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VOL. XXXV
ASHEBORO, N ! C, THURSDAY, March 17, 1910.
No. 11
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TOOUR CONTESTANTS
Don't wait until the last week iD
Marchto do your work. You
should be doing some of your .best
.work now while the weather is
pleasant. Of course, yau can work
anl bold your votes until right at
the last of the mouth, but by all
I means be working now. Don't lose
I sight of the March special prizes.
Any ne can comp te for one of
these prizes and the smallest vote
now on the lut may, by putting in a
i little extra time from now till
March 31st, win one of these three
I special prizes.
i LIST OF CONTESTANTS.
Mrs. A. B. Coltrane, Glenola 5?-?S5
S Mitt Moleta Yow, Central Fall 48.527
" Milt Mary While. Glenola
i Mist Lizzie Cameron. Liberty '2'3?
4 Milt Nellie Jordan, Trinity...., .... 7.731
i Mist Bessie Farmer. Randleman 7,122
I- Mist Maud Curtis. Ramseur 6.601
i MissErlfoPresnell.Michlield... 5.419
'i Mist Bettye Shambnrger, Nilll Store 8.062
Mitt Myrtle Johnson. Worthville 4,976
fe' Mist Lena Cole, Dewey 4.951
;. Miss Alice Burgess, Kamseur 3.291
4j Miss Bertha Luck, Seaorove. Route 2 2,291
Uiu Maud Millar. Fullers. Route 1 2.640
Miss Maud Foushee. Staley 2.200
Miss Stella Kelly, Troy.... 2 200
Miss Maggie Albertson, Trinity 2,020
Miss Emma Pierce. Seagrove 2.000
Miss Mary Stuart, Franklinville 1,800
Miss Cora Vuncannon. Seagrove 1,402
Miss Eflie Harvell. Abner 1.140
Miss Ida Co. Ralph.. 1.001
Mitt Melia Frailer, Franklinville 951
Miss Myrtle Pugh, Asheboro. Route 1 800
Miss Lydia Lassiter, Lassiter 613
Miss Linnie Dorset!. Farmer 416
Miss Nannie Hill, Rachel 406
Miss Lola Trondon. Asheboro, Route 1 404
Miss Mamie Ellis, Millboro 400
SEED CORN DAYS.
Meeting For Parents And Children
Shiloh Friday And Why Xot Saturday.
All farmers and their families
should attend the meetings at Shiloh
and Way Not ou Friday and
Saturday of this week. These meet
ings are held particularly for the
benefit of the farmers and the bojs
And girls. Therefo'e, all should
atteiid. A good program will be
given. - In addition to the speakers
announced last week, Mr. J. S. Hall,
of Birber, N. 0., will (be presear.
It is desired that a large number
of bojs and girls be preseut to hear
Capt. Parker discuss Boys' and Girls'
Clubs. This club work is becoming
a very important part of the school
movement these days and rll teachers
'should attend with their schools.
Parents should see that, their chil
dren are present.
The meeting will open in the
forenoon and continue until three
o'clock. Let ua go early and be
prepared to spend the day.
STATE S. S. CONVENTION.
Meets at Wilson, N. C. April 5th to Tth.
Please do nbt forget that - Wilson,
N. 0. is the place, and .April fifth
to seventh is the time of the State
Sunday School Convention. Free
entertainment will be given all the
delegates who attend. The rail
roads will give reduced rates from
all points to Wilson and return.
Tickets will be sold on the certifi
cate plan. You pay full fare going
and one-half fare" returning, pro
vided you get a certificate from your
agent and have it properly signed by
the Secretary of the Convention.
Ask your agent for certificate.
Those who expect to attend will
please write Mr. E. A.., Darden,
Wilson.N. 0. at once and free
entertainment will be provided.
Elijah Moffit, President.
'! "Old Two Hundred" Arretted.
'' Sheriff McKnzie, of Mont
2 gomery.1 last week went to Milledge
f yille and captured a negro who goes
!by the name of "Old Two Hundred,"
Who was wanted in Davidson sounty
for shooting, a month or two ago,
another negro at Brook's camp, about
I four miles from Lexington. "Old
I Two Hundred'' has a reputation for
fighting and when the sneriff ap
! proached the cabin where he was
living it was only after a dangerous
I battle that he succeeded . in placing
I he handcuffs on this man, w-bo had
f-calibre gun hanging on a nail
i . ais bedside and a razor in hie hip
J k ket. A deputy sheriff from Lex.
fngton went to Troy and took the
I prisoner last Friday to Lexington.
Rttield at WlUoa, N. C,
Mt. A. P. Branch, son of the late
A; P. Branch, founder of the Branch
' Banking Company, of Wilson, N. C..
in a fit of despondency took his life
last Monday morning. Mr. Branch
used a double-barreled shot gun,
rwin or thft muzzle of the eun nnder
his chin and pulling the trigger,!
FOREWORD TO DEMOCRATS.
State Executive Committee Calls Atten
tion to Pact That Duplicity of The Re
publican Party Stands Revealed. ,
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of North Carolina in session
iu Raleigh Thursday night adopted
the following resolution, which is
seli-explanatorj:
"The Democra'ic Executive Com
mittee of North Carolina, haviug
under consideration the ' state of
political conditions in the country
deems it opf ropriate to offir a fore
word to the campaign of 1910.
"The National Reoublicaa party,
after enjoying a long lease of power
conferred upon it oy met.ns oi wen
organized special interests, and after
a notorious servilitv to such interests
during all of these years, finds itself
today comforted witn an awaitenea
and outraged pubiio conscience.
Promise and D rformance are fresh
in the public minu and the party'
duplicity stands uncoverea. in
DeoDle at last realize the folly of
looking for a just revision of a high
protective tiriir by us irienas aim
beneficiaries, or aiust regulation or
suppression of monopoly bythe min
ions of its power. President Taf I'a
administration is thug far au admit
ted failure. Scandal, fraud and
ci rrjption in high places are defying
the whitewash brush, and the ener
gies of the administration are wast.
ed in the labor of investigations and
defense. His own party mutinie-,
the people call, trr reuer, aiu me
President takes' refuge behind fu
machine. Nevfr before in the h.s
tory of our republic has any politic i!
party so openly a'iuseJ the public
confidence or so blind y bound iteit
to the stand-pit body of death.
Democracy and reft rm, the rule of
the people, , is today the militant
fi-rce which brooks iio furthr delay,
and will tak possession of the popu
lar brinch of Congress at the coming
election..
"The Democratic party of North
Carolina welcomes the mighty move
ment throughout the nation with a
firm resolve to pres its banner far
towards the' front'. With cleau
hands we point to a State govern
ment administered more economical
ly than iu any other State of the
Union. The aDballine disasttr of
Republican rule in this State is ever
present in tne minds ot patriotic
mm, and no differences of opinion
about the best treatment of local is-,
sues can swerve Democrats from the
lo)al support of their party at this
honeful and Btirring hour. Our
party, unlike its adversary, will enter
the approaching campaign witn no
unseemly scramble for office, but
with a zeal born of .faith in the
triumph of principles dear to the
hearts of all mtn who desire to see
our government rededicated to the
services of the people.".
V The Civic League.
At a meeting "f the Asheboro
Civic League called by the President,
Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer, on Satnrday
March 12th, plans for the summer
work were discussed.
It was decided to offer a prize of
five dollars in gold for the best kept
yardin town, oroneshowingtbemost
improvement at thevhands of the
boy or girl tending it; and an effort
is being made to secure good flower
Beed for the purpose. A flower com
mittee was appointed, composed of
Mrs. iliatt, Chairman; Mr?. Unas.
Fox and Mrs. J. D, Ross. The sub
ject "Mosquitoes and How to Abate
j. hem" came up. and an effort will
be made, to practice some . simple
effective means. The interest dis
plajed in the meeting was gratifying
and it is earnestly, hoped eveiy resi
dent will co-operate with the efforts
being put forth.
To Our Subscribers.
The Courier has in the past sent bills
to all subscribers. Since we have
adopted the plan of labelling the
paper showing the date to which each
subscription is paid, it is no longer
necessary - to send out these bills.
Look at your lal el and if it shows
you to be iu arrears, we respectfully
request that yon arrange to settle
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ience. Do not wait to come to town
but mail us a" letter with the remit
tance therein for a year to the Cou
rier, and do not put us to the trou
ble of Bending yon bills as that is
unnecessary. We have not yet, how.
ever, put the single wrappers on the
list having labels, so we have recently
sent out bills to the single wrapper
subscribers and ask that all who
have received these bills, remit at
once. ' If we Overlooked any, please
dend in yonr subscription any way.
THE FARMERS' MEETING.
The Next Meeting to be Held pn Satur
day, May 28th.
The Farmers' Educational and
Co-operative Union of Randolph,
met in the nice new Couit House, in
Asheboro on February 29. The
first session was open to the public.
Tbe speaker for the occasion, was
Mi. J. Z. Green State Organizer.
He was met by a goodly number of
Randolph's sturdy farmers, who sat
in rapt attention ti the splendid ad
diets. Mr, Green's speech was
mostly along educational li'ies,uriug
upon all present the importance of
knowing more of business, more of
soils and being liberal in the support
of ever institution for the spread
of knowledge and showing . to every
tille' of the soil that fellowship
which is necessary to the farmers of
any great county.
Mr. Grden urged upon the fann
ers the necessity of good roads as
one of the best means to educational
success ..nd permanent good. He
spoke very much in favor of rer.il
telephones as an educational aud
business helper in cooperative
work. '
Mr. Greeu insisted ou the one mi
portaut fucr, that nt "Living at
Home." Speaking of the need of
the farmers raising all home sup.
plies, and then becoming as ne r in
dependent' as it is po.-sble for a
farmtr to be.
Speaking 4of cotton, Mr. Green
said that the proper thing, for the
farmer, was to la'se home supplies
first and cotton as a surplus crep to
sell for c:isb.
Now, Mr. Edit r, I am of the
opinion that t ie speecli of Mr.
Green, as a practical, common sens'?
tilk, w'il be remembt-r-d by oar
fanners for quite a time to com .
The business of the Union, was such
that it became necessary to call a
meeting for March 7ih, which was
attended hy delegates 'from twenty
eight locals. This session was mostly
of a business nature and reports from
the corresponding s-cretary showed
the order to be in a most prosperous
condition as to membtrihip and fi
nancially. Mr. Editor, there has been
a great deal said through your col
umns in regard to raising cotton.
Why rai89 cotton when meat will
bring as much money and at the
sim" time give leturns in many
other ways to help build up the land.
Hog and Hominy first, cotton when
you can. The Farmers' Union will
meet in Asheboro on Saturday, May
28th, 1910.
Hurrah for a Farmers Union Pic.
nic in July and Farmers Instiute.
How about it?
Very truly yours,
Wm. R. Julian, 0. S. T.
Another Good Darky Gone.
Wesley Kime, one of the old time
darkies, died at his home near Lib.
erty on last Thursday, March 10th,
at midnight. Wesley was born
and raised in about , two miles of
Liberty. When the' negroes were
set free, Wesley refused to leavn his
"Old Mistress," Miss Polly Kime,
but continued working for her until
her death. I think he was one of
the best old darkies I ever knew, al
ways happy and cheerful and always
had a pleasant word for every one.
He was the town lawn inoerand
poor old '"Uncle Wesley," as tbe
children called him, was always up be
fore sun rise and you could hear him
sharpening his scythe and by the
time breakfast was ready, Uncle Wes
ley was on hand. After bieakfast he
would start in on the yard and no
Yankee invented lawn mower could
touch his work. He was faithful
and his work was well done. Every
one in Liberty was a friend of Uncle
Wesley and no one can: take his
place. The good people of the town
gave Westley a nise burial and I
know he has passed ; over the river
and is new walking the Golden
Streets. "
Peace to your ashes, Uncle Wes
ley, you have gone to where your
poor old back will never ache from
working in our yards.
A White Friend.
Liberty, N. C.March 13, 1910.
Picker Stick And Novelty Company
Chartered. .
The Liberty Picker Stick & Novel
ty Co., of Liberty, Randolph county,
wag chartered last Friday with $25,
000 capital authorized and $3,500
subscribed, by C. R. Curtis, J. A.
Martin and others for making a va
riety of cotton mill supplies.
Mr. J. J. Rushing, of Union
county, killed himself with a pistol
last week.
STATE CONVENTION JULY 14.
State Democratic Committee Adopts Re
vised Party Plan County Cdnveution
to be Held on July 2nd and Primaries
on JuneSMh.
At a meeting .of the Democratic
State Ex"cutive Committee in Ral
eigh on last Thursday night then.
was adop ed a plai fir holdinar ull
primaries for all state aud district
offices on a common day in all the
counties of the State.
The time fixed for. the Stat? con
vention is July 14th, in the city of
Charlotte. The county convention
will be held on July 2nd and the
primaries oa June 25th.
The conventions for nominating
county officers and members of the
general assembly may be held either
at the same time or on anothtr dat
The Judicial convention to nomi
nate a Superior court Juda;e and So
licitor will be ' held before tbe
Stue convention and te Con.
gressional convention will probably
be iield befoie the Stte conven
tion, but the dates for the Judicial
and CongrfBiiont.1 conventions will
be fixed by tie r spective district
committees. - ,
The State conveot'on will nomi
uaie for corporation commits oner a
candidate to succeed Hon. S, L.
Rogers, who it is understood will
dot be a candidate to succeed him
self, Mr H. 0. Brown, the secretary
of the corporation corpmigiion being
now the oniy avowed aspirant for
the position excepting oue, Joh.i II.
iVmson. f Morganton.
. 'f in re are thiee candidates for the
Supreme court to be nominated to
succeed J uHtice Plnf. D. Walkfr, W.
A. Hoknaud J, t-'. Manning. Jusi;e
Walker and Hoke will be renominat
ed without oppesition. Hon. V. li.
Allen, Superior court Jadsieof the
fourth d strict living at Uoldsbiro,
will oppose Justice Mai.niug for the
nomination.
There are few changes in the plan
of organization, the principal one be
ing permission to allow auy county
to adopt m:8 conventions or pri
mary elections where it is desired.
COUNTY TO HAVE TEST FARMS
l'lie Stale to Establish ThemCommls
aionerof Agriculture Gives Assurance
That They Will He Established:'
Major. W. A. Graham, State
Commissioner of Agriculture, has
promised to establish from four to
six experimental farms in Randolph
county. A representative from the
State agricultural department will
be sent to Randolph within the next
few months to locate and confer rel
ative to the ertablishment of these
farms.
Mabor Graham says that it is too
late now for a summer crop but
iu time for winter crops and for a
summer crop next lyear. These ex
perimental farms will consist of from
2 to 3 acres or more, desirab'y situ
ated. The government will furnish
the fertilizers and give dila tions
how to work the crop, the proceeds
going to the farmer doing the work.
Different crops will be grown on
these experiment farms for the pur
pesa of showing, or demonstrating,
the crops which are best' suited for
that particular locality in which the
experiment farm is located. Fuller
aud more complete accounts of the
work ou the .experiment farm and
the advantages the farmers will de
rive from it will be published in
The Courier later.
CANDIDATE FOR THE UNITED
STATES SENATE.
Ex-Governor R. B. Glenn Spoken 0
In an interview published in last
Monday's Washington Post, Ex-Governor
R. C. Glenn is quoted as
follows:
"I am not out of politics," he said.
T am still working for the Demo
cratic party in my State. Msny in
my district, the Fifth Congressional,
re anxious for me to run for Con.
gross, but I have refused absolutely
to allow my name to be nsed in that
connection at all. ' I don't want a
seat in the House. As for the Sen
ate well, I may be candidate some
day, bat I haven't Btarted the ball
to rolling yet." -
Governor Glenn was in .Washing-;
ton speaking in the interest of the
Acti-Saloon League of the District
of Columbia.
OldMeid Break World's. Record.
At'Daytona, Fla last Saturday,
Barney Oldfield drove his 200 horse
power racing car one mile in 27 2-5
seconds, clipping the World's record
4-5 of a second. -
HONOR ROLLS FOR LAST MONTH
Pour Months' Schools Practically Ail
Closed Dates For High School Commencements.-
Practically all f tbe regular four
months' echo Is have closed. Abiut
twenty five schools are still running,
but in almost everv casi these schools
are supported by local tax funds.
Local ta. schools usually run from
five to eight months. The various
high schools-will close about the last
of April and the first of May. The
Farmer. High School will close
April 26ti; Trinity, April 26th; and
Liberty May 3.
Supt. Sharpe ha secured Dr. E.
K. Giaham Dean of tbe Uuiversity
of North Carol na, to deliver the
commencement address at Liberty,
Trinity High School.
The honor roll of the Trinity
school for the last month contains
the following names:
First Grade Jese Bingham,
Bobert E'lis, Claudia Ingram, Wade
Leach.
Second Grade Hazel Johns n,
Herbert Johns n, John Bryant,
Clyde Hill, B.atrice Ingram, Clifford
McCabe.
Thirl Grade Homer Hall, Clar
ence Johnson, Carlie Moore, Mary
Lohr, Ruth Swiggett.
Fourth Gr ide Virginia Johnson,
Bessie Wall.
Fifth Grade Fannie Croker,
Sadie Keddick.
Sixth Grade ltobvit Lowe, Robert
Swiggeit.
Seventh Gride Carrie Cranford,
Victoria Hill, Joe Johnson, Joe
Parkin, Charles Puillips.
High School- Department Carrie
Phillips, Willie P. Mangum Weeks.
Liberty High School.
First Gride Il-arman Amick,
Mmie Bo-vuian, Beriie Bowman,
AllieCook, Charlie Frazier. Alnm
htnart, Mvrtle York, Floyd York,
Hilliard Routh, Margaret Smith.
Second Grade Irene Clapp, John
Wesley Frazier, Worth Frazier, Altie
Hudsou, Lela Mc Masters, Peele
Stuait, Robert Wright, Juanita
Ucece.
Third Grade Lorna Smith, Val
lie Jones, Boyd Reitzfl.
Fourth Grade Clarence Frazier.
Fifth Grade Fleming Patterson,
Peace Staley, Howard McPherson. -
Sixth Grade Eugenia Ruth,
Bernice Pike, Bonnie Hatch, Garnet
Michaux,' Lister Frazier, Emma
Reece, Alleen Curtis, Bland Trogdon.
Eighth Grade Mabel Pickett,
Gladys Highfill, Violet Teague, Ora
Brower.
Farmer High School.
Fiist Grade Tom Hammond, Sid
Eearns,iEstleySearns, Lewis Kearcs,
Alton Kearns.
Second Grade Eugene Homey,
Claudia Trjtter, Emma Trotter.
Third Grade Ctrl Hammond,
Neal Kearns, Lousie Kearns, Ray
mend Nance; Henrietta Loiter.
Fourth Grade Lucile Kearns,
Ethel Kearns.
Sixth Grade Juanita Kearns,
Luna Kearns, Myrtle Barnes.
Seventh Grade Claude Birkhead,
DorJthy Hubbard, Elbert Kearns.
Eighth Gride Addison Birkhead,
Whitson Elliott.
. High Honor Roll Etta Pearce.
For the last two weeks Mr. Brad
shaw, the principal of the Farmer
High School, has been confined to
his room on account of illness. He
hopes to assume control of his work
soon. In his absence the work has
been nnder tbe management of Mr.
A. J. Macon.
White Man Killed By Automobile.
On last Saturday M. W. Christen,
bury, a substantial farmer of Meek
linburg county, was killed by being
run over by George T. Evans, a col
ored chaff eur in charge of an auto
mobile. The Coroner's Jury render
ed a verdict that Evans was criminally
negligent and he will be tried for
manslaughter at the next term of
Mecklinburg Superior Court.
Almost a Destructive Fire.
Last Thursday there was quite a
little excitement when the home of
Mr. J. 0. Redding, the Col. W. P.
Wood residence, caught on fire. It
started from a spark from a chim
ney. Not much damage was done,
although it might have proved very
destructive.
Remington's Press Directory.
E. P. Remington's 1910 Newspa.
per Directory, being the 22nd An
nual Edition, is just out. It con
tains an interesting compilation of
newspaper statistics and values spe
cially arranged in concise form for
ready reference.
NEWS ITEMS.
Thoiiiafivillq id to vote on water
works loudi1.
Mr. Levi Wunn-, aged 65 years,
died at his home near Carthage last
week.
Mrs. Hepsey M. Barber aged 68,
died at her home in Alamance coun
ty recently.
Mrp. lay AMen Arruwood, of
Albemaile, widow of the late Rev.
M. C. Ariowood, died, last Thurs
day, Grand Muster of Masons, R. N.
Hackett, is impioving after an eight
weeks' illness at bis home in Wilkes
boro. The Southern Railroad is spending
$186,0000 in Spencer, N. C. t;
ertCta mamonoutii boiler shop mod
ern in every way.
The next state fair at Raleigh will
last six days and is expected to be
thebigsest event of the kind the
state has ever had
Henry E. Spivey, a negro, was
hanged at Elizabethtown last Friday
for the murder of his father-in-law.
This is to be the last legal hanging
in the state. Hereafter they will be
electrocuted.
Everette McAlnter for the past
six years, general dtlivery clerk in
the Wilmington, N. C. post office,
has been arrested for abstracting
letters containing money. He is a
native of Indiana.
Mr. E E. Powell, son of the man
who shoe Senator Travis, assembly,
man Kitchen and chief of Police
Dunu, at Scotland Neck several
dajs ago, has been warned to btay
away from that place.
Mr. Charles Muse, who has been
connected with the High Point Elec
tric Light Plant for the past twenty
years, has resigned to accept a posi
tion in Koine, Ga., where he and Mr.
0. N, Richardson are interested in
building a pipe foundry.
On last Thursday Mr. Harvey
Pa if, living iu .High Point, poured
gone water in some unslacked lime.
It produced an explosion which so
injured the eyes of Mr. Davis' little-five-year-old
son standing near by,
the sight of both may be permanent
ly lost.
Dr, Eben A'exander, dean of the
faculty at the State University at
Chapel Hil', died at the home of his
son in Knoxville, Tenn., last Fri
day. Dr. Alexander waa, at one
time, U. S. Minister to Greece, Ron
mania and Servia. He was a man
of large and varied acquirements,
and most kindly personality,
Mattamuskeet Lake in Eastern
North Carolina is to be drained by
the Board of Education at consider
able expsnse. This district, in
Hyde county, will ba reclaimed and
a vast acreage of land believed to be
of great value for agricultural pur
poses will be cultivated. The soil is
said to be inexhaustable.
The Greensboro Correspondent of
the News and Observer refers to
Judge Adams as a man who grows
on tbe public, makes little noise and
does not cackle on the nest yet ac
complishes a great deal. This is
not only the opinion of Judge Adams
in Guilford, but it is the opinion of
him in every county where he has
gone.
Handing his wife his pocket book
and ring with the remark, "I have
drunk carbolic acid and am going to
die," Lewis C. Baker, aged 42, en
trusted attache of the Continental
Insurance Company, threw himself
across the bed at his home in Char,
lotte on last Thursday morning, and
lesB than an hour later died in great
agony. He was a native of Rock
Hill, S. C, where he was formerly
a successful mill mm.
In the Red Light District of
Goldsboro on last Sunday afternoon,
Henry Tew shot Mordecai Smith,
another young white man, three
times with a pistol, one of the balls
entering his chest and passing
through his lung. Tew made his
escape. Another shooting affray oc
curred in the same locality on Sat
urday night before at a late hour
when one of the women in a house
of ill fame shot a young man by the
name of Watson, not killing him,
however.
Southern Double Tracking. .
The Southern Railroad's main line
is to be donblo tracked at the rate of
35 miles a month for the next six
months.
Of the 381 miles between Wash
ington and Charlotte, 176 miles have
been double tracked. There are 8
miles of doable track at Spartan
bnrg. .