TShe COURIER Leads in Both News and . X Circulation. me COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. W I P. Issued Weekly. ; ' J PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. - - : l.OO Per x ear voLXXxys ; - .v.'.'.-.v,;: ashebqro,; n c, TyuRSDMay2M9ioT . . N0.21- WASHINGTON LETTER, Champ Clark's Great Speech Wasteful' ness Id Caring for ( Old Soldiers ' Prospect ot Republican Defeat Next November. ... f" , ' From Tavenner,' The Courier's Washington Cor. respondent. The Payne-Aldrich-Smoot tariff revision was upward by approxi mately 1.71 per cent, and has al ready resulted in increased prices. Hon. Champ Olark, of Missouri, leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, delivered a speech, which was a moBt effective answer to the Republicans who have attempted to feed the publio on the assertion that the rayne-AldriCh bill "was the best tariff bill" ever passed, ana wno are aesperaieiy in neeu oi campaign material for use in the approaching congressional elections. The Minority Leader denounced the proposed appropriation or &2oO, 000 of the people's money for the purpose of enabling the Republicans to gather data with which to prove that the new tarirt law is a troo-send to the country. He denounced the joker in the su ear schedule. He deplored a condi tion which permits the steel truatand other monopolies to sell their manu factured products cneaper to toreign era than to Americans. In saor: Mr, Clark's speech will go down as one of the great Democratic Key notes of this session of Congress.. " "It is true," admitted Mr. Clark, "that we reduced the duty of lum ber, and that the lumber trust mark ed up the price of lumber $1 per thousand-feet before the last of us trot out of Washington. And if the Department of Justice had done its datv it would by this time have filled the jails so full of lumber t-nst magnates that tneir arms anu legs would stick out or tne windows and doors." Mr. Payne, the Republican leader says that he and his cohorts will meet us in November. They will meet us because they cannot help themselves, and they will receive one of the bloodiest lickings they have had since 1892. ' The Demo cratic party now stands shoulder to shoulder, while the Republican party p eients the appearance of a dissolv ing view. While ths Bum of $5,000,300 is being spent annua'ly by the govern ment f or,the maintenance of soldiers' h )mes, the Republicans are forcing the old soldiers to subsist on from 11 to 14 cents worth of food per day. Although the cost of maintaining the soldiers' home more than doubled in the ten years between 1898 and 1908, the number of soldiers cared for incr aed only 7 per cent. Frederick M. Kirby, the young interior department stenographer who was dismissed -because he ad mitted that Oscar Lawler, an ap- Sointee of Ballinger, had practically ictated President Taft's letter ex onerating Ballinger, was the sole support of a mother; wife and babe. He had worked hard ad conscien tiously for five years to reach the po sition ha ocoupied when dismissed. "The new rates and classifications in the cotton schedule," says Sena tor Dolliver, Republican, 'operate to increase duties very materially on most cotton cloths. In fact, the Aldrich revision off this schedule was one of the most daringly iniqui tous features of the new tariff. The production of agricultural imple ments is largely in the hands of a trust, arid the trifling reduction of 5 per cent, on these products was merely for the purpose of attempt ing to fool the farming community." In his speech on the tariff Champ Clark declared that if President Taft had vetoed the Payne-Aldrich-Smoot tariff bill, he could have written his name among the conn try's greatest benefactors. "But he let the golden opportunity go by un improved' added the minority leader, "and it will never return to him as long as tne grass grows or water runs." ' rhe New Name. Tr,e General Conference of the M. E. church South, in Asheville last week voted to change the name of the denomination to the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. The name cannot however be legally changed before the next general conference after the annual confer esces have approved the change by a three-fourths vote. On May 20th, the town of Mays Tille, Oklahoma was wiped off the map by a tornado and several per son! were killed. , FOREIGN .CRUISE. One of Uncle. Sam's Sailor's From Kan- dolph Writes ot Doings in the' Navy. The prospects of an interesting foreign cruise in the near future are pleising to every man Berving in the home fleets. Two squadrons of cruisiers are in South America this summer to help celebrate the birth of liberty on the east coast and then on the west; but the most popular trip will be the one made by the United States Atlantic Fleet to the Mediterranean. A squadron was organized April 5, under command of Rt-ar Admiral s. A. Staunton, consisting of the North Carolina. Montana. South Dakota,1 Tennessee, . and Chester It is known as the United States Special Ssrvice Squadron. This squadron was due to arrive at Buenos Ayrts, Argentina, May 19, to participate in the Ceutennial Celebration of the country's inde pendence from Spain. Mapr Qen. eral Leonard Wood, of the United States army has been appointed special commissioner to represent the United States government at the Exposition. He and Mrs. Wood took passage in the Montana. After the Celebntion, the South D 'kota will return to the west coast and rejoin the Pacific Fleet. The Washington willj then be" detached and brought around to the east, and together with the lennessee will re. main on this side. The plans are now to send the en tire Atlantic Fleet to the Mediterra nean in the fall. While the ltinerw ry has not been worked out, tb Fleet will no doubt visit the princi pal parts of Southern Europe an'd liberty will be granted in the most interesting citiea ' of the world. This cruise cannot fail to Le of great value to the ypunger men of the Navy and Marine Corps. The Fleet will probably s.iil in Novem ber. Men who enter now will stand on excellent chanco of taking part in this cruise, but I caunot give any advice toward taking the step. Edward E. Cladp, U. 6. S. Minnesqta. Bell Telephone Company Building line to Asheboro. Charlotte Observer. high Point, MiV 21. Mr. Charles T. Iugram, manager of the South ern Bell Telephone Company, an- nounced today tnat the lien com pany will in a few weeks enter Ashe boro. Recently tHe town of Ashe boro granted the company a fran chise for a pay station in that town und the company at once made ar rangements for completing the. line. At present the Bell line goes to Worthville and this morning a squad of men from the r lant department at Atlanta passed through Here on tneir way to Worthville where the work of extending the line to Ashe boro will begin at once. High Tax tor Near-Beer. The finance committee of the hour J nf alderman in Salisburv. N. C, have recently recommended that the license on near-beer be increased from $300 to $500. A i pecial ordinance provides that the places where the beer is sold shall be on a public street, in full view of everybody passing; there shall be no screens, painted glass or anything to obstruct the view; there shall be no rear door; the ingress and egress shall be from the front and cider containing more than one- half of one . per cent alcohol is pro hibited. Funeral or King Edward VII. On Mav 20th. the bodv of Kinc Edward VII was laid to rest in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, with the moit imposing funeral ceremonies the world has ever seer1. Probably 2,500,000 people all clad in black saw the funeral pageant. 35,000 soldieus and several thousand police men were stationed along the line of march to keep order, and even then panics were narrowly avoided. -' in the funeral procession were EinsrQeoree. Emseior William, of Germany; King George, of Greece; Albert, of Belgium; Alfonso, of Spain; Manuel, of Portugal: Fred erick, of Denmark; Haakon, of Nor. way;, and Ferdinand, of Bulgaria; besides a host of lesser royalty and the representatives of other great powers. Col. Roosevelt rode with Foreign Minister, Pinchon), of France and Sanaa Khan, the Persian representative. NEXT TUESDAY. The special prizes . for this were announced in the month last three issues of .The Courier. This offer is made to club raisers and anybody can work for .these premiums. The contest ctesea next Tuesday. Below is a listof the contestants with the votejpatOvthe' credit of each till May 23th. Let everyone ,see how. n&any votes' can be added to the list on or be fore May 31st. LIST OF CONTESTANTS. Mitt Moleti Yow. Central Fall 113924 Mrt. A. B. Coltrane. Glenola 68.465 Mitt Mary Whlta. Glenola 26.S48 Mitt Llule Cameron. Liberty 14.965 Mitt Bettye Shambnrger. Hlill Store II 647 Mitt Nellie Jordan. Trinity 8.431 Mitt Bettie Farmer. Randleman 7,122 Mitt Maud Curtis. Ramieur 7,001 Mitt Elite Premell. Michlleld 7.419 Miu Lena Coll. Dewey 6,751 Mill Myrtle lohnton, Worthville -, 5.376 Mitt Alice Burgesjf. Ramseur . ' 4,652 Mitt Bertha Luck, Seagrove, Route 2 3.701 Miu Maud Miller. Fullers. Route 1 3207 Mitt Maud Fouthee, Staley 2,200 Miu Stella Kelly. Troy 2.600 Mitt Maggie Albertson, Trinity 2,220 Mill Emma Pierce, Seagrove.,. 2,000 M lit Eflie Harvell, Abner 3.348 Miss Mary Stuart, Franklimille , 1,800 Mill Cora Vuncannon, Seagrove 1,702 Mitt Ida Cox, Ralph Mitt Melia Frailer. Franklinville Miat Myrtle Pugh, Asheboro. Route I.. Mill Lydia Lattiter, Lattiter. ... Mist Linnie Dortetl. Farmer Mitt Mamie Ellis. Millboro 1,201 951 2,000 613 416 400 Notice of Convention to ... Nominate County Officer. The Democratic Convention for Randolph county, to. nominate can didates f jr the generul assembly and for the various county offices, is called to meet in the courthouse in Asheboro on Saturday, August 6th, 1910, at 11 o'clock A. M. The primaries aje called to meet at the various voting precints on Saturday, July 30th, 1910, at 3 o'clock p. m., and instruct for such nominees as thpy may desire, and to send delegates to the County Conven tion; and also to nominate justices of the peace and constables. Every Democrat is urged to attend the primary and vote for the men of his choice. By order of the committee. W. J. Miller, Chairman. This May 4th, 1910. Precinct Meetings and County Conven tion For State Officers. In pursuance to theules and regu lation adopted by tbe State Demo cratic Executive Committee, thp precinct meetings aie hireby called to tii8et at the various voting places on Saturday, June, 25th, 1910, at 3 o'clock P. M to vote and instruct for such nominees as they miy desire for Congressional, Judicial and State offices, and to elect delegates to the County Convention to be held on Saturday the 2nd day of July, 1910, at 11:30 A. M. in the courthouse at Asheboro, N. 0. The purpose of the said County Convention is to elect delegates to the Congressional, Judicial and State Convention. Every democrat is urged to attend the precinct meeting and vote for the men of his choice. This April, 9th, 1910. W. J. Miller, County Chairman. Charged with Anon. As a sequal to the burning of five stores in r-tokesdale last week, W. R. Pegram, a merchant of that place, has been arrested chargeJ with arson. The evidence is cir cumstantial but said to be damag ing. The ere originated in re gram's store. The lost was $20,000. The accused gave bail in the sum of $500. , Woman Speaks In General Conference. Foi the first time in the history of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a woman was allowed to speak upon the floor when Miss Belle Bennett -addressed the delegates on the Bight of Woman to sit in the councils of the church with equal rights of the laymen. . Women were denied the right." But immediately after ward, the names of ten women were placed on the great missionary board. ' Mr. E. G. Moffitt died at his home near Moffitt, May 15th, after suffer ing a few days from paralysis. He was laid to rest in the family ceme tery near Alfred Moffitts, funeral services being conducted by L. E. Brady. Mr. Moffitt was about sev. enty years cf age. . Be leaves a wife, two children and one sister to mourn their loss. ... , t -v List of Name of Boys in Randolph County Corn Contest. Colbert Allen, Ramseur R. 1; Clin ton Auman, Seagrove R. 1; Clyde Allied, Millboro R. 1; Alfred AH. red;. Millboro R. 1; Carl Crown, Ramseur R.l; Clarence Bird, Ram seur R. l;"Earle Backner, Ramseur K. IS Warren Branson, Ramseur R. 1; Claud Barker, Climax; - Charles Burke, Jwdau; Vaugn Brown, Jor dan; Letter Barker, Jordan; Millard Brady, Cheeks; George Brown, Erect; Charles Beck, Erect; Roscoe Bran- scm, Seajrrove.R. 2;; Harvey Brower staley, Wesley Burgess,. Ramseur R. 2; L. G. Brown, Jordan; Clay Brown, Jordan; .William Brown, Julian; Frank Brown, Liberty R. 2; Edgar Bean, - Moffitt; William F. Beeson, Randleman; J. Henry Beeson, Ran dleman; Irven J. Cox, Moffitt; Bax ter Craven, Seagrove R. 1; Mack Co ble, Mill horo R. 1; Kemp Causey, Liberty.R. 2; Harvey Coble, Julian; Eugene' Chisholm, Staley R. 1; John Qhisholm, Staley R. 1; David S. Coltrane, Randleman R. 1; Walter Coble, Climax R. 1; Wiley Cox, Ramseur 11. 1; Rossie Cox, Ramseur R. ;' Herbert Cranford, Climax; v Martin Cooper, Asheboro R. 3; Claud Dorsett, Farmer; George Dorsif;, Farmer; Albert Davis, Mill boro; Millard Dawson,, Ulah; Alson Edwards, Jordan; Own Forrester, Ramseur R. 1; Walter Farlow, Ran dleman R. 3; Cecil Fields, Climax; Coy Fields, Climax R. I; Edgar Greene, Cole's Store; Eugene Greene, Coin's Store; Verus Hodgin, Ram seur R. 1; Carl Hinshaw, Ramseur R. 1; Clyde Hiushaw, Ramseur R. 1; Newton Hicks, Cheeks; Harlan Hoover, Asheboro R. 2; Wade Hu spy, Asheboro R. 3; Carl Hughes, Ramseur; John Hicks, Staley R. F. D.; Lee Hudson, Julian; Lester Jones, Liberty R. 1; Sum Jones, Franklinville; Robert Jordan, Franklinville R. 1; Frank Jordan, Frnnkhnville R. 1; Carson King, Seagrove R. 1; Boyd King, Seagrove R. 1; Fred vKearo"s, Farmer; Othel Kearns, Farmer; Lewis Kearus, Far mer; Elbert Kearns, Farmer; Walter Ketrns, Farmer; Ga ret Leach, Erect; Doke.Luwe, Mechanic; Dorsey Lewis, Hill's Stjre; Ernest Lawrence; Seagrove R. 2; Everette Luck, Sea grove R. 2; Crate Loflin, New Hope Academy; Wister L. Lynch Ashe boro R. 1; Everette Lawrence, Sea grove R. 1; R. O. Lira ber t, Cole's Store; Will Lambert, Cole's Store; W. E, Leonard, Velna; James D. Lambert, Cole's Store; Willie B. Moffit', Ramseur R. I; Ernest Moffitt, Moffitt; Clarence Macon, Seagrove R. 1; Grahim Monroe, Seagrove R. 1; Claud Maness, Erect; Ernest Ma ness, Erect; Emmett Manes?, Erect; Elmer Moffitt, Velna; E. M Moffitt; Veina; B. F. Moffitt, Velna; Hersal Macon; Rimsenr R. 1; Walter Ma con, Ramseur R. 1; Clay Nance Far mer; Talmage Neece, Climax; Lewis Nance, Farmer; Chas. F. Phillips, Thomasville R. 4; Joe Pugh. Cli max; Charles Phillips, Trinity; Wade Payne, Liberty R. 1; Sam Phillips, Thomasville R. 4; Herberc Redding, Millboro R. 1; Wesley Ridge, Edgar; Guy Routh, Millboro R. 1; Clarence Russell, Farmer; George Suggs, Erect; Robert Suggs, Erect; Glenn Smith, Jordan; H. D. Smith, Ashe boro R. 1: James Srence. Cole's Store; Thomas Smith, Liberty R 1; John Smith, Julian; Charles Spencer, Glenola; Ralph Smith, Brown; Joe H. Smith, Brown; Stephen W. Stout, Asheboro S. 1; Monroe Spencer, Trinity R. 1: Ray Tyson, Erect; Carl Teague. Staley R. 1; Ray Thompson, Ramseur R. 2; Edward Thompson, Ramseur R. 2; Herman Trogdon, Cole's Store; Jeff Under wood, Tnnity R. 1; Thomas Vestal, Jordan; Carl Vuncannon, Asheboro R. 2; Preston Vuncannon, Seagrove R. 2; Thomas Wrenn, Erect; Clark White, Archdale; J. F. Wilson, High Point' R. 5; Brower York, Millboro R. 1. This makes a total of 131 names of boys in the Boys' Corn Contest in Randolph county, JNortn Uarolina; list prepared by E. J. Coltrane, County Superintendent of Schools, Asheboro, N. U. The committee on temperance of the Southern Baptist Convention at Baltimore recently commended Pres ident Taft for his example of total abstinence and for his action in in sisting on changed regulations gov erning the issues of the United .States special tax reeeiptg of retail liquor dealers. A Hebrew temple was dedicated in Greensboro May 19th. , THE COMET HAS PASSED. Excitement Over and Many Disippolnt ed Comet is Sow Visible In Western Sky Early Evening Terrors of the Ignorant and Superstitious. Halley's comet has come and gone; the world is none the worse and very little wiser. In fact, many are dis appointed because the comet is not coming up to its reputation. The astronomers said it would equl the sun in size and brilliancy, bet it 1 1 scarcely greater in appearance than a large star and not nearly so bright. However, they Bay the earth has really passed through the tail, though the exact time of pass ing cannot be determined. But since tbe phenomenon is not to be seen again for seventy-five years, it is not prudent to neglect it now. Halley's comet has been the most talked of topic for several weeks. For seme days it was visible in the eastern eky a little while before day. But the long looked for day was May 18, when the comet was to pass over the sun and the earth to pass through the tail. The most intelligent astronomers said that no harm was likely to happen to the earth, there being only one chance in 281,000,000, but some sort of visible effect was expected. Some looked for a meteoric display; others, for storms and electrical disturbances affecting telegraphs and telephones; some, an auroral display similar to northern lighbf a few teared possi ble danger from poisonous gases. But while .many waited for the comet's passing with only curiosity, many, more, especially negroes and ignorant people lived in terror. In New xork uity, tnousands sat up Wednesday night watching for the celestial wonHer; the Eist Side was terribly alarmed and Buffered several panics. Labor in different parts of the country was demoraliz ed from the employees refusing to wor. Negroes ull over the country held sjecial Eervices praying for de liverance from the approaching ca lamity. Una negro worn in in South Carolina arose Wednesday morning, looked at the comet, and fell dead. Many Mexicans; collect ed on the hills, around crucifixes and performed inenntations and weird ceremonies to avert the im pending doom Many Porto Ricans left off work, carried candles, chant ed prayers, and confessed their sins. A voodoo doctor in Hatai made a fortune by selling pills to the ne gros which were warrijted to keep off all evil effects of the comet. However, Wednesday night came, nothing was felt and little seen. An auroral glow in the northwest was noticed in some parts of the country. On Thursday, a broad spectrum of light extending across and to a considerable distance on either Bide of the sun was seen, in Winsconsin and thought to have been caused by the comet's tail. The astronomers can not say def initely when the earth passed through the tail. Opinions vary from 1 1 p. m. Wednesday to 8 a. m, Thursday, and even later. The reason given for this is that the tail was curved and did not swish by as quickly as was expected. However all agree that the comet has really pased the sun and is now whirling away from the earth at the rate of thousands of miles a minute, which it will continue to do for 37 and i years, going 500,000,000 miles far ther away than the farthest known planet., when it will again turn back towards the earth. This is not the first time in the history of the world that people havj have been terrified by this wonder of the heavens. It was seen in the year 12 B. C. It scared Christen don after the Turks took Constanti nople in 1456. It was associated with the capture of Quebec in 1759, and with a financial gambling mania in 1835. Yet the astronomers say the tail of the comet is only condensed sun light, containing one solid molecule to the cnbic yard. One Harvard Professor says it is the "airiest ap. proach to nothing." The head is said te be made up of a mass of meteorites, larger than the earth in bulk but inferior in mass and weight. In Medieval times, comets were looked upon as harbingers of God's wrath, foretelling catastrophe, war, and death. Sir Edmond Halley, who lived in tbe Seventeenth Century was one of the first men to give them much reasonable thought. DEATH OF AGED LADY. Mrs. Jane Muring. One of Asneboro'a - Oldest Residents Dies of Paralysis Nearly Ninety Years of Age. Mrs. Jane Monng, widow of the late W. H. Moring Sr., died at the home of htr daughter, Mrs. Annie Robins, last Monday morninff. after an illness of a week or more of paral ysis. Funeral services wera con ducted at the residence Tuesday afternoon by Rev ,C. A. Wood. As ajpart of the services, Misses Nannie Bulla, Annie Blair, Mullie Rush. and May McAlister, and Mr. T. H Redding sang "How Firm a Founda tion" and"Jesas Lover of My Soul' beautifully. The remains were then laid to rest in the M. E. ceme ttry nnder a mass of beautiful floral ' tributes from loving friends. JVlra. Moring was nearly ninety- years of age. She was a native of Virginia, but had lived in Asheboro for more then fifty years. . She was. tne oldest person in- town. Her husband had been dead for ten or twelve years. Her maiden name was JiChSon. Mrs. Moring had been for many years a consistent member of the M. E. church South. Hers was a beautiful life. She was one person who knew how to grow old gracef ullyv Even up to the day she was stricken, with paralysis, she was cheerful, un selfish, and appreciative of favors, shown her, showing none of the dis content often noticed in persons of her age. The aged mother is survived by one son, Mr. W. H. Moring, Jr.; two daughters, Mesdames Annie Robbins and John Anderson, all of Asheboro; twelve grand-children, and one great-gr.tnd-child who have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in this bereave ment. Littleton College. Following is .the programme of" the Commencement Exercises at Littleton College, May 24th to 26th, 1910. Senior Class Day, Tuesday May 24, G:30 P. M. Art Exhibit, Wednesday, May 25, 10 to 11 A. M. Annual Sermon, Wednesday, May 25, 11 A. M., by Rev. R.E. Broom, Presiding Elder, Elizabeth City Dis tiict. Graduating Exercises, Thursday, May 26, 10 A. M. Literary Address, Thursday, May 26, 11 A. M., by President W. S. Potett, Wake Forest College. Commencement Recital, Thurs day, May 26, 8 P. M. Mr. I. II. Pugh Dead. Mr. I. H. Pugh died suddenly at his home near Franklinville, last Sunday morning. Mr. Pugh was. at the bedside of his son, Henry Pugh, who was ill at his home in Franklinville, until about midnight,, when he left for his home, having complained of feeling tad before leaving, but nothing serious was sus pected. On reaching home, he re tired between 12 and 1 o'clock p. nu About 3 o'clock, Mrs. Pugh heard her husband making anmnuusal noise and called to him, but getting no reply she quickly lighted a lamp, and went to his bedside when he was breathing his last. All efforts, to revive him were in vain. v The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Pleasant Ridge Mon day morning. Rev. Marion Baldwin, conducted tbe funeral service amid a large concourse of people. Mr. Pugh was a consistent Chris tian gentleman and a good citizen who will be sadly missed in his com munity. He leaves a wife, two sons, and two daughters to mourn the loss of an affectionate husband and. kind father, There is no record that the earth has ever before passed through the tail of a comet and no prophecy that it ever will again. The comet is now visible to the naked eye in the western sky fro about 8 to 10 p. m., and will set a. little later each evening until July 1, after which it will no longer bV seen except through the telescope. It looks to be slightly greater in size than the largest stars, but not so bright, and there is only a faint suggestion of a tail. It is the chance of a life time to see the mys terious visitor, even though it does not come up to the show promised, by the astronomers.