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C&XJRIEIL THE me COUR.IER Leads in Both News and Circulation. me COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per x ear VOL. XXXV ASHEBORO, N CH THURSDAY, June 23, 1910. No.25 INTERESTING LETTER FROM THE PHILIPPINES. ' General Discrlptlon of The Islands-Peo-plePursultsEducation-Rellglon Wild Tribe. The Phillipine group lying off the southern coast of Asia and partly en. closing the China Sea nnmbera about ed in a land and sea area of 1200 miles in latitude and 2400 miles in longitude. The actual land area is about 140,000 square miles. As we all know this group of islands came under the protection of the United States at the elose of the war with Spain. The islands were discovered by Magellan during the first famous voyage around the world, the discoverer losing his life while in the islands. The island of Luzon, on which Manilla, the capital City is situated, is the largest of the group, being about the size of the State of New York. Mindanao the extreme southern island, is near ly as large, bat its population is much smaller. Of the population of nearly eight millions, about 91 per cent are more or less civilized. These civilized tibes are practically all adherents to the Catholic church, their 1 religion being that .introduced into the coun try by the Spaniards! ' The church has always been a strong ruling pow er and the priesthood is numerous. The Moros are Mohammedans, and the other wild people have ao recog nized religious beliefs. There are thirty different races in the islands, all speaking distinct dialects.. The largest tribe is the Visayan, the people of which form nearly one fourth of the entire civ ilized population. Education is be ing practically reorganized by the Americans. English is being taught, and the next generation of Filipinos will probably speak that tongue. Although agriculture is the chief occupation of Filipinos, yet only a very small psf cent oi we ianu is under cultivation. The chief pro ducts are hemp, rice, corn, sugar, tobacco, cocoanuts, and cocoa, hemp being the meet important commer cial product. This is not true hemn. but is a fibre of a kind of a banana plant. It is used in - mak ing rope and twine. The crude na tive implement for preparing the fiber is still the onlv one in use. The-greater parts of - the islands are hilly ahd mountainous, but there are river valleys ahd planes of won derful fertility. With plentiful heat and moisture, the ialands have luxuriant vegetation. Hills and nlanaa ali Ira urn hnrind in foliage Trees of many varieties yield dyes, gums, and the finest of cabinet woods. Careful study of the mineral re uuivfuo in fViDsa lalanrla nrnunfl that there is a rich reward in store for future miners. . The -natives of the cities and towns are bright ahd intelligent, but the people of tne threat ana mountains ata bi jinle children of nature. On many of the islands the natives are little known ana some oi mem are fierce and warlike. ; Many of those in the interior live on wild fruits, fish and game, with little thought oi tilling tne soil, xne lance, cow and arrow are the native weapons Entire tribes wander through the forest without nxea nomes easing wild fruits and-sleeping wherever th(v mav be when darkness comes on. Others make rude huts of rattan or palm leaves, while still others settle in villages ana mane nuts ot pamooo, The only beasts of prey ' are small wild cats. Xne most-aseiui -animai in the buffalo. It is used to draw the rude plows ahd- earts-as -well as to carry burdens on, its back. Sheep and goats are also reared; " Monkeys, huge bats, birds, snakes -; and insects abound. -' V. Tk. irrutsr narf. nf thfl foreiffn f,'v- r - - o- . trade otj tne isianas passes tuxuugu Manila. Fha principal countries trading with the Philippines, are Great Brittain, tne Jiasi inaies, China and Spain. Now a word in regard to the cli ' mate and I am through. As we. all know, the cUmata of the islands is - tropical, but the northern parts are hi. fkfn Mnar. nr - r.nn flicKneas white people visiting them is caused by overeating 4 fruits or drinking native beverages. The sonthfirn islands, of course, have hot tpr wPHthpr than the northern ones, but the former are free from the terrible storms, sailed typhoons, that sometimes Bweep over in miwjr uui ing the hot montna. PROFCOLTRANE MARRIED. Mlti Annie Loll Henley, the Bride Married In Charlotte. On the morning of June 15, a beautiful wedding was solemnized in Charlotte N. 0., when Miss Annie Lois Henley, became the bride of Prof. E. J. Coltraneat the home of her brother, Mr. P. O. Henley, on West Trade Street. The parlors were decorated . with ferns and daisies tastefully arrang ed. Th bridal party entered to the strains of a wedd'ng march played by Miss Eunice Anaeraon. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Gilbert T. Rowe pastor of Tryon Street M. E. church. Miss Alma Ed wards, of Columbia 8. C, was bridesmaid: Mr. Oi V. Wooslev. of Asheboro. best man; and little MisflfiH Marv Calhoun and Ruth Henley nieces of the bride, ribbon girls. The bride was handsomely gowned in a becoming suit of sage ninth and carried white bride roses, while the maid of honor wore a dainty white lingerie dress ana (arrifld nink carnations. immediately arte tne ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Uoltrane left tor a tnnr to Wpahinirton and other points. from which they will return and attend the University of Virginia summer school. Mr. ana Mrs. ooi trane were classmates at Guilford college and have been lovers evtr since their freshman year. Mr. Uoltrane - nas-omy- a iew weeks ago resigned as County Super intendent of schools in Randolph, an office which be has held for nearly three years and the duties of which he has' faithfully and effi ciently discharged. This fall ne will become principal ot James town State High, bcnooi. Airs. Col trane is an attractive and accim- pliahed young lady from Snow Camp, N. O. During the past year, she has been one of the popular tAftthara of Liberty State High School, , Randolph ..county. She will assist her ousbana as one oi noe teachers at Jamestown. Their large circle of friends wisn tor tnem a long and happy life. Death of Former' Randolph Citizen. Dr. Rose Dorsett. of Salisbury. one of the best known physicians in Piedmont, JNortn uaronna, aiea June 18, aged 66 years. Dr. Dorsett was born near ' Hopewell Church, Kandolph uounty, out naa uvea m Salisbury for 36 years. For the last twenty-five tears, he had been Cor oner jf Rowan County. The re mains were brought to Kanaoipn County for burial at his old home, Hopewell. Dr. Dorsett is survived by one daughter, Mrs. R. L. Lambeth, of Thoma8ville. Dr. Dorsett was a graduate in medicine of Jefferson Medical CdI Ipcft. Philadelphia. He was both a successful practitioner and skillful surgeon, ana was otten canea in consultation m important cases by his brothe: physicians. A meeting war held in Salisbury on the morning after his death, at which every phy sician in tne city was preseui, auu committee of three was appointed to draw up resolutions expressing the esteem in which Dr. Dorsett was held by his brother physicians. Cropi injured by Rain. " ' , Thn nontinned heavy rains last week damaged the wheat crops in Randolph considerably. In fact it is thought to be cat aown aooat tea per cent.- The variety known as Kivett" wheat .seems to" have" been damaged most by sprouting. Ful- caster. is. damaged much ,iess. ine corn crop', however, is injured very little.- ' ... ' -ti J? . Theodore Rooievelt, Jr., Married. . Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. eldest Bon of ex-President Roosevelt, wa mar ried i Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, New York Uity.J one .,20, to Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander. bf Manhattan. It will be remem- hpred Mr. Roosevelt - left College w 1908 to become a wage earner in a fiamet mill in Connexsticutt. "He is now agent of the Hartford Carpet v ! o c : UOrporaiiuu inoau c rnuuin ju. I am(glad to tell the friends in Randolph that we will Spend two days in Japan, coaling for the home voyage - May 15. We shall - take station in Omaha, Nebraska, and learn more about what is going on m our nauve ibdu. -,4, . r ; $ . With best regards to' all, . , , J. P. Warren, a Corporal 4th TJi'S. Infantry, You Can't I from this proposition if you state jina county, ana larm. iwo papers you warn at half price. Does that appeal to you? The Asheboro Courier, f The Progressive i Farmer and Gazette, Both oig issues iur uuiy i.uw. The Asheboro Courier is the best county paper in this section. It is brim full of interesting reading for the whole family. Ev erything that happens in . the county and country, you " will find every 'week in .the Asheboro Courier. As a citizen it is your duty to keep posted on the doings of your , county and State. ; ELECTION YEAR;, We are on the brink of the po . litical campaigns! for this year. You'll know all ab: out it if you get The Courier' You want the Courier and the Progressive Farmer and Ga zette. You get them both, 104. copies for $1.00 exactly half price. ' '. : Send for them today. Postoffice money order or personal check or stamps will be accepted. The above offer will apply to both NEW and RENEWAL subscriptions for The Courier. It applies ta only NEW sub scriptions to the Progressive Farmer and Gazette. Fill ent the coupon below and send to us. today with $1.00 and we'll get the papers started to you just as soon as the mails, will carry them. Be certain to state whether subscription for -each is new or old subscription.. . Courier, Asheboro,-N. C. : Dear Sir : You will find en closed $1.00 for which you will send me the Courier (State whether new or old) The Progressive Farmer and Gazette (new). My address is - Rural Route No . C I Coon President. At the business session of the teacher's assembly in AshviUe, . last week,0. I. Coon, Supt. of the Wilaon Graded Schools was elected President; Dr. E. C. Brooks, ot Trinity College, Vice-president; and Mr. R. D. W. Conner, of Raleigh, was re-elected secretary and treas ure. . - Mill Men's Association. The State Cotton Manufacturer's 'Association in cession at Charolotte last week adopted a naw scheme of organization. They condemned cotton gambling, and speculation as practiced by the New York Cottons Exchange. It was learned that several Virginia mills wished to join the Association and a motion was made that the by-laws be amended so as to allow this. Mr. R. M. Miller, of Charlotte was re-elected President of the Association, Plight of Aviator Hamilton. Charles K. Hamilton, the aviator, made the trip in an airship, on J une 13 th, between New York and Phil adelphia, a distance of 86 miles in 53 minutes. 1 He then returned to New York making the longest . city-to-city fight ever made by an avia tor. !' - , Cheap Electric Power. The Baltimore Sun tells of cheap electricity in Baltimore. At first the Baltimore ' power companies charged nine to ten cents per kilo watt hour. Later it was five cents, and more than one manufacturing plant is generating its own electric power at one and a balf to two cents a kilo! watt hour-.".;.' ' i ' r-T- . A severe storm of wind aid consid erable damage in Norfolk, Va ,. last Tuesday. ' " ' ... i- - ." ... ..!.!. imiiim' "'i -.iini-r-rrT - Get Away want the news of the one whole year, 104 v ; e Indorsed Farm Paper. - The Progressive Farmer and Gazette is running a series of articles no farmer can afford to miss. Ten Things to Do Each Month, How to Double Your Corn Yield, $1,500 in Prizes for our corn Club Boys, and ten other articles. You should start reading, . these particles now. They are interesting as welljas in tractive. Read this clean cut SjUihera Farm paper. It's made for you South ern farmers i by Southern men who know Southern'" condition and who have hoed cotton themselves. No guess work talk in thispaper. ' No dishonest advertisements either. .Gomes every week. THE COURIER, ASHEBORO, N. C. f His friends will be glad to hear that Mr. A. O. Burgess, who was dangerously hurt last week, 16 slightly improved. Mr. Burgess was standing on the top of a ladder gathering cherries from one of the trees in his yard when the tree broke and he fell eighteen or twenty feet to the ground, ladder and tree both falling on him. His back was in jured and his left foot and ankle badly crushed, but it is hoped that there are no internal complications and that in a few weeks Mr. Burgess will be up and about again. The Davidaonian. Lumbering has grown to be a most important industry in the east ern section of the State, and the rap id draining of swamp lands bids fair to increase its importance. On a single afternoon this week two car goes cleared the port of Wilmington, one consisting of 227,154 feet of rough lumber and 185,266 feet of the dressed product valued at about $8,000, destined for the island of Hayti; while the other held nearly 12,000 cross-ties, valued at the same figure, shipped for the Northern railroads. The channel improve ments at Newborn and Wilmington will be completed any too soon if clearances Buch as this are continu ed. . Mr. John Love aged 25 years, committed suicide by hanging him self to the limb of a tree in his father's front yard near Locust, Stanley County, June 16. 'Young Love had been in ill health and his mind was deranged. At Fremont, N. C, on: June 20, the saw mill and electric light plant owned by Mr. W.B. Floars seriously injuring Mr. Floars a and colored, employee. '; ; . NEWS ITEMS. Cap t.R. H. Brooks, Supt. of the Soldier's Home at Raleigh, died last Tuesday aged about 69 years. Jim Witheropoon, a negro bov of 12, was drowned in a small btream in Charlotte June 14. N. Glenn Williams, and Thomas Craft were found guilty of violating the postal regulations in the Federal Court at Greensboro last week. Mr. J. E. Eirkman on June 15 purchased the plant ef the Eagle Furniture Co. at a receiver's sale in High Point for the sum of $25,110. Grady Surritt. a boy of about 15, was caught in a belt at the Champion A'lWI WIUVHUI 0 1U WBUHfUfl and seriously injured June 10. A passenger train carrying em igrants to the West was wrecked near Norwich N. Y., Jane 19, re sulting in the killing of three pass engers and the injury of 25. Seven dentist's offices in AshviUe were robbed of $1500 worth gold, false teeth etc on the night of June 18, and no clue to the thieves has been found. ........ As the result of a dispute of long standing West Knight, s prominent farmer of near Greenville, 8. C, was snot and mortally wonnded on June 12, by John Babb, a neighbor. . It was proposed at " the recent meeting of the State Rress Associa tion to erect a monument to the memory of Bill Nye. Mrs. Polly Swain aged 75 years, was found dead in bed, last Monday, morning at the home of her son, Mr. Frank Swain, at Revolution Mills, Greensboro. Tbe contract has been closed for the erection of a third school building in High Point, It is to be known as the Tate Street School and is to be finished this summer. Mr. J. H. Lambeth, of David son county committed suicide at the Central Hospital for the inBane, of which he was an inmate, at Kal eigh latt Tuesday morning. On June 18, Prof. J. H. Allen, Principal of Mt. Ulla High School, Rowan County, was married to Miss Iona Lewis, bf Altamahaw, Alamance County. Ex-President Roosevelt returned last Saturday from his tour of more than a year in foreign lands, and was given the greatest welcome in JNew xorlc city ever accoraea a pri vat citizen. On last Sunday, Pink Page, a mill forman of Whisnant Wake county snot ana KUiea win uarham over in the edge of Franklin county. Page claims he fired in self defense as Barham had already slashed him badly with a knife. The new census of cities with 70,000 or more population will be announced soon, but that of the North Carolina towns will not be announced until later. On last Monday, during a severe electrical torm at Winston-Salem, down into the honse, struck the foot of a negro, tearing his shoe to pieces but otherwise doing no harm The body of Mr. Willioa Skinner, an honest and respected man of 60 years, was found, the breast pierced with a bullet, lying in Oakwood, cemetery Uoncord, June 18. Mr. Skinner had pat tiallv lost his mimd grieving for his wife who died some time ago, and it is thoubgt he com mitted suicide while at her grave. Mrs. J. W. Long was called to Randleman Saturday on account of the death of ber sister s little baby, William Addison Cole. Mr. Wyeth Long and Misses Marjorie and Fran ces Long left yesterday morning to attend tne funeral. Daily News. Rev. Pi O. Battle will begin a tent meeting Tuesday : night, 21st instant, on Portland avenue, Glenn wood park, on Piedmont car line near Jones' store. Everybody in vited to attend. Greensboro Tele gram. " ' : ' . Mr. W. J. Glass, the grocery man, has let the contract for a thirtyfive foot addition to his storeroom. The material , has already , been- placed and work will begin as soon as the . weather permits., . The new addition will enable Mr. Glass to carry a more extensive stock- , of goods and also to display . them . to better ad vantage to his patrons. Concord Times. r ' OVERMAN AS PARTY LEADER North Car ollna'a Senator May Become Democratic Leader in the Senate. Washington Times. "A new Democratic leader is de veloping in the Senate. This is Sen. ator Overman of North Carolina. He has figured more prominently during the last two months than any Democrat on the floor. That is to say, he has obtained more results. uIt was he who a few weeks ago initiated the filibuster against the Lodge resolution asking for $65,000 with which to pursue the cost of living inquiry. He convinced his Democratic associates that the move ment oi the Massacnusetts man was designed to provide the Republican PVJ .va wwwvwikw UIHWUIU W fore the filibuster had proceeded ten days, Senator Lodge withdrew his bill. The latest legislative achievement to the credit of SeLator Overman was his success in patting through the anti-inj motion amendment to the railroad bill. This prohibits the Federal courts from interfering with the judgments of State courts with out due notice and a hearing. This resolution was presented as a surprise and its adoption was a complete shock in some quarters. "Just now when the Democrats are looking for a floor leader to suc ceed Senator Money, who is to retire next March, Overman looms up big. This is true in spite of the promi nence of Senators Bailey, Rayner and Bacon, all of whom are discussed for the floor leader-ship of the minor ity. CjBmp Clark's Challong. With reference to Champ Clark's challenge to the President, the New York World well says:- It is a fair challenge that Champ Clark, the Democratic leader of the House, flings at Mr. Taft. The President has admitted in his speeches that the .tariff on woolen goods should be reduced. Very well, says the leadei of the minority; send a special message to Congress demanding a redaction in the wool en schedule, and if Chairman Payne Ill -.4- kA Kill V.a Tlnmnn-nfa . Vlix iruiu iuc vii vuc iciuuvi a wo will offer no amendments. That is a fair proposition. It disposes of the plea that the ex cesses of the Payne-Aldrich bill cannot be correctei without open ing up the whole question of tariff revision again. Tbe woolen sched ule which Mr. Taft himself refuses to defend can be revised downward without touching another rate in, the Tariff act. If Mr. Taft is wise he will ac cept Mr. Clark's challenge and help give the American people cheaper clothing at once. Mouument to Capt Jones. Dally News. Thomasville, June 20. The friends of the late Capt. M. L. Jones who lived along the line of the Piedmont railroad, are uubscribing money for a monument to be erected at Denton, N. C to the memory of the man to whom Denton and the surrounding country is so great ly indebted for the development and material advancement of the country all along the line of the Piedmont railroad, which was planned and built by the untiring efforts of this man alone, and already a sufficient amount has been reported to secure a monument, but it is earnestly de sired to make the shaft as fitting as possible and any one desiring to contribute to the monument may send subscriptions to J. L. Arm field, of this place. When the full amount has been raised and the monument set in place, it is desired -that appropriate exercises be held at vcuiuu bi me uuvoiuug. xu win utj recalled that this man built this railroad without aid and the erection of this mouumnnt by his friends, whom be aided, is but a slight work of appreciation of the uat;ring efforts Captain Jones spent during his life in completing this railroad. All the towns along the line of this railroad, as well as Denton, the pres ent terminus, ' owe their develop-... motit in f hia marl . This ia nnhla . - and fitting effort and . should - re- ' ceive the Bupport of every one along the line of the friends of Captain Jones. , 'V.r A ' i"" . . Mrs. '. Betsey Smith, J anl aged, widow lady, died at her home in veuur iTruve j.uwueuip anal iuruj ; after Inner lllnoaa. nnd wa.hniMt" at New Union ' rihtirnh" " Simdav afternoon. ". ' "J '
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