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eOWRIEM. Bhe COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results JShe COVIUKR Leads in Both News and A Circulation.. : ISSUED WEEKLY ' ' J PRINCIPLE NOT MEN - , ONE DOLLAR PEA ''v6LnXvT- - ASHEBORO, nTc., FEBRUARY 23, 1911 No. 8 IhOLD UP FAST MAIL IN GEORGIA Express: Safe Was $700.00 Secured Not. MolesfcedRobber s JL to -In Automobile I Gainesville, Ga., Feb- 18. i Southern Railway train No. 36 fthe United States fast mail, I bound from New Orleans to New 1 York, was held up by five mask- ed men at White Sulphur Spring f Georgia, before day last Satur day morning. The express car's vsafe was dynamited and the cori- tents stolen- First reports said more than 1100,000 was taken, but Southern railway officials de clare the amount was $700. None of the passengers were mo lested. , The robbers .escaped, in an automobile-, The robbers broke down the doors of the railroad station at White Sulphur, bound the night agent and set the sig nal for the train to stop. As the locomotive slowed up, one of the men entered the cab and ordered th encrineer to nroceed to Lula, a small station several miles nwjiv. After astern was made. members of the gang entered the express car and, while one ; held the conductor and express mPRRcnorer at the ooint of a gun, the others blew open the door of 1 1ia oaf a nhfgininor thfl mOnfiV i Agent Terrill, of the Southern Exnreaa Ctomnany. Deputy Unit ed States Marshal Landers, De tective Hauae. of the Southern Railway, and- Deputy Sheriff LittJe are with the posse witn blooujiounds m pursuit- Thought It a Joke "1 thoucht the whole affair was a practical ioke." exclaimed Conductor Mauney. who was in charge of the Southern's fast mail No. 38. "When I felt the train coming to a stop near White Rnlnhiir I knew some thins: was wronc and seizing my lantern, I alighted and started for the en gine. Just as I felt the coach a masked man thrust a pistol in my face and ordered me to throw up my hands- I knew some of the fellows were in a funny frame of mind,- and I knocked the gun aside, exclaiming, 'Cut out this 4 foolishnesss, I've got to look after my train. The stranger pushed the gun closer to my face I and with a string of oaths. . said: J HYou d fool, get back into that car, or I will blow your head off." Still unconvinced, I asked the man with the gun what he was ' '.trying to ao, anu ue wumacu. We are holding up the train and are after what is in the safer in the baggage ear. Get back in that car d n quick.' The train was stopped in a deep cut, and all I could do was to comply with the demand. A moment m later I heard two- terrific explosions in quick succession. A number of Eassengers started to rusn out efore I could restrain them. Only two got off the train and 1 they were quickly hustled back by the robbers- One of them, .Tnhn Bruce, of New Orleans, V was shot at, the bullet passing S.i close to his face. We saw the k man disappear into the woods after the second explosion." ft Express Messenger Talk f The express car robbed was in charge ' of Special Messenger Yilliam B- Miller. In talking of he affair he said : i 'ifirst intimation of the lold-up was the signal of a bad ail ahead. The engineer imme diately choked down the train and all of us looked out' the . door to see what the trouble was- As train came to a standstill, hots were fired- All express ix doors, except one, were slam ied shut This door was left pen in the exitement and it was trough it that the robbers en tered the car. They, placed a gun at my head and told me to get out I waited a second or two and when I heard shots be in fired on the outside; I then 1.41. - On the outside I iaaheldup. MyhandswereinlGainsville without finding any tVia n; t haani turn p-rniofliona. The first was not so loud. The mited and Passei s Were Seed Corn Days A fair good crowd of farmers as sembled at Randleman last Monday for seed corn day. Mr. S. E. Ooble, of Randolph, Mr. . S. Millsaps, of Iredell county, and Mr. uciver, or Moore county, conducted the pro gramme. Prises were awarded for prolifio and for fold fashioned 20m called one and two year corn. Prizes for one and (wo year as toi- lows: First prize, $2 00, Troy Redding. Second prize, $1.00, Clarence Adams. - x TJiird prize, $1.00, John F. Bee- son. Prises for prolific corn: "" First prize, $2 00, Percy Farlow. Second prize, $1 00, Win. Beeson. Third prize, $100 Troy Redding. Ou Tuesday of this weel Messrs. Millsapps and Mclver went to Farm. er where thev and Mr. J. H. Kearns addressed the farmers and bad seed corn U8t ' Many farmers went pres ent a. d the day wits profitable to all who were present. Frazier Park. Mr. B. W Fraier,'of Troy ws here Tuesday in connection with the transfer of Fraster Park to the town. The ; Ladies' Improvement Association Is behind this and the improvement will be made by these ladies. They are doing it oy private subscription and; they will appre ciate any contribution. They have secured an'exptrt landscape gardner and are going at it in the right Kind of war. They deserve your enconr. agement and support. Let every citizen contribute something. . Those who cannot give money let them contribute a day or two in work in cleaning Off the grounds, etc. second was tremendous. thought the whole car had been shattered. Six of the windows were torn to nieces. The Das sengers rushed to the windows and doors, but seeing armed men, huddled together inside the car. There were seven in the band. Left SOS.OOO In Lsrge Safe There were two safes of mon ey in my express car. The large safe contained $65,000. The smaller safe, th one blown open, contained $1,000. I think that was all. , Every cent of the money in it was taken. "It wa3 a terrible experience although not a man was injured. The robbers, didn't strike a blow. At first we thought the men were inexperienced, but two were recognized and I could identify them if seen again. Guns Were Much In Evidence "While I was being held up at. the point of the pistol, 1 the flag man ana engineer were experi encing the same sensations. As soon as the money from the smaller safe was secured, the two men. who were working in- side the car came to the door and jumped. , All of us were ordered to get back on the train. -The Distols were still on us. We were ordered to move. As soon as the train started ' the men darted down the embankment and were lost in the - heavy woods. Later information to the effect that one of the packages taken from the express car safe con tained $14,000 has been received In addition to this, a quantity of foreign money, the amount of which is not stated, also is miss ing Several foreign silver pieces were found on the ground short ly after 'the robbery and these are believed to have been in the missing package. The searching parties with the ' blood hounds have' returned to ciue to tne wnereaoouis - o ms robbers. - - letter To Cora Club Costestsats ' The following letter was sent from the office of the connty super intendent a few days ago to every. teacher in (the county: Dear Teacher: ; Enclosed you will, find a blank form for the purpose of enroling the boys and gala of th county in the County Agricultural Contests. I am auxious to get every boy who has s spot of land available, and who is of the proper age, to join the Corn Club contest this year. Of course the corn contest will be the leader among the boys, but we want contests in other things encn as the potato, onion, cucumber for pickling purposes, etc., 'for tnese things can certainly be grown with profit in Randolph county. There is the live stook side to it; the raising of thorough bred calves for future milkers, thorough - bred sheep, and thorough bred swine There is money raising pigs ana pork at the prices if done scientih oallv. Nothing pays better on the farm for the amount of money expended than thorough bred .. poultry. It costs only tour and oce-hatf cents per pound to ralne orotiers for mar itet even where the food has to be bought; and a two to three pouad broiler will bring the producer a net profit of twenty-five to sixty cents. At the present time eggs are selling at s low figure due othe . floolin of the markets with cold storage egg", out by another season eggs will be higher priced for the demand is greater than the supply. y Money can be made on all these products, if gone at in a scientific manner and managed as a business his business or any other progressive business .nan. A great field for the girls is the canning of nearly every farm', pro duct: cabbage, tomatoes, beans, corn, , and fruits of every kind.. We shall offer prucB for the best in every con test of all the above' farm products. I am dividing the different con tents into three groups, viz: First, Field Contests which include the best and greatest amount of stuff grown directly from the soil, as corn, potatoes, ouions, etc. Second, Live Stoca Contests, such as cattle, sheep, poultry, and swine. Third, Canning Contests .'Which includes the canning of nearly every farm product. I am again making an appeal to the teachers who have been so prompt in answering my calls, for it is by their help that I am able to reaoh the boys and girls of the county; and if success should attend oar efforts it will be dne in a large measure to the willingness they have manifested. ; , I shall be glad if you could spend sometime in trying to get the boys and girls of your school who are eligible to join one or more of these groups of contests.- I am sure your extra labor will be greatly lewarded in the add'd interest in your school. Nothing pleases a boy better than to be doing something in which he is interested; it makes him take greater delight in other work. I am enclosing blanks far a dozen names, and any boy - or girl between the ages of twelve and seventeen may enroll in one or more of these groups. We are making arrange, ments for an Iniustrial Fair to he held in Asheboro sometime in the fall, and prizes will be given for the best and greatest yields of all the above with many other prizes for things not mentioned. The prizes for the best and largest y elds in the above three groups will be announced sometime aunng the month oz March, we will have to have some time to com plete arrangements. What we want now is to begin our enrollment and make it the largest possible. - I" want the name of every boy who is going to enter in either the Statu or county contest. 1 am sure the county will not offer less than a $25.00 prize to the boy making the largest yield, and the saue to the boy making the greatest profit on an acre. On other prizes of at least $15.00 and $10.00 Will also be given as second and third prizes In the above contests.; . .. ' Please make every effort . possiblt to enroll every hoy and girl you can There is scarcely s school in the countr bnt should enroll cue or I more students in the contests. itaj .awl boys JJJUmtoad w r -r . Pleass return the blanks with a manner and managed as a business r r. fa.nre proposition; as the banker inanageslj:"!.. Frucu . " ACCIDENTAL DEATH Double Funeral of Sons and Broth. !":"" efiitBbe The two and a half hear old son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis flunsncker was drowned in a branch near their nvme. . Adding to ' tue grief of the family, came the news that the five year.old sou of Mr. Uunsucker's brother came to his death accident ally wolle playing with a shotgun. This occurred at LinleB. The Boys Corn Gubs There will be . a Boys Corn Club in this county this year, and there will be other contests covering other lines of endeavor. ' Poultry' associations should be formed in every community. ' More attention should oe paid to live stock industry. Died Miss Viola Clark, of Back Creek Township, daughter of Robert Clark, aotfld s,bont '17 veara. The deceased waa buried at Charlotte Church on February 4 tb. Mrs. liz Ohrisco, relic of Jacob Chiisco, died at her home about one und one-half miles from Asheboro, last 8aturdiy night at 9 o'clock at ihe'advanctjd age of 8s years. Ul lil recently, while old and feeble, he Jras active. 8he was a. good woman' and the mother of seven children, five .of whom survive her. Shwiiad been a member of grower's W6tal tnr nianw ihh. Hpr funeral At her home about one and one half mil a east of town, Mrs. W. D. Spoon, of consumption, aged 49 years. She was buried at Brower's, where she bsd for years been a con siafent number of the church. - Mrs. Martha 4. Fsrlow Dead Mra. Martha J. Farlow died at the home of hereon, F. W. Farlow, in Greensboro, February Kith, 1911, aged 78 years. She is survived by thre sons, Messrs. Lee Welborn, of High Point; J. H. and F. W. Far low, of Greensboro, and one daugh ter, Mrs. Augusta Welborn, of High Point; Jthree brothers, Messrs. W. L. and It. M. We;born. of Bandolph county and L. D. Welborn, of Mc Uowel county and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Fentress and Mrs. Sarah Swaim, of Randolph county. The funeral service was held at Old Union, where she bad been a mem ber many years. ; . , - Farmers' Union. Mr. Editor : The Farmers' Union of Randolph will hold their! next session in Asheboro on Saturday, I the 25th instant All locals send delegates, xne session win oe aa- dreesed oy vr. joan m. xempiecon, our State vice president. The ad dress is for the public. Everybody invited. 1 With good wishes, I am W. R. Julian, Co. Sec. "It is necessary you should .lend a helping hand to the negro right here at vour own doir. declared William H. Lewis, the colored man who is assistant United States dis trict attoinev of Boston and who was slated for the position of assist ant United States attorney general, hut who for some reason did not land the appointment. Lewis said that he had traveled some in the South and had seen here a complete revolution of sentiment toward the negro race, but he says the outlook in Boston is gloomy. He cited the casts of several educated negroes, graduates of Tech and Harvard, who could not find positions in Boston, simply beoause they were negroes Boston oh, yes, Boston is the place where the agitation for abolition and emancipation began, Greens boro Telegram. Out of employment and disheart ened because of separation from his wife. Herbert W. Cammings, Jr., of Kinston. N. 0.. . committed sui cide in Baltimore one day last week. many names as possible sometime if before your school is out. Very truly yours, 8. T. Lasssiter, jOo. Supt. Schools. MOSES SPEAKS STABS HIS WIFE Seriously Cuts Son parent Motive Speaks Makes Good His Escape What the General Assemcbly is Doing.- Night sessions as well as morning and afternoon sessions are beiug held daring the remaining days of the gen. erl assembly in order that the im portant matters be disposed or with in the sixty days. It looks as if the members are going to have to work a few days overtime, of course with- out compensation, in order to com plete their work. The Boydeu Administration bill which has been reduced to $300,000 has passed the tnird reading in the Senate and sent to cue House. The most important legislation is now undergoing some amendments in the Hone, inat being the tteven ue Bill an Machinery Act. These will consume comsiderable portion of the time qf the law makers from this on. The bill forming the Connty of Avery passed third reading Tuesday night without opposition, but with the understanding that the county is named Avery in honor of Col. Waitsell Avery of Revolutionary fi me. This makes the one huudreth county in North Carolina and there are two more new county bills to be considered, Ransom and Jar Til. A bill has passed the Senate to secure compulsory school attendance in Biscoe school district in Mont gomery county. A bill has been introduced by Re- prcsentative Chas. Robs, of Harnett for the appropriation of one-half million dollars to be expended ia permamnet (improvements at the University, the A..& M. College and State Normal. The Cobb Bill establishing Farm Life Schools has passed the Senate, which provides for the establish, ment of theres chools (not to exceed 10 a year) in counties where $2500 is raised anda like amount is to be contributed by the States. Delegations from Greensboro and Wilmington are nrging the Legisla ture to investagate the sale of the old Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad and to ask the Attorney General to set aside the sale saying that it was in voilation of the agree ments entered into when the bonds were sold. . The Sanf ord ExpreBS says: Cross ties are being placed on the right- of-way of the Sanford and Troy Railway preparatory to extending the road from Colon to Sanford. The company expects to soon begin grading for the extension. As there are no heavy . grades between here and Colon, it will not take long to prepare the road bed and put down the track. We expect to tear the whistles of the Sanford and Tray trains in Sanfofd in the spring or early summer. The fourteen year old boy of Mr. Bob Shepperd atElon Col lege was run over by a freight train Monday and sustained in ternal injuries together with an injury to his left arm and sever ing his left leg just below . the knee. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor says there must soon be a new political party in the field unless the Democrats turn to the people to lead them out of bond age. Miss Maude Muller Setts was married to Dr. - Lynn Mclver, of Sanford, N. C, in the Methodist church at Ramseor last Thursday at 11 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Donald Mclver, brother of the groom. Palms and ferns were used in the decorations. Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton played the wedding march. The ring ceremony of the Methodist jchurch was used. The bride is the daughter of Rev. and Mra. J. R. Betts, of Ramsenr, and is a sweet and popular young lady. Dr. Mclver is ajoungpny sioian of Sanford, and has a bright and promising future before him, - m - Law No Ap About 6 o'clock last Saturday morning at High Point Moses Si eaks, a white man, stabbed his wife to death and so seriously cut his son in law that he died. The tragedy was enacted without apparent reason and without warning to anyone, and the mur derer, who is known to be a man of irrational mind, is supposed to nave been seized with a sudden desire for blood. He made good his escape throughout the entire day, despite the fact that a large posse searched surrounding ter ritory for him. The crime is cne of the most heartless and brutal that has been committed in Guilford in several years Mrs. Speaks and her hus band had been up but a snort while, and Mrs. Speaks was kind ling a fire in the kitchen stove for the morning meal. Her hus band went to her, took her by the left hand, raised her arm, and then drove a large knife through her heart. She died al most instantly, bleeding profuse ly. Speaks then went to the home of his son-in law, Will Mil ler, and found him at the break fast table, and began slashing at him with the knife. Severe cuts were made across the abdomen, and the young man on whom the attack had been made, also with out warning, was left writhing: in agony, it is said Dy some that a butcher knife was used In both cases, and by others that a large Barlow knife was the wea pon. speaks unmediatiy alter the double crime left for unknown parts The tragedy was not known of until an hour after its occurrence, when physicians and' the police were informed and called to the scene. Search was immediately begun for the mur derer, careful investigation be ing made throughout the sub urbs of southern High Point, in which vicinity the acts were com mitted. People had seen Speaks; after the tragedy, and before its commission had become known, walking away from the city with an "umbrella in his hand, but paid no attention, noticing no pecu liar actions on his part- When the time came for the search no one remembered any specific di- rection he had taken, rumors spreading that he had gone to ward Greensboro and Wins ton. Speaks became noted in Greens boro a year ago after being lod ged in the jail for safe keeping, being considered insane and dangerous- At that time he made an attack on Jailer May with a chain, severely injuring him. He attempted also to in jure Deputy Sheriff Crutchfield, who entered his cell at that time and quieted him. Speaks some two or three years ago escaped from an insane asylum and had never been replaced therein. He is said to have been brought to this state from Maryland several years ago as an - undesirable cit izen, being dropped off in this county. Mr- Will Prevost Succumbs to Lung Trouble After Long Illness Mr. Will Prevost, who has been in very ill health for a long time at his home on Laura Avenne, in the western part of the city, died recent ly. Mr. Prevost, who was for a long time a valued employee of the Public Service Ccmpany, was injur ed in an accident about a year ago and had never regained his full health since. The body was car ried to the family's old home in Randolph coanty . for interment. Greensboro Daily Record. Mr. T. O. Ward has opened up branch office in Troy of the Toledo Computing ' Scales Company, and will sell to the eastern half of the state. Mr. H. L. Boring will have charge of the eastern part of the state. The scales are said to be the most complete, yet most simple on the market.
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