. Mr. . I. H.
Pugh, of Franklinville township,
received the prize of $2.50 for the
best ear of seed corn. Mr. Troy
Redding, of Back Creek township,
was awarded the prize of $1.50 for
the next best ear of seed corn, and
Mr. Brown, of Grant township, son
of Daniel Brown was awarded the
third prize. These prizes were
given by the citizens of Asheboro.
In the afternoon the County Agri
cultural Association was formed
with ex-Sheriff T. J. Finch as Pres
ident, Mr. A.B. Coltrane Vice-Presi
dent, Mr. E. J. Coltrane, Secretary,
and B. F. Newby, Treasurer. The
executive committee is composed of
the officers and a member trom each
township.
One branch of the Agricultntal
Association will be the Boys Corn
Club, which will hoH a meeting in
the near future. Another branch
of the Agricultural Association will
be the Girls Poultry Club which
will meet at the same time with the
Boys' Corn Club. '. Membership in
the Agricultural Association is lim.
ited to men and will cost 25 cents
each. Anv citizen of the county re
gardleei of occupation may besome
a member. The executive commit
tee was instructed to solicit member
ship. No membership fee will be
charged to either boys or girls, and
any boy desiring to join the Boys'
Corn Club or any girl desiring to
10m the Girls' Poultry Club will
please send his or her name to Mr.
E. J. Coltrane, the county organizer.
A plan pnbliahed in another column
under Hi. Coltrane's signature out'
lines the rules and regulations of the
agricultural Association uu ii
branches. More extended explana
tions with details will be furnished
nnnn annlioafion tn Mr I InltranA and
will be published in the Courier in
a future issue. "
Valuable county and township
SERIES OFJTEACHERS' MEET
" INGS.
Thre Meetings Elrn 1 Prtof
CouutNixVcik--AlJTfachVrTri
pected to Attend.
Beginning Thursday, February 10
at Liberty, I shall hold a series of
ttre meetings for the teachers in
the eastern part of the county. The
second meeting will be held at
Franklinville on Friday, Feb. 11th;
and the third at Shiloh on tne fol
lowing Saturday, Feb. 12th.
All teacher in the eastern half of
the county will be expected to at
tend these meetings; that is, every
teacher must attend some one of
these three meetings. Teachers in
Liberty, Providence, Columbia,
Franklinville', Coleridge, Pleasant
Grove, Brower, Grant, and Richland
Townships will finb that this will be
their best opportunity to attend any
one of the meetings in present coun
ty series. Teachers will be expect
ed to be pr -8ent by ten o'clock in
the forenoon. The work at Liberty
and Franklinville in the forenoon
will consist of obetrring the work in
the school-room. Iu the afternoon
conferences will be held. Young
People's Clubs will be the principal
topic for discussion. Boys and girls
will be welcomed to each mteting in
the afternoon. We hope to make
arrangements for a special represen
tative from the Agricultural and
Mechanical College to be present and
discuss Boys' Corn Clubs and Girls'
Poultry and Canning Clubs.
Teachrs will close their schools for
the day and attend the meetings.
This will also give boy and girls an
opportunity to be present. Commit
t emen and patrons are invited to
the afternoon sessions.
E, J. Coltraine,
Co. Supt. of Schools.
Prizesfto Randolph Farmer Boys.
Randolph county will probably
not have as mnch as $1200, the
amount Guilford County has raised
to be given in prizes to the Boys
Corn - Club. In Guilford county
$50.00 was offered for (the capital
prize, and $25.00 was offered to each
township; and also twenty-Ave $15.00
prizes, twenty -five $10.00, prizes, and
twenty-five $5.00 prizes for the
county.
Today is seed corn testing day for
that county and the Association will
hold a rousing meeting in Greens
boro today. It is important, . how
ever, that our committee make . ar
rangements to give liberal prizes and.
if possible there should be raised as
much as $1000 or $1200, -
Randolph county stands at the
head of the list as a wheat growing
county; and a Randolph boy grew
the largest yield ot corn in the state
last year.
Convicts Best labor for Roads.
1 Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geolo
gist and Secretary of the North Car
olina Good Koads Association, has
c ailed a meeting of the good roads
ad03ates in Raleigh for the purpose
of discusmg the matter of assisting
those counties in the State that wish
to build good roads. The meeting
promises to be largely attended.
Mr rrtt favors the use or state
convicts in road construction.
"Our counties," he says, ,4are now
nsing a great many of their convicts
in road construction, and to what
advantage the State convicts can be
need for the same purpose should fbe
carefully considered. It seems to
me that tt e use of the state convicts
in the construction of public roads
would be of much more advantage
to the State than to use them in the
construction of railroads, which in
the end pass into the the hands of
corporations.
The High Point Enterprise says
that Mr. Carl Hill, son of Mr. Na
thanJHill, and formerly ef this coun
ty, has completed a most . beautiful
residence. The style of architect
ure, especially the porch is something
new forHigh Point.
prizes will be given in the boys club
and also in the girls poultry club.
Mr. Coltrane requests that every
boy and girl who desires to enter the
contest send their name and address
to him within the next ten days,
and all names sent will be put on
the mailing list to receive the gov
ernment bulletins on corn growing
and poultry raising. . It ia impor
tant that these names be sent in as
SOOO 84 POSSlble. Of COUrM it is not
absolutely necessary that they be
sent within ten days, but the sooner
.the better.