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VOL. XXXVI
ASHEBORO, 'N C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1911.
No. I
GOUR
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GOOD ROADS MEETING IN RAN
; DOLPH.
Mr. J. Van Lindley Addresses the
Association Other Speakers
and Farmers Are Enthusi.
Ac Over Good Roads.
: 'ln s; of the down ponr of rain
which has continued from Saturday
night, many farmers and business
men of the county attended the
, Good Roads Meeting held in the
court house Monday Mr. J. Van
Lindley, 'who has dng out of the red
hills of Guilford county before they
. had any roads something like a mil
lion dollars, was the speaker of the
occasion. Mr. .Lindley handled his
subject with ease and from a practi-
:. cal. common sense standpoint. Ue
urged the people of Randolph to be
gin at once the .building of . good
roads.
The speaker first told of how his
connty had teen profited in build
ing permament roads. He declared
that the building of good roads was
no burden on" a people, but was
the very- best investment a connty
could make, Bhowing that the invest
ment was far better than investing
along any commercial lines and that
every farmer and every person who
traveled over tne roads reaped tne
jenefits and shared in the dividends.
. Some one in the audience asked
Mr. Lindlej if the taxeB in Guilford
had been increased by the building
of their roads to which be replied
by quoting from statistics, that the
increase in valuation and the in
crease in population had made it
possible not only to maintain - their
former road tax basis, but they were
actually in addition able to build
about ten miles of roads annually.
When the speaker declared . that
farmeis in Guilford on, this rainy
day were hauling to market as heavy
" loads as they did the dryest day in
the year, many who had come
through the mud and slush succeed
ed in getting here, became more in
terested and showed their interest
asking the speaker more questons.
Lindley said his observation was
the sand clay road was the best
Alat could be built. Before
e encouraged the boys who
snt in the corn contest bat
that it was necessary that
roads over which to haul
s to market.
E. Williamson, chairman
v. jciation made, a ringing
ana siastic speech and showed
.clearly i.. at lie had given much
study to 'this important subject of
road building.
Mr. D. B. McCrary also spoke and
said that the railroads had agreed to
haul the sand" and distribute along
their roads at practically no expense
to the county. Solicitor Hammer
and others spoke.
v ; The awarding of prizes in the boys
corn growing contest was an inter
esting feature of the program and
the prizes were delivered as publish
ed in onr columns last week.
The auction sale of Beed corn was
attended in the after nbon by many
and the prizes brought were satisfac
tory, ranging about three dollars per
brshel. . )
From the expression of the prom
inent men from the different sections
of the county it is very evident that
people of the county are alive to
r best interests and will in the
ear future, as soon as one can be
. rovided carry an election, for the
assurance of bonds for an amount
necessary to build roads all over the
oounty.
v' Lyceum Course,
; The next number of the lyceum
: course will be given tonight. Sid
ney Landon,charaater . artist, will
furnsah the - " entertainment. Mr.
' Landon comes highly recommended
; as being an apt mimic, and possessed
of a keen sense of humor. Not all
"of oar entertainers have bad the
.'lastso much pleasure is expected
from Mr. Landon's visit.
', The lycenm, management would
be glad of the patronage of the peo-
f le of the town, too. In order to
urnish some diversion for the oth
erwise long and rather colorless win
i ter nights, some -of the young men
of the town have arranged for the
"lycenm course, guaranteeing pay
meat of the cost of the attractions,
BEbej lost last year.
I This is not meant as an argument
I for or against, but is a plain state-
i ment of affairs. If thee attrac- 'Heroes. This gets Andy two letters
tioaa are not better attended in tbcf gratitude from the Emperor,
fntere the, may cease altogffher;, J ""iiairhajjj "f&t::JiT:
DOSNT CARE FOR NEW COUNTY
.Editor Courier: There seems to
be. a great hue and.- cry at this
time, for a new . county, with High
Point as the county seat, and at one
time the writer thought there was
probable cause for Buch a move. But
the more I think over the situation,
the less I think there is any reason
why any Randolph citizen should
want to become a citizen of a new
county by the name . of Piedmont.
Thomasville long since saw there
was no probable cause for such a
move, and positively refuses to come
in. -Thomasville is by no means,
favorable to High Point flourishing
at her expense. Jamestown, also,
caught the same idea and refuses to
join hands in the marriage. The
advocates of the new county say they
will go away down in Rando'pb,
get a great big slice of the best part
of it, fool those fellows and make
them pay a higher rate of tax than
they now pay. It will be a long
time before old Randolph ; will sub
mit to any such a proposition. I
also see the section around 'Liberty
is clamoring for a new county, which
I think in reality is much more
just than it will be to give a new
county to High Point. As it how
ia the citizens of High Point can go
to Greensboro court and return a
half dozen times each day if they so
choose. Xnere are also two trains
each day for the transportation of
the citizens of upper Randolph who
have to attend court at Asheboro,
while the citizens of the Liberty sec
tion have to travel from' twenty to
twenty -five miles, , and the part of
Alamance and Chatham that wishes
to come in have about the same dis
tance to go.
This last would be a strong Dem
ocratic county, while Piedmont will
without asy. doubt give , anywhere
from three to five hundred Republi
can majority. '
1 put too much confidence in tbe
coming session of the Legislature to
believe they are anxious to create
any more counties, and more espe
cially those that have given big Re
publican majorities, as Piedmont
will if created. It is now time to
entirely stop this county business
unless it is jn cases like Liberty,
where people live so far from the
county seit and have no railroad fa
cilities. Democrats, throughout the
State, watch what you are doing !
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Editor Dowd Speaker.
W. C. Dowd, owner and editor of
the Charlotte News, has been elected
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives. There has been jio doubt but
that Mr. Dowd would be elected,but
in tbe oucus Tuesday night no
other name was presented. "
lbe following, are the newly
elected officers : '
Speaker W. C. Dowd, of Meck
lenburg. Principal Clerk T. G. Cobb, of
Burke.
Reading Clerk D. Scott Pool, of
Cumberland.'
Engrosdng Clerk M. D. Kins-
land, of Hay wood.
sergeant at-Arms (i. L. Jiilpat-
rick, of Lenoir.
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms I).
H. Jones, of Halifax. - -
H. N. Pharr, of Mecklenburg, has
been elected President pro tern, of
the Senate.
Jail Delivery.
Saturday afternoon about four
o'clock two of the prisoners in the
connty jail sawed their way to free,
dom. , v
Arthur Jarrett, who is held on a
charge of forgery, and a very foolish
fellow named Johnson, who admits
that he must have loved the porkme
product more than he did' the law,
cut through their cells' with a saw
of some sort as cleanly as if the bars
were of white pine; ' The , staple at
the cell door was out as one might
have done with a knife. No one
knows who waa a confederate of Jar
rett, lut it is supposed that he must
have had some one on the outside to
pass him tools to do tbe work with.
, No blame ia attached to anyone
for the delivery; "no one . blaming
Jarrett and the hog-lover, nor can
they blame Jailer Lowe, who had
the prisoners fastened np as well as
he could in such a sorry structure.
The happening does show what we
have long known, and that is what
we need a new jail. '
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And Carneige establishes x a fund
for the embellishment of German
Protest Against New County
RANDOLPH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PASS RESO
LUTIONS OPPOSING ItfEW COUNTY ;
Whereas it has come to the notice pi the Board that there is a
movement on foot to erect a new counfcyv which, it is proposed,
shall embrace a part of what is now Jlandolph County; the Board
views the movement with disfavor n the following" grounds,
among others: ' " ' ' :
The present geographical arrangement is of long standing.
Many sentiments cling around it.
There will, in the event of the erection of a new county, be many
inconveniences and annoyances in 'making such considerable
changes, which should not be entailed without good reasons. Up
on careful consideration we do not find any reason or cause except
the ciic pride of the City of High
be commended, it is not, in our opinion, asufficieutcause or reason
The expense of erecting a. new county and providing proper
buildings will be a heavy expense. A3 the present county court
houses, which the territory in question use and in part owns, are
sufficient for its needs, this additional, outlay will bean unproduc
tive dead expense. - - '.Y-.-t
From another point of view the new; arrangement will work an
injustice to that part of Randolph County embraced within the pro
posed new county. Guilford has a bonded indebtedness of $300,-
000, a considerable part of which
Point and adjacent Guilford Townships. Guilford will expect a
new county to assume its proportionate part of this indebtedness.
This will mean that those who'
called upon to help pay this bonded
incurred for their benefit. Randolph; County is one of the few
counties which has no bonded indebtedness.In fact the county
has no indebtedness except $22,575,00 incurred to pay for the new
court house which should be ample
come. '
The tax rate in Guilford is now higher than iii Randolph. With
the heavy initial expenses, the citizens of the proposed new county
may confidently expect the rate of taxation in Piedmont County, if
it shall ever exist, to be still hisrher. High Point, which will surely
dominate, will follow its Guilford
On the score of convenience there is no need for a new .county,
because all parts of the proposed county have unusually good facili
ties for going to and from the present county seats.
The industrial developments of
it is more economical to operate a few large businesses than many
smaller ones. County government is certainly a business a very
complicated business. To split up old counties to make a larger
number is flying in the face of the
experience. - .
And again. Randolph knows
citizens if the new movement goes
them without protest. Y
Wherefore it is Resolvedi that we place ourselves on record as
against the proposed new county. -And
it is further Resolved, that the Clerk to the Board be and he
is hereby instructed to send copies of these- resolutions to our State
Senator and Representatives.
' H. T. CAVINESS,
This Dec. 6.
Chairman Board County Commissioners of Randolph County.
By order of Board.
Attempted Suicide.
Judge Spencer B. Adams, of
Greensboro, bl ashed bis throat with
a razor Sunday night, inflicting
painful although not necessarily, fa.
tar wounds. He was at the time an
inmate of tbe Eeely Sanitarium, and
it is thought that his action was the
result of a fit of despondency.
The ' Judge had been -drinking
rather heavily of late, a fault to
which be has not been given before,
and was being treated at Keeley. For
two weeks his actions had been nn.
usual, and his despondency was not
in the least understood, as he is cus
tomarily of a buoyant disposition. ,
He was taken to St. Leo's Hospital
at once, and no fear regarding his
recovery is entertained unless nn.
foreseen complications set in. '
. A good many surmises have been
made as to the cause of Mr. Ad
ams' brooding, but his family and
friends maintain a profound secreoy
as to the cause of his actions, so any
analysis is merely a conjecture. It
may be that financial troubles have
preyed upon the Judge's mind to
such an extent as to produce this
hasty action.
The new order or dispensation of
federal natronaee in North Carolina
does not clearly disclose itself. ,f The
Butler fraction claim that they have
eliminated Duncan, but the ordina
tion of Willis Briggs, and J. J.
Britt is still unexplained.
J. G. Robin, the indicted New
York' banker, attempted j an exi t
from court and other troubles Sat
urday by dosing himself with hyoe
cin, but his life was saved by prompt
medical attention. i
Aveoek has definitely said that he
ia not in the Senatorial race for 191 J,
jiitohen refM8 to tair.-;;.
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TipQ . has given its approval,
Point While civic pride is to
represents expenditures in High
are now Randolph Citizens will be
indebtness, "which has not been
for fifty or a hundred years 'to
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trainirg..- -- "''- J
the recent past have shown that
teaching of modern business
she will lose many of her best
through; and she will not lose
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Another King's Trouble. , , "
Crowned kings are not the only
ones whose subjects cause them
trouble. . King Mitchell, who holds
the disputed title of chief of all the
gypsey clans of the United States
has come a cropper in Anson.
Taxation with and without mis
representation is the alleged cause of
the trouble.
Last Thursday, when the clan of
John was encampei just out of
Wadesboro there came a visita
tion in the shape of King Mitchell
of the Mitchell clan demanding tri
bute. This tribute is said to have
been plaoed at ten dollars a head.
It is not definitaly known whether
he succeeding in getting the de
manded money, but it does seem that
he succeeded in getting a fight. The
open outbreak was caused by an as
sault on a woman of the John, clan
by Mitchell.' Whatever caused it,
there was a beauteful fight, and a
John or two,' and Mitchell were
pretty severely mauled . , - r
The matter was carried to court,
seemingly more on the account of
the levy for taxes than for the as
sault. Tbe Johns resent payment
of taxes, and would dethrone the
kingly gent. This they have done
for the time as their chieftain under
a $3,000 bond for appearance on the
16th. to answer for criminal assault.
-Mitchell claims about $100,000 as
his possessions, and part of his fol
lowers say that the whole shooting
match, women and all, is hia'n.
Anyway his feet have fallen on
troubulous paths, and the cud of his
self contemplation is not of the
sweetest.
Hoxsey and Moisant, two of the
moat-daring American aviators, were
killed Sunday while attempting to
make new records for themselves
and (country.
RANDOLPH MEDICAL SOCIETY.
A Meeting for the Study of Public
Health.
A meeting of the Randolph Coun
ty Medical Society was held Tuesday
January 3rd. Owing to the rough
w'eather a full attendance was not
secured, but an interesting and en
thusiastic meeting was held notwith
standing. . .v '
The meeting opened at 12 m. with
a prayer by Rev. W. Ei Swain, of
ABheboro. The secretary. Dr. W. J.
Moore, read the minutes of the pre
vious meeting, and Dr. F. E. As
bury delivered the presidents annual
address on the subject of "Hygiene
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aim j. uvuv A4v(tlvU iu vtcu:ii, s
Dr. R.-O. Dees, of Greensboro,
Councillor for this district, next
read a paper on "Pellagra", giving
a report of cases. ihe discussion
which followed was led by Dr. D. A.
Stanton, of High roint.
Dr. Stanton's paper on the "Rela
tun and attitude of the . public to
the profession in the spread .of com
munciable diseases" was the nucleus
of a spirited discussion of this topic.
Talks were made by Drs. Hiatt and
Hubbard, and by Mr. Wm. 0.. Ham
mer.
A discussion of the hookworm
problem, which was stated for this
meetiBg was postponed on account
of the absence of Dr. U. E. Wuker
son, who was to have led it. A vote
of thanks was given to Drs. Dees
and St in ton for their presence un
der such unfavorable conditions.
The doctors attending were: - J.
V. Hunter, Asheboro; R. O. Dees,
Greensboro; D. A. Stanton, High
Point) 8. A. Henley, Asheboro; G.
H. Phillips, Fullers; O. G. Hubbard,
Farmer; K. W. Myres, Rollers; H.
B. Hiatt, Asheborc; F. E. Asbury,
Asbury; W. J. Moore, Asheboro. v
Among the visitors were: Messrs.
W. E. Swain, W. C. Hammond, W.
A. Underwood, Wm. U. Hammer,
O. A. Wood S. T. Lassiter, A. 0.
McAlister, R. I. Dickens, F. A,
Henley, 0. P. Phillips, and Rev. Mr.
Johnson.
The next meeting will be held on
on the first Tuesday in March, when
a good program is expected.
Fire in Greensboro.
Fire, which broke out in the third
story of the Coble building on South
Elm St. in the heart of the business
section of Greensboro Monday eve
ning, caused a loss of from $50,000
to $100,000. From the Coble build
ing the fire spread to the Vernon
building, the buildings occupied by
West, the confectioner, I. Isaacson,
clothier, and Oppleman & Son pawn
broker. The damage done the last named
men was net by fire, but by water.
The second floor was occupied by
Stout Bros., printers, whose stock
was practically destroyed. The loss
of all parties is hard to estimate, but
the insurance was nothing like
enough to cover it.
Major Morehead Dead
Major-Joseph M. Morehead, one
Greensboro's oldest and most uni
versally loved citizens passed away
Sunday morning. He had ' been a
severe sufferer for some time of a
stomach trouble, but in spite of
this and two severe sun strokes in the
!)ast two years he had fought brave
y against his infirmities.
Major Morehead has been the ac
tive head of the Guilford Battle
Ground Memorial Association for
many years, and is probably best
known in this connection. He was
born in 1840, aud had practised law
in Greensboro up until .1871. He
was a man of genial and kindly
bearing, and his loss is "keenly felt
in-his community.
State Auditor Wood
. ' Cot W. P. Wood, left Monday
morning for Raleigh. Mr. Wood
goes to enter "upon his duties as
State Auditor, the position to which
the people have seen fit to elect him.
The people cf Asheboro, who
know BometLrng of the value of this
gentleman of sterling worth, and
initegrity of character, to' any com
munity regret his leaving town
Yet there is mixed with this regret
a civic pride in the fact our fellow
townsmen has come into his juBt
deserts. " No man has ever carried
with him more of the respect and
esteem of his own people than the
Colonel carries fromf Itandoiph to
Kaleiah. J,
NEWS BRIEFS.
Juan Estrada, revolutionary lead
er in Nicaragua, has been elected
president cf that republic.
The Pennsylvania Railroad cites
increase of wflges as reason for not'
lowering freight rates.
Ju.ige Adams is reported as bein
out of danger, and hia .recorfr? ia
expected to take place rapidly.
A wreck near Paintsville. Kv .
January 2nd, killeol six persons,
four of whom were passengers.
The U. S. SuDreme Court; hold
that the Bank Gnaranty laws of the
8tates of Oklahoma. Nebraska and
iiansas are constitutional.
. Mrs. Salonie Peeler, of Midway
Davidson county,! died last week at
the age of 94 years. She had never
had to call in a doctor until her last
illness.
Mr. Elisha Raper, a much re
spected citizen of Salisbury, died
last week. His last birthday was
Christmas Day,- when tie waa 88
years old.
Two marriages of interest te the
Courier's readers occurred during,
holidays. Miss Patsy Rilla Smith,,
of Liberty, to Mr. Ernest Woodson,,
of Salisbury, and Mr. Alice Fox, of
Siler City, to Mr. Paul Harris.
The Whitney Company has been .
reorganized, and the new organiza
tion will be backed largely by the
Franco-American-Banking Co. $90
000 in fees have come into Salisbury
in.the settlement of the Whitney
Company's affairs.
The U. 8. . Supreme Court's de
cision in the libel suit against tbe
New York World, is that the federal
court which tried the case, had ntv
jurisdiction when the .case could
kona iw.. ui.r j.
umc wxu uicu iu luie Dbttvo UUUrl;
Lerimer's troubles are not yet over
exactly. There is strong opposition
even among the regulars of the Re
publicans, to exonerating him. Sen
ator Borah, of Idaho, will lead the
fight disqualify Lorimer as a mem
ber of the Senate.
A brief filed Tuesday with the
Inaterstate Commerce Commission
by Louis Brandies, a Boston' attor
nep, states that a higher standard of
efficiency and not an increase in
ratesTwill solve the freight problem
for the railroads.
A celebration will be held Friday
to signalize tbe opening of the inland
waterway at Morehead City. Na
tional and State celebrities on
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tiling possible will be done M
this epoch in the history .of VeasteflL
North Carolina.
Given a back yard of fort square
feet and a eoat. Dr. Thos. J. Allen.
of Chicago, says that he will show -any
family of five how to support,
themselves. The lot is for vegeta
bles, the eroat for milk, and t.hp
children of the family to play with
tne goat, economy thou art y. K. D.
No North Carolinian should rest
easy in 1911 till school teachers get
good pay for doing more for the
State than all other agences com
bined.' Just rennmeration will get
good teachers and enable them to
make a profession of teaching in
stead of a makeshift till a better
opportunity opens to lure them away
from a higher calling. News Obser
ver.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO FRAZIER:
' PARK. ,
The subscriptions to thi Frazier
park fund still come in. Full re-,
torts have not come in, but ther-16T
owing have been reported at the-.
Conrier office. A list will be given .
each week, and subscribers are asked
to make their contribution known to
Conrier $10.00
Mrs. EE. Moffitt 5.00
J. E. Walker 5.0(K
Hammer & Co. 5.00
O. R. Cox 5.00
Bank of Randolph . 5.00 .
McOrary-Redding Hwd. Co. 5.00
Mrs. Emma Kearns 3.00 '
Civic League Gives Prize.
The Civic League of Asheboro,-
announced the first of last year that
they would give a prize of $5.00 for
the best kept yard in town. This
prize has been aw 'rded to Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Hilliap i of WeBt Aahe-'
boro. - i '
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