North Carolina Newspapers

, courier npu it? (Ci tid tirid) Issued Weekly. r" .. ' PRINOIPLEsj NOT MEN. $1.00 Per V ear VOL. XXXV , ! ASHEBORO, N C. fHURSDAY, July 21, 1910. No.29fl WASHINGTON LETTER. Taft Past Redemption Aldrlcn'e Bxact Words.-Lodge and Teddy are Pal, . Vnela Joe Has Not Retired Hiding High Price. By Clyde H. Taveaner, 8111 Washington Cor respondent of Tbe Courier. Washington, July 20. Regular Republicans are declaring more bold ly than ever that Roosevelt will in dorse Taft. Vice-President Sherman Bays that Roosevelt "will indorse the Payne Aldrich tariff law and the Taft ad ministration in every particular." 1 do not believe it, because I read Roosevelt to be too clever a politi cian to pat his O. K. on such a band of criminals at that whioh dominates the Republican party. I wish to make no apology for the use of the word "criminals." I em ploy the term advisedly. The Republican party is today con trolled body and soul by the sugar trust, the steel trust, the harvester trust, the lumber trust and other similar organizations, each and every one of which is in existence in viola tion of the anti-trust laws of the country. Having no legal right to exist, each of these greedy monopolies is a criminalcorporation, and if the attorney general of the United States would do his full duty they would be forced to dissolve. But if Roosevelt does indorse the Taft administration it will be and ought tq be his Waterloo, following in the due allotted time his triump ant ''return from Elba." If Roose velt openly indorses such standpat ters as Taft and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts it will mean that he deceived the people as to his true sentiment as completely as the prizefighter Jeffries deceived the sporting wond as to his real - physi cal condition. Taft Put Redemption,. Roosevelt will not , dare indorse Taft for these reasons First: Taft personally promised revision downward, and then per sonally signed a tariff bill which re vised the tariff upward. Second: Tatt personally aided Boss Aldrich to cheat the people out of an'iucome tax, which would take some of the burden of taxation off of the poor and place it upon the ricb. Third: Taft personally used all the power at his command to pre vent Speaker Uannon irom Deing ae throned. Fouitb: Taft upheld ' Ballinger after the latter had been exposed and discredited as having given aid to Alaska coal land grabbers. Fifth: Taft counseled with Aid rich, Lodge, Hale, Guggenheim, Penrose, Flirt, Uannon, ordney and other representatives of the special interests, and refusen to ac cept sdvice from such rnea as La Follctte, Dolliver, Cummin", Glapp and Murdock. Sixth: Taft is personally seeking to defeat LaFollette, and other gen uine insurgents because they endeav ored to revise the tanll m conformi ty with the Taft pre-election speech es. . Aldrich' Exact Word. - Senator Aldrich on February 21, 1910, in the Senate, wnen speaking on the subject of government ex. penses, saiil; "There is no inteliigent observer in Congress or out of it who does not know that the executive depart ments of this Government are car ried on either under- obsolete bus! neBS methods or without any 'busi nss meehods at all. There ia" no man who has given this subject any attention whatever who does not know or believe that at least 10 per cent of the thousand million dollars which we are appropriating an nually can be saved by the adoption of business methods. This question of saving $100,000,000 per year, and it can be demonstrated, in my judgment, that tbe saving will be much more tbau that, is a matter that should receive the serious at tention of Congress. If I were a bus ne33 mas and could , be permit' ed to do it, I would undertake to run this Government for $300,000, 000 less than it is now run tor. XodSe and Teddy are Pals! Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts is posing as the bo som friend of Rootevelt. He says T. R will campaign for .his re-election, and Roosevelt has not denied that ha will go to Lodge's rescue. It was oiily recently that LaFollette of Wiscon jin, ,in a speech in the Senator, exposed this Banie Lodge as Will Visit la Obk Ind Teach in Mon! .. Miss Daisy L. Osbt 5. one of Bris tol's most popular 1 c 'hers last year, having taught in f Fairmount school, leaves toda or Franklin, unio, wnereBne w: j spend a lew weeks with Judge . zander Box well's family, after which ' she will o to Cincinnati and meet Mrs. M. I. York and they will make a tour of the intermountain states, after ward visiting friends and relatives in Danville,; Wyoming. Miss OBborne will then go to Bozeman, Montana, where she has a position as teacher. During her stay here she .has made many friends who' will wish her every possible success in her envi. ronment. The foregoing we clip from a re cent issue of the Herald Courier, published at Bristol, Tennessee, where Miss Osborne has for the last year taught in the Bristol city grad ed schools. Miss Osborne is one of Randolph's most popular and ac complished young ladies. She taught in the Asheboro graded school before going to Bristol and is an excellent teacher, well equip ped and popular (alikefwith pupils ana parents. Notice of Convention to Nominate - County Officers. The Democratic Convention for Randolph county, to nominate can didates for the general assembly and for the various county offices, is called to meet in the court house in Asheboro on Saturday, August 6th, 1910, at 11 o'clock a. m. The primaries are called to meet at the various voting precincts on Saturday, July 30tb, 1910, at 3 o'clock p. m and instruct for such nominees as they may desire, and to send delegates to the County Con. vention;and also to nominate jus tices of the peace and constables. Every Democrat is urged to attend the primary and vote for the men of bis choice By order of the committee. This May 4th. 1010. W. J. Miller, Chm'n. Mrs. Mary E. Gamble, of Greens boro, died at her home in Greens boro last Sunday aged about 60 years. the unBcrupolouis tool of the rail roads and other special interest?. Lodge is by training and nature un fitted to represent any part of the United States in the Senate. He can not outgrow the ancient illusion that the business of the Senate is to legislate for the ricb, regardless of the rights of the poor, nnleBS all signs read falsely, Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts, who declares the consumer is a myth, will retire to private life, yea, and regardless of whether the ex-president indorses or refuses to indorse. "Uncle Joe" has not Retired. ''God willing, I'll be back in Washington next session, and it will be for the Republican majori ty to determine who shall be speak er." So spoke "Uncle Joe" Cannon the other day. Speaker Cannon has not the least intention of retiring from the speakership, and tbe public is only fooling itself to think other wise. Cannon he s served the cor porate interests of the country long and faithfully, and if the next House should be Kepubhcan, "Uncle Joe" will no doubt be re warded with another term as speak er. Hiding High 'Prices'. To prove that the new tariff has not increased the cost of life's ne cessities, standpatters cite schedules in which the quoted prices of man ufactured articles are the same as before . the Aldrich-Taf t law was passed. The absurdity of this at tempt to deceive consumers is mani fest. It is notorious that the textile trust took heroic measures to keep price quotations normal for tbis season by making lighter -weight gooJs, and using poorer material. Their example wa3 followed by foreign makers, who exported to this country-a cheaper gride of. cot ton Btockinga at the old prices. The net remit, of course, is that tbe con. 6umers must purchase more fre quently, because shoddy goods wear out quickly. Ooviously, the aggregate' cost of lifes necessities grows steadily as articles bought deteriorate in quali ty. - Th'is method of hiding high prices has been boldly jiisstitied by eastern trust officials us legitimate business. NEWS ITEMS. Mrs. J. D. Atkins, of High Point-, : died last Monday mcrning aged about 47 years. Mr. D. G. McMasters was in town Tuesday on his way to Laurin burg where he goes to visit his son. A cloudburst did about $2,000,000 damage in Kentucky and Indiana last rnday. Mrs- James Lowder, of Milling port, Stanley county, died recently aged about 33 years. Prof. J. B. Ingle, of Whitsett Institute and Miss Lilla Clark, of Snow Camp, K. F. D., were married recently. . Mr. Bent L. Gunter, a Confeder ate veteran, died at his home near Pittaboro, recently after having been an invalid for about sixteen years. According to an official statement, the funeral of King Edward VII cost England $202,500. A set of false teeth worn by George Washington at the time of his first and second inaugurations i will form part of tbe exhibit of oral hygiene at tbe convention of the National Dental Association in Denver, Colorado, this week. Gov. Kitchin last week appointed H. M. Whedbee to finish out tbe term in the third district of Judge D. L. Ward, resigned. A charter was granted last week to the Surface Milling and Mining Co., of Charlotte, N. C. The au thorized capital stock is $500,000. Prof, and Mrs. O V. WooBley were here last night returning from their wedding tour. Greensboro Telegram of July 14. Oscar Erbsloeh, a famous German aeronaut and five companions were killed in Prussia last week, when his balloon burst at a height of sev eral hundred feet and dropped to earth. The thirteenth Democratic Jadi rial convention, in session at New ton last week, adjourned until Au gust 26, after a deadlock of several hours. William Douglass, of Pittsburg, Pa., ate some turtle soup contain ing a new eg, which the heat had rot killed. The egg partially hatched in the man's stomach, and an operation had to be performed to remove the turtle. The sheep raising districts .of the West from Montana to the Mexican border are threatened with famine on account of prolonged drought and a scourge of grasshoppers. On last Monday, Otis, the young, est son of the late J. S. Brown, of Oxford N. O., shot and killed his step-mother because she refused to give him money and then committed suicide. Ou last Monday Mr. R. L. Mills, of Statesville, lost his life by having his head crushed between a wagon and a box car when attempting to rescue his son from a runaway team near tbe station. The boy escaped with slight injury. A heavy rain and sevpre electric storm at Washington, N. C, did considerable damage last Sunday night. One or two residences were struck by lightning and set on fire. Telegragh ond electric wires were burnt out and other damage done. Mr. James T. Tate, formerly of Greensboro and Charlotte, commit ted suicide at the home of his sister, Mrs. Charles N. Vance, a daughter-in-law of the late Senator Vace, at Black Mountain on last Sunday morning. He had Jbeen suffering from melancholia. A sash and blind factory was de stroyed by fire at Aberdeen, N. 0., last Monday causing a loss of $40, 000 with only $10,000 insurance. Grover W. Gobble, son of Mr. fnd Mrs. Charles H. Gobble, of Lexington, died at the age of 20, of typhoid fever, last Friday night. A great eagle measuring seven feet and cue inch from tip to tip was caught in the Healing Spring! cectioi., Duvidsoa County, last week. ' Mr; John F, Lyon, of Greensboro, celebrated his 97th birthday lasi Sunday. lie delights in gardening, says he feels well, and hopes to pass the century mask. Democratic Platform la Adopted at i Charlotte July 14. ' We, the representatives of the Democratic party in North Carolina, in convention assembled, reioice in the call occasioned by the coming election and the opportunity thus yuereu mi uic up agaiu ia me miaBc of. the people of North Carolina the banner of the Democratic party a a sure standard of their rights and the unfailing guide of their progress, and reaffirm our allegiance to the cardinal principals of Demo cratic government ana congratulate the people of North Carolina upon the wise, progressive and economical administration of the affairs of government since the return of the Democratic party to power in this state. We commend to the neonle of North Carolina the consideration of the success with which the affairs have been administered by the democratic officials and the clean, efficient and econcmioal conduct of the Stat government from the day of the return to power of the demo cratic; party, and we reamrm the declarations of our party npou the questions of the extension and im provement and ipbuilding of thej internal affairs of the state and the, institutions provided by the state for the care of our citizenship, both charitable and educational, and pledge ourselves to the continuation, upbuilding and development there of. . State Institution. We pledge ourselves to the contin ued development of the internal af fairs of the state; to the continuation of the policy of education which has been carried forward with such success under tho Democratic admin istration; to the further develop ment of local improvements; to the maintenance of tbe institutions for the insane, deaf, dumb and blind; and to.the extension of , these , insti tutions co meet the demands upon the state and the needs of the un fortunate who require the care and maintenance of the government. Confederate Soldlen. We pledge ourselves to the con tinued aid and assistance of the Confederate soldier and demand that legislation shall make ample appropriations for his comfort and care. Approve Administration. We commend and approve the ad ministration of Governor W. W. Kitchin and the other state officials, and commend and approve our sena tors and representatives in congress for their activity in behalf of the people of North Carolina. Good Road. Internal development and im provement tends to the upbuilding of any citizensnip ana we take pride in the progress that has been made under Democratic government in the building of good roads and the ex tension of means of communication and transportation all over the state, and we particularly approve of the work in this benulf by tbe Good Roads Association of North Caro lina. BchcoU. We recognize the great growth and improvement of the state along material aud intellectual lines under the policy cf the Democratic paity in the support and maintenance of the common school system of JNcrth Carolina, and the pledge of the party heretofore made of a four months' free school in every district of the state has been fully met, and we promise the continued support and improvement of the publio school system of the state and the extension of the same to the institu tions of the state for higher educa tion, to the end that these institu tions may be placed upon a perma nent basis of extension,and mainten ance consistent with the growth of the school system of the state and the increased population and "de mands of her citizenship , and we favcr in the schools of the state a more liberal instruction in agricul tural training and. the encourage ment and development of the agri cultural training and the eccoruage meat uud development of the agricultural .-interests in su-j'a school?. Corporations. The supervision and control of public si rvico corporations is a well r.cognizei right of the State uud National government auLwe plct'.1 ourselves to the enforcement of this right in the interest of ths pv'jiLs of tbe state consistent with fair aul juBt treatment of thr public service "UNCLE JOE" COLLAPSES Sudden illness Compels Speaker Cannon to Stop Speaking. . Sneaker Cannon, while delivprino- an address before the Win field Cha- tauqua on Jnly 16, collapsed, at Winfield, Kansas. "Uncle Joe" soon recovered and left accompanied by Congressman Phillin CamDbell. the battio night for Arkansas City, where he naa anotner engagement, it is thought the intense heat affected him and bronght on tha sudden sinking Bpell. Rope Eliai Dead. Hon. Kope Elias, one of the most prominent Democrats of Western North Carolina, died at his home in Swain county last Monday morning. He was a prominent lawyer, a par ticular friend of the late President Cleveland, having been a fiequent guest at the White House. He was a member of the Democratic Conven tion tha( nominated President Cleveland. Mr. Elias was 61 yeais of age. He is survived by a widow and six chil dren. Special Notice to Teachers. Every teacher is urged to bring all their text-books to the connty institute. There are no school books on sale at Asheboro. So it is abso lutely necessary that the books be brought by the teachers. The fol lowing list of books will be used dai ly in the work of the institute: Webb and Ware's Drawing I; Graded Classics, I and II; Claxton's Grimm's Fairy Stories; Hiawatha Primer; Mc Murry's Robinson Crusoe; Baldwin's fifty Famous Stories; Tennyson's Idylls of the King; Hill's North Carolina History; Agriculture for Beginners. Arrangements have been made whereby copies cf the "Idylls of the King" will be on sale at the institute, but all other books must be bought or obtained else where. For the primary work bring, in addition to tbe above, some tablets and a pair of scissors. S. T. Lassiter, Co. Sup't of Schools. corporations, and no public service corporations shall grant any special privileges to any person or corpora' tion. Pilvate Monopolies. Private monopolies in restraint of trade are inconsistent, with the growth and development of internal affairs of the state and the liberties of the people and should not be al lowed. We are opposed to illegal combinations in restraint of trade, trusts and monopolies and favor the enactment and enforcement by the state and National Government of such laws as will make their exist ence impossible. Freight Discrimination!. We condemn th unjust and un reasonable discrimination in freight rates against the towns and cities of North Carolina and in favor of the towns and citie3 of other states. We pledge ourselves to the foster ing and encouragement of all legiti mate enterprises aad developments that may be located within the bor ders ef this state, and in the admin istration of the laws no legitimate enterprise shall be injured. Tariff. We condemn and denounce the tariff policy of the republican party as enacted in the Aldrich-Payne Tariff Bill, and we declare the same to be the mcst iniquitous tariff bur den ever placed upon the United estates, formulated in behalf of sec tional interests ' and fostering the trusts and combinations of the country at the expense of the great mass of the people, and in spite of the republican party promising that prosperity wouid follow its adoption, we call attention to the present commercial condition of the country its idle factories, industries and unemployed operatives. ' We denounce tbo extravagant and unbusiness like adnnnistiation of the affairs of the republican party, whereby third has been a nseles ex penditure of over $300,000,000 au- nually of the people's money. We cull attention io the failure of the republican party to reviae the tariff in accordance with the pledges of its platfoini and its promises. We demand the enactment of a tariff for revenue only to meet the expenses of a government economi cally administered. JUEGE ALLEN WINS. Judge Manning Defeated In Charlotte-Conyentlon--Lee and Brown For Cor poration CommissionersA Big Oem onttralloa. The North Carolina State Demo cratic Convention met in Charlotte last Thursday and adjourned within twelve honrs after convening. The convention was called to order by Chairman A. H. Eller in a ringing; speech. Senator Lee S. Overman was then made temporary chairman, and was given an ovation. Walter E. Moore, of Jackson, was made per manent chairman. In spite of elec tric fans, blocks of ice, and free lemonade, the crowd was impatient and objected to speeches of more- tnan ten minutes. The nominations of Walter Clark for Chief Justice, and Piatt D. Walker, of Charlotte, for Associate Justice, were both by acclamation. Judge Clark was placed in nomina tion by James A. liockhart, of An. son. Victor S. Bryant, of Durham, nominated Judge Manning and the contest began. Judge Allen was nominated by Ex Governor Aycock,. who was received with a demonstra tion. When the chairman called for the vote and it was learned that Judge Allen was nominated, a dem onstration was started which was partly checked by Ex-Lieutenant Governor Turner, of Iredell, who .rose and with much emotion declar ed it was not the sentiment of a ma jority of Iredell's vote to nominate Judge Allen. Judge Manning's manager, Mr. Doushee, then arose and valiantly declared "In the name of Justice Manning, whom I repre sent, I move that the nomination of Justice Allen be made unanimous. Senator Foushee was then greeted with tremendous cheers. Henry O. Brown, of Wake, was nominated by acclamation for the four year term as corporation com missioner. W. T. Lee, A. W. Gra ham and J. H. Pearson were can didates for the six year term, and Lee was nominated on the first ballot. The convention adjourned at 10:30 Thursday' night after peeches by Ex Governor Aycock and others, report of the platform committee, and the adoption of a resolution extending sympathy to Governor Kitchin on account of the illness of his mother, in which the entire convention heartily joined. Below we give a list of the mem bers of the platform committee and the state executive committee: The committee on the platform and resolutions is as follows: W. G. Lamb, of Macon; L. Varser, of Lenoir;Linmore, of Craven; Walter Clarke, Jr., of Wake; O. B. Watson, of Forsyth; H. C. McQueen, of New Hanover; W. O. Hammer, of Ran dolph; W. D. Turner, of Iredell; Clyde R. Haly, of Cleveland; Judge J. D. Murphy, of Asheville. The State Executive Committees, First District W. G. Lamb, of Marion; F. G. James, Pitt; E. A. Daniel, Beaufort; E. F. Aydlett, Psaquonak; L. L. Smith, Gates; C. E. Thompson, Pasquotank. Second Districk P. J. Macon, Warreii; W. A. Finch, Wilson; F. D. Winston, bertie; N. J. Rouse, Lenoir; W. O. Howard, Edgecombt; E. L. Travis, Halifax. Third District W. D. Ilargett, Jones; P. D. Warren, Craven; A. B. Croom, Jr., Pender; H. A. Grady, Sampson; M. M. Capps, Onslow; Nathan O'Berry, Wayne. Fourth District H. A. London, Chatham; Ed. S. Abell, Johnson; J. P. Bunn, Nash; J. B. Young, Vance; K. B. Johnston, Wake. ' Fifth District C. O. McMichael, Rockingham; H. A. Fousbee, Dur ham; C. 11. Ilaynes, Surry; W. A. Devin, Granville; W. I. Underwood, Guilford; H. M. Gattis, Orange. Sixth District W. H. Bernard, New Hanover; E. J. Hale, Cumber land; J. J. Furlong, New Hanover; Homer L. Lyon, Columbia; A. W. McLean, Robeson; E.F. McCullougb, Bladen. Seventh District J. R. Blair, Montgomery D. W. Parham, W. L. Parsons, Richmond; li. A. Morrow, Union; W. E. Brook, Anson; D. A. McDonald, Moore. i Niuth It. It. Ray, Castonf J. A. Bell, of Meoklenbu:g; .Edgar Love, Lincoln; J. P. Young, Catawba; I. T. Avery; Barki; Guy Roberts, Madison. Tenth District C. A. Webb, Bun combe; M. L. Shipman, Henderson; J. S. M:lls, Rutherford; J. H". Dil lard, Chrukee; Hon. S.C.Rogers, Macon; W. T. Lee, Haywood.