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VOL. XXXV
AS 50RO. Nl C, THURSDAY, June 2, 1910.
No.22
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Oae Hnndxe4 and Thirty-Three Million
- Oellara te be Spent on the Navy la
create In Coat of Una Erpoeure f
BalUager and Other Matter.
Tavenner, Tlie Oooriarf Waabincton Corree.
. poadent. ,.
The Senate has voted to spend on
' thajMvy,ina tingle year, and in a
time of profound peace, the enormous
sum of one hundred and thirty three
milliontof dollara, which is an in
create of one hundred million dollara
orer the naval appropriation of the
year 1898. A fact in connection
with thit awfnl increase which the
nnfalie aeldom hears it that every
penny of this 100,000,000, which it
to be tpeat in excess of the amount
used in 1888, comet xromtne peopie;
nBt from the rich, but largely from
Che working men and women.
r It is the ultimate consumer who
' nava the battleship bills, who main
; tains an ever-increasing army of
Officeholders m Washington, and
Vho meets the one-hundred and one
extravagances of the goverment,
He does it by paying excessive prices
for protected articles, ana piacticaixy
all the necessaries of life era pro
tected bv caving the real or natural
value of the article and in addition
thereto the amount of the tans tax
The more battleships are constructed
the greater the amount the govern
' ment must raise through the tax on
consumerson, and the greater the
cost of living.
It is not strange that under the
Taft administration, which is spend
ing more than twice the amount
used by Cleveland to l on the govern
ment, the cost of living is 50 per
cent greater tnan under tne Cleve
land administration. While the hat,
coat, and shirt ox tne masses are
taxed almost 7 J. per cent to build
$11,000,000 batuesnips and keep an
eztravagant government in spending
money, Messrs. Rockefeller, Morgan,
and others are not asked by the
federal government to pay any tax
whatever on their swollen fortunes.
Wealth escapes bearing its just share
of the burden of taxation becauso of
the absence of a federal income or
inheritance tax such as was long ago
adopted by the other great countries
of tne world. An income tax clause
wonld have been tacked to the tariff
law had not President Taft and
8enator Aldrioh defeated, the project
by substituting a corporation tax.
That the necessary three fourth of
the state legislatures will not vote 10
amend the constitution is now
practically certain, wnicn means
that an income tax can only be
. secured at the hands of a Democratic
administration.
It is estimated that in 1908 the
cost of living was newly 12 per cent,
higher than it would have been
without a tariff. Hence, calculat
ing that the average family consum
ed $941 worth of supplies per an.
num, its increased payment on ao
count of the tariff was $111. Of
this $111, $16.50 went to the gov
ernment in collection, and $94.50,
went to the trusts in high prices.
Of this $94.50, $9.25 was on wool
ens, mo:e than $17 on other cloth
ing, $6.25 on furniture, -$4.25 on
beef and mutton and pork, $10.25
on building materials and so on.
In 1910, the cost of living being
15 per cent higher than in 1908, the
average family pays $1080, of which
10 per cent, or $108, is tribute to
the trusts and other protected in
dustries. Here is a little table which speaks
for itself. It compares the expen
ditures on the army and navy in a
period of peace with amounts ex
pended for, features of civil estab
lishment: . Expbndid Since 1897.
J" For rural free delivery, $173,755,
313. For rivers and harbors, $296 ,075,
191.
For publio buildings and grounds,
$128,172,4' 7.
For the navy, $1,126,210,193.
1 For the army, $1,044,101,188.
1 The exposure of Ballinger's secret
relations with George W. Perkins,
of J. P. Morgan & Company, in
Alaskan matters, has started reports
that the usefulness of the present
secretary of the interior to even the
land grabber has been destroyed.
It it anticipated that at a compro
mise the investigating committee
will not only whitewash Ballinger,
bat will enamel him at white as the
Udy of spotless town, and that in
acknowledgement of this courtesy
he will hand in his resignation, j
Almoit a Murderer
Henry Sykea, of Reidsville, was
arrested recently for - a murderous
assault on Robert Myers, of James
town, Sunday night, May 15th. Mr
Myers was sitting on hit front porch
when he became to annoyed by
Sykea who was drank and behaving
in a very boisterous manner in front
of the honse that he went out and
asked the drunkard to stop hit bad
conduct, but be turned and attacked
Mr. Myers, with a knife ratting him
seriously, and it was feared fatally,
He is now however, considered ont
of danger. Sykea claims that he
nas no recollection oime ngni.
Mrs Joe Person's Reaaedv Said.
Mrs. Joe Person and son, Mr. R
M, Person have recently told the
Mr. Joe Person Remedy business to
a newby incorporated soncern to be
known as tne .Mrs. .joe rerson a Ke.
medv ComDanv for nearlv 1100.000,
The authorized canital of the new
concern, which will be moved from
Charlotte to Kittrell, it $150,000.
The incorporators are T. M. Jordan.
Guy V. Barnes, and Frank Ward,
of Kaleigh.
Mlllioni Watch fur Halley'e Coatet.
Each evening from abont 6 to 11
p. m., millions of persons aM over
the world look westward to set
Halley'd comet, which thougn nut
SB great a spectacle as was lookeu
for is yet worth beholding, especially
wnen we consider tnat. after July Is
the mjs'eriODS, celestial wanderer
will ia-8 from 8'gbt of the naked
eye aud in a few tnmtha wilt no
whirling into limiting space to be
Seen here no more for seventh-five
years.
The comet has been making its
penoaio visits to tne carta: every
seven ty-nve years for many centu
ries. It is said that just before the
destruction of Jerusalem, a fiery dag
ger, thought by some astronomers to
nave been h alley's comet bnng over
the city of Jerusalem;- ' -
Some even claim that the comet is
the bright star that stood over the
Manger in .Bethlehem and guided
the wise men from the East to where
the infant Redeemer lay.
Wetternera Protest.
Delegations from western traffic
line territory made vigorous protests
to Attorney General Wlckersnam-on
May 30tn, against tne proposed gen
era! increase in , freight rates, notice
of which has been given bv the rail
roads, to go into effect June 1st.
These committees ask that the gov
ernment take the matter in hand.
Notice of Convention to Nominate
Conntjr Officer.
The Democratic Convention for
Randolph county, to nominate can'
didates for the general assemblyand
for the various connty offices, is
called to meet in the courthouse in
Asheboro on Saturday, August 6th,
1910, at 11 o'clock A. M.
The primaries aae 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 they may desire, and to
send delegates to tne Uounty Uonven
toon; and also to nominate justices of
tne peace and constables. .Every
Democrat is nrged 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
President Taft, in an interview
printed in : the June Mculures,
praises Aldnch to the skies and says
"there were not a few rednctiont in
the tariff schedules which .were in.
traduced at his instance, or with
his consent." - In other words, con-
cessionsjin legislation which was to
affect the cost of living to 90,000,
000 Americans could only be had
with the ''consent" of a political
boas, and that political boss the ao.
knowledged representative of the
tariff trusts and Wall stre.t million
aires.
"That Taft will be renominated it
inevitable", aayt the Washington
Poet, which in the National Capitol
is considered by many to be an ad
ministration mouthpiece. There it
little doubt bat that the standpat
ters still seriously consider Taft the
logical candidate in 1912. It it nn.
derstood in many quarters that the
promise of a renominatidn 'war the
price paid by tne powers-tnat-oe lor.
the Presidential signature to the up
ward revision tariff bill. - ' 1 '". :. :-'
NEWS ITEMS.
On May 27th, at Sylva, Jackson
connty, a man named John Freeman
was thot and instantly killed while
in tne act of taking corn from the
barn of Herman Alkn,
Mist Mary Harriman, daughter of
the late . H. Harriman, railroad
king and, mnlti millionaire, was mar
ried last week to Charles G. Ramsey,
a sculptor, ot Buffalo, Hew xorx.
On May the 27th, Mrs. Jalia
Ward Howe, celebrated . her Slat
birthday, at her home in Boston,
Mass. . ,.
John Harrington, census ennmer
Btor or vape sear cownsnip ib ue
county, ow jonna two ota James
near the town of Broadway. They
are half sistersMiss Cynthia Her
ring is one aged 104 years; the other
is miss uiiiy Ken oen aged iuu years
The Fahford fiiBHM haa infnr
mation that a mid mine an XAnV
Creek in Lee county is to be wtrked
on a nig aoaie.
Mr. Walter L. Moore, formerly
engaged in railroid office wrk.ar.
Aberdeen, now holds a posrt:on as
freight conductor on the Asheboro
and Aberdeen Railroad.
Mr. F. J. Dedrick, of Oxford, N.
Y., has some black minorca hens
that eat a great deal of oal and lay
coai-oiacK eggs, tne shews of which
are said to. make excellent fuel.
The Quadrennial General Confr
ence of the M. E. Church South,
which nas been in session at Ashe
ville, N. O, closed May 21th. The
next session will be held in May
1914.
Mr. Jesse A, Giles, who has been
recently appointed postmaster at
Durham, N. U., is son of Rev.
Jesse L. Giles, who formerly lived at
W or tn ville. ...
Old Uncle Nick Thomas, a col
ored man said to be 112 years old,
died recently near spring Hope, N
O.
Mrs. Kate D. Vllem, a provertv
stricken woman of 66 years, living m
vv iMiuuea, vbio, oiaznie to oe re
lated to the royal family of England.
She says the grandfather Of Kins
Edward VII and her great graud-
mother were brother andeister.
Mies Berta Ellison, of Franklin.
ville, spent last night in the city as
the guest of her cousin, Mrs. J. H.
Lather, on her return from Wash
ington, D, CL, where she attended
tbe World's Sunday School Conven
tion. Daily News. ' .
A charter has been applied for bv
the High Point Coffin and Casket
Company High Point, N. O.
The town of Soencer. N. CL. hui
passed a curfew law, making it on
lawful for boys nnder fifteen years
of age to be on the streets after S
o'clock at night.
The State Rennblioan Convention
will meet in Greensboro, August 10.
On May 16, Queen Mary of Eng
land celebrated -her forty-third
birttday.
Harper Ravle has recently been
arrested in Iowa charged, with the
mnrder tof 'Miss Lydia Newman,
which occurred in Guilford county
about a year ago.
Cambridge Universitv. iWUnd.
has recently conferred npon Ex-president
Roosevelt the honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws.
At Henderson, N. 0., last week.
Mrs. B. W. Ebelen shot and killed
her husband and fatally wounded
Mattie White, a negro servant.
Mrs. Ebelen gave herself np to the
police, intimating that jealousy was
tnecause of tne act,
On May 12, 1910, Florence night
ingale, celebrated her ninetieth
birthday at her home . in Engiaad.-
Recently, a niece of the tusk of
mastodon, or tome inch mammoth
animal, abont two - feet - long- and
four inches in diameter was fonnd
bv some workmen, who wene Aia-
ging a ditcrh in Jones connty.
Siler CAtr is to have a babv: ibaw
at a part of the Independence Day
celebration and the clear editor of
the Siler City Grit who it at the head
of the enterprise ' may have me
trouble with . the . ewti moUiera ,
abont the prizes awarded.- ;: r
. WHY KCTCOK3HCEMENT.
literary Alirtaa ay Wr. Glbb
i Bedtery aaf De Jelaierr Hetala. '
' Tha'"comia)ck)eiBent "exercises, of
Why KotAMay and Business In-
atkirte btm Am Tknradav. : Mv
2tlf The4a was ideal, ror tuoh
ah ooc3Mion.f yigfit,p'ojock . m
the )lei han 4o come in from all
directi' ta owntinued to come
ant waon.ot MOf.-.ietowa was
trlarkMr ttjiiudiaa at i thirty-five
hnndrW to, fnhasand people.
rTfac ekefHtM'Wereof an eicelleht
order)iBjd w3l - rendered, There
m itMu L. niu tir tha haat
redttAiiMi bVi!nild, : one for1 tbe
ret tfeeitatiefr fer i. vonnv ladv. and
one for;tfce pest ' dechwsation ,by a
young man.., t The medal for. the
r.hildivn. vna nMv!))f II inn Swan ha
Lowdeimilk, a'Corroer student and
teacher df thte tclrool. This, medal
waa moh kr KtSA Nova Sf.nHiL nt
SeagroveN. C. ' The reciter's and
declaimert' medals were given by the
Principal f th' School. The - reoi
ter medal wai wwi by Miss Bertha
Yow,of18eagrre4:lir:C. The, de.
elaimer's melal aa man . bv Mr.
John A. RusseU, of Troy, N. O.
rollowiag M the programme:
Song Be a Blesiinp. Bv the
School. , '
Prayer Revrj; R. Comer.
CkUditiiki.
Vacation Nova Stutts, Seagrove
This Way Eldon Garner, Sea.
grove. -
Our Coantry--Erastus Stutts,
Seigrove. ;..
A Vacation tiymn Alvah Gar
ner, Seagrove.
- Mnatc
Caotain Mollv at Monmonth
Jnnie Parks, Seacrovev
A Ma me less Jxero-Katie Belle
Oagle, Asbury.
-' Decoration Dav Perrv Welch.
, "Mnsic.
A Little Grave Mav Harncr. As
burv.
Resurected Hearts Jessie ' Cox,
risgan.
The White Ribbon Gradv Gar.
ner, Seagrove,
Music.
Heeltar'a CvsUat.
Death of Stonewall Jackson Misp
Amelia low, Browera Mills.
' The ' Faoe - on" the - FloorMist
Myrtle King, Michfield. .
The Bivonao of th DpArl .Misa
BerthajKuasell, Seagrove.
The Drowning Sinirpr Mia Her
tha Garner Seagrove.
Music.
The Great Temntation Miaa
reari jtniseii, seagrove.
xne widow't Jjight Miss Bertha
Yow. Se&erove. .
The Light on Deadman's Bar
uiss jayrus rresneii, Michfield.
untie.
The Maid of Orleans Mian Stanv
Lowdermilk. Seacrove.
The Story of Alameda Miss Ha.
zei uox, nsgan. . ..
Whistling in Heaven Miss Rose
uoenran, Aiireas.
Music.
Intermission One honr.
Music.
Literarv Adireaa Bv Rev. .Tnhn
M. Gibbs, Hope Mills.
Music. '
DMlaiaaan Oaateat.
Onr Fntureand ResnondihilitieH
J. O. Anman, Seagrove.
Value of deputation J. W.
Beane, Seagrove.
- North Carolina F. J. Cox,
Ralph.
Mnsic.
Power of Ram W. B. Maness.
Prosperity. ,
Tribute to ilenry W. Grady H.
H, Lowdermilk, Seagrove.
Onr Country Our Aim J. A.
Russell, Troy.
Music.
Presentation at VnA1a and Din
lomas. Social Gathering, 7:30 p. m
, The literary Address was deliv
ered by Rev. John M, Gibbs, of
Hope kiUi, N. a Mr. Gibbs took
for fait subject "The Purpoieful
Tif " He handW hi anbiMin a
masterful manner and left an im
pression that it is) believed will do a
iaatinr rood to tha sonncr Mrxniallr
.Bjm address was mainly to the young".
Mr. Gihba ia an nrnhan whftaa ' iSar-
cnta both died when ke was a Small
boy. He hat seen preaching' since
(Oontiaoed oa page S)
WORLD'S SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION.
Ten Thousand in Attendance Five
Thottaahd Men in Bible Clatt
Procession Down Pennsylvania
; Avenue Congress A djonrnt for
Parade President Taft Makes
Speech and Mrs. Taft Gets Ova
tion A Cosmopolitan Gathering
'Delegates and Visitors from
Randolph, -
The World's Sixth Sunday School
Convention, which met in WaaVinc.
ton, D. C, May 19-24, was unprece
dented for its cosmopolitanism, nn
equaled in magnitude of its constiu
nency and nnsurfasaed as a spec-
On theoDeninirnitrht six thnnaand
persons were within the convention
hall, and a still larger number out
side nnable to enter. Nearly twenty
five hnndred ef the official delegates
wore red ribbon badges with the
legend "America." About five hnn
dred others wore bine badges bear
ing the names of more than fifty
different nations as remote as China,
South America, Turkey and Austra
lia. Besides the three thousand
official delegates from every state
and province in the United States
and Canada and from foreign lands,
there . were. , abont ..seven., thou
sand visitors. Some times three and
four simultaneous conventions were
inadequate to hold tha throngs.
A Great Spectacle.
On the afternoon of Mav 20. in
spite of the fact that torrential raics
preceaea ana lonowea tne prooe83ion,
thinning tbe ranks, five thousand
men joined in the men's Bible Class
faraae a mile long, marched down
'ennsylvania avenue, and were re
viewed at the Capitol bv a thronir
of ten thousand persons. Congress
had adjourned early . in the day in
order that some, ot .the members
might take part in the parade and
otners mignt witness it. a huge
moss meeting for men with ringing
speeches by Rev. Dr. Homer 0.
Btnntz and Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cad
man, followed the rjarade. At the
same time two big meetings for wo.
men ueiegates were in session.
Another SDectacnlar f eatnre of the
convention was a great opening gath
ering on the east steps of the Capi
tol. When a mnU.it.nrlA nf nonnla
joined ia the singing of Christian
nymuB. fresiaeni" xaic aaaressea
the thronir and introduced Mm
Taft as "the real President." Both.
were accorded an ovation.
, Met Under a World Map.
The convention sat with a mnnatAi
map of the world before its eyes.
Part of each dav was riven t.i a
"Roll Call of the Nations." Tbe
ends of tbe earth came together, and
the vote of international peace re
sounded from session to session.
On the closing night of the con
vention there was a tableau of sev
enty-five children reproducing the
picture wnicn mis convention nas
made famous The Twentieth f!on-
tury Crusaders I The children of
many nations gacnerea anaer the
Sundav School fla?. while the dele.
gates from many lands gathered on
the front of the platform and all
sang together to the one tune, hut
each in his own tongue, one of the
laminar unristian hymns that are
sung the world around.
Tae World'! Largest Organisation.
27.888.479 members ware pnrnllnrl
at the convention, including 2,500,-
uuu omcers ana teacners. rerjreant
in? 285.842 schools Of this nnm
oer, i6,oou,ooo are found in the
umtea BLates ana uanada All
aires, from infants on the cradla mil
to octogenarians, in an parts or the
naoitaoie giooe are now enronea in
the Snndav Schoola. Tha in rr Aiua
in non Christian lands is noteworthy.
' ThA nnnvantinn rAaliMul that, fha
agency which deals with childhood
Several hundred' missionaries were
Dreaent and manv dli vnrpd AAAreoaom
Cablet 'from various lands showed
that thousands of sermons npon the
ralifrioria training nt vnnth am
preac'hed upon the World's Sunday
oonpot uay.
'. Seventv-flve thousand d nil am aa
secured in a few boon to be u jed in
placing field workers in foreign
lands ti (IpvAlnn tha Snntlaw nltnnl
idea and organization.
FreauentlV the ednventiOn broka
no into, sectional oonfaranAM. ICa.
pecially notable among the speeches
were; Mioae oi rreaiaent xait, ur. o.
Parket Cadman, of Brooklyn ; Hon.
CONTEST CLOSES.
"oieta row WlnaFlnt n
" voitrane, Second Other
aUcceMfitl ConteiUuU.
Tbepnpnlaritycontes jhi ch the
Courier hat been condajting for the
past eix montht, cosed Tuesday
evening, May 31, at 6 P. M. The
firat prize, a handsome Four-hundred
dollar Piano, was woa.-by Mist Moleta
Yow, of Central Fafls; the second,
a Victor TvtMwrite u r.. a r
Coltrane,of Glenola; the third prize'
8ixtv-dollar Sewing Machine, by
.BDtnrjr rtniie, ot uienola; and
the fourth prize, a beautiful
ggy oy Miss Lizzie Camer
on, f Liberty. At th-close of the
contest, tbe vote stood at follows:
ust of contestants.
127761
68,165
26.S48
23,0 IS
12.660
8.S33
7.122
7.001
18219
6,751
5,376
4.687
3.701
'3207
2.200
2.600
8,820
2.600
3.348
1.800
1.702
1,201
951
2.000
613
416
400
Mln Mary White. eiiwl..;.".""
Z7 i' Uberty
M m Nellie lordia. Trinity
Mlte Miud Curti. Ramteur. l'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'
Z WVV'- "'ont e d ....
M te Una Cole. Dewey "
!!! 2"SS ?". Ramteur . . .' .'.V..'.-.'.
M ae Bertha Luck, Seagrove, Route 2
S M K'S- S,u,h9- Stoley.
M te Stella Kelly, Troy-....
Mill Mannla aik-rf t-ii.
5Jjte Emma Pierce. SeagrOe..''.'.'.V.'.'.".'.'.T.'
2 r"" ""in aoner
M et Mary Stuart, Frankllnville
S2Kcjr.,KM-s,
"' Fnuler! , FrankVinVll'le .'.'.'.'.'.'.,...".
u M ."'.'"Pi'e". aeheboro. Route I
M te Llnnle Dortett. Farmer
Mitt Mamie EHit. Mlllboro ... '
Frankllnville Junlort Elect Officer.
At the annual election of the
rfficers of Victor Council No 228,
xtP Vl A' M" of rrnlinville,
N.;C the following were elected
for the ensuing year:
W. D: FMner, Councilor; J. E.
Burke, Vice Councilor; Joseph T
Buie, Sec.; L. P. Buie, Asst. Sec; E.
A. Routh, Fin. Sec, A. W. Tippett,
Conductor;, L F. fFentriss, Treat!,
0. M. Jones, Chaplain; John 0
Maner, Warden; E. E. Moffitt,0. 8
8entinel; VTesley Webster, I. S. Sen
tinel. , BASEBALL.
Marlboro 4 Caraway 3 .
Mai lboro defeated Caraway in
very interestinir baaa hall
Saturday on the latter's ground the
UUB. OWHt UKlUg 4 10 6,
Both teams Dlaved wnll. hnt nr.-i.
boro outclassed their oponants in
nearly every linev--
FarloW Ditched vinnin. kll ;
striking out 15 while his opponant
John Ridc-e did fin ma avaaIIahA
catching, but the feature of the
game was Farlow's pitching.
Next Saturday Marlboro will
to Oak Shade where they will meet
its team at the Fair Field Shooting
Clnb ball ground. A onnA ..,.
expected. r
John Wannamker. Rpv. s m
mer, of Arabia; Bishop J. C. hart
zell, of Africa ; Mr. Robert E. Speer
and Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman. Rey.
Dr. F. B. Meyer, of London, who
presided, had a profound influence
npun tne convention.
The retiring chairman nf tha ex
ecutive committee, Dr. George W.
Bailey, was elected president for the
next three years, and Mr. V. K
Warren, of Three OaWa Mini.
ecutive chairman. '
Because of its siza
tative capacity, aud becausa the del
egates were for the mnat nur mid
dle-aged leaders in JChristiaa work,
and also because of the new nctea of
world peace, world Cbristianization,
and virile allegiance to the Bible,
the convention will doubtless exert
an extraordinary infl
immediate fa tare of all the churches.
The following delegates from Ran
dolph COnntV. this S&t. nt.iAnAA
the convention : Messrs. E. Moffitt
ana jerree Boss, Asheboro ; Hugh
Parks, Franklinville; .Mrs. W. 0.
Hammer, Asheboro; Misset Berta
Ellison, Franklin ville, " and ' Dora '
Redding. Sandlamah Pnala 9
Misses Lucy Crowsoo.Lillie Parrish,,
awnet xiammer, Aland Dickens, of
Asheboro: Mia Virginia Rulili'ni,
of Progress; Miss Parkin, of Trinity! .
uu nr. j. . AiKin, or f TanKiin- ,
ville, alto went as visitors! A 1 1 re
port an enjoyable trip.
BonSa to Eqalp Collegea. ' ' ' ,
Governor Eitchen.in an Innnane .
speech at the alumni banquet of - ihe
State Universitv. at Charwl -TTill i
May 80th, advocated a bond, iasne
w eaip tne univertity. , Hit speech
waa heartily applauded. -