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VOL. XXXVI ASHEBORO, N. C., MAY U,U911 No. 19
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WASHINGTON LETTER
Taft Fights Against Giving Pro
- erosive Republicans Committee
Places Schedule's: Next Other
Matters of Importance
(By Clyde H. Twenner)
Washington, May 8. (Special,)
That reactionaiT Republicans in
the Senate are lying in wait for the
farmer's free list bill and. other pro-
fressive legislation passed" by the
lemocratio House, is becoming more
evident every day. The motive is
two fold, to protect the profits of the
tariff trusts, and to prevent, if pos--sibU
the Democrats from carrying
ont promises made to the people in
the last campaign.. .
The group of Senate Tories is still
able to exeit a " tremendous influence
upon legislation. Having packed
the important committees with men
w"o take the corporation attitude
toward the particular legislation to
come before those comitte p, the
reactionaries areii iac,,'0,t co. "
tioae Baviug ti-.ial ir u.tv; by
obatractug, aud, pernapa rul
ing, the passage o legislation de
Bired by the people.
Among toose whom the public
may safely rely npou to oppose moat
of the progressive xiuunc u"siv.
are Gallinger, .Smoot, L rimer,
Guggenheim, StephenBOD, Ljdge,
Oliver, Warrea, Perkins a.id a doz
en others, who will at all times have
the hearty cooperation of Vice
Preoident Sherman,
Back of this group of reaction
aries' are amyed the tariff trusts, the
railroads, wall street, Standard Oil
and the balance of the organized
wealth of the couctry.
The Democrat and Progressive
Republicans are pitted ugiinst this
combination. The two rorces will,
when necessary, combine to prevent
the passage of a bad bill, but they
will be helpless at times to prevent
the Tories from obstrncting the
passage of Democratic legislation
each as the tree list bill.
About the only thing the average
citieen can do is to keep tab on t le
votes of his individual representa
tive in both House and Senate, not
ing particularly whether they vote
for or against measures desired by
the people, and when election time
rolls around to act accordingly.
Aldrlcb senator lie Facto.
Co operating with the Senate re
actionaries who are planning to kill
tbe free list bill and other similar
anti-truet measures, is Nelson Wil
marth Aldrich - of Rhode Island.
Nominally Mr. Aldrich is connected
only with an institution of his own
creation, called the monetary com
mioainn. The commission has a
suite of rooms adjoining the rooms
occupied by the finance commnwr,
to which the free list bill will
an
. If it should happen, opines the
Cleveland Press, that the doors were
a ..... " -: the rooms of the fin-
.ahce cotniuivacv and the rooms of
the monetary commission, it might
happen that -former senator Aldrich
mipht communicate with Senator
Penrose, the- new chairman of the
TTinanpfi committee, and thus the titu
lar head of the Senate uaajoiity might
have the benefit of the views of the
-ct. laarier fani nossiblv leader de
' f.m1nf the United states Senate.
Ah a matter of fact. Mr. Aldrich
keens in aa close touch with the
mn he trained to b reactionaries
aB when he was actually a member
of the Senate. .
Tatt Antagonizes Progressive!.
President Taft took . ths leading
- part in the fight against giving the
nrnorPsaiveReDnblicans of the Senate
the committee places they demanded,
which fight resulted in leaving an
the hi 17 Senate committees the same
nitarifiia of BDeciul privilege thai
' the were in the m-evions Congress
hpfnre the Hemibliuan caucus was
beld the regular ileDublicans of the
Senate signed an agreement by which
they agreea to give tne progressive!!
a one-fourth representation on all
the committees. Senator Penrose,
who sisrned the agreement for the
resrnlai a is said to have bitterly ar
raiunpf) hia reirnlar colleagues fir
putting him in the position of break- The resolution of inquiry directs the
Ing his political word, which he poatoffice committee to determine
declared he had always especially how much political work is perform-
rided himself upon keeping invio- ed by postmasters and subordinate
ate. officers in the postoffices of the coun-
It now develops that Penrose's I tiy, and by what authority they neg
breach of faith with the progressives lect their official duties and violate
was forced by White House pressure, the civil service law. It has long
President Taft considers progressives been chargod that through postoffice
like La Foilette his personal enemies department patronage the postmae-
and be does not want them in a ter general has established a machine
poeitiou to assist in bringing about ' for the control of delegates to the
the passage of legislation like the national convention.
: shone Hearing
The 6k "tion Commission
will oYt 4nr.n-: -. Vionrincr of the
case styled CV of Asheboro
against the Soiu Hell Tele
nhone and Teleft s Company
on May 15. It announces that
the hearing will be upon the mer
its of the quest on regardless of
whether the question of jurisdic
tion may be sustained or not
The case came un about a month
ago, citizens petitioning for the
commission to compel tneooutn
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company to make physical con
nection with the Asheboro Tele
phone Company. The Bell peo
ple set up the contention that the
commission was without jurisdic
tion and time was given for the
filing of briefs. The outcome of
this matter will be highly impor
tant as a precedent may be es
tablished. Bankrupt SAe
Ac the beoud bale ui the ruanu
fficturirif planta of Rmdlman and
Nionn Mill the property brought
$23,100 more tm when sold in
March, Mr. Gilmer of Winston buy-
log it.
Dr. Will C. Lre, of Q-aham
who ia i)if. ool v fiiw deutts'. but
has crreid c ff fi st prize over all
competitors at tue fairs last fall for
the finest single Comb Brovn L'U
horn chickens, rus Siut Mr. J rm
Hamu er of Ashebiro, one or hid
fiut-et premium rmfitiB. Mi. Hum-
met greitlv appreciated this prejeut
from Dr. Lous aod is showing hm
friends bis tioe cnickena. He ai
has pome fine premium pulleiH be
cot from Dr. Lone. Mr. Hummer
also baa some other fine breeds.
farmer's free list bill, which Uey
could do by combining w th tbe
Democrats if nivea the representa
tion on tbe big committees to which
theif"numerical strength . entitles
them.
Scheduler
Schedule K. the iolrer-fiiled wool
schedule of tbe Pavne- Aldrich , tir-
lff-law, will be tbe sutnect ot the
first general taiiff revision of the
Democratic house.
AU the jokers by which rates have
been piled one npon another until
the total has been far in excess of
100 per cent are to be abolished.
Likewise tbere will be abolished
the inf airman nrovisiobB of the Pav.
ne-Aldrich law, by which material
containing wool, but really made of
nnt.tnn. is taxed as wool. ' The aver
age reduction on all items in the
woolen schedule is expected to reach
at leaat 25 ner cent.
What the Democrats nroDOBe will
cause a tremendous outcry from the
woolen trust ana its allies, tne pro
ducers of raw wool, and will no doubt
nrovoke men like Warren of Wvom-
ing, Lippett of Rhode- Island and
the other high protectionists of tbe
Senate into predicting in aowniau
or tbe nation.
Wlckeraham U Worried
United States Attorney General
Wickersham is worrying. He is
afraid the investigations to be made
into the affairs of the steel trust,
sugar trust, sooe trust aud woolen
trust will give these concerns .im
munity from prosecution. As all of
these concerns, with the exception
of a few $18 a week employees of
the sugar trust, have enjoyed abso
lute immunity from prosecution and
investigation since the day Mr. Wick,
ersbam left the service of the sagar
trust to become the chief prosecut
ing officer of the .government, it is
difficult to understand how the im
mumity which they might re jeive,
but ftill not, through congressional
investigations, could be any more
complete than the immunity Mr.
Wickersham has given them.
Should Be Interesting.
The inquiry to be made by the
House of Kepresentatives into tbe
nnlit.inal machine of Postmaster Gen
eral Frank Hitbccck is one in which
tVi whole conntrr will be interested
SHORT ITEMS OT NEWS
The County Board of Oommiss on
ers of Bo wan met in special tessioo
last Saturday to discuss plans for a
new court house.
Peace does not seem to be in sight
in Mexico as was thought some time
ago. A report says circumstances
changed for the worse.
The date of, the annual meeting
of the North Carolina Press Asso
ciation, at Lenoir, has been been
changed to June 27 30.
For the first time in the history
of mankind the human voice car
ried 2,000 miles direct Monday night
when New York found Denver over
the long distance telephone wires.
Mayor A. N- Bulla, of Randle
man who has been quite ill for
several weeks, is recovering, to
the gratification of his many
friends.
Mr. T D. Winstead has resigned
as sheriff of Person county and it is
understood that he will be succeed
by Mr. W. I. Nevron who has been
a deputy in the sheriff's effice.
At the reerular biennial munic
ipal election at Siler City Jesse
F. Mulikenwas elected mayor,
with the following aldermen: J.
C Gresrson. J- M- Marley. W. A.
Teague, M. Fox and R. H. Dixon
and. Dewitt C- Kocerts was elect
ed constable.
Fleet Watkins. chargel with the
murder of John Hill Bunting, of
Wilmington, at Black Mountnu, on
the nisfct of August 6, 1909, wa
convicted of manslaughter in tbe
court at Al,eville Katurdjy and
sentenced io 18 mouths in the State
prison. The defeudentgave notice of
appeal .
County Medical Meeting:.
The Raodolph County Medical
Association met in the Court Hoasi
on Tuesday, May 2. The meeting
beiDg piesidedover by Dr. F. JS. As
bury. In the absence of the regular
Secretary, Dr. H. B. Hiatt acted as
Secretary pro. tern
Interesting talks were made by
Drs. Wilkerson and Hiatt along the
lines of prevention of tuberculosis,
and by Dr. Samner regarding the
earlv symptoms. These talks were
especially clear, concise and were
readily understood by the laymen
present. Every effort was made on
the part of the doctors to make the
meeting a conference rather than a
speech making eent. Talks were
also made bv Revs. Johnson and
Bowen and Miss Esther Robs.
It is to be regretted that the at.
tendance was not larger the number
of members of the profession - pres
ent Leing very small.
Why Not Commencement.
The commencement exercises
of Why Not Academy and Busi
ness Institute will be held on
Thursday, May 25th, beginning
at 10 o'clock a- m. There will be
three gold medals awarded. One
given by Mr. D. A, Cornelison,
of Seagrove, N. C-, for the best
recitation among the children.
One given by Seagrave Council,
No. 327, Jr. O- U. A. M., for the
best recitation among the young
ladies. One given by Why Not
Local, No- 1383, Farmers' Union
for the best declamation among
the young men of the school.
The following are the com
mencement officers: Managers,
H. H. Lowdermilk. Chief; Subs,
J. A- Russell,- Hobart Deaton,
Boyd Presnell. Marshals: A. S.
Deaton, Chief ; Subs, F. R. Au
man, Grady Garner, W. K- Hen
son. The speaker for the address
has not yet been secured, but it
is hoped that a good speaker will
be secured for the occasion. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend and enjoy the exercises.
The usual large attendance is ex
pected. The Farmer Cornet Band will
furnish music for the occasion
The school is larger this spring
than it has ever been at this time
in any previous year in the his
tory of the school.
Died.
Misa Pattie Hooker, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark
Hooker, of near Asheboro, died last
Friday and was buried in the Ashe
boro cemetery Saturday. The de
ceased had been ill with consump
tion for some time. ' Her frieThds
will be sorry to hear of her death.
UN-
ION.
Resolutions Concerning Farm Life
School for Randolph Discusses
County Exhibits for this Fall.
Th Farmers Cooperative and Ed
ucational Union of Randolph coun
ty met in the Court House at 11 a.
m. May 6 The roll call was ans
wered by 21 locals, President Yearns
in the chair.
The session opened, by the mem
bers repeating the Lord's Prayer in
concert, after which reports were in
order, which showed the order to be
in a thriving condition.
The usual routine of business be
ing dispensed of the matter of a
Farm h'f School for Kandolpn
county was taken np and highly ap
rJrovfd bj the farmers in the follow- J
ing resolution :
" Resolved, That it is tbe sense of
the Farmers' Union of Randolph
that, this couuty should take ad
vantage of tbe act parsed by the last
general assembly for the establish
ment and maintainance of a Faim
Life bctiool, and the president of
this Uniou is tureby directed to ap
point a committee cf five to investi
gate the niatt-'r and report at our
aeit meeting Saturday, July 4 at 11
a. m.
A call for a meeting of the farm
ers' agricultural committee report
called forth some very interesting
discus 3iou in regud to a county ex
hioir, this fli for the Couuty of
Randolph, but us yet no defiuite
plan has oeen formed. The present
commitue will be eularged and no
tice given for a meeting of (his com
mittee to join with a committee cf
the chamber of commerce of Ashe
boro for the purpose of formiag a
central committ.e and snb commit
tees for the couuty aud township to
work out full plans for the exhibit
this fall, and tho farmers ask a
hearty co-operation of all the differ
ent interests of the county that the
resources and possibilities of our
great.county may be properly placed
befor'bar friends who would visit
it on that occasion, and also the
prospective citizen who should wish
to come to this county to live.
The committee will be called to
meet in Asheboro on May the 20th,
and it is earaektly hoped this com
mittee will not only meet them, but
will also meet a hearty response from
railroads, bankers, manufacturers,
merchants and farmers (not mem
bers of the Union) will all do their
very best to make a. great success for
our good county.
Yours very truly,
W. R. Julian,
' County 8ecretaty.
Dr. Covington To Fight Hook
worm Dr. P. W. Covington of Rock
ingham, has given up his private
practice to assume the duties of
District Director of the campaign
angainst hookworm disease.
He, like the other three District
Directors already in the work in the
State, is well fittel to fill his office.
He received his academic education
at DavitUou College, and his medi
cal education at tre University of
North Carolina and the University
of Maryland. After serving aa
hospital resident physician for one
year he located at Rockingham.
The three physicians already
holding positions as District Di
rectors are Doctors E. W. Page,
C. F. Strosnider and l.L. Pndgen.
These, with Dr. Jno. A. Ferrell, the
State Director of the campaign
make four physicians giving their
entire tine to the hookworm cam
paign. Besides the physicians
there are six microecopiste in the
laboratory of Hygieie at Raleigh
devoting their entire time to making
the examinations for hookworm in
fection. Since tbe beginning of the cam
naiirn more than 20.000 Deenle in
the State have availed themoolves of
the opportunity for having free ex
aminations made for the disease.
Aunroximatelv one-third of them
have shown infection.
Mr Lucas Captures A Distillery
. Mr. 0. H. Lucas who was here
Wednesday tells us that he captured
another large distillery near Edgar
church in New Hope township. He
destroyed about 1000 gallons beer.
The operator was net captured.
The barn of Mr. T. 8. Bouldin
of near Arohdale was burned last
Monday night
RANDOLPH FARMERS
STATE PRIZES AWARDED
Six Prizes of Five Dollars Each
Given for Essays on Health
Subjects
Six North Carolina school chil
dren will have glad hearts this week
when they receive one of the five
dollar prizes for the best essay on
one of tbe following subjacts:General
Sanitation, Hookworm Disease, and
Tuberculosis. Two prizes were of
fered for the best essay on each of
the subject, one prize to go for the
best essay by a child under fifteen
years of age,the other for tbe best
essay by a child over f ourtt en years
of age. The committee awarded the
prizes as follows:
General Sanitation 1
Under 15 years of ags Augus
Travis. Weldon. N. C, age 12.
Over 14 years of age, Rozena Peny
man, poatoffice address not known.
Hookworm Disease
Under 15 years of age, Sarah
Ricbardsor, postoffice address not
known, age 14.
Over 14 vears of age, Oliver Rand,
Smithfield, N. C, age 15.
Tuberculosis
Under 15 years of age, Eiith
Farmer; Raleigh,1 N. O.j age 11.
Over 14 years of ape, Inez ltrce
Wilkes, Chadbouro, N. C, age 16.
These prizes were offered by the
Health Department of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs
through the activity of Mrs. W. N.
Hutt, Chairman of the Health De
partment, Riileigh, N. C. it ia
hcp3d to have another set or prizes
offered for similar work next school
term so that the 83bool children
will do well to acquaint themselves
with health matters. The State
Board cf Health sends out f roe lit
erature on request.
Mrs. Hutt will appreciate know-
ing tbe address of Sarah Ricbai'lson,
or Rozeua Peny man.
Happenings at Chapel Hill..
Carolina scored a biz victoVy irj base
ball Friday afternoon when the varsity
defeated Washington and Lee Uni
versity 9 to 1. The varsity won the
game by their heavy slugging, but it
i u:ii.4. rtij
WttS an emuipie ui uimiaun uciuci a
work which kept the Virginians from
scoring after the first inning.
Things are moving on taat toward
Commencement now. lhe Golden
Fleece, the honor organization which
chooses seven memoers from each
rising senior claas, men whom they
consider preeminent ia certain
phases of college life has mititaed,
A. D. Folger, L. N. Morgan, C. E.
Teague. R. W. Winston, Jr. J. A.
Lockart, R. A. Freeman, and R. M.
Hanes. The Colonial Dames prizes
awarded annually by the North
Carolina Society of Colonial Dames
have been awarded to W. B. Guess,
first prize $100.00 and A. C. Ward
second prize 50.00. The Ben Smith
rreston uup in journalism given an
nually by Hon. . R.Preston of
Charlotte in memory of his brother,
Ben Smith Preston, an old student
of the University who died a few
yjars ago while reporting on the
Atlanta Georgian, nas neen awarded
to L. N. Morgan of the Senior Class.
The baseball season ended Saturday.
Senior examinations begin May 10.
Everything is getting in order for
the final stretch of the college year
for about ninety seniors and twenty
graduate students, the last year of
their college career.
Tbe baseball season just closed
was in many ways tbe must 6ucce&
full in over five years. For the first
time since the beginning of the
custom of plav ing a series of three
games annually with the University
of Virginia, Carolina won two out
of three from her time honored en
emy. The defeat of Washington
aud Lee in the game which broke
Moran's famous record ot being the
only undefeated college pitcher in
the South, was a much desired and
in most cases a little expected deed.
Victories from Guilford, who won
from A. & M. and South Carolina
who also defeated A & M as well as
Georgetown and Lafayette, make
the season in all highly successful.
As a matter of fact no team in the
South has a clear claim to the South
Atlantic Championship, but this
fact is largely due to. tiiese Carolina
victories inst mentioned.
G. B. P.
State Normal Commencement
The Courier has received an in
vitation to the commencement ex.
eroiBes of the State Normal College
to be given May 2023.
UP TO SENATE NOW
House Passes Free List Bill by vote
The first Democratic tariff bill.'
passed the House last Monday night,
by a vote of 236 to 109, the Demo
crats voting solidly and mustering
24 Rebublicaos with them. Des
pite the efforts of the Republicans,
bot a single change was made lot he
bill, an attempt by Mr. Mann to
recommit tie bill io the ways and.
means committee was tabled by the
House. .
Women of Randolph County Ex
pected to Help in Making Indus
trial Fair a Success.
While arrangement! are being
made for the Industrial Fair it must
not be forgotten that the women of
Ujnilr.lrih iinnntt Viarn a l:irPA Tlirfc
M..v.r. ' o r
in making the fair a success hverj
woman iu Randolph county is urged
to b'gin now pr piring to add to the
exhihits. Tru- men will doubtless
deal with the ouuide ex Dibits and
the women the inti 1. Just ns tbe
man looks after the farm and its
products, the woman should in
tho rlnmA.t.in rlptint tmpnr. which em-
braces all kiuda of n6edle work 1
fancy, a ad subs' antial, all things
in the culinary line, such as pickles,
jollies, preserves, cauned goods,
cakes, breads, butter, etc. utris.
can make quilts, crochet, knit emr
bi oiaer, and aid in making this the
best county industrial fair in the
state. Tne Chrysanthemum Show.
win ue neiu iu uuuueouiuu wuu uuo
fair instead of for benefit of local
Betterment Association, as it has.
been heretofore, and flowers will
add greatly to the fair. Don't neg
lect tbe floral part which will add
to the beauty and pleasure of the
occasion. A committee troru tne
Womans Club in Asheboro will be-
appointed to work with the commit
tee of ladies from each township in.
the county. Thesi ladies will be
glad to hear from the different lo.
calitiea and, will belp an every way
possible to make the fair a Buooess
Womans Home Missionary Society
at TVntori Ornfians Home Es
tablished.'
The North Carolina Branch of
Womans Home Missions is in session
at Denton this week. Tbe society
in North Carolina is less than three
years old. Since its organization
funds have been raised to aid in
uiuuuwuijcoi nviA iu uoiiuuwaj jut
mission work among emigrants in
cities and among Indians in the
western part of the United States.
One year ago, at the meeting in
Greensboro, it w8 decided that the
North Carolina Branch would un
dertake a work of its own, and work,
among orphans was decided upon..
A louution was offered at Denton.
The use of the old school building,,
which had been converted into a.
dwelling house and free tuition for -all
who were taken. On Aug. 22;
the Orphans Home was opened. Dur- -ing
the first week three children from.
Asheboro came, since that time tne
number of the family has reached
seventeen. The children have not
only been cared tor by Misses Wil-.
liams and Auman who nave charge
of the institution, but they have
had eood educational advantages in ,
the Denton High School, of which,
The following are the officers of the
Missionary Society and the work of"
the Orphans Home has been under
their supervision:
rresmeni juirs. wm. tiuiumer,
ABheboro, N. 0.; Vice President
Mrs. E. B, Siler, Siler City, N. O.,
uorresponain? oecreiary hubs r ran
ees Sulton, Greensboro, N. Ck; Rec
ording secretary Miss Mable Wil
liams, Denton, N. C; Treasurer,
Misa Virla Coble, Liberty, N. O.;
Assistant Treasurer Mies Etta An
Difan, Seagrove, N. C.
Mr. Stcdman Resigns
Mr. W. D. Stedman after qualify-.
ing as town commissioner last
Thursday night resigned to take ef
fect immediately. His successor
has not yet been elected. - The mem
twra of thn hoard will plw.t soma one
qualified to Berve as commissioner.
Editor Josephus Daniels of the
News and Observer, who has been
on a two weeks' trip to New York
and Washington, is ill at Washing
ton. It may be some time before
he returns to the State.