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TSh9 COUR.IER Leads in Both News and Circulation. DRIER 6 COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. IdBued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per xt,ct VOL. XXXV ASHEBORO, N C, 'THURSDAY, April 28, 1910. No. 17 THE CO' TRINITY COMMENCEMENT. Sermon by Rev. Mr. Stacy Address by Judge Prttchard Play -by literary society. The commencement of the Trinity High SchooLbeganon Sunday the 17, of, April butbecause of the rainon that ' date the sermon was deferred until Tuesday. On Monday night the young gentlemen of the Lycurgan Literary Society gae a dramatic presentation of a play called "Stub" where tne heroine is in danger of losing her fortune by the wiles and schemes of two unprincipled cousins. But, as in the story books, here the right was allowed to triumph and her enemies were defeated. The cast of the principal characters was as follows: Stub, by Miss Bertie White; Stanley, the villim of the play, Spurgeon White; Jack Curtis, the foil to Stanley, Charles Parkin; Squire North, the shyster Uwyer who plays into the hands of Stiley, by W. P. M. Weeks; Logan Marsh, the foster fatbar of Stub, bv Frank El lie; Simon Lord by Eaiery Grav; Harry Ta3h, by Jesse flill; Fred Winfred by Wesley Ridge; G?(rge Karris, by Dayid WhiU; L'iurti Win fred, by Miss Lina Gray; and Helen Vokes, the cousin and accomplice of Staley, by Miss Jewell Parkin. The acting was well done and was muen appreciated by the audience. Tuesday niorning was devoted to the address by Hon. Jeter C. Pritchord, " U. S. Circuit judge for th ) fourth circuit. Judge Pritchard spoke on "Good Citizenship" as his main theme and showed how this was jlosely bound uo with education. He made use of Madison county as a shining ex ample in the past of lawlessness and showed how, enemy tnrouga eauca lion and the abolition of liquor, it had changed from one of the worst to one of the most law abiding com munities in the state. He spoke with enthusiasm of the fortunes of Mara Hill College and showed how a poor community, poor in point of dollars bnt rich in enthusiasm and faith, had risen equal to their opportunities, had been able to erect new buildings and secure a credit able endowment. Such was the en- thusiasm for the school in that com mnnity. he said, that farmers acta ally pla.el mortages on their farms for tbe purpose or increasing us en dowment. He pointed ont also, how closely akin to this forward move. ment in good citizenship is that other movement looking toward more and better industrial education and showed hew a great industrial school at this place wonld serve not only this community and this county cn' the state ana tne nation as wen. Taken 88 a whole, theaddr as was fall sf sound common sense, of ear. nest enthusiasm for a higher and better educated citizenship ana of hope and encouragement for this community. Socially Judge Prison ard created an abiding impression on those he met, for he is a man of great earnestness of purpose, broad culture ana 01 aeep ana sincere nietT The Commencenent Sermon was delivered Tuesday afternoon by Rev. L. E. Stacy, of the Western JNortn Carolina Conference and this year in charge of the Randolph circuit,from John lo:37; xo wis end was x oorn, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto tne trutn. 1. That we have a great mission to fill and a high destiny to attain should be a matter of profound con. viction. 2. In order to do this there muBt be moral earnestness. 3. God has much witness from nature, but the most important is that which is borne by His people. Our great mission in the world is to near whubho uuw iuo uuuu. . Vhat is truth? : 1. What we are in ourselves and what we are in God. We should know ourselves and our destiny and T witness this to the world. We have the materialistic and commercial views of man's nature, but he should be valued in the light of the fact that he is a child of God and can commune with his maker. 2. As to God's being and character, many deny God, as tbe atheist and agnostic. Others forget Him. To forget God is characteristic of this go. We should witness not only that God is but that he is good. 3. As to Jesus and His Gospel. Jesus tne interpreter or ail mystery anu. ine pnuosophy of all history, uoa ""fLliiSfe meat. xu uhi ..gnu w ;r - coming to his final destiny. man is COLD WAVE SWEEPS SOUTH. Millions of Acres of Cottoa Destroyed--Snow 1 Several States. The cold wave which swept over a large part of the South last Sun day and Monday was the most se vere for the time of year and inost disastrous tj crops known of iu years. Tbe thermometer registered 31 de grees above zero in Atlanta, Georgia; and below 40 in many cities. Snow fell as far south as Selma, Alabama; Columbus, Mississippi; and Colum bus, Georgia; In many parts of north Alabama and Mississippi, the fall ranged in depth from one to four inches. There was also, a heavy sleet in many parts. Miilious of acres of cotton were destroyed. State officials in Georgia and Alabama have implored the oil mills to crush no more cotton seed, but sell to the fj.rmers for replant ing. The mills are offering the seed for sale, sometimes charging as much as one dollar a bubhel for then.; and even at the high prices, it is doubt ful whether more than half enough for replanting tbe laud can Le be cured. Fruit is thought to be dam aged in every sonthera state except Florida. Young vegetation of all kinds has suffered. The crop loss is estimated at $(350,000,000. It is remarkable that wnile the south was having December weatber, tbe thermometer in Newfoundland registered 85 degrees in the shade. Mr. L. M. H. Reynolds, of Higli Point, died April 20th, a-d w buried Aunr 21st. Revs. Euos Uar vey and J. E. Thompson conducting the funeral service. The eternity to whicn ne is going has its bright and dark sides, and it is bright or dark according to the eyes through which it is seen. There were no graduates this year. Two yenng men, Mr. Frank A. Ellis and Sir. W. P; M. Weeks, have com pleted three years of the prescribed four year high school course and were awarded certificates to that ef feet. Mr. Ellis will enter college in the fall. lie read as his contribu tion to the commencement and as i graduaticg essay an Exposition of lennyson.s beautiful poem, "Garetc and Lynette" which was presented in the form of reading by the young ladies of the high school. Mr Weeks read, also as an introduction to the reading, a paper on the Rise of the Drama in England. ' The pupils of the public school which nas been conducted concurrently with the high school presented beautiful and successful cantata called "The Moon Queen". The weather was rather cold and unpleasant and this somewhat re duced the attendance, but thanks to tbe caieful training of the lady teachers of the school the whole was carried to a successful conclusion. The attendance for the whole school reached about 150 of whom just fifty were enrolled in the High School division. The State of North Car olina has done nothing else of as much real value in an educational way for the advancement of educa tion iu North Carolina as by th establishment of these county high schools. This is the second year of work at Trinity; The people of the community realize iu value. They have already voted a local tax for its support. With the introduction of industrial features, with tbe intro duction of practical teaching in the school wnicn will give tne pupils who may so elect a practical training in the duties of every day life, the value of the school will increase many fold. What is needed iu North Carolina, is fewer schools whose sole purpose is "to prepare for college" and more schools that give an introduction to me science ot agriculture and the domestio science and to related subjects for which that very large number of pupils wno win never Bee tne msme 01 a college will have immediate and con stantuse. Let the good work of industrial education go on, give us an education that "educates,-that fits for life, no other Bort does. Give the childrea - that which fits them to earn their living Why should the favored few, fiose to whom culture is an enjoyment ai d who can afford it, ' dominate the character of the education of the state? We talk about the progress of North Carolina in manufacturing and along other lines of industry. If she would save nerseir irom me imnracticabilitv iet her ' w " m'uoh of her Caching of thi Pastas am anew aj the Lt v of the new commecialism. iUA .. .. FARMERS' f INSTITUTE MITTEE. COM- Called iTo Meet In Asheboro Monday, ,May 2nd. ' The State Director of Farmers' Institutes has requested that the Chairman of the Institute Com mittee for Randolph county Call a meeting at once to determine what dates and places will be selected for instutes this year. Pursuant fto this request I hae selected next Monday, May 2nd, as a suitable dav, and I shall ask the committee lo meet in the office of the County Board of Education next Monday at twelve o'clock. This is a very' im portant meeting. The State Di. rector has promised me that he will arrange for Randolph couuiy to have three iubtitutes this pear at three different places iu the coiiuty, whereas before we havj only had one institute. It is in the power of til sommittee to fix the dates aa places of these meetings Below I give a list of tue tm-u'beis of tlj (Joiiuty Uomuiiito', and I also re quest that each member nuke un elfo"t to be present next M'nieluy. J. F. Btteson. Ti'uy lli-ddiug, J- M. Ilinsbatv, It indicium Finch, Triwtt ; Wm. U. L'ijUlll IS , Wltigiow, Asheboro, No. 3; Alson Kean Hill's Stoie; 'Aiiilersiu iiarlit.)'; Kemp's Mill; !5. J, Stout, k;ilieeili;ilr,iss Alice Bjrji.ss! Rimear'..i If-inkin Knrmnj lNiiur.n I (: I Miss Partita Luck. Seatirove. Fioule 2- miseu I'hillina. Kullcis: liochlv Swailll, . .. . t . . r i J . Liioem, jereouan jonnson, liooiuiv; Jonas Luthur, PisgaD; J. Low dtrmilb, Seagrove; L. C. Sugg, Erect; J. P. Pbilliis, Arch. Very truly yours, E. J. C'OLTBAXE, . Chairman. ' V0-- 10? ' j REV. G. E. EAVES Who Will Begin A Series Ot Tent Meetings la Asheboro, June 12 th. Col. Paul B. Means Dead. After several weeks of intense suf ferine.' Col. Pacl B. Means died at tha Presbyterian Hospital in Char. Iotte Wednesday afternoon of last week. Col. Means lived in Concord. He was born in 1845 and was a son of Gen. Wm. C. Means. Col Means was. all of his life, an active democrat, a lawyer of fine ability and a man of high integrity. He has been a member of the state Dem ocratic Executive Committee as -long as the editor of The Courier can re member, and never missed a meeting until h declining years. Death of Mrs. Freeman. Mrs. Mvria Freeman, wife of John L. Freeman, died on Friday of last week after a lingering illness at her home in Archdale in Randolph county. The deceased is survived by a husband and seven children. She was a cousin of Sheriff Hay worth and a highly esteemed and most es timable lady. Miners Entombed. In au explosion last week at the Mulea Mine, near Birmingham, Ala bama, forty-five miners were hope- leei'y entombed, and recovery of the bodies has been difficult. Up to Friday night, twenty-six bodies had been recovered, but they were so badly burned that inentification was almost impossible. . For the first time in twenty years the Democrats have elected a con gressman to represent the thirty second dUtrict inJfewJf orL.....BJ THE LAST MONTH Next month will close the popularity contest which The Courier has been running, and in addition to the grand prizes which will be given at the close and the club raiser's prizes which are given all along, we will give special prizes to any one who sends in the largest number of paid annual subscriptions. These special prizes will be announc ed in our next 'issue and any one, whether in the contest or not, can enter the race, get up clubs and secure valuable and useful prizes during May. Write The Courer for full par ticulars and list of prizes. LIST OF CONTESTANTS. Miss Moleta Yow. C3nlr.il Falls Mrs. A. B. C.'lirane. Glcnola 95.573 57.205 20.138 1 J. 765 10.114 ' Miss Mary White. Glenoia K.iss Llzie C!n(;rj!. Lil.ertv "'S3 Bellve S'wimiinr'ter. Hiiis 5lor9. I Miss Nnliio ) )r !uii. Trinity Miss Bossij Farmer. Kamlleman .... 8.03 7.12 ri'ss lytaiiu t tin's. ri:imseur Miss Ellis Presne I. M.uhfhld Miss Una Coia. Downy 6.60 7.41 6.75 5. .576 4.U5 3.7C 2. 93 ' i"3 M-iud Foushee. Staley 2.200 2.500 2.220 2.000 '! iss Stella Kelly. Trov Msasie Ainenson. Triniiv M s Emma Pierce. Seaurov Miss Ellis Harvell. Abner Miss Man Stuart. Franklinville... 2.94 1.800 Miss Cora Vuncannon. Seayrove 1.502 Miss Ida Cox. Ralph l.iu Mist Ms ha Frai er. Frank invie S3 Miss Myrtle Pmih. Asheboro. Route 1 2.000 miss Lydia Lassiter. Lassiter. Miss Linnle Dorsett. Farmer. Miss Mamie Ellis, Millboro '. 400 NEWS ITEMS. vThere was a snow storm in Ashe ville, N. C.j last Sunday morning. Mr. D. B. Leach, of Erect, who is 92 years of age, is critically ill. A reunion of the Confederate veterans, of Randolph 'County, will be held in Asheboro May tenth. Mrs. Eugene Murray Short, of High Point, announces the engagement of her daughter, Cammie Codman, to James Edward Miller, also of High Point. The wedding will take place in June, High Point, N. C. . Senator Overman has been tie leader in the Senate against the pas sage of tne mu appropriating $65,000 to investigate the cause of the high cost of living. He has endeavored to show that the . inves tigation was for political purposes, especially for the purpose of vindi cating the new tariff law. The movement nas entirely collapsed. - The Sanford and Troy Railroad. formerly known as the Raleigh and Western Railway, extending from Colon to Cumnock, a distance of eight miles, connecting with the Seaboard Air Line at Colon, has opened for traffic- The stations are Colon, McQueens, Burns siding and Cumnock. This road connects with the Durham and Charlotte Railway at Gulf, and will be ex tended to Sanford as soon as ar' rangements can be made to cross the Seaboard SnufoH TO FARMER BOYS OF RANDOPH. A L,tter From the County Superintend ent that Should Interest Every Earn est. Active Farmer Boy In the County. After May 10th v,e shall not ad mit any boys at all to the Corn Growing contest. Therefore it be comes necessary for all farmers and their sons who are interested in these corn contests to "get busy" at once. Any application mailed af,ter May 10th will not be considered. There are about 160 boys in the county now who have entered the contest. We earnestly hope to have 200 in all. The State Department of Agricul ture is making an effert to enroll 10,000 boys in tbe state, tnd Jvan dolph will not do her duty unless she enroll 200 boys. The various prizes offered should create au interest iu corn growing such ss has never been known in our county. The 1000 worth of priz-s offered by Tin? Progressive Farmer and Giizeitt: the si'ver trophy offered by the Norfolk aad Western Rail waj; the fr.-e trip to Washington of fcred by Dr. Knapr, representing the U. S, Depart nie'it of Agricul ture, the $50'' offered by the Stale Department of Agriculture; and tbe numerous valuable prizes aaioiiiitiiiir to more th:tu $300 offered by pro gref.sive citizens in Randolph una also in pnrtieulttr townships should bring at least 20.0 boys in the con test, and there- is no reason why we should rot expect even 400 bovs. Such an airay of premiums and such interest in practical agricultnre as a part of school work have never been deamed of. Mr. T. B. Parker writes that he has designed a button and will have several thousand made ft. as to give one to each member of tha corn clubs. These buttons are one inch in diameter, with blue back ground, aronnd the edge of the button in white letters: "N. C. DeDartment ox agricultnre." la the upper cen ter in red letters the word. "Rnv" under this in yellow the picture of an ear or corn, and below that in red tne word, "Clui , meaning, North Carolina Department of Ag.iculture Boys' Corn Club. Every toy will be glad to have one of these buttons and you may secure and wear one if you agree to enter the clnb in this countyf -1 note that the Progressive rarmer wui also nave buttons of a somewhat different design which will oe uisr.riour.ed rrom that office. Please bear in mind that a bov may compete for all the prizes offer. ed. A boy in a township when a prize is onered competes for the town ship, county, state, and even Nation al prizes. Also Dlease rememher that a boy who expects to win prize must fill out an application Diana- wnicn l will furnish UDon bd plication to this office. Just send. ing tne name to me or even if yon give it to your teacher will not suf fice. The application blank must oe ruled out and sent to me. There is no time to be lost. your father today. Ask him to let yon have an acre of land and begin work at once. It is not too late. Last year the boy who won the state prize planted his corn on the eighth ciay ot May. Let us "get busy" at once. If you wait on some other boy, that other boy, will win theorize uu most iiiceiy mae a better man. i snail be glad to inrush the ap plication blanks and regulation leaf let,, x lease lei me nave iuu more boys to enter at an early date. J. UOLTBANB, Co. Supt of Schools. Killed by Lightning. Mr, W. R. Troedon. of Anadarko. Oklahoma, formerly of Moore coun ty, N. C, a brother-in-law of Mrs. S. L. Hay worth, and Mr. ;S. E. Lowdermilk, of Asheboro, was struck by lightning Wednesday of last week and instantly killed. Mr. Trogdon leaves many relatives and friends in this and adjoining coun ties, who will sympathize with the bereaved family in their western home. Laymen's Convention. In has been pointed out that the last week in May will likely be a very busy time on the farm when it will be unlikely that many farmers can attend a missionary meeting; therefore the date for holding the Laymen's Missionary Convention has been changed from the last of May to July, theexact data will he AYC0CK DIES DENLY. SUD- Heart Failure the Cause of Death A Prominent North Carolinian. Hon. Benjamin Franklin Ayccck, State Corporation Cominissiooer.died suddenly at his home in Fremont, N. C, April 26.. Mr. Aycock had been in poor health for several months, but seem ed so much improved Tuesday that he went up town and out to his farm near town. After returning home in theeveuing and eating sup per, while sitting bv the fire, he eud elprlv fell fnm his ohtt'r ded. He HOSf. HUXJ.OIIN F. AYCOCK. had suffered from heart trouble for some time. .Mr. Aycock served as State Sena tor four times, was at one time a director for the Deaf and Dumb School at Merman ton, and also a trustee of the State Normal College. Greensboro. He took aa active nert as a Stafa Spnarnr in oofaK. lishing the State Normal and Indus trial College. He was elected Cor poration Commissioner in 1903. . Mr. Aycock is survived by a wife and seven children, beside two broth ers, Mr. William Aycock, of Florida, and ex-Governor Charles B. Aycock, of Raleigh. The seven childrea are: William T., Flora, Clarence, Wiley, Ivor, B.-n King, and Her man Aycock. Man Missing. . Mr. R. L. JacKson,of Petersburg,"'" Virginia, a brother of Miss Lena Jackson, of the High Point Business college left hit home ou the even ing of April 16th tafiihglllr hrm money to pay some bills. He stopped at the stora where his daughter worked telling her that he would be at nome by ten o clock, but did not return that night nor since. His brothers and friends with the chief of police and detec tives have been carrying on a vigor ous search, but in vain. It is fear ed here that there has been foul play. . Mr. Jackson was about 43 veers of age, and leaves a wife and several children. Death of Mrs. Hall. Mrs. John W. Hall died at tha home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hall, in south Asheboro, where she had lived for sometime, on Apnl 26, and was buried in tbe M. E. cemetery here yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Hall was seventy or more years of age. She was esteemed by maty friends, whose1 sympathy goes out to the bereaved relatives. Mrs. Hall was the wife of Mr. John Hal), a confederate veteran, and the daughter of the late Emsley Staff oid. She was raised tin the southwestern . part of . Randolph county, was a consistent member of the Methodist church for years. She is survived by her husband, J. W. Hall, at the Soldier's Home, one son, Mr. Hall, of Trinity, and one daughter, Mrs. W. C. Hall of this place. Proposed Trolly Line. Messrs. J. B. and B. N. Duke. the Southern Power promoters and multi-millionaires propose to build a trclly line from" Anderson, South Carolina, to Ueensborn, North Car olina, going by Charlotte and Salis bury, to carry freight as well as passengers. It is said the cost of the line will be five million dollars, -which, of coarse, tbe Messrs. Duke can raise, though the people along tne route wui probably nelp them. : HON. B.
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