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VOL. XXXVI -
'fair
OUR RALEIGH It
Side Lights on Important to.. .
of Legislation and Other Things.
(BY UEWX4M)
Raleigh, N. 0., Jan. 31. The
fifth week of the General Assembly
begins with practically nothing done
towards the consummation of sev
eral of the most important meas
ures and questions which have been
scheduled to claim a large share of
it attention during the present sixty
days' session, but no one need be
surprised at this fact, for it has
been the practice of nearly or quite
all of the Legislatures of recent
years in this State to defer till the
closing days of the session most of
the more important matters which
they have been called upon to deal..
Why, this deponent saith naught.
The . "trust buBters" especially
. have displayed a notorious penchant
for this sort of thing those who
earnestly and honestly engage the
''Octopus" in battle with high mo-
" tives and unselfish desire to work
chaDges in the statutory laws which
they think would accomplish good
for the people and the State, and
those demagogic major-dromos who
pose for the political galleries and
split the welkin with meaningless
verbosity ana vain platitudes ana
worse for no other purpose than to
tool the people in order to possibly
farther some po.itical ambition
which thev happen to be nursing or
to accomplish some personal desire.
Both classes have figured more or
less successfully in several of the
recent sessions of the Legislature.
It is therefore both amusing and in
teresting trf experienced persons (and
especially to newspaper men of some
probity and discernment that enable
them to detect the true from the
false) to watch the present peiioJ of
incubation, which is not without
the amusing features.
Since "Chief Justice Stronacb,'
of the Raleigh Police Court, fur
nished last week to a waiting world
his heavy written "opinion" in the
case which he decided recently in
favor of the Standard Oil Company,
it would seem that the present al
leged pink tea enactment (to which
the Legislatures of 1907' and 190S
gave birth and supposed nourish
ment respectively) needs some more
tonic if there is anything in the
State legislative medicne chest at
all adapted and available for the
strengthening of its statutory knees.
Of course there are those who
elaim there is nothing in ttock to
meet the patient's needs and require
ments tnat the same aching void
exists in all the medicine chests of
the States singly, and that Uncle
Sam is the only doctor capable of
writing and tilling an effective pre
scription to reach the seat of the
disease. If that is admitted why
not wipe the ineffectual and useless
law off the statute books, and make
a more urgent demand upon Con
gress ?
But it is not ''admitted" by many,
although statute after statute is
enacted and amended and permitted
. to cumber the law books for years at
the time without even so much as
an honest effort to try to enforce it.
, It will be readily recalled that
Governor Eitchin expressed the
opinion that the present statute
would prove "effective." Yet his
Attorney General and all the sixteen
solicitors of the State let it repose
peacefully in the "Public Laws of
1909" before it was given as much
as one very small try to assert it
self and it is understood that even
then the thing was sort o' forced on
the prosecution. And now Judge
Stronacb, of Raleigh's High Police
Court.tells Governor Kitchin he waa
badly off his base when he made
that expression of faith which we
have just recalled. All of which
goes to make ns all appear especially
anxious to see wLat modus operandi
these new doctors of laws are goiig
to do about it.
Important Legislation IteKinnin? to
Receive Attention.
But a number of the more impor
tant measures will receive attention
and some of them enacted during
the next week or two.
The Stubbs Constitutional Con.
vention matter will be discussed at
a night session Thursday of this
week. It may not be concluded
then. But with the lights before
ns it is safe to predict that it will
be ultimately rejected. Not that
some of the changes which the Rep
resentative from Martin advocates
are not desirable, and in a few in.
stances even urgent, but because it
appears to be the consensus of opin
ion that it will be best to secure
these changes and additions by the
submission of amendments to the
Constitution to the voters of the
. v4 at the next regular general
e. cion. That it would he unwise
(in the opinion of some) and im
practicable (in the opinion of others)
to call a Constitutional Convention
at this time.
Two of the amendment which
will be ordered submitted for ratifi
cation by the people will be to
work a reform in the judicial sys
tem of the State and to relieve the
Legislature of much of the minor
subjects which require legislation
at its hands at present. However,
it is very apparent that thete is not
uuanimity as to the scope of the
things which are to be taken out of
the General Assembly. For instance,
there is developing considerable op
position to the large number of sub
jects thus recited in the bill intro
duced last week by Senator Sykes.
It is claimed that some of the mat
ters alleged as trivial are really
among the most important, and that
power to deal with them should not
be relegated too hastily to less re.
sponsible and repiesentative agen
cies. There is also opposition to
the giving of t.ie veto power to the
Governor of North Carolina, al
though every other governor, save
two, I believe, has that power. The
proposition embodied in the Sykes
bill Joes not actually invest the
Governor with a veto pewer on the
same plane that other states allow
their Chief Executives. For the
Sykes bill only allows the Governor
to "disapprove" a bill. It is true
that such disapproval of itself serves
to send the bill back to the branch
of the Legislature in which it orig
inated "for reconsideration." But
it is as plainly stated that the two
branches can, upon such reconsid
eration, again pass the same bill,
identically in the words in which it
was clothed when the Governor
"disapproved" it, over the govern
or s disapproval and by only a sim
pie majority vote.
A so-called "veto" like that would
not be much of an asset for any
governor to attempt to prevent the
enactment of any meaaure. The
ten days at the ending of the sixty
days' session which is allowed the
governor to act on a measure, in
signing bills, would invest bim with
an absolute veto power, however, as
the Sykes bill reads at present. For
nnder it the governor could with
hold action on any bill passed dur
ing all the last ten days and after
the legislators had gone home refuse
bis signature to any or all of them,
if he so pleased. Under the rule
the governor would probably become
the only real thing as a "trust bust
er" or vice versa, as the trust bills
are alwayi the last thing to go
through the legislative hopper,
Ditto with many other of the more
important subjects of legislation.
So it is not improbable that when
this pregnable fortification of the
proposed bykes amendments is dis
covered by or pointed out to some
of the law-makers there will be a
motion or two to "amend" that in
strument.
Important Committees Wrestling With
Big Problems.
The revenue bill is now getting
serious attention at the hands of the
joint committee. Its proportion is
an even harder job than usual this
year. The opponents of all bond
issues might as well prepare to take
their medicine as pacifically as pos
sible. The thing can't be did any
other way.
That legalized State primary
proposition is Keep'tig some folks
here awake o nights and there is
going to be a hot time in caucus
when the time comes to settle it.
As to the redisricting of' the
State it will be one of the last things
of the session and the Congressmen
will just about have time to get here
from Washington after adjournment
of Uucle Sam's legislature to raise
the rucus that is said to be cooking
for them.
Several seats have been vacant be
cause of the ravages of blind tigers
recently, but they are showing signs
of life again this week.
Citizens of Guilford Meet
An enthusiastic meeting was held
in the court house in Greensboro
last Saturday by the citizens of
Guilford and from every section of
of Guilford. They came opposing the
formation of Peidmont county and
speeches and resolutions were made
to that effect.
ASHEBORO, N C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1911.
Honor Roll for Liberty Graded
School
The following pupils have neither
been absent nor tardy for the month
ending January 20, 1911:
First Grade Virginia Cole, Ger
trude Cole, Mary Curtis, My
Amick, Cora Wheeler, Gordon Mc
Pherson, Vestal Cook.
Second Grade Myrtle York, An
nie Louis Smith, Alma Stuart, Louis
Lindley, Johnnie Albright, Floyd
York, Pate Overman, AUie Cook
Verne Amick, Robert Reitzel Theyer
Martin, George Ellis, Charlie
Frazier.
Third Grade Rema Clapp, Irene
Clapp, Mary Lee Smith, Mtrtha
Caudle, Jaunita Reece, Lucile Kime,
Eula Wheeler, Lila McMasters, -iltie
Hudson, John Wesley Frazier, Elvn
Frazier, Worth Frazier, Willie Ellis,
Rossie Kivett.
Fourth Grade Earl Frazier, Boyd
Reitzel, Glenn Caudle, Lydia Pickett,
May Shepherd, Clara Hinshaw,
Linnie McMasters.
Fifth Grade Brower York.
Sixth Grade Howard McPherson,
Allene Curtis. Emma Reece, Bland
Trogdon, Lyster Frazier.
Seventh Grade Parks Pickett,
Bonnie Hatch, Bernice Pike.
Eighth Grade Eva Swaim, Paul
Staley, Wade York, Pari McPher
son. Ninth Grade Violet Teague,
Blanche Welch, John Hurley.
Tenth Grade Ora Brower, Mabel
Pickett.
Farmer High School Honor Roll.
The high grade of work done by
some of the students during .the
month of Januray requires an even
greater distinction than the. Honor
Roll, therefore, the following should
have their names placed on the
Hign Honor Roll:
First grade Vernon Nance.
Third gnde Tom Kearns.
Eighth grade Moleta Macon, Ef
fie Presnell.
Tenth grade Kate Dorsett, Wal
ter Kearns and Hope Hubbard.
Honor Roll.
First grade Bernice Kearns.
Second grade Sid Kearns and
Lewis Kearns.
Third grade EtU Pierce.
Fourth grade Neal Kearns and
Janie Elliott.
Fifth grade Lucile Kearns.
Sixth grade Elmer Birkhead.
Eighth grade Claude Burkead,
Dorothy Hubbard, Roy Cox, Clarence
Macon.
Ninth grade Gertrude Ridge
Tenth grade Kosa Barnes.
Splendid Work Being Done By
Thomasville Baraca Class.
The Baraca class of the Thomas
ville Mam Street M. E. church, since
its organization two years ago, has
done splendid work. The visit of
Field Secretary Luther M. Tesh re
cently has been an inspiration to
better things. 1 he president, teach
ers, committees and members alike
are thoroughly interested and at
work, as shown by the new members
added each Sunday.. Ihe class
hopes to interest and win to the
work not only every young man m
Thomasville, but those who may
come as strangers to the town.
The class supports one child in
the children s home.
In Memory.
The spirit of Carrie Rush return
ed to the Father who gave it, Jan
13th 1911. The body was laid to
rest in the Concord cemetery, the
burial services being conducted by
Rev. Stover.
Carrie was the four year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mint
Rush, She wa3 the pet of pareats
and grand parents. She was sing
ing her favorite song, "Oh, How I
Love Jesus when she was taken ill,
dying suddenly. She seemed soma
rare exotic transplanted for a season
to gladden the home. Carrie is safe
with Hira who said, "Of such is the
kingdom of heaven." The grief
stricken parents have the sympathy
of their many friends. L. T.
Died.
Mr. Tvrell S. Smith, of Grant
township, died last week, being .80
years, 5 months and 12 days of age.
Deceased leaves a widow, one son
and four grandchildren, who feel
deeply the loss of their departed
loved one.
Gossip and Yellow Journals form
some characters.
FINE CHICKENS.
New Breeds in This Section Doing
Well.
Mr. F. G. Fish has established a
poultry farm in the northern p-.rt
of Ashebori and has a fine lot of
White Wyandottes and Plymouth
Rocks:
He has a large flick of Aucinap,
an Dalian breed, which originated
many years ago in Ancona, Italy.
They have .been bred in England
for half a century. The Anconas
were brought to America fifteen
years ago by H. Cecil Shepherd, of
Ohio. Ia the West and ii the Mid
dle West and many breeders in the
East are realizing profits from this
popular strain of useful birds.
The Anconas originated from the
Leghorn and Minorca, and are mot
tled with white and black. The
Anconas hold the world's record for
egg production.
Mr. Fish has spared neither time
nor money in getting the best and
finest 8 trains of birds. All the
birds he has purchased were selected
from prize pens.
Mr. Fish offers settings of these
popular breeds at a lower price to
the readers of The Courier than be
charges in his advertisements in the
poultry journals.
How to Fix Up thj Front Yard.
The key tn beautiful home grounds
is the lawn. Any smooth grassy
surface suitably bounded is an ob
ject to be ' admired' A house is
made important not only by its own
size, but by the size of the lawn in
front of it. The beauty of the lawn
is its unbroken character, and any
thing that destroys this destroys the
lawn. The rule is to keep the cen
ter absolutely cleir with the excep
tion possibly of trees.
A common belief prevails that
grass wdl not flourish in the shade
of large trees, and so people often
excuse the barren wind swept lawu
by saying that grass and trees will
not flourish on the same space, and
that they prefer trees. Now, the
facts arj that practically the only
place that the beautiful blue grass
does flourish in the. South is in the
shaded lawn. . Trees with surface
root offer rathV serious obstacles to
the growing of grass but as success
ful lawn grass as 1 have ever seen
has been cultivated on a lawn thick
ly studded with maples. The trou
ble with the lawn is that the seed
bed is too shallow. A first class
lawn can not be made without 6 or
8 inches of good soil. With the
yard well drained, i to 6 inches of
clay, over which there is at least
four inches of soil made rich by
cowpeas and good stable manure, no
good reason exists for the presence
of the broomswept, cheerless front
yards too common among us. Mrs.
F. L. Stevens, in Progressive Farm
er. The Fisher Shipp Compiny Tues
day Night.
On next Tuesday night February
7th, the Fisher Shipp Co., will ap
pear i the graded school auditorium
the same being oue of the lyceum
numbers scheduled for the season.
This company comes to us well re
commended by the press and public.
We feel safe in saying that all
who avail themselves of this oppor
tunity to witness this entertainment
will be highly pleased with every
number on the program.
Cross Roads School Honor Roll.
The following pupils of Cross
Roads School, haviug made 90 per
cent in attendance and ui all their
studies ate entitled to be placed on
the Honor Roll for the second
month.
First grade William Couu r,Chas.
Comer.
Second grade Beebe Puntney,
Harvey Yow ..
Third grade Wesley Davis, Ola
Davis, Robert Wilson.
(Fourth grade Homer Brown.
Raphael Richardson.
Filth grade Walter Brown, Wen
dell Richardson, Robert Yow, Mil
lard Lowdermilk. Lillie Davis,
Treva Richardson .
Sixth grade Floyd Davis, Earl
Lowdermilk, Girard Richardson.
Dena Yow, Heppie Wilson, Stacy
Jjowdermilk.
The Daughters of the Confeder
acy are working on the play, "Bach
elors Congress," which will be given
about the middle of February.
Eacouragcment Given to M rging
Plans at a Joint Meeting:
The movement t federate or con
solidate the Metbodist Kpisc pal
Church, the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South and the Methodist
Protectant Church had its inopption
nearly ten years ago, it is said, ard
has progressed steadily, though slow
ly. The sub committee at its meet
ing in Cincinnati drew up plnrs as
a basis for the consolidntion nt the
different bodies and will submit
them to'" meeting of the comunsuiou
of tent-seven to be held in Chat
tan " ga, May 17.
J 'ie fibt'imsnittee is composed of
Bishop Earl Cranston, of Washing,
ton; Bishop Johu M. Walden, of
Cincinnati, aud R. P. Miller, L. L.
D., of Cincinnati, representing the
Methodist Episcopal Church; the
Rev. Dr. T. II. Lewis, of Wmiuiiu
ister, Md.; the Rev. Dr. M. L. Jen
nings, of Pittsburg, and 6. R. Har
ris, of Henderson, N. C, rep resent,
ing the Methodist Pn rstant
Church, and Bishop E. E. i)oss, of
Nashville; the Rev. Frank M.
Thomas, L). D., of Louisvil's and
W. G. M, Thomas, of Chattooga,
representing the Methodist E.scopal
Church, South.
Tr-e three churches involved hay
commuLicants numbering more than
6,000,000 persons.
NEWS BRIEFS.
April 30th has been set aside this
year as "Tuberculosis Day" and will
be observed in 200,000 churches in
the country in a similar manner to
that of "Tuberculosis Sunday" in
1910 when over 40,000 sermons were
preached on the prevention of tuber,
culosis,
William Sizemere, of Winston,
while in a intoxicated condition sat
down upon the railroad track near
Rural Hall and feel asleep and was
struck and killed by a train Friday
night.
Hon. Z, V. Walser, of Lexington,
and others will address the Good
Road 8 meeting in the court house
Monday, February tith. Let every
body come. There is no question of
more importance to Randolph citi
zens than the question of road im
provement. The retiring Sheriff, S. L. Hay
worih, has completed his rounds
collecting the taxes for 1910 and
those who have not paid their taxes
are urged to call on him at his office
in the sourt house and do so at once
as he is compelled to make imme
diate settlement for these taxes.
The body of Editor Cromortie, of
Soparton, Ga., was found by hunters
in the swamps near Hamlet this
week. He mysteriously disappeared
some months ago from the Hamlet
hotel. His possessions, money, etc',
were unmolested w hen found.
Tilmon Cayler, a wealthy At
lantian, who had wired his attorney
to meet him in Shelby, has created
some excitement. It is in jumping
from a Seaboard train before reach
ing his destination. The injuries he
sustained were slight. His mind is
unbalanced.
The town of Mexicali, on the
western coast of Mexico, was captur
ed by the insurgents. The insurrec
tion goes on without abatement.
Much interest is being aroused in
Randolph over the road question and
it is gratifying.
The Womans' College at Luther
ville, Md., was burned Tuesday. It
was a total loss entailing about
$100,000.
A bill ir.creising the Governor's
salary from $4,000 to $0,000 'ias
passed both houses.
W. I Liukshiw's sales stables
were burned in Luuibertm Monday
night of this week, resulting in loss
of buildings, ten mules and oue
horse.
A Pittsburg Trust Company has
purchased the entire issue of four
percent bonus of the Southbound
Railway, amounting to five million
dollars.
Bust of Chief Justice Ruffin to be
Placed in the Capital in Raleigh
The bust of Chief Justice Ruffin,
which ib to be placed in the Capital
in Raleigh, will have the following
inscription: "Presented by the law
yers of North Carolina," There are
1,500 practicing lawyers in the State
and they expect to raise $1,000 with,
out difficulty for this bust which
will honor the memory of Judge
Ruffin.
No.
The Pros and Cons
of Piedmont
j Are Heard by the Committee No
Report Has Been Made Ran -1
dolph and Others Ably Repre
I sented.
I The heuring before tl'P Com mi t
i tee ou Citite, i'uwio huu Counties,
I was begun I'uHtidity ti,iri,oou at 3
o'clock. Mr. Pete .M.n of Sal
isbury, an u fcjrnej nup nytd to rep
ress ; High Point, hean the urgu
I uient for thr rt-w cu-iv. He was
fuiluwcd by VVaue H. I'mllips, an.
other lawver fur ii.e proposition.
T. J. Finch, hose interests in High
Point and Tboinasvillr financially
ale large, also said ie lavored the
new cuunty. El wood Cox, Thos.
Gold, Representative Kirkman,
Prescott Rouinao;i aud ethers from
High Point spoke for the proposition.
Ex-Governor Aycock closed in a
thirty minutes speech for High
Pointers,
Col. Morehead, Dr. Gordon, Prof.
T. R.Foust, John Wilson and
others represented the connty of
Guilford.
Randolph citizens who have op
posed the movement from . the be
ginning were represented by Messrs.
J. A. Spence, Henry Robins, J, T.
Brittain, Eugene Coltrane, W. N.
Elder and Wm. C. Hammer. These
gentlemen laid before tbe committee
Randolph's disapproval in a Btrong
and convincing manner.
Z. V. Walser and Capt. Williams,
of Davidson, representing the citi
zens of the county, were opposed
and made strong speecht s.
As we have 6aid before, no reason
has yet been given for tbe formation
of Piedmont more than to gratify the
hopes and ambitions of some High
Point citizens. It is a fact that no
reason was presented t) the comit
mittee that would justify them in
reporting favorably.
It will be several days before the
committee reports and should the
proposition receive any favorabla
consideration at tbe hands of the
committee then a minority report
would be made in opposition, and
then the measure to create the new
county would have to pass three
read;ngs in both houses.
Little uneasiness on the part of
the citizens of Davidson, Guilford
and Randolph is felt and less hope
is entertained by those who have so
enthusiastically been clamoring for
the county seat.
Delegation Goes to Raleigh.
An enthusiastic meeting of the
Randolph Club held in the rooms
Saturday night named the following
gentlemen as a committee to go to
Raleigh to appear before the com
mittee opposing the formation of
Piedmont county. The gentlemen
left Monday afternoon, except Mr.
W. H. Watkins, who had gone from
Ramsenr Saturday, and Solicitor
Hammer, who went from his court
at Statesville :
Arthur Ross, R R Ross, Geo. T
Murdock, ex-Sheriff II tyworth, J A
Spence, W C Hammond, Seth W
Laughlh, D B McCrary, J O Red
ding, J D Ross, H M Robins, E C
Pearce, M W Pairish, Dr. H B
Uiatt, W J Scarboio, W N Elder, L
C Phillips, J D Doreett, Frank
Cameron, W H Watkins, Hugh
Parks, T J Redding, C C (Jranford,
P U Morris, RL White; RC Palmer,
J E Walker.
Miss Batie Harris Dead.
On last Friday nioruing at 3:30
o'clock, Mite Batie Harris, of High
Point., died and was buried near her
old home a few miles from Lexing
ton, Saturday. For S'une time Miss
Harris was employed s a stenogra
pher in Asheboro . About three
mouths ago she was ttricken with
typhoid fever and was talen to a
hospital in High Poict, where 8he
died.
Miss Harris was the daughter of
Mr. Thos. Harris, :f High Point,
formerly f this county and was a
young lady much loved by all who
knew her. She was a true hearted
Chiistaio, and delighted in render
ing deeds of kindness to those with
whom she was associated.
Thirty Years in Pen.
-The old German proverb that the
only good mother-in-law was tbe one
npon which the geese feed on her
gown, cost Herbert Moring, of
Goldsboro thirty years in the penitentiary.