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T5he COURIER Leads in Both News and Circulation. E COURIER. GAe COURIER Advertising. Columns Bring Results. "jl jlI ttbcd Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per x ear VOL. XXXV ASHEBORO, Nl C; THURSDAY, April 21,1910. No. 16 LEAVES FROM A COURIER REPRESENTATIVE'S NOTE BOOK. NEW ORLEALS Glimpse of New Orleans Interesting Boat Ride Down the "Father of Waters "Sugar and Rice Planta tions Orange Groves Oyster Beds The' Levees and Jetties. Last summer letters were written to the readers of The Courier from Alaska, telling of ;the1wonirous beauty, the glaciers, snow-covered mountains, beautiful streams, and hospitable people " of that far-away northwest land. Now letters will appear, from time to time, frpm notes gathered on the way from New Or ' leans to Panama. In the beginning, it will, perhaps, not be out place to say thatif there could have been an exchange in the line of climate, I perhaps would not have been entertaining a souvenir in the . .shape of a case of malaria since my return, but the trip was worth it, and do not miss it if an opportunity presents itself. Leaving home about February 1st, in the coldest weather of ' winter, and arriving in New Orleans in time for a cold spell for that section, presumably for Mardi Gras celebration, then within five d'lys finding oneself in a temperature of 8'3 in the shade, is it any wonder that a person is affected by a change of climate ? After the meeting of the National Editorial Association, which - celebrated its "silver anniversary,'' the persons who had planned to go to Panama left the Grnuewald Hotel; bag and baggage, for " the St. Joseph wharf, from which they were to sail for Panama. On taking Samantha Allen's advice to "get on ahead of time, " we arrived at the wharf first of all, so had time to see men unload ing a boat of ore which had been shipped from Spain. From this " ore sulphuric acid was to be made"" Thirty-five hundred tons were hrnno-ht. over at a cost of $2.50 a ton for shiDDiner. The boat was twenty-six days in coming and was the reason the ore was snipped at sucn a smaii cose. On Board the Steamship " Cartago. " . When it was found that the editorial party was to go to Pan ama on a "Fruiter," many had misgivings, but a3 the different ones came aboard the first thing was the exclamation, "Oh, how nice 1" The "Cartago" is owned by the United Fruit Company, built in Belfast. Ireland, in 1908, at a cost of $500,000, about half of what it would have cost to have been built in the United States, as wages are cheaper and there is not so much graft. It is a 5,000 ton steamer, 394 feet long, has splendid decks and beautiful state - rooms, some with private baths. About ten minutes before leav ing time the whistle blew, and the alarm" was given tot all persons except those who were going, to "clearthe ship.' A tug boat came up and helped pull us around, turning the head of our boat down the "Father of Waters," While we were turning, the fifty China men, who were laborers on the boat, continued their New Years' celebration by sending off about I25Q worth of fire crackers. The Chinese years nuvover, sometimes "being thirteen month?. There fore, this year, February 10th, was New Years day in China, and the Chhiamen aboard were loyal to their native custom. There - a vwy little Amarican ahnnt our fihjp escept thQ passengers, as she floated the British flag, was manned by British officers and had a crew of fifty Chinamen. There is a rule that ships have to float the flag of the country in which the ship was built. It is said there are very few ships flying the United flag, perhaps only about seven, engaged in carrying on the commerce of the world. t After locating state room No. 25, and deciding which of the three of us should have the lower, which the upper birth, and which the settee for the trip we went on deck to get. A Glimpse of New Orleans. As we were passing out down the river, boats from different countries were coming in and going out,nearly all flying foreign flags. Wharves were packed with all kinds of merchandise barrels of sugar and molasses, pags of nee, etc. xne large sugar rennery, erected at a cost of $4,000,000. is said to be the largest in the world, was pointed out. The refinery have docks of their own and their ships ply between all southern ports and are loaded and unloaded at their docks by the most modern machinery. The Chalmette monument, marking the spot!where the famous battle of New Orleans was fought loomed up as if in announcement of one of the bloodiest battles in history. It was here that " Old Hickory " Jackson defeated the British in the war of 1812. Traces of the earthworks built by Jackson's men may still be seen near the monument A United States nag was seen nesting over tne Na tional cemetery, where for more than a century many British sol diers have slept. v Interesting Boat Ride Down the Mississippi River. Absence of geographical knoweldge caused many of us surprise at the distance from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico. Leaving New Orleans at 11 o'clock we spent the entire afternoon in going down the "Father of Waters," a distance of 110 miles, and each mile was full of varying interest. We were fortunate in having with us Mr. Fox, Secretary of the Waterways Commission, who was reared on one of the plantations along the river, and who knew of all the country round about rmntrir and of "ve olden times" "Big House" and the "niggers places where the river had absorbed the land, taking away, m some instances, the site of the home. On either side there were sugar and rice plantations, orange groves and all kinds of truck farms, many sugar mills with their tall smoke stacks. Except in times of low water the river is many feet higher than the land, therefore the shores on either side are protected by levees. These are made of dirt, much of it taken from the bed of the river in low water. The levees are held in place by large planks forming a wall, the planks are made mostly, of cypress and they are dipped in creosote to make them more durable. The course of the Mississippi is very crooked.' Mark Twain, who was once a Mississippi pilot, said" that if you 'should peel an apple so that the whole skin would be in one peeling, and should throw it over your shoulder, the way it would look as it fell on the floor - would be much like the lower part of the Mississippi river.. -. Forts Jackson and St Philip guard the river.' The position from a strategetical standpoint is considered one of the Lest The famous Louisiana oyster, comes from the oyster beds in this region. 7 It is said that its excellent flavor comes from its growth in the : salt water beds from the Gulf of Mexico and from being fed on the "' deposits from the Mississippi river. ? Many of these oysters are . known as swamp oysters 'T TO PANAMA. came for a load of lumber. That ; he talked interestingly oi tne when the Dlanters lived in the in the cabins." He pointed out R. Z. LINNEY DIES SUDDENLY. Prominent lawyerElected to Congress Three Times A Flue Orator. Hon. R. Z. Linney died suddenly oa Friday afternoon, April 15th,. at his ofhee in laylorsville, K. O. He bad jast driven into town from his farm two miles away, and seem ed in fiae health and spirits, greeting his friends with pleasant words. Accompanied by Lawyer R. B. Burke. Mr. Linney arrived at his office and attempted to open the door, but the lock was hard to turn, and he asked Mr. Burke to try it. Fie stepped back and next moment fell heavily to the floor, dying iu less than five minutes .befcra Mr Burke c nld secure a physician . Mr. Linney was 68 yars of age. He was eduoated at York Institute and at Taylorsville under Mr. Mil- U"ti. He studied law ncd-r Uol. Arinfield at Wilke3loro, was licensed in 1867 or 1868, and beg:ui practic ing Ijw -at- Taylor.ml'e.. - He iw.u pronvueiit h the Uppubli:n p-irty of late years ami tltf-.e timed elected to the State SeiiiUt) as n dnr.rib ai d three tinier, to.Cougr?S3 as a RJ puUican. lie was one of the it most foremost oiitoi s and prominent lawyers. Mr. Linney was manied hi 1805 to Mir.s Poi'cns Steversou; ai.d to them; were born 6 children, all of vvhorn survive the:r father. They are: Solicitor Fran Linney, of Boom; Dr. Rom Z. Linnev Jr, of Hopetm, Oklahoma; Mrs. J. W. Henndren, of Stony fo nt; Mr. W. D. Deal, of Taylorivillt; Miss Hester C. Lin ney, of Roanoke, Virginia; and Miss Blanche C, Linney, of New York. Guilford Collage News. The Guilford College Graded Schools will have their closing exercises in the Memorial Hall next Friday night and Saturday, April 22nd and 23rd. .The Y. W. C. A. gave a social on the la wn last Saturday night at which ice cream and various other refreshments were served. Besides the refreshments, two quartette and a lantern drill were interesting features. It was an enjoyable occasion and a neat sum was turned into the T. W. C. A. treasurer. The annual oratorical contest of the Web eterian Literary Society will come off on April the 23rd at 8 o'clock in the Memorial Hall. Among the six speakers is a Randolph eoun'y boy. Quite a little enthusiasm can be seen in fllenlir as a result Of the -two games with Carolina. In these cames each collem took one, but if it had not been for the fact that Shaw, Guilford's pitcher, hurt h a hand. I V, . ,.. . . t n ,. . . . . Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Williams visited at Guilford would have taken bath games.,.,, , , . ; , T. olinn i , , 6 I Mr. Frank Howell's last Sunday. being left, one with Wake Forest and one " " w "v 8me with Winston-Salem. The Randolph boys here were glad to hear that Asheboro beat High Point in the recent debate between the literary societies of the two places. The Jetties. Instead of the Mississippi having a mouth, as is usually sup posed, it has five. The best description is the arm (if it were crooked) representing the river and the fingers the five mouths. The irmddle finger j represents the South Pass through which we passed, and by the way, before entering the pass our boat slowed up and stopped at the pilot station, where the river pilot left us and the bar pilot came aboard. The water in the different mouths of the river was not of sufficient depth for large vessels to come in, so Capt James B.Eads planned and constructed jetties, which are river walls reaching from twelve miles up the river out into the Gulf of Mexico, thereby giving more depth and more force in order that the mud and silt might be carried on into the Gulf. The jet ties are made from willows, cut from the banks of the river placed in mattress shape two hundred feet square, then they are rafted to place needed, put in position and weighted down with rocks. Deposits of mud and silt from the water gradually washing down make the whole mass a solid wall. On the top of the walls grass and willows are growing, which presented a natural appearance. - The estimate of the Mississippi Commission is that there is a yearly discharge of mud and silt in the water that would make a mass of earth one mile square and 200 feet thick. There is another channel now being constructed, the Southwest Pass ; when com pleted it will be considerably wider and deeper than the present one, and larger vessels may enter. About sunset we reached the Gulf of Mexico ; on entering the line of demarkation was as plain as if it had been drawn by a pen cil on canvass. The water m the river dark and muddy, that of the Gulf clear and blue, forming a ridge which looked about a foot high as they came together. I was reminded of Tennyson's poem, "Crossing The Bar:" " Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me, And may there be no moaning bar." , When I put out to sea. . ' "But moving tide asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the deep . . Turns to it earliest home. ;V ' Twilight and evening bell, ' And after that she dark ! - - - And' may there be aoead farewell, When I at last embark ; . u "For tbo' front time and place, ".- Ths flood may bear me tar, . U " I hope to see my Pilot's faoe, - V- - .- ' : When I bay arose sd ths bar." - . - . V PROPOSITION TO v CLUB RAISERS The valuable prizes which we are offering- to club raisers are proving most satisfactory to those who have sent in clubs and selected any of these prizes. The silver ware is especially (at tractive. Any person, whether they are a contestant or Inot, may get up club3 for these pre miums. These premiums consist of fountain pens, . teaspoons, ta blespoons, knives and forks, 42 and 47 piece dinner sets, clocks, ladies' and gentlemens' watches and many other valuable and useful articles. These prizes are given for clubs of from six to seventy subscriptions. We will ba glad to mail a detailed list of the premiums to any one who wiahes it. Addres3 a card or "Liter to th? Contest Depart ment of tha Go'irier, Asheboro, N.-C, asking for one of these lists. You can secure the pre miums and can give all the vote3 to hich you may be entit led to any one of the contestants. LIST Or CONTESTANTS. Miss Mo tYow. Central Falls 8G.9 17 Mrs. A. d. O-.ilVana. olenola 57.2,5 Miss Miry Whiio. tileno'a 26.13-3 Miss Uitie Ciimsron. Liberty 13.765 Miss Betiye Siiambimier. Hiils Stora 99.44 Miss Nellie Jordan. Trinity 8.03 1 Miss Bessie fanner. Randleman 7.122 Miss Mjud Purlis, Ramseur 6.60 1 Miss Effie Prcsneil. MichfielU 7,0 1 9 Miss Lena Cole. Dewey 6.75 1 Miss Myrtle lohnson. Worthville 5.376 Miss Alice Burgess. Ramseur 4.0 1 4 Miss Bertha Luck, Seagrove. Route 2 3.70 1 Miss Maud Miller, Fullers. Route 1 2. 981 Miss Maud Foushee. Staley 2.200 Miss Stella Kelly, Troy 2.500 Miss Maggie Albertson. Trinity 2.020 Miss Emma Pierce. Seagrois 2,000 Miss EHie Harvell, Abner 2.94 7 Miss Mary Stuart. Franklin.llle 1.80O Miss Cora Vuncannon, Seagrois 1,602 Miss Ma Cot. Ralph 1,201 Miss Mella Frailer. Franklinville 951 Miss Myrtle Pugh, Asheboro, Routs 1 2.000 Miss Lydia Lasslter, Lasslter. 613 Miss Linnle Dorselt, Farmer 416 Miss Lola Troqdon, Asheboro, Routs I ..... . 404 Miss Mamie Ellis, Millboro - 400 - i" . J AbSMr Haws. , . Cleveland Hurley and Miss Qaeenie Lucas, both of Abner, were married lBt Sunday, David Cagle officiating. The groom is a son of W. P. Hurley, the bride a daughter of Isaiah Lucas. Mioses Ina and Liza Kewsome, of Frank inville, visited relatives here last week . and attevded commencement atOphir. Miss Vina Howell has returned home front an extended visit to relatives at different places. Mrs. Lena Latham is on the sick list this We are having a good Sunday School at Macedonia. B. W. Huin will conduct prayer meeting for us Sunday at 11 o'clock, and Sunday at 10. Two Morman Elders were in this com munity recently. Mrs. i. W. Steed Writes ion Chrysanthe mum Culture. Dear Readers: I have been requeetei to give the Courier my method of growing chrysanthemums. I have no doubt, numbers of others could give better methods than mine, but I have grown fine ones this way. TakiDg the motto in consideration "Let what helps you, help others," will tell how I grow mine. For Growing In Open Ground or Betl. Have the soil thoroughly loose, and enricoed with a good amount of well rottel cow manure. Plants can be set out any time after Hie ground has become warm, until the middle of June; and make lurge blooming plants by fall. The chrys anthemum delights in a rich 'null, with plenty of sunshine and moist ure. If you wish a bushy plant, the taps of the youn plants should be phicued out, when six or eight inc:ie3 bigh. A' lo your shoofs to glow fiotn this main tiULk, when tlK-seirj four iuches high, pinch out the bud ;tud suve three or four of the braiichtd that tvill spring from each tf ttucsd limbs. Allow, these l.:t brtuchea to attain a height tf tixiachts, t!ien p:nch out the top for the List time. This should nut be later thau August lt. It large size llowers aie wanted allow only one flower to each (ranch, pinching out butone peifect bud, as fast us they appear. The plants can be lifted aud potted September 1st. Give a thoiough watering aud set in the shade for a few dayj. Af terwards expose them to the full light. Pot Culture of Chrfiaulheoiniul, Best soil for potting young plants, 3 parts good garden soil 1 part well rotted cow manure. Add one pint each of bone meal and wood ashes to each bushel of compost, mix well. Have good drainage in bottom of pots, set young plants out in May trim to single stem if youJwi6h extra large flowers, carefully pinching out all Bide shoots or suckers as they appear, pinch .pat all tha buds,, save the strongest one and water with liquid cow manure once, a week, un til the buds begin to show color, tnen water only, witja clear water. being careful to keep water off the nowers. Ke-pot the first of August, eat in a shady place for a few days. If insects bother the young plants, dust with snuff. When the main stem has attained gttwfch f aibanriaii unch the top out of it, leaving four or five eyes, which' will start out side branches, when these Bide branches have attained a growth of about four inches, pinch them, same as- the main stem. When the buds appear yon can dis-bud each branch, leav ing only the stionge't bud. Mulch the pots with well rotted cow ma nure. Repot in August. Hoping that this letter may be helpful to chrisanthemum growers and that more women may grow them for the show in the fall, I am Most truly, Mbs. J. W- Steed. April 15th 1910. Steeds, N. C. " Mr. Israel Lowdcrmtlk Dead. Mi. Israel Lowdermilk, a well known and highly esteemed citizen, of the southern part of Kandolph county, died Monday, April 18, after suiitriog lur montus irom paraiyair. The funeral services were held at Pleasant Hill M. P. Church Tues day; Mr. Lowdermilk was eighty-one years of age last November. Be ia survived by four brothers, two sis ters, fonr sons and four daughter", besides grandchildren and great grandchildren. The sorrowing sons and daughters are: Airs. J. V. Phillips, of Noise, N. O.; Mrs. S. . Lowdermilk, of Asheboro; Mrs. S. L. Bay worth, of. Asheboro; Mr. E. F. Lowdermilk, of Richmond county; Mr. L. A. Lowdermilk, of Oklahoma; Mrs. S. B. Leach, of Erect, N. C; Mrs. Rolando Trogdon, of Oklahoma; and Mr. L. T. Low dermilk, of Kansas. V. M. C A. Campaign In Greensboro. Committee of citizens and busi ness men of Greensboro under the direction of Mr. M. 0. Williams, are making a vigorous effort to raise $65,000 by April 27th for a proposed Y. M. O. A. io Greensboro. Mr. Williams, who has conducted similar campaigns in other states is confi dent that the amount will be raised by tbe specified time. Forty-five per cent of the amount was pledged on the second day of the campaign. For the first time in twenty years, the Democrats of the thirty second district, New York, have recently elected a congressman. . CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. Premium List Arranged For Floral Exhibit To Be Held Here Next Fall. ' The members ef the Asheboro Betterment Association have ai rang ed the following premiums for the annual Chrysanthemum Bhow next fall. In addition to Chrysanthe muns, ferns and begonios will be admitted. Evtry woman ia Ashe boro and Randolph county should enter the race f c r one at leaEt of the magnificent prizes. Chrysanthemum). Finest plant, thiea bloomp, any variety; $5.00 in gold from Bank of Randolph. Finest plant, ostrich plume, 12 or more blooms, any color: $5.00' in gold, First National Bank. Best general collection cut flowers, one vast; Rexall fountain nen. J. T. Underwood. Fiuest plant, 6 blooms, white: one 4S pound bag flour, Asheboro Roller Finest hnf G bloomg, yellow, Rnsr, Morris-l-i- trburo-Muffitt-Co. Finest plain. 6 blooms, bla'ck hawk; can of coli' c, W. D. Stedman & Sou. Finest riant, G bloom?, pink: 1 case of tJmatOf?, Asheboio Grocery JO. Finest plant, 0 bloom?, mixed va riety; box tine elutiouery llandolph Built tin. Finest plant, 6 blooms bronze; jar of Heinz apple butter, A. 0. Ftrree. One vase of 20 largest blooms, cream; one 48 pound bag flour, Crown Milling Co. ' One vase of 20 largest blooms, yellow; 1 case of peaches, Lexington Grocery Co. One vasa of 15 largest blooms, pinrk; 1 piece of china McCrary-Red-ding Hardware Co. One vase of 15 largest blooms, white; 12 pairs stocking?, Acme Hosiery- Mills. - ' - One vase of 15 blooms, Lillian Bird; 1 pair silver cuff pine, N. P. Cox. ' One vase of 15 largest blooms, Black, Hawk; hair brush, Spoon & Redding. One vase best general collection old fashioned varieties; 1 pair shoes, J. L. Norman. Best general collection cut flowers, from "Rural District;" $5.00 in gold Womans' betterment Association of Asheboro, Ferns. Unest plant, Ostiirt 4rinuv, um brella, Wood & Moring. Finest plant, Boston Sword; table, Borne Building and Materiel Co. Finest plant, Set of Silver; tea spoons Lewis-Winslow Hardware Co. Finest plant, Asparagus Spren gerii; picture, O. R. Fox. Finest plant, Asparagus Plumo gus; step ladder, Asheboro Wheel borrow Co. I" FineBt plant, Shaking roses Conner. N Best collection Putted plants, hand embroidered piece; Mrs. W. D. Stedman. Vi2 V .us center Finest Japanese Fern,' hand paint ed North Carolina toast; Mrs. W. C. Hammer. Begonias. Finest plant, Rex; 1 bottle Toilet Water, Standard Drag Co. Finest plant, Flowering; 1 rock ing chair, Asheboro Chair Co.. Finest plant, Tuberous rooted; 13 fine chrysanthemums plants; Ashe boro Electric Co. Governor Kitchen Appoints George P. Pell Judge. Governor Kitchen has appointed George P- Pell, of Winston-Salem,, who has not been a candidate, to fill out tbe unexpired term of Judge E. B. Jones, resigned, although J. 0. Buxton, 0. 0. McMichael and others have striven for the appointment. Mr. Pell will not be a candidate for the Judgeship before the next regu lar convention. It will be remembered here that Governor Fowle in 1890, pursued a similar course, when he appointed Judge McCorkle to succeed Judge Sbipp, deceased, with the under standing that he was to give away to Judge Hoke, Justice, and Vann before the regular convention. Mr, Pell will become judge of the eleventh district May 7. He is an able lawyer, having recently issued, "Pell's Annotated Code of North Carolina." On Tnnrsday morning, .April 14, Mrs Bailie Jones, wife of Mr Coler Jones, of Mt Airy, committed sui cide while on a visit to her father, Elder Gabriel Denny, of Pilet Moun tain. Mrs. Jones was men tally de ranged by IU health. - ,
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