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MIKE WRITES PAT.
Discusses "Ramsey ot Kawkashyun
Fame-No Repetition ot Fusion Day
For Mike. ; f s- ,,),
Deer Brother Patrick: y. f' ,
And the; tell me that mister j.l.
ramsey, of Scots, Iredel county, nas
left the democratic party, and none
of ns knowed it till he rit a peace in
the Kawkashyun to tell fokes of it.
Nobody hadent missed him during
all these years, and its a pity to wake
up now to the fact that one of the
very rank pizenest of the hole lot iz
gone to the place from whence, he
cant git back. He iz almost as mad
as that little goggle-eyed fel
ler down at the back 'end Far
End of Chatham county who izl
mad cause that tother nigger, Aleck
"Webb votes the demooratio ticket;
the gnse sines hiz name Jue Danyals,
but nobody knows where he come
from. He got loose from some organ
grinder who wuz a passin thru the
country on foot. Now, between the
two of em, theyre a goin to make it
hat for the democrats.
Bat the funniest thing of it is the
hole crowd of mollycodels, as Teddy,
theBullelsphanthuater calls sich Baft
headed folkes what dont know when
its a goin to rain nor how to fite a
fice pup, iz mad with every one of
the radicles who haz an offis.. If
their regularly choseB national , com
mittyman, Mr. Dunkin aint a true
republican, that iz to say, if the very
bell weather of the whole flock of
em, the one whom they have put at
the biggest offia they had in the
State, aint all rite, then when in the
duce do they want to be a beratin
their betters the democrats? Now,
you know that two an two makes
four, that Mr. j. I. ramsey, in the
city of Scots, in the county of
Iredel wouldent a gone off after the
radicles if the democrats had
thought enuff of him to give him an
offia. He iz mad now cause he aint
got a seat at the pie counter, an
thats why he keeps abusin Dunkin
who, by the way, is the smartest
radicle of em. or they wouldent put
him where he is.
' But poor old ramsey has got a bad
case of indijeschnn, and he ought to
know better than to eat green aim-
mons. Thats part of what makes
him frown and looi so sour; an then
dont you reckon thats what makes
him mad at Mr. F. M. Simmons.
He thinks therea somethin in a name.
X wish ssmebody would take up a
collection an git him some meaiain
for hiz' indijeschnn.
,; What has gone with the republi
can party in this county? I . hear of
them talkin about runnin some of
their men for offia, but down in thia
corner of the county they dont seem
to have no hopes. We carred tha
county last fall iz a year ago, and
our township went democratic, too,
an it'll go it agin list as it haz for
years. Of course anybody knows
that somebody iz a goin to be' dis
satisfied with the way things iz done
once in while, no matter who does it
nor how well its done. Old Dinger
Bill said tother day that he might
not always vote for the democrats,
for sometimes he got tired of it; but
he said he wanted to vote, an it waz
the only ticket a man could afford if
be cared anything tor hiz county.
Away back yander in the days of
fusion an collusion an seclusion an
deluaion and obtrusion the people got
it in their. heads that the democrats
wazent a runnin the county rite an
they turned it over to radipoplicans
who were led by Mary Ann. Well
it vou'll ask any democrat what he
thinks of it, he'll tell you no more
iL.i. Lj a li
lurnia over wna iaui uruwuior mm.
They got enuff, that iz." all " of em
what dident want offis got enuff.
-They tried to release ail the pole
taxes but them that waz paid by the
democrats, an first thing the fokes
knowed they had mity nigh no
cools, and they come well nigh
bavin one mercer on eacn ooara oi
township oommittymen, too. Well
sir, it was jist judgment after judg
ment against mem county com
misheners, until the fokes smelt
somethin dead np the spring branch.
Then they went to cleanin up the
spring an the branch, too, an since
that time there hazent been re
publican near enuff to the counter to
amell the Die. As f er me, I dont
want no offis, an I wouldent know
what to do with one if I had It; but
then I want men at the head of
of our county affairs, who know
what to do with things.
Now if you'll jist be patient a
little longer we'll go over some of
their savins two years, ago,' an see
hew thev sound now. xney saw
then they had put out the strongest
FORMER GOVERNOR AYCOCK
To Speak in Asheboro Saturday,
rjv August. 6 h '
Hon. Ghas. B. . Aycdck will speak
in Asheboro to the county conven
tion on Saturday, August 6, 1910.
Hia speech will be in the forenoon
at 11 o'clock. The various town
ships are requested to send large
delegations to hear this great North
Carolinian open the campaign in
Randolph.
Every Democrat in the county is
requested to be present and hear the
call to battle. .
Republicans will be welcome.
On last Saturday night, Mary
Gaston, colored, fatally stabbed Hat
tie Brown, also colored, giving as a
reason that the Brown woman had
alienated her husband's affections.
The Gaston woman is in jail. ;
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 oil Saturday, August ,6th,
1910, 1 at 11 o'clock a. m.
The primaries are called to meet
at the various voting precincts on
Saturday, July 30th, 1910, at 3
o'clock p. m., and instruct for Buch
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 attenJ
the primary and vote for the men of
bis choice-
By order of the committee. ;' .
This May 4th. 1010.
W. J. Miller, Chm'n,
Chatham County Democrats. .
The Chatham County Democrat
ic County Convention met in Pitts
boro last Tuesday and nominated
the following ticket:
For clerk of court, J. L. Griffin;
for register of deeds, John W. John
son; for sheriff, Leon T. Lane; for
the legislature, N. J. Wilson; for
county commissionesr, J, C. Blake;
0. D. Moore, and J. W. Griffin; for
coroner, R. M, Burns; for surveyor,
R. B. Clegg.
golly I believe they did, too. - Well
they waz so ashamed of what they
had done they wouldent let their
crowd canvass the county with the
democrats for fear the people would
notice the great difference between
the two crowds. Jist think what
they've done to git offis, an then
every time they shut their hands the
little offis has flew away. They
bought up the wheat both good and
bad; they got some trust money an
some the fokes wouldent trust them
to spend it on election day; an then
got some famous oriter ah another
very lerned man to go over the coun
ty an beg the peeple to let them help
make the laws, or to let them make
the laws an all the other fellers help
them, an then they said they could
make better laws if the balance of
the ticket waz elected. Well, the
dear old peeple said "No, thank you,
Mr. Blackstun an Mr. Aristotal.
Your talk sounds as well Ms you
look, but we'll stick to intelligent
men who would know an ofhs when
they meet it in the road." j
' So after thankin them very cour.
tyusly, the dear peeple, some of em,
took what money they had to offer,
an told em to go in peace back to
their plowm an so forth. ' I
. Say Pat, I found a vurse that
reeds about az follows. I cant read
very well, but I'll give it the best I
can. I'm a good deal like the old
man that waz asked if he could
read ritin," an he said "Bless your
life, I cant read readin." But
here' the vure: , , ,
Poor Ramsey, of Kawashytra lame
Iz tiyin hard to make a name ' -
For poor old Batler'a fadin trait '
By gifin decent men a mast.
Your brother,
Mike. .
P. S. an N. B Take notice of this
postscript: Dont fergit j. 1. ramsey
of the Kawkashyun. Where did he
come from? I'm afraid the earth
scraped him off the commit, that iz,
Halley's commit, when we passed
.through the tale of the thing. Its
the place i where you would likely
find a inaa ,of hiz ilk, at the tale I
mean.
., j. Your brother agin, . "
LEi vS. FROM A COURIER
REPRESENTATIVE'S NOTE BOOK.
History of Construction
Countries Have a Hand in Construction of the Ca
nal' Gold and SilverJEmployees" United States
Purchases Canal Rights of French Company. .
Before swine into the description f the canal it will be interest
ing to review the various steps and numerous attempts which have
led up to the construction of the canal. Spain, England, Portugal
and France, have all embarked upon the work, either directly or
by giving aid and encouragement to their representatives, and
failed. . J
The failure of Columbus to discover a waterway across the Isth
mus did not entirely discourage the Spaniards, so in the early part
of the sixteenth century Balboa came and organized an expedition
and crossed the Isthmus in twenty-three days, cutting his way
through the jungles and making what was later called the Caledo
nian route, it was in those early days that the idea ot a canal took
birth even while the existence of a natural strait for which the
early explorers sought, was in doubt.
A Spanish explorer named Saavedro, one of Balboa's, followers
on the Isthmus, is said to have been the first advocator of the canal
in 1517. He was preparing plans to submit to fCing Charles V., of
Spain, when his death occurred, for a trench large enough to float
the tiny vessels of those days from one ocean to another. , Philip
II., successor to Charles, fearing that the wealth of the country
would pass out too easily into other countries, opposed the project,
giving as his reason, "What God has joined together let no man
put asunder."
A Scotch colony under William , Patterson planned to dig a ca
nal at Panama in 1698, but failed. Then England entered the lists
with Lord Nelson and Baron Von Humboldt as its representatives
in the latter part of the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth
centuries.
In 1875 the French became interested in the canal principally on
account of the interest manifested by Count Ferdinand de Lesseps,
who had made for himself international fame by building the Suez
Canal in ten years at a cost of $105,000,000. He organized a com
pany and started out with the idea of building a sea level water
way, but soon abandoned that plan lor one including locks, in
1889 the company went into bankruptcy. Three reasons have been
given for his failure, disease, waste and graft. A new-French
company was formed, and did sufficient work to maintain the fran
chise until 1904, when the property was transferred to the United
States government.
Old French Engine.
Henry Clay and Other Prominent Men Made Plans for Pan
ama Canal.
Henry Clay was the originator of
country into the history ot the Manama (Janai. He made a resolu
tion in the Senate in 1835, which led to the appointment, by Presi
dent Jackson, of a commission to report on inter-oceanic communi
cation. President Grant wa3 also interested and megotiated with
the Republic of Colombia, but France stepped in before arrange
ments were completed- Then President Roosevelt undertook
the beginning of the great work which is now. being pushed by
President Taf t Col. George W. Goethlals is in charge of the con
struction of the canal, and everything is moving along in perfect
order. There are 40,000 people at work on the canal.
Gold Employees and Silver Employees.
The working force on the Panama'Canal is divided into the '.'Gold
and Silver Employees." and this needed explanation for me, so I
will explain it here. It does not mean, as I had supposed, that the
employees were handed gold money "or silver money, but in Panama
their currency is called "silver," while in the Zone they have
adopted the name "gold." As I have said before, our money is
worth twice the value of Panamanian money. The "gold force"
consists of Americans who are engaged as superintendents, en
gineers, physicians, teachers, conductors, overseers, etc. These are
aid in United States money or twice the same in Panama money,
he silver force represents the unskilled laborers, Spanish, Italians,
Jananese. Chinese. Jamaicans and others. Gold employees have
their cars and waiting rooms
Even the furniture in the homes is distributed according to the om
cial role of pay. Almost everything in the Canal Zone is hinged on
a "salary" basis." Mrs. A., whose , husband receives $200 per
month, does not associate with Mrs. B's husband, who only re
ceives half the amount. There is trouble in camp if persons find
that some one is getting less salary has anything like the com
forts they do.
United States Purchases Rights of French Canal Company.
In 1904 the United States purchased all of the rights of the French
Canal Comnanv for forty million dollars. These rights included the
Panama Railroad, which the French had purchasedfrom the Ameri
can Company for over $18,000,000; maps, drawings and other techni
cal data valued at $3,500,000; excavation by the French, whi ch it use
ful in the present canal project, estimated at 40,000,000 yards and
valued at $27,500,000 ; 76,000 acres of land belonging to the rail
road and to the French Canal Company.
It was then found necessary to negotiate with the Republic of
Panama and obtain the land which is now known as the Canal
Zone. The price paid for this strip of land ten miles wide, with
the canal through the centre, and forty-five times in length from
sea to sea, with an area of 448 square miles, was $10,000,000. The
government has jurisdiction over the adjacent water for three
mile from each shore. - ' ' ' ' '
While our government is"building the canal on a much larger
scale than was planned by - the
of Panama Canal Many
the movement which brought this
and silver employees have theirs.
French, it is greatly indeoted to
FARMER'S INSTITUTES.
For Randolph Co. To be Held at Ram-
seur, August 9, and at Liberty, Aug.
ust, 16, Randleman. August 10
Aahebero, August, ll-.Farmer August
13. In. terestlng Programme.
Farmer's Institutes for Randolph
county will be held as follows: ;
Kamsenr, Tuesday, August 9. .
Randleman, Wednesday, August
10.
Asheboro, Thursday, August 11 .
Farmer. Friday, August 12.
There will be two sessions at each
of these meetings, one beginning at
iu:3U a. m., tne otner at 1:30 p. m.
The following sneakers will be
present and address the meetings:
R. W. Scott, Alamance Co., J. A.
Conover, Dairy Demonstrator, U. S.
department ot Agriculture; U. K.
Hudson, TJ. S. Department of Aeri-
calture; and others.
At the same1 times and places will
be held Institutes for women by
Miss Josephine Scott and Miss Rein
hardt. The object of these meetings
is to bring together the farmers'
wives and daughters that they may
become better acquainted and ' talk
over such subjects as better and more
economical foods and better methods
of preparing them, home sanitation,
fruit and vegetable gardening, farm
dairying and poultry raising, beauti
fying the home and jts sujroundingsv.
The Farmer's Institute at Liberty
wlil be held August 10. The speak
ers there will be J. L. Burgess, Ag
ronomist, State Department of Ag
riculture; Dr. W. G, Ohrisoiau,
Veterinarian, State Department of
Agriculture; and S. B. Shaw, Assist
ant Hortoculturist, ' State Depart
ment of Agriculture. Miss Minnie
Jamison, of the State Normal Col
lege will conduct the Woman's In
stitute at Liberty, and Mr. Shaw,
will give a practical demonstration
in home canning, which every wo
man in the county should see.
At each of these Institutes, a pre
mium of $1 will be given for the
best loaf of bread baked and exhib
ited by a girl or woman living on
the farm. Also, a premium of $1.00
will be given for the best five ears of
pure bread corn.
Mr. T. B. Parker, Director of
Farmer's Institutes; and Mr. W. A.
Graham, Commissioner of Agricul
ture, urge that all farmers, their
wives, sons, and daughters, and all
others interested in farming and the
betterment of the farm heme, attend
these meetings and join in the dis
cussions. Boys are especially invited to come
and. learn about the Boy's Cora
Clubs.
Winning a Reputation at a Composer
The many admirers of MrB. Al
berta Jones Gillingham, will be glad
to know that she is acquiring c m
siderable fame and fortune through
her musical talents as a composer.
She has lately composed a new song
that promises to become a great suc
cess. At presenc she is visiting
friends in the city, delighting them
with her music and charming per
sonality. The above is taken from the
Greensboro Telegram. Mra. Gilling
ham's home is at Cid, Davidson
county. She has composed music
that seems to deserve praise. Mrs.
Gillingham, at present, is in poor
health, which hinders, to some ex
tent, her best efforts. Her many
friends wish for her a speedy return
of health and great success in the
musical field.
Volcano and Earthquake.
Earthquakes and & volcanio erup
tion worked havoc in one of the is
lands of Japan last Monday and
Tuesday. The number or dead is
unknown. Eight thousand have
abandoned their homes.
Mr. J. F. . Owen,- a substantia!
farmer of Rowan County, died hut
Tuesday aged 75 (years.
them for the initiative, and our country has profited much by the
experience of the French. . The men in authority in the Canal Zone
do not fail to commend the French for their excellent plans, wis
dom and courage. It is pathetic to see the abandoned machinery
which was used by the French all along the way across the isthmus.
A part of it has been laid aside for more modern machinery ; some
was worn out, and some is still in use. More than one hundred
their railroad engines are still in use. The worn out machinery has
been sold as junk to a San Francisco Company for $17.50 a ton.
The plan of the houses used by the French company has been used
by our government, the only difference being that of the underpin
ning. The French built theirs of brick and our houses are under
pinned with wood pillars. Col. Goelteals said "they came to stay
here, and we for only a short time-" All of the houses in the Canal
Zone are painted gray. . '. ,
GUILFORD REPUBLICAN CON-
, , VENTION. '
Ex-Judge Bynuiu Rebukes Republicans
Moreliead Men Leave Duncan Forces
Behind., ;.n- .
The Guilford County Republican
Convention met in Greensboro last
Saturdav and nominated the follow
ing county ticket :
(Senate J. G. Frazier.
House of Representatives D. A, '.
Stanton, C. D. Cobb.
' Sheriff W. J. Stafford.
Clerk S. H. Hodgin.
Register of Deeds R. H. Hay
wortn. Treasurer Jas. M. Davis.
Coroner J. J. Hilton.
Surveyor E. E, Farlow.
Commissioners J. A. Hodgin, J.
E. Brown, N. M. Knight, T. L.
Archer, E. E. Spencer.
The convention was called to or
der by Mr. H. B. Worth, chairman
of the county executive committee,
and ex-J ndge W. P. . Bynum was
unanimously chosen to preside over
the convention. In accepting the
chair Judge Bynum made a brief
speech scoring ' Republican office
seekers heavily. Among other
things, he said, "Until the Republi
can party does something to show
itself worthy of the respect and con
fidence of the people of the State.
then it should not? get iato power .'"'r:
He urged the party to depose their
office-seeking leaders and choose
men who will look after the party's
interest and not their own.
Mr. John M. Morehead was
endorsed by the convention for
State chairman in spite of the fact
that the supporters of Mr. Duncan
had come to the meeting fully confi
dent that their man would be en.
dorsed. When the list of names
was read and a motion made that
the men be appointed delegates to
the State convention, the supporters
of Mr, Duncan, among whom was
Mr. G, S. Bradshaw, objected that
tne minority in favor of Duncan
was not represented, and succeeded
in having a substitute liet appointed.
Judge Bynum refused to accept a
motion endorsing himself for Su
preme Court Justice.
Mr. J. M. Odell Dead.
Mr. J. M. Odell, one of North
Carolina's prominent cotton mill
men, died at his home in Concord,
last Thursday night after a linger
ing illness of several months. The
funeral was conducted Saturday
afternoon followed by interment in
the family mausoleum. ' Bishop
John G. Kilgo, of Durham, preach
ed the funeral seimon.
Mr. Odell was a native of Ran
dolph County. For several years
he and a brother conducted the Ce
dar Falls manufacturing plant
After the war, he went to Greensboro
and engaged in the mercantile busi.
nessand later moved to Concord,
where he established the Odell
Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Odell is survived 0y one bro
ther, Mr. J. A. Odell, of Greens
boro; two sisters, Mrs. Deritta Swaim
of Mill boro, Randolph County; and
Mrs. Tabitha Ellison, of Franklin
viile; one son, Mr. W. R- Odell, of
Concord; and one daughter, Mrs.
S. P. Durham, of Bessemar City.
Died.
The six-months old infant," of Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Cox, of Asheboro,
died July 20, and was buried at
Holly Springs Church the following
day.
Death of a little girl.
Irene, the ten year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cornelison,
of Montgomery County, died from
fever July 20. The intermen't was
at Suggs Creek Church the follow
ing day. .
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Reynolds, of
Wicstoo-8lflm, hare donated $ 1.
000 to the Jackson Training School
at Concord, N. O.
men they naa n toe; oouniyi an y