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VOL. XXXV
ASHEBORO, N' C, THURSDAY, March J, 1910.
No. 9
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
The February Prize Winners
Are Miss Moleta Yow First,
Mrs. A. B. Coltrane Second
anrfMiss Mary White Third.
The first prize, a handsome
Mission Wall Clock and Five Dol
lars in Gold, was won by Miss
Moleta Yow, of Central Falls,
who secured 29,296 votes during
the month. Mrs. A. B. Coltrane,
of Glenola, wins second prize, a
lady's watch, with 23,226 votes,
and Miss Mary White, of Glen
ola, wins third with a vote of
15,372 for February.
We congratulate these ladies as
well as the other contestants who
made substantial gains during
the month. It has been a short
month and much bad weather
but in number of subscriptions
and votes, was a larger month
than January. Now, we want
you to make March still larger.
Prizes will he given for the larg
est number of votes secured dur
ing the month of March, and we
want to suggest that each con
testant, regardless of her stand
ing now, go to work to win one
of these prizes. In this week's
issue, we are dropping from the
list all contestants who have less
than 400 votes.
UST OF CONTESTANTS.
Mrs. A. B. Coltrane. Glenola. . 15 S51
Miss Molela Yow, Central Falls 42 363
Miss Mary White. Glenola ??'9?I
Miss Lizzie Cameron. Liberty 'liil
Miss Nellie Ionian. Trinity 7.?31
Miss Bessie Farmer. Randleman 6.822
Miss Maud Curtis. Ramseur 6.201
Miss Eifie Presnell. Michfield... 5.J9
Miss Bettye Sliambnrger, Hills Store 0.2 J3
Miss Myrtle lohnson. Worthville J-'o J
Miss Lena Cole. Dewey ''
Miss Bertha Luck. Senorove. Route 2... . 2.401
Miss Maud Foushec. Slaley i'Vin
Miss Stella Kelly. Troy 2.200
yi Miss Maggie Aloerison. i riniiy
"I Miss Emma Pierce. Seaqrote f OOU
mi., au Rrnic Ramseur 1.856
Miss Mary Stuart, Frankhnmlle 1.800
Miss Maud Miller. Fullers. Route I J.J09
Miss Cora Vuncannon. Seagroye J 02
Miss EHie Haryell. Abner ''!!
Miss Myrtle Pugh. Asheboro. Route 1 BOO
Miss Lydia Lassiter. Lassiter JJ
Miss Linnie Dorset!. Farmer '
Miss Nannie Hill. Rachel S
Miss Lola TrooUon. Asheboro, Route 1 404
Miss Ida Con. Ralph J" J
Mist Melia Fratier, Franklinvllle 401
W. H. XenI, Jr., Accldently Shoots Sell
w Tl X Pal. Jr.. son of Ex-Judge
W. H. Neal, of Laurinburg, while
returning from a hunt on Monaay
of this week, no one being with him
at the time, accidentally shot and
' killed himself. He was found soon
offoK iavlr in the woods with a large
hole blown in his left breast. His
gun was lying on the ground near
mw thn rlpflrl hodv was found. No
signs were there to indicate how the
terrible accident nappeneu. xuc
deceased was a travelling man uu
was about 22 years old.
Logan and Sewall Land and Adams
Slated.
The President lias appointed H.
v Somali nf Carthage, district at-
tnVnsv for the Eastern district of
North Carolina to succeed Harry
Skinner. W. J. iiOgan or Asnevme
has been appointed, marshal of the
Western district ana wm icwu
office at Greensboro. Claude Dock-
hu hpon annointed to succeed
himself in the Eastern district. State
Chainnan Spencer B. Adams is to
Bucceed District Attorney Holton.
V i Randolph County it'oufederate Monu-
!l luent.
$ Contributions to December 31st,
$ 1909: $646.75. Contributions in
.! January, 1910: $94.00. Previous
i - contributions in February: $50.00.
I Other Contributions.
J. 0. Pennv, Greensboro, N. C,
k t V $25.00; L. F. "Fort, Raleigh, N. C,
t1 $5.00; W. D. Stedman, Asheboro,
r.N.- 0., $25.00; J. T. Lawrence,
I 'Mineral Wells, Texas, $5.00; W.
"W. Howard, Mineral Wells, Texas,
I$5.00. '
cuff Shaw toJGo West.
J f .T fl. Shaw, a son of Mai.
John D. Shaw, of Rockingham, has
decided not to return to jxortn Caro
lina and form partnership with his
r lamer as ne nm iiwt;u, uu nm
J i- ir, Pnrfland Orporon. Hftvinor
Mjuvmv v o
devoted most of his life to study of
Uum lw, ue win uuu n w
exercise his special talents. In
Washington he is regarded as one of
the best men ever in the service of
i the government.
Change ia Board of Education.
Ti- 1-1 TT Ti.?li;a V-a luurn an.
. . 1. It iV. T) A
' 1 Education for Randolph county in
;' 1 place of Mr. W. N. Elder, resigned.
i't iMr. Phillips ii well qualified for the
,: position and will make a mosteffi
' cient and capable member of the
hoard.
LIBERTY PROGRESSIVE TOWN.
Industrial Club Organized New In
dustries Being Organized One Of The
Best iGraded Schools lu The State
Prizes For Boys And Girls To Be
Given.
The people of this section of the
State are just waking up to a reali
zation of the fact that the town of
Liberty, Randolph County, offers to
home-seekers and investors advan
tages and inducements that can be
obtained nowhere else in Piedmont
North Carolina.
The to n is located in the midst
of a fine agricultural section; nature
has bestowed upon it every feature
of beauty that man should ask;
there is no nealtnier spot in tne
State, infectious diseases, fever chills
and similar forms of sickness being
absolutely unknown; a commodious
graded school building equipped
with every modern convenience has
been erected 'within the last year,
and the town now has a school sec
ond to none in the State; the popu
lation is made up of a people kind,
hospitable and law-abiding; living
is cheap, and in fact, everything
that goes to make a desirable place
in which to live and enjoy life,
health and happiness is here to be
found.
That the citizenship is progress
ive and is keeping abreast with tne
times is clearly demonstrated by the
recent action of the business men of
the town in organiping the Liberty
Industrial Club. Thin club was or
ganized for the purpose of aiding in
the development of the town and snr
rounding country. Practically all
the citizens of the 'town have enroll
ed their names as members, and that
the organization will be of lasting
good to the town, and will aid in
the growth and development of the
surrounding country, is clearly seen
from the personnel of the officers,
viz.: A. S. Pickett, President; Dr.
J. D. Gregg, Secretary; John W.
Curtis, Treasurer; J. L. Hardin, W.
M. Ilanner, A. M. Ellison, Dr. R.
D. Patterson, W, T. Gilliam, Ex
ecutive Committee.
Prize Offered For Hlgheat Yleltf Of
Cotton, Corn, Etc.
One of the first acts of the Club
was to offer prizes for boys and girls
who might want to engage in rais
ing poultry, corn, cotton, or in can
ning goods, and other domestic
work. Below appears a list of all
the prizes offered to this time.
Others will be arranged later per.
haps.
Boy a' Corn Clubs.
For the most corn grown on one
acre of land by boys under twen
ty years of age:
First prize Suit of clothes, val
ued at $15.00, given by the Liberty
Mercantile Company.
Second prize One overcoat, val
ed at $12.50, given by McPherson &
Pickett.
Ihird prize Either a Chat
tanooga plow No. 64 or an Oliver
Chill No. 19, valued at $10.00, giv
en by Gilliam & Patterson.
Fourth prize One buggy robe,
valued at $8.00, given by J. L. Har.
din.
Fifth Prize One pair Biltrite
shoes, valued at $4.50, given by A.
M. Ellison.
Cotton Growing.
For the most cotton grown on
one-half acre of land by boys under
twenty years of age:
First prize $5.00 in gold, given
ty Dr. R. D. Patterson.
Second prize One rocker, valued
at $4.00, given by the Liberty Chair
Company.
Third prize One pair Society
King shoes, valued at $3.50, given
by Patterson Drug Company.
Fourth prize Cash, $3.00, given
by Liberty Milling Company.
Canned Goods.
For the best display of canned
geods by nnmarried lady:
First prize $5.00 in gold, given
by Dr. J. D. Gregg.
Second prize One set table-ware,
valued at $5.00, given by J. O.
Overman.
Third prize One et table-ware,
valued at $2,50, given by Miss Min
nie Orutchfield, Milliner,
Fourth prize One - five pound
bucket Creole coffee, valued at $1.00
given by E.R. Wells.
Household Article .
First prize One rocker, valued
at $15.00, given by Roy O. Reitzel
for the beet display of Chrysanthe
mums.
Second prize One pair Buff Or
pington chickens, . valued at $5.00
for the finest piece of . embroidery
work made in 1910.
Third prize One five pound box
of chocolate, rained at $2.00, given
by the Sanford Candy Company,
per C. C. Albright.
Butter Making.
For the two pounds of nicest but
ter by unmarried lady:
First prize Cash prize of $2.50,
giren by John W. Reece.
Second prize Uash pr ze of $1.00
given by W. J. Frazier.
Poultry Clnb.
For the pen of best chickens (four
pullets and one cockerel).
iJirst prize Uash prize of So.00,
given by A. E. Dark.
Second prize One pair Morris
shoes, valued at $3.50, given by
otroud Bros.
Third prize Cash prize of $3.00,
given by Dr. DeLacy Foust.
fourth prize Cash prize of $2.00
given by S. M. Stephens.
The Liberty Milling Company also
offers a cash prize of $2.00 for the
beet cake baked of Liberty rielle
Flour.
The Sunny South Hotel offers one
free dinner to the winners of first
prizes in each contest.
Mr. A. M. Ellison offers $5.00 in
cash to be paid for the best display
of canned goods, provided holder de
sires to sell display.
Rules Governing Various Contests.
The Boys' Cora Club contest will
be governed by the same rules gov
erning the County Boys' Contest.
Any boys desiring to enter )this con
test would do well to notify either
Dr. J. D. Gregg, Liberty, N. C. or
the County Superintendent of
Schools, Asheboro, N. C. When
ever a boy enters the Liberty Dis
trict, he is entitled to enter the
County Contest, and if under seven
teen years old, he is likewise eligible
to enter the State Contest. There
fore when a boy enters the contest
to compete for prizes offered by the
Liberty Industrial Club, he is also
competing for County and State
prizes. No regular rules will be
made to govern the other contest',
except that the work in each case is
expected to be done in the year
1910.
Territory Included In Contest.
The Industrial Club extendH an
invitation to boys and girls living
within ten miles of Libeity in any
direction to enter the contest.
No fees of any kind will be charg
ed. It makes no difference what
county you live in. Send in your
name at once if you desire to enter
the corn contest.
Plan For an Agricultural Exhibit Next
Fall.
It is the plan of the Club to have
a special exhibit in Liberty of corn
nnd cotton grown, poultry, canned
goods, embroidery work, chrysanthe
mum show, etc., some time about
the first of November this year. At
that time all the various prizes will
be awarded.
Further information may be ob
tained by applying to the officers of
the Iadnstrial Club.
Balllnger Will Walk Plank.
Notwithstanding the President's
friendship for Secretary Ballinger,
of the Interior, and his effort to pre
vent an investigation, and the plans
of a committee appointed to wnite
wash, yet the disclosures are so clear
that Pinchot and Shaw and Glavis
were honestly trying to conserve the
public lands for the people. While
ballinger was favoring the gobbling
up the vast areas of coal lands in
Alaska for the Guggenheims, owners
of the Copper River Railroad, former
clients of Ballinger, public sentiment
is so chrystalizmg against Ballinger
that he will, in the near future, be
driven from the cabinet as was
Paul Morton, whom President Roose
velt stood by so long.
Insurance Agent Kept Off Roads.
The Supreme Conrt has reversed
a case in which there is much inter
est. It is that of the State vs. Whedbee
from Union, in which the judgment
is arrested, in tnis case Air, l. u.
Whedbee, an attorney, of Perquimans,
was charged with false pretense in
obtaining subscriptions to the stock
af the Seminole Securities Company
of Columbia, 8. C, and being found
guilty was sentenced to two years on
the roads.
The appeal was on the ground that
the bill of indictment was detective,
and in the opinion the majority of
the court agrees that it was, that the
bill of indictment did not charge the
offense and this gives Mr. Whedbee
another trial.
In a recent issue of the Louisville
Courier Journal there ia a picture of
nine hogs weighing 4260 lbs. The
owner sold these hofffl for 411.88fl
The nine hoga were all of one litter.
A PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE.
Mrs. Maaten Writes Interestingly of the
People of Her Native County.
I do not know what slogan has
been accepted, but I am of the opin
that "Success" is a pretty good syn.
onym for Asheboro, and might be
used in a slogan fcr that city.
Through the medium of the Cou
rier, I have watched from a distance,
the people of Asheboro and Ran
dolph County go to work and move
mountains of difficulty and of im
probability from the road which lay
before them. The invincible will
and self-confidence of the people of
that section is amazing. JNobody
has moved the mountains for them,
neither have they faltered and cried,
"we can't." But calmly and unas
sumingly, they have sa'd, "our way
lies just where that mountain stands,"
and then, instead of deliberating as
to whether to march around or over
it, they " have gone to work and
shovelled the mountain away. And
I am certain that those who have
done the shovelling, know that it
was not a sleeping job, nor even a
breakfast spell, but that the magic
wand which wrought the advance
ment in every case has been plain,
everyday brawn and brain, domi
neered over by resolute decision, and
guided by common tact.
Some one has truly said, that ge
nius is not a mysterious gift, asis com
monly supposed, but that it is simply
the capacity to work baru, and the
inclination to keep everlastingly at
it. Therifore, any feat, whether
performed bj skill of muscle or of
management and perseverance, is a
work of genius. Although, we com
monly suppose genius to be respon
sible only for works of music, liter
ature, art or invention. The people
of Ashebor) .ud Randolph County
have shown the capacity for work,
and the inclination to keep at it.
And I have enough faith in them to
believe that they can and will do
anything they undertake, and also,
that they will undertake anything
that will belier the town, the County
or the State.
After 1865, Southern manhood
had, not only its wounds to heal, its
health to recover, and its desolate
homes and firesides to nurture and
restore; it had its ruined fortunes to
rebuild from the ground. But the
North overlooked that fact, and
therefore, acquired a custom of
sneering at the Southern people on
account of a certain aptthy of theirs
towards national affairs and general
progress. Now, this languidness or
apathy of the Southern people, which
the North was then pleased to call
sullenness and later still bet'er pleased
to call "laziness," was a perfectly nat
ural result of the sorrow occasioned by
loss and defeat. The complex pro
blems of daily bread and bare neces
sities of life for himself and family,
so absorbed the attention of the
Southern Soldier on his return from
Appomattox, that he had little time
to think of public spirit. And be
sides, bis public spirit had had a
four years' activity, with mater tal
defeat at the end, and so now, with
a weight of sorrow on his heart, he
was bent on chopping the weeds of
neglect out of his own cornfields. I
am sure there has never lived a nobler,
more perfect type of exalted man-,
hood, nor one more worthy of the
name, than the homeward. bound
Southern Soldier, in the spring of
1865.
But the unsympathetic Neighbor
did not respect the situation, and the
Southern people, suffering the con.
sequences of a wrong for which they
alone were not responsible, bore the
taunts of their brethern with a si
lence than was for the most part
full of natural resentment. The
South has made right use of the
years that have passed since then.
The wheels of progress started slow
ly, but surely, and in time gained
such velocity, that the laugh of de
rision froze on the face of the North,
and gradually softened into a smile
of recognition; the taunt in its
throat turned into an ejaculation of
surprise.
The strength of the South has re
turned, its wonnds have been healed,
its fortunes rebuilt, and its homes
made diviner still than before the
great shadow of civil war arose. Its
God has not forsaken it It is going
to laugh tlast, and laughing last,
laugh best.
What may be said of the South in
general is true in every word and line
of that part of the South called
Randolph County and its County
seat. With avnew and beautiful
Court-Bouse, modern school-system
Civio League, Farmers' Institute,
water-works plant, electric light
plant, macadamized roads, and last,
but not least, the Soldiers Monu
ment, Asheboro and Randolph
County will be abreast of the world.
It is true that a few of the improve
ments mentioned are merely propos
ed, as yet, and have not had time to
be substantiated. I am also confi
dentjthat there are advancements in
that section, of which I have not
spoken, and better still, that there
are reformes and amendments in the
heartland minds of the public-spir-ited
men and women of the town
and country, which have not yet
been allowed expression; unformed
and unsuspected opinions and ideas,
that will come out when time is
ready for them, and that will point
the way to still greater things than
these, for the whole South is fore-
irg ahead, and the world is marvel
ling.
If I might be allowed to urge one
thing upon the individuals of Ashe
boro and Randolph Ccunty, it would
be this: If you have not a spirit
within you that desires the industrial,
commercial, and social advancement
of your town, your county, your
State, and even all the wcrld, do" not
count yourself a complete being
until you get it. The person who
has no interest in the public
good, and will not help its accom
plishment, is a blot on the fair land
scape of human progress, and has no
right to enjoy the advantages
brought about by the labor of others.
To anyone who may be without the
wish to further the common good.or
perhaps even adverse to the intro
duction of modern improvements, let
me say, that you have a malignant
disease, and the best thing to do for
it is to divorce yourself at once from
your self-cent redness. Remember
that those who work for the up
building of the community, work
for the bettering of your interests as
well as .their o'n. And yet, you
have no right to accept the good re
sulting from such labor, unless you
help. This, however, is merely the
selfish side of the question; a public
spirit works for the good of human
ity, expecting no personal returns.
Asheboro and vicinity know there is
plenty of room at the top, and they
are going forward, with you if you
will go, without you if you refuse.
Every citizen, however small or
great, must decide for himself wheth
er he will be a knocker or a lifter; an
ugly blot on the landscape or an or.
nament. The best way to foster
pride in your home county, is to re
solve to help it forward- If you do
not, the red blood of life is not in
yours veins; and you hinder instead of
help, for there is nothing so retard
ing to progress as the weight of
dead bodies.
Ruskin, eminent English writer,-
says: "A man has a personal work
or duty, relating to his home and a
public work or duty, which is the
expansion of the other, relating to the
state.
No man is excepted; his public
duty is merely the expansion of his
duty to his home and himself , to
neglect that, is to forfeit the right
to complete manhood.
Ida Iwgold Masten.
Tho Farmers' Union.
The regular quarterly session of
the Randolph County .farmers Un
ion convened in the court house last
Saturday. There was an 'open ses
sion of the Union at which Mr. J.
Z. Green, State organizer and editor
of the Farmers' Union, Marshville,
Union County, made an interesting
and instructive address on the prin
ciples ot tne union.
He Bpoke of the importance of
good roads and the importance of
tne local telephone : system. His
speecn was well delivered and re
ceived well by the large audience.
There was an executive session in
the afternoon to which the general
public was not admitted. Only
members ot tne Union were present.
There was ft large attendance
present and mnch interest was
shown. The Farmers' Union is in
a most prosperous condition in the
county and farmers are taking a
lively interest in tne Union.
Sampson Farmer Shot by Policeman.
White, the mayor, and two police
men of Clinton, N. C, on Monday
of this week, were trying to quiet a
drunken man in a back lot. one
police officer, J, K. Tew, shot and
killed George J. Jones, a well to do
farmer, who bad become engaged in
a mix up, wno it is claimed bad ad
vanoed upon the officer with a drawn
clnb in an effort to extricate a brother
engaged in the difficulty. Jones it
is said Wis sober.
ANNUAL MEETING
STATEJR ORDER
THE MOST LARGELY ATTENDED
MEETING EVER HELD.
Proposition to Change Date of Annual
Meeting Subordinate Couiu-ils to
Vote on (Question of Appropriating
Sum For Junior Orphanage in
This State.
The State Junior Order meeting
was held last week.
The orphanage question was adjust-
ed with other very important differ
ences with the National Order, such
as alleged extravagance and unjust
assessments for the National Organ-
, f : ; i .i:cc
j.anuu a oujjjjuu. oiuuiar uiueicu-
ces saused the Virginia State Coun
cil to withdraw from the National
Order some time ago. North Caro
lina was on the verge of seceding,
but at a called meeting here last
fall, the National officials made cer
tain concessions to demands of the
State Council, among other things
promising to establish a Southern
Orphan's Home, in substitution for
the State home which it opposed
and prevented and gave other
guarantees which it has been charg
ed at this session have not been
granted.
Despite the opposition of the na
tional organization forces, led bv
National Councilor Taylor, of Nash
ville, lenu., who was present, backed
by the newly electtd Councilor,
Uoouwin, of Elizabeth Citv, advo
cates of a State Orphans' Home,
adopted a resolution that a State
Orphans' Home shall be established,
by a yote of 98 to 12.
Ihis matter will nlso go before the
diilerect councils in the State for
a referendum vote. The members
of the state couucil feel assured that
the vote will be in favor of the pr
phanage and anticipating this a
board of trustees were elected in or
der that the work might be com
menced at once provided the vote
was favorable to the proposition.
The board is composed of six
members us follows: N. L. Eure,
Greensboro, and T. G. Cobb, Mor-
ganton, three years each; J. W.
Sechrest, High Point, and Dr. B. O.
Edwards, Landis, two years each;
E. L. Edmucdson, Goldsboro, and
Paul Jones, Tarboro. one year each.
An appropriation of ten thousand
dollars as a nucleus fund a as made,
the same to be submitted to subordi
nate councils for majority ratifica
tion. Retiring State officials all
favor such action, as do four of the
hve members of the new executive
committee, of which Councilor Good
win is ex-officio chairman.
The temper of members was plain
ly favorable to ultimate secession
from the jurisdiction of the national
organization, unless deferred conces
sions are vigorously promised and
speedily granted. Many leading
conservative delegates declare they
see no prospest now of being able to
patch up a permanent truce between
the nationals and theseceders among
local or national organization parti
sans. It is said that it is almost certain
that the Junior Order Orphanage
will be located in Guilford county
just above Old Trinity on the rail
road from High Point to Asheboro.
The orphanage, known as the
Friends' Orphanage, it has said has
been offered to the Juniors for ten
thousand dollars.
Wilmington was the unanimous
choice, however. Officers for the
ensuing year were elected as follows:
State Councilor, W. Ben Goodwin,
Elizabeth City.
State Vice Councilor, L. T. Hart
sell, Concord.
Secretary, Sam F. Vance, Winston
Salem. Assistant Secretary, R. H. Fnl-
ghum, Wilson.
Treasurer, Geo. V. r nip, Kerners
ville. Warden, D. C. Robbins, Golds
boro. Conductor, H. H, Buckner,
Graham.
Inside Sentinel, H. A. Stilwell,
Charlotte.
Outside Sentinel, J. J. Phoenix,
Greensboro.
Chaplain, Rev. S. F. Nicks,
Pelham.
John Y. Smith, a Greensboro con
tractor, aged 70 years, father of Re
corder D. B. Smith, of Charlotte,
us several othet children, died Feb
ruary 23rd. He was born in Ran
dolph county and moved to Greens
boro forty years ago.