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E COURIER. . , J5he COURIER Leads In Both News and Circulation. J5he COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN $1.00 Per ib&r VOL. XXXV ASHEBORO, N C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1910. No. 50 COUNTY GOOD ROADS MEETING. Enthusiastic Meting Held in Asheboro December 13 Officers and Committees Elected, and a Permanent Organization Ef fected. A county good roads meeting was held in the court room at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of organizing a County Good Roads Association. Owing to the fact that the meeting was poorly advertised, and the sharpness of the weather, the nonntv was not verv well reDre. sented. However, those there went sharply to work and after a few talks on the subject of good roads a nermanent organization was effected. The speakers of the occasion were ! Mr. Leonard Tofts, of Pinehnrst, and Mr, W. L. 8poon, of 'the State Department of Good Roads. Mr. Tufts was first ailed upon to tell the meeting of the work in Moore county, with which he has been in timately connected. In response to the invitation Mr. Tufts gave a lousiness-like talk on roads. He said in substance that good roads could be built comparatively cheap in Randolph, and that it was not so bard to find means. Moore county, said Mr. Tufts, is at work V:iJ. .J vnAa vtntw H7 Villa four years ago a bond issue was de feated. The first work in Moore was done by private subacript:ou, and served to show the surrounding territory the value of good roads Quite a few townships have now voted bonds, and a bond issue is ad vocated for the county. Mr. Tufts advooaces a- sand clay or sand-gravel road, thinking this better for sountry trnffio than Ma cadam on account of its comparative cheapness in building and repairs, as well as for its springiness wtiicb m ikes it easier on horses. We have the clay, nays Mr. Tuf 8, and can get the sand from Moore, the A. & A. agreeii g to haul it at coat, and this cost will not exceed twenty cents Eer yard. This offer applies to the ighway between here and ' Bitcoe. Mr. Tufts thinks that the coat of good Baud-clay roads in th county need not exceed $500 or $600 per mile. . Mr. Spoon next addressed the meeting. Like Mr. Tufts, he also . thinks thatsauU-clay, or gravelclay, some natural road oeuer man Macadam. He said tbat Randolph " had a varied soil, and that some of the roads were good. . These were of the right material clay-gratel and tbat there was enough of this material in our own county to make onr own roads. This was to be done bv finding out what each Sec tion needed to make its roads good and in giving tne neeuea material to it. jar. opuuu ejuac vuuiwuiugij i the need of irood roads. He made the point of the cost of bad ones, and of tne fairness or tne proposi. tion to bnild good ones. He drew this punted conclusion, no money goes ont.of this county building sand-clay roads, tne county people are paid for making the roads, and the roads are a good' investment Isn't this, asks Mr 8poon ; a one sided proposition, all to gain, uoth ing to lose? He stated that the state stood ready in every way possible, and that the county should organize, get busy, study the situation cart fully, and act openly. Unly in a spirit or tairne.s, be insisted, and with clear heads, can this work be done. Mr. H. B. Varner. editor of the Davidson Dispatch, was called upou and told of the work in David on, wished success to the work in Ran dolph, and offered free subscription to cis magazine, "Southern Good Roads," to all who became members of the itate and connty associations. D. B. McCrary was . then called upon to act as chairman of the ' meeting and to bring up the ques tions of membership and executive committees. It was decided to re ceive m rubers, to. elect officers and to get to worK , immediately, x ne following enrolled as members. 6. T. Lassiter, J. O. Redding, E. H. Morris, W. P. Wood, O. R. Cox, D. B. McCrary, S. A. Henley, H. H. Kennedy, W. J. feague, J. H. McCain, Col. A. O. MoAlister, A. Ross, N. M. Lowe, Levi Lowe, H. 0. Moffltt, A. J. Macon, W. O. Hammer, F. A. Henley, P. H. Morris, and H. M. Worth. Messrs. P. H. Morris and H. M. Worth, as a nominatirg committee, brought forward tne following offi cers and members of the executive committee : ' President J. E. Williamson 1st Vice President Wiley Ward '2d Vice President E. H. Morris 8ec. and Treas S W. Laughlin Executive Committee D. B. Mu Crary, C. L. Holton,' Wiley Ward, W. J. Miller, W. F. Redding, W. J. Scarboro, H. M. Worth, P. H. Morris. Two other vice-presidents to be selected from each township. The report of the nominating committee was accepted. The other vice-presidents are to be selected by the next meetii.g, which will be held here the first Monday in January, 1911. Jim Staler to Atlanta. Jim Sttilev. a son of Joseph Sta ley, of Liberty township, Randolph county was oonvicted in ihe Federal court at Raleigh at the recent term, for being a member of an ambush party of blockaders in Moore county, that waylaid revenue raiders, several tears ftio in Moore countv and dan gerously wounded Deputy United States Manual, u. u. neece, wuu lives at Siler C'ty and is a United States Commissioner at the present time, his injuries having incapacita ted him li om field service for the government. Staley wua not arrested for the of fence until this fall when he was arrested near Jackson Hill where he was living uuder the assumed name of Will Wei born Sfcatev had until about this trouble arose borne a good reputation. Ordination of Rev. Mcllwaine. The urdination of Rev. Wm. B, Mcllvaiue, Jr. and his iostatauon as pustor of tne Piesbyterian cburcb ot thin citv. will take place this ( Thurs- dav eveniuii at. 7 p. m. The Cummisaiou of the Uranije rres hvti-rv ohwien for the work are Ke. Melton Clark, of Greensboro, to preside and to deliver the charge to the pastor, Kev. w. I. inomp son, Jr., of Lexington, to charge the ueoiile. Rev. Neal L. Anderson. D. D. nf Winston-Salem, to Dieach the sermon. Dr. Jos. Uird, ot 1 nomas ville. is the rulinz elder. Those who know these gentlemeu personally or by reputation, recog nize a strong commission, ana aouoc less the service will be most interest intr. instructive, and profitable. The public is cordially invited to be present. MISS MOFFTTT ENTERTAINS A Linen Shower Given in Honor of Miss Annie Blair Whose Wed-. din? is Set For Next Week. Miss Clara Moffitt entertained a large number of friends at her home en SunBet Ave.jjast Saturday after, noon in honor of her friend Miss Annie Blair. The occasion was a linen shower. The guests were met in the recep. tion hall by Mrs. Wm. G. Hammer, and conducted upstairs, where they were received by Mrs. II. E. Moffitt. Mesdames John T. and Elijah Mof fitt received in the parlor, and Mesdames W. A. Underwood and E. H. Morris in the sitting room. After the arrival of the guests, Miss Gertrude Wilson read an origi nal article on "Love", which was followed by an humorous essay, by Miss Agnes Mnring on "Man". The guests were then invited into the dining room, where Miss Blair, guest of houor, stood at one end of the room surrounded by her friends. Meanwhile a small wagon draped in white tissue-paper was pulled in by Master Holt Moffitt and Edwin Mor ris, dressed in white suits. Little Mips Katherio9 Moffitt, dressed in white and wearing wings, sat in the wagon and held the lines, which were of green ribbon conform ing to the green and white color scheme of tbe evening. In the wagon were all kinds of linen articles wrapped in white paper and tied in green ribbon. The bride elect untied the parcels and passed the different article around the room, in-order tbat all might share ber pleasure The dining room was artistically decorated in green and white. On the table were white chrysanthe mums, and fern. Cupids were sus pended from the chandiliers, and while .wedding slippers held the mints. Green and white cream was served; with delicious cake. The whole entertainment was artistically conceived, charmingly carried out, and sustains the admirable reputa tion of Miss Moffitt as a hostess. MOST REMARABLE OFFER To All Paid in Advance Subscribers NATIONAL MONTHLY A Large, High Class Magazine, a .me size pages as Collier s and Saturday Evening Post, beautifully illustrated and with handsome colored cover, will be mailed free each month to every paid in advance subscriber to The Asheboro Courier. W now take oleasure in stating tbat through soecial clubbing ar rangement with Mr. Norman E. Mack, Chairman of The Democratic National Committee and publisher of the National Monthly, wearegoing to mail a copy of this fine magazine to every pam in advance suoBcnoer of The Asheboro uourier. Thin ia the most extraordinarv and by far thd most liberal offer ever made by a newspaper in the United States, as we are actually giving yon tbe two publications for tne regular price or, ine Asneooro Courier, only and not asking von to ay one cent either lor tne JNationai ilontfcly magazine or the postage on 8-tBlr. As you probably know the National Monthly is one of the highest class magazines pooiisnea in tne uaueu St&ten. beautifully illustrated and printed on fine paper and with handsome muiti-coioreo covers. It is without question the most talked of magazine in the country today. Every month the leading newspapers throughout the country devote columns of space in review ing the articles which appear in its columns. ' It is the first real monthly maga zine that ever took up the cause of tbe Democratic party. It contains every month leiding political articles written by the greatest Democrats in tbe United States. In addition to these political arti cles every issue contains a mass of general magazines and finely illus trated stories by the greatest living magazine authors which makes it the equal of any tea or fifteen cent magazine, and a welcome visitor each month to every member of the family. The rl$ular subscription price of National Monthly is one dollar per annum, so you can see what a great oner we are maning yoa. Remember every paid in advance subscriber will rec-ive a copy of National Monthly mailed, postage paid, to them every month. If vou are not already a Paid iu advance subscriber of Tbe Asheboro Courier vou should become one at once. Take advantage of this .remarka ble opportunity now, before it is too late. Address all subscriptions to The Asheboro Courier. Notice to Pensioners The pensions for Randolph veterans have been received by Clerk of Court. These are being mailed to last year's addresses today. In case pensions are not received, notify the Clerk of change of adarcss. io case of the death of a pensioner since Sept. 1 of this year, the pension can be collected by the heirs, bat arrange ments must be made through the Clerk. In case the pensioner died oefoae Sept. 1, the pension cannot be collected, and should be returned to tbe authorities. ,01d Railraad Made Highway. The old road bed of the A. & A. be tween Troy and Biscoe is declared by the County commissioiiers of Montgomery a public highway. The A. & A. has agreed to donate the trestle and bridge work to the coun ty on this condition. Thin road, connecting at Biscoe with the Pinehnrst and Winston Salem Highway, puts Troy in easy reach of both the inter-state high ways. The road, though only 8 miles in length, means much to Montgomery. ' A Card of Thanks. Mrs. J. 0. Arnold and Tom Ar nold wishes to express their thanks to the good people of Worthville, and Farmers for their kindness to them during the sickness and death of husband and father. May the good Lord bless each one. Mrs. J. O. Arnold, Tom Arnold. ' The Siler City Grit is authority for t ie statement that 3,450 rabbits and -650 partridge were, shipped from that town week before last. NEWS BRIEFS. The banking resources of Noith Carolina, as brought out by banking reports, are $113, 794,889. New York City has 64,000 mar riages already this year. What a time for New Year's resolutions. At The Hague, May 30, 1911, will be held au international confer ence for the purpose of suppressing tbe opiurn'traffic. W. F. Johnson, father of Register of Deeds, John W. Johnsou, of Chatham county, died last ween. As; the result of a quarrel over the tbe opening of a window, Mrs. Hu bert Mason Clapp, of Philadelphia, is said to have shot her husband, December 12. The oase against Napier and and Qaaster, tha sbowineu charged witiio slave traffic, has resulted iu tbe defendants' acquitt tl. The case, Judge Boyd ruled, is for the lower courts. ' The coal carrying railroads whiob were indicted at the instance of T. R. in 1907, have been declared not gnilty of conspiracy with intent to restrain commerce and to monopo lize the trade. Tbe hotel: pavilion, bathhouses. and a dwelling at Carolina Beach weie destroyed by hie of supposed incendiary origin December 8th. Estimated loss was $15,000, with a total insurance oi $4,000. Daring the 12 mouths ending December I t, 163 marriage licenses were issued in Chatham county as against 204 marriage licenses for tne preceedmg year. Mr. H. O. Doraett who was de feated for re-eleotioa fa Register of Deeds in Chatham county will take a law course at Oaapel Hill aud will afterwards locale at Spencer. The retail stores in Asheboro have put ou their holiday regtlia, and tbe windows depict the coming of Kris Knngle. There are plenty of thing on every hand for Christmas stocs. iugs and for Chistma cheer. Chairman Mreliead has been to Washington and has asked for the withdrawal of Briggs as postmaster at Raleigh. His followers smi to think that he got what he asked for. The fortune left by the late, Mr. Mary B iker Eldy. bead ad founder of the Christian Scientist, is esti mated at one aud a half million and is left to the church which sue established. t Mr. Leon T. Lane, the only son of tbe late Col. John R. Lane of the Brush Creek section, was, at the rm cent election, elected along with the others on tbe UeOcrutc ticktt, Sheriff of Chatham couu'y. Mr. Lane's friends in Raudolph as well as in Chatham, predict fir bun a use ful career an a popular publio of ficial. Two items of interest brought out bythenewlaw requiring punlicity of campaign fund ex enditures are those of $ !,000 paid to S ate Chair man More, etd for cauiiaigu ex penses, and $20 paid t ex-congressman George tl. Whit- the last ne gro congressman from North. Caro lina lor God alone knows whaf. Associate Justice White, of tie U. 8. Supreme Court, has beeu made Chief Justice. Nooneissur prised or disappointed except a few partisans, who wanted a R-puolican. f be 8 line disappointed persons have the appjintuieat of Judge Liour, a Georgia Democrat, as Associate J us .lice to tb.iu k over. In the recent election just past the Republican Cougres ioual Com mittee had nearly taree times he money the Democratic committee. I'be lantest individual c nircmion to tbe Republican fund was $5,00O, the largest to tbe Demooratio fund $1,000 The United States now has a pop ula.iou of 101,100,000, iucluding the fbuipiiies, and all possessions, In the U. 8., exclos v even of Alaska, there are 91,972,266. This is a 21 per cent iucreaae. - North Carolina is sixteenth, and has passed Tennesee. One of the problems which thecen bus t as brought forth is thequ8tion ot tbe basis of Re presentation. If tbe present basis is kept there is a ques. tion as to whether Congress will not be nnwieldly. If it is kept North Carolina will get another Congress man. Even if 'it is not kept the increase ia some districts with the decrease iu others will necessitate re-districting of North Carolina. RECOMMENDATIONS OF PRESIDENT. T ait's RecommendatiO' s to Con gress Take the Form of Restric tion, fortification, a d Sub- sidles. The principal recommendations of the President in his message to Con gress were: lhe parcels post on rural routes; Restriction of franking privilege, ot easing of coal lands, of pension legist ti mi, of immigiation, local riv er and harbor legislator; Fortifica tion of the Panama canal at Cist of $19,000,000, aud the Buostdation of uf the wail and merchant marine. The ouly recommendation for an increase in salary was that of the federal j idges. Live Stock and Corn Growing. A one week special course is to be given by tne Agricultural and Me chanical College from January 4 to January 10, 1911. To is course is for thwe inteiested in live stock and corn growing. It will consist of lectures and judgiug work. The aim of tue college is to create and foster an interest in live stock, aud it is hoped that thosp iaterested will attend. Regular classes will be held, and tnose attending will be ex pecied to do their work as other students. For further particulars, write Prof. O. L. Newman, West Raleigh, N. O. Birthday Dinner. At the reaideuce of Mr. C. E. Macoa, in Coleridge tJwnship, ou ttii 2iud of November 1910, there was quite a gathering of lelatives aud 1 1 lends ai.d iieig.ibrs to fitting ly csleorate the 80u anuiversarv of the birtb of our beloved friend, Aunt Leah Macou. I . fear that I shall fa 1 to do justice to ti.e occasion in uiy attempt to give a. brief account ot what occurred to add to the pleasure uf ibe Oiscasiou. First, I would say, oy actual count, there wereoue-uuu-Jred aud twenty persons present. Xt the hour ol 10 o'clock, a.- m. they begau coming fr mi all directions, to tne great surprise of Aunt Le-ib. Sue knew nothing of what had teoo plauuea aud every vehicle was loaded with something good for the pnysiot' iu in a id at or uer tvelve (clock M there was a spread in front of the uiausioii under a beautiful grove, f A table forty feet long was loaded with all good things imag.n. ajle. Alter rtturulug thtuks to a gracims Providence for Its bit 88 lugs from the le st to tbe greatest, eauu aud eve yene ate to their fu 1 Sdiiefactiou, aud yet enough was left to feed uearly as many mote. 1 here was a pnut'grj h taken including table and ail. Afierdiuuer waaover a little time Was spent socially. Then service was held by Mr. h. F. dagle aaisted by Rev. Levi Cox, The day was beautiful and all seemed to f nj y themselves to tbe greatest exteut possible, lhe mos. lovely sight of the occasion was to see Aunt Leah and ber only living brother, Joseph aud John Stout, in pleasaut conversation. It made my heart ache, but with joy, to dee them so ha jpy together. Aunt Leah is a widow and 8eo nd wile or the late E l Macon. The pretty aiid useful i reseu ts showed tbat Aunt .Leah friends numbered many, After bid ding Ann; L-ab gnod-by, with a few Wis of j y, we h1 left for oar iiomrs wishing Aunt Leah many more happy birthdays. Que who was theie. Scale Contest. Tbe larger girls of the St. Cecelia Music Club had a Scale Contest on Thursday afternoon, Miss Bulla was tbe j'ldge and had ber back turned wniU eaoh girl played five scales in "single thirds. Four girls tied, so they had to draw for the prise. They were Misses Lillian Parnso.Virtle Caviness, Ina Anman and Sue Hoover. Miss sue Hoover drew the "lucky number." and was d reseti ted with a beautiful little jewelry tray by Miss Bulla. Good Opinion Appraisal The man who has a good opinion of himself may be a gold brick, bat the man who ba. a poor opinion of himself surely is the little g rl's doll that is sti ff -d with sawdust. Erom the New York Press. Fine fruits and candies at J. O. Banner's, tear of poaloffice. University Letter. The fortunes of the University m athletics have for tbe past few years beeu tar bi-low the auibitiobs of old ammi wh:i recall the 1903 htseball team and the 1902 and 1905 foot tall teams, but the long continued success in iuterco l-.-giate debutes fulfills tbe highest desires that the most loyal son might entertains for alma muter. Her collection of vic tory trophies rec-ived a fine adduim ou Saturday Decemoer 3rd. in Phila delphia, wbeu Carolina's representa tives, Messrs. W. F. Taylor .id O. L, WillUms woo 'rom the Univer sity of Pennsylvania in a unani mous decision. Carolina supported tbe affirmative of the question, of tbe Federal Government establishing . a Central bank. This was tbe third debate out of a series of five that Carolina has woo from the Uuiver ity of Pennsylvania. Out of the twenty-nine debates in which Carolina varsity men have engaged they have won twenty-two and never lost a series. Aoioug our rivals have been: Johns Hopkins, George Washington, Tulane, Van derbilt, Washington and Lee, and the Universities of Georgia, Pennsyl vania and Virginia. The interclass and intersociety debates' which are arranged every year between the members of the literary societies develop tbe raw ma tt rial for the varsity teams. The latest contest of this kind was the freshman debate in the Dialectic so ciety, which was won by Mr. J. T Pritchett. In the preliminary con test for this debate nearly twenty men were entered. . Mr. Edgar W. Turlington of the senior class has won the Rhodes Scholarship which provides for three years of study at Oxford University aud travel in Europe. He was the only ona of the three applicants who pudtj-d the examination. Turling. ton is president of the rbi Beta Kappa Society, a title which goes to the higbebt scholar in each class, tie is president of the Y. M. C. A., a position which is given always -to the test rounded men morally and mentally in each class, lie has won the Bingham medal in debate, a dis tinction which is awarded tue man who excels in the intersociety debate held annually at commencement. Dr. L. R. Wilson and Dr. Edwin Minis delivered addresses at the sixths annual meeting of tbe North Caro lina Library Association held in Winston-Salem last week. Dr. Wil son is president of the Association. G. B. P. High Jinks in Washington. The Giidion Club, the newspaper men's organization, held its annual baoquet Saturday eight in Washing ton. The President and members ot his cabinet attended, and the prominent members of corjgreea. A good natured grilling was given the the prominent politicians. The means used was a burlesque of the Mikado", the title role being given to an impersonator of Taft. Tbe plot of the play was getting rid of hinderanceB . and letting De mocracy have its way. Uncle Joe was sentenced to be executed, out his sentence was commuted to stay ins in Congress as a minority, being chained t) his seat during debates on rules. Champ Clark ther. rode down Pennsylvania, Ave., on tbe stage, be hind a pair t Missouri mules, and was made Speaker. He sentenced Cannon to membership on the com mil tee, "on disposition of useless paper", and consigned to . it the Payne-Aldrich bill. Miss Democracy then took a joy ride in the band wagon, with pros pective presidents hanging on it. Harmon endorsed by the masses, and Dix by Murphy, attempted to climb to a seat, but were told to wait. Woodrow Wilson, passing as a "Na tional Voice," was told that wbat was wanted was a "National Silence". Kfrn was disqualified as having nothing but whiskers; Folk, endor sed by Bryan, was hit over the head with a stuffed club, while Bryan Limself was not allowed to ride on the back step. It was a gay and hilarious time. The recipients of the grilling taking the jests in the best of hnmor. . The Gridiron Club's banquet is always the scene of much mirtb, but the oppor tunity was such that it outdid itself this time. - J. O. Hanner has an extra fin line of Candies and fruits. Rear of postoffioe
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