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COU Vht COURIER Lsada In Both News and Circulation. 75he COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. THE ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES f NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. XXXVI ASHEBORO, N. C, JUE 29, 1911 ' - - No. 26 WASHINGTON ' TER 1 V One Protectionist Argu J Progressives on Their,; Popular Ejections Endan ' Other Matters. By Clyde H. Taveutier, floecisl Washing , Comtpsndeut of Tba courier. V.? Washington, Juue 27. There is one protectionist argument that will never agmu' occupy the place in Americau politics tnat it has in the past. . That is the argument that a high protection wall is necessary to ena ble American manufacturers to com pete in home markets with foreign manufactured goods. The reason i his stock protection, ist argument will never again per. form the same valuable mission for the Republicans, is because of a speech delivered in the House by Wm. 0. Redfield, of New York, who is a manufacturer himself, and who for 18-jears has been sellic manu factures in foreign rrountiica. Redfield couteuded and proved that the difference ia daily wage at home and abroad should not be the sole basis of determining the amount of protection to be applied to a given article. He cited instance afur instance in which he sold urticits manufac tured by $5 a day American em ployes in countries where labor re. ceived less than one dollar a day. Redfield took the position that American manufacturers did not need as much protection as they were now enjoying ''to protect them from foreign competition" because they are successfully competing with foreign manufacturers in all parts of the world. "How. does it happen," demanded Redfield, "that in a quotation re. cently made for machinery to a mine in Japan the American rjrice was $215 less than the English price '(" "How does it happen -that TiO American locomotives are running upon the Japanese railways of For mosa and upon those of Manchuria ? These are sold in open competition with the makers of Great Britain." Redfield related an incident 'be tween the American salesman who recently took a large contract from the Japanese Imperial State Rail ways and one of the managers of the 1m perial Railway shop. The Japanese official was under the impression tnat ne could manu facture locomotives cheaper than an Amsrican plant because Japanese wages are but one-fifth of American wages. ' Both men got out their cost books," said Redfield,' "and they found that the fact was the labor cost for locomotives on v the same specifications was three and one -half times greater in the Japanese shops than in the American shops. And this is a perfectly normal fact and not an abnormal one. Redfield said when he was in Gal cutta, India, recently his agent pointed to a pair of American made shoes ne was wearing. "I paid $3 85 for those shoes," said the agent. "It is the regular American $5 shoe . Bedfield said that when he return ed to New York he found the same shoe selling on Broadway for $5, "J shall be dad to give names and ad dresses to any member who inquires . in private. Redfield gave a Bcore of similar instances. It is impossible 'to do iustice to bis remarkable revelation in this dispatch Everv reader of this article may secure free of charge, a copy of the complete speech, without . doubt one of the most remaruaoie or us juqu ever made in Congress, by writing . Hob. James T. Lloyd, Chairman, National D-.raocratie Congressional Committee. Progrsslves On Their Gurad ' Progressive republicans were con anicuous at the President's reoent wedding anniversary celebration by their absence. Even former fpresi- dnt Roosevelt was missing. The explanation is this: The progres sives did not of , course mean any - sight to the President, but feared that if they attended me cejeorauuu the White House press bureau wouM send out stones to the effect that i they favored Tt for re-noinmation ana re-eieciion. If a Republican approaches within shouting distance of the executive mansion these days, 1 Mr. Taft's secretary feeds the Associated Press with the inference said republican is strong for there-nomination for ... ...i Kinston Get School Minded for Feeble The trustees and the Council of Staid have formally crsen Kinston a tni- location for tb S-rte School fo ti e feeble mind"). The State . c providr building nd equip. 't to the value ft $65,000, while ,i)W!i of KiuHtmi givs 992 ocres laud and promirfm to give water and lights free for five years. Lliingtou was the closest compe titor offering 990 acres cf land and a considerable Cash donation. New Hotel at Asheboro One of the finest hotels in North Carolina is nearing completion in ABheburo. It ii owned locally and will be elegantly f arnished and the service and cuiaine will be the best. It will have hot and cold baths with steam heat and telephones in each of its nearly half a hundred rooms. lhere are ctlier hotels in Ashe boro row and there will be ia the futnr. ull will have patronage and we hope continue to do well, but the growing demand for a large hotel of the type of tve new hotel, the name of which we cannot recal and which is the worst burden it will have to tou-, will meet a demand wlii"ii wiM eidJ muob to Aahnorj'ij aiuuy growing and attractive feti- tuies. Kinston Gets School for Feeble- Minded. The trustees and the Council of St-Ue have formally chesen Kinston as the location for the State school for the feeble-minded. The State is to provide buildings and equipment to the value of $65,( 00, while the town of Kinston gives 992 acres of land and v promises water and lights free for fi ve years. Lulington was the closest compe titor, offering 990 acres of land and a considerable cash donation. As the genuine progressives are opposed to. . Taft's re-noo.i nation, they are not disposed to take any chances on ' being misrepresent, ed... Popular Elections Endangered The resolution providing for the election of United States senators by the direct vote of the people, failed to receive the concurrence of the Houbo because of the Senate amend ment retaining federal control of elections. This amendment, which would probaby have defeated the ratification of the measure by the necessary three fourths of the states, even had the House accepted it, waB tacked on the resolution through the efforts of Senator Bristow of Kan sas and the ring of special privilege senators. Rail wava Overpaid Postmaster General Hitchcock at last confesses that the goverment is overpaying the railroads for hauling the mails to the extent of about $9,000,000 a year. James Hanahan, who represents the railway mail clerks in washing ton,, declares the railroads are being overpaid to the extent of not less than $25.000.C 00. a year. Democrats in Congress have for rears contended that such a state of affairs existed, but the Republicans refused to mvest'gate the sub ject. Republicans Still Divided A statement to the effect that President Taft would have no opposition for a re-nomination was recently given out by the White House Press bureau and printed in all parts of the country. The statement was to the effect that all of the progressives with the possible exception of LaFollette would support Taft. This untruthful report made the insurgents angry all through, vwith the result that if they ever had any idea of supporting Taft -for a re nomination, they have abandoned it and will support LiFollette. lhe only progressive who is avowedly for Taft is Kenyon of Iowa, who' while posing as an insirgent in his home state, is apparently rapiaiy aeveiop ing into a reactionary in Washing ton. It ia believed that when Ken yon 's constituents get a line on his double-barreled policy he will be forced to remain a progressive or else acknowledge himself to be a con vert to the Taft reactionary pel icies. ' Rev. E. B. Craven and Mies Clara Irene 'Lambe, of Siler City, were married in the M. . Chnrch at that placa las; Tuesday, Dr. R, B. John neifnrmin? the ceremony. 1 TAR HEEL EDITORS. Annual Meeting: Convened Mon day Evening; Formal Address By President Other Speeches. The North Carolina Press As sociation met in its annual session at Lenoir last Monday evening. The address of welcome was de livered by Lientenant Governor Newland and responded to by Editor Josephus Daniels. Mr. Daniels was followed by the president of the Association Hon. M- L. Shipman in his annual ad dress. The meeting at Lenoir wa3 at tended by a larger number of editors than any previous session The town of Lenoir gave the editors a royal welcome. The Darty was met in Hickory by a reception committee from the Lenoir Board of Trace and upon reaching Lenoir, was met and elcomed by scores of men and women of the town. Passing throush Hickory, Mon day, the editorial party was met by a committee Irom the cham ber rf commerce, taken to the Hotel Huffry ad served with re freshments. VISITORS PRESENT. Manv nf rrifl editors were ac companied by their wive? and t her were a so a numoer oi dis tinguished guests, including Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt,. Dr. w. r Few. )r. W. L.. Foteat and ur J. H. Ferrall. Among the repre sentatives of printing trados machinery there were W L open cer of the American TDe Foun Hers flnmmnv. P. A. Kellv of Southern Printers'. SuddIv Com pany, W- fi- savory or tne juno type Company and Mr. Hatch of the Monotype Company. PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY MORNING. Meeting called to order by the president. , Report of executive committee on new members President's address. "State SuDervision of Public Roads." Dr. Josenh Hyda Pratt. State creolocrist and secre tarv of North (Jarolina Uood Roads Association. "flash Rasis of the NewsDa per," Mr. Wade H. Harris of The flharlntte Chronicle. ''The Newspapers and Public Opinion," Dr. W. ir- U'$w, pres ident of Trinity College. "The Open Door." Mr. J. J Farriss ofThe High Point Enter- nrise. ''Results to be Derived from Treatment of the Hookworm Dis ease," Dr. John A. Ferrall, State director hookworm campaign. Appointment o f committees and miscellaneous business. Question box. At 2:30 n. m. the editorial Dar ty were take n t o Hibriten mountain, where a light luncheon were served. TUESDAY EVENING. Read in o- of historical DaDer Mr. D. J. Whichard of The fireenville Reflector. Annual oration, Mr. J. P. Cook of The TInlift. Concord. Annual poem. Mr. W. Laurie Will of Our Fatherless Ones "Some Annalachian Sketches." Rev. Hight C Moore of The Bib lical Recorder. Officers for the coming year were elected yesterday. A list of these will be published next week. r Some Mammoth Dewberries. Great big dewberries, luscious and appetizing, made . their appearance in jThe News and Observer office yesterday as a gift from Mr. S. J Smitherman, of Troy, of the Smith erman. of the Smitherman' Store Company. . These dewberries, from an inch to an inch and a half long, and of the siza of a large thumb, were grown by Mr. Smithermin in nis garden. They were delioioua and tickled the palate. Such mammoth dewberries as these would make a hit on any market and the gift U an appreciat ed one. News And Ooservtr- Kinston, who broke his neck spyeral months ago, was discharged from a Richmond hospital last Tuesday, The young man was feeling in fine spirits, though still paralyzed from shoulder to tip ot toes. jlGHT THE FLIES; REDUCE SICKNFSS. All People Should War Agonist Germ-Laden rests. " . TVio Aw ?a a f armer nf rlispnao. That is, of many of those dis eases which are contagious, com monly known as catching. To understand the part that the fly plays in carrying these diseases, it is necessary to have in mind both the actual cause of these diseases and the nature, struc ture and habit3 of the fly. The diseases in question are caused by bacteria. The bacterial the ory of these diseases, advanced some thirty years ago, is now thoroughly and absolutely estab lished. Tr. has heen reDeatedlv proved, by placing proper bacter ia in susceptible animals and plants, that these bacteria can make the healthy organism sick often unto death- Bacteria are exceedingly small, the smallest living things. They are plants and measure, the ordinary ones, something in the neighborhood of one-fiftv thousandth of an inch in length, -v It would take more than two hundred of them placed end to end to reach a dis tance equal to the thickness of the paper on which this is print ed. A halt million or so could repose comfortably on a dot over the letter in this line. Though they are so sma l, they increase w ith such rapidity hat one, to day, may, within twelve hours, have an offspring of more than aiYfeen million. Thev also IirO- duce violent poisons, the most in tense poison known to man. 10 their rapid multiolication and their poison producing power they owe their strength. Since they are so small a million or so mav be carried on the feet of a fly without burdening it. So much for the bacteria. ; The habits of the fly. all know, we have but to watch i. a mom ef .?! rm it . flStt.intr hiorher and higher, alighting here and there stepping into everything clean and filthy. It need3 not the im agination to appreciate that in its daily rounds it may step into the sputum of a consumptive or excreta from a typhoid patient, into contagious sores or dozens of other places of filth and dis ease. From such places it may fly to us, walk over us, dip into our food and leave contagion. This is no mere theory because it has been proved by experiment that the fly can carry germs They have been found on his feet. Both typhoid germs and tuherculosis irerms have been found on the feet of flies. More over actual cases of disease have many times been traced to flies. Among the diseases known to be borne are typhoid fever, cholera, anthrax, dysentery, tuberculosis summer diarrhoea infants, and the nlstrne. With us. of course. most of these diseases do not come into consideration. The one which is of chief importance here is typhoid fever, with some emphasis on tuberculosis. It is certain that, throughout the city, excreta and tubercula sputum bearing millions and millions of hacteria are lvinsr ODen accessible tollies. It is equally certain that flies visit these things and that their feet, as they fly away, are laden with them. Any fly which we see on our food has with it the possibility that it is bearing typhoid or tuberculosis. Tn ihft lio-hr. of f.hese facts the fly must cease to be regarded merely as a nuisance but all must recognize that it deserves the name that it is now coming to bear throughout the world, namely; the typhoid fir. F. L. Stevens. Bacteriologist N- C Experiment Station. West Raleigh, N. C , June 15, On an excursion train returning from Danville to Durham laat Mon day; be-tween Reidswlle and Greens boro, John Nix, aa Kist Durham man wis slashed with a knife and right baly hurt by a man named Bennett frjm Graham. On last Saturday, lightning de stroyed the power plant of the Spen cer Mountian Power Company at Gastonia causing a loss of about $20,000. The plant furniahed lights and power for the town of Gastonia and also power for a num ber of factories in the County, SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS ' Reports from the State Horticul turist say'the apple orop this year will only be about 30 per cent. St. Johns Day was observed at Oxford laat Saturday with the usual ceremonies. . . Dr. John Brevard Alexander, a brave Confederate soldier and prom inent citizen of Charlotte, died last Saturday aged about 77 years. The two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hood, of Kinston, was scalded to death by falling into a tub ot hot water one day last week. The nineteenth annnal Southern students' conference of the Young Men's Christian Association closed at Montreat last Sunday, Prof. E. U. Brooks, of Trinity College, has written a book, the "Story of Cotton," which has been adopted as a text book for the pub lic schools of South Carolina. A terrific storm struck Newton last Saturday afternoon, unroofing and otherwise 'damaging the box factory, and blowing down huge trees, outhouses, chimneys and fences. Joe Gary, a negro, was arrested in Greensboro last Saturday suspected of robbing the express office at Pine- burst about three years ago of $o,UUU worth of diamonds which had been sent there by tourists. A serious race war between Ameri cans and Italians is reported to be m progress at Weaver, West Va. Dour ara reported dead and many injured. The sheriff and ninety men have started for tne scene. Samuel M. Holton, a prominent member of the Durham bar and brother to District Attorney. A. E. Holton died Friday at his home in Durham. Although his health had been poor for some months, his death was sudden and unexpected. As the result of a disastrous fire in North Henderson, last Sat urday morning, M.B3 Pdarce, a young girl of seventeen is dead, the Methodist church, two stores and three residences are destroyed. Notwithstanding the fact that there was a clean up week in Asheboro this spring there are now millions of flies in some parts of the town. There are likewise hog pens, cow pens, and other filthy places. Editor W." O. Bivens has shown himself to be a capable and success ful editor. His paper, the Ansoni an, is six years old and it is an ex cellent paper and has served its county and State well. News and Observe. v Ralph Johnson, the seventeen- year-old son of Mr. and Mm. T. P. Jobson, of Salisbury, was killed last Saturday iu a wreck seven mi lee from the city of a freight train, on which he and au older brother were returning from a fishing trip. The brother. Samuel Johnson, was aide badly injured. At the recent meeting of the S'ate BankerB' Association, Mr. J. El wood Cox. president of the Commer cial National Biuk of High Point, was elected a member ot the execu tive council of the Anierioa'i Biuk- ers Association. Oulv one membr is chosen from each State, and t!t term of ciftoe is three years.' Dr. Charles II. Sliiea, Professoi of Ziology in the Public Health and Marine Hosp.til Service, has be come a resident of North Carolina, and at present is lccated in llalugb. lie will spend a part or n s time in Wilmington where by authority of Congress a limited uumber of hook worm putienta will be received for obaervttian and treatment. Mr. William B. Smoot, a well known attorney of Salis'uiry, died Friday in a New York Hospital, following a serious operation for a tumorous Affection. He hid been ill but a few dajs and his death was a distinct shock to his many friends. Mr. Smoot was a prominent church man a id leading Mason, well and favorably known throughout the state. Some of the Ohio newspapers are publishing a list of the personal prop erty valuations above $500 in each township. It has been' suggested that the same thing be done in Ran dolph County. The Courier may try the experiment beginning with the town of Asheboro, and beginning with the names of those who have croaked the loudest. , SOIL SURVEY IN RANDOLPH, Test Experiment Farms for Ran- - dolph. The Bureau of Soiis of the Uni ted States Department of Agri culture, nnder the direction of Prof. Milton Whitney, in co-operation with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, under the direction of Dr. B. W. Kilgore, has just com pleted a soil survey of li.chuiond county. This work was begun in December, 1910, by Mr. R. B. HardiBon, of the United States De partment of Agriculture, who was later joined by Messrs. W. E. Hearn ' and R. T. Allen, also the United States Department of Agriculture, and by Messrs. L. L. Brink ley and E. W. Thornton of the State Agri- ' cultural Department. The surveyors representing the State and United States government have arrived in Randolph to take up the soil suney which was commenced lattt December. Every effort will be made to make th survey complete in every detail.. It will take probably six months or more to make the survey. An accurate map of the county will be prepared and on it will be shown the exact locatiou and relative ex tent of each of - the various kinds of soils. All public and private, roads, houses, churches, school houses and streams will alsu be shown. The colors selected to rep. lesent will be lithographed, A further part of tne soil survey work will be the collection of two sets of soil samples from each of the different types of eoil in the county. One set of the samples will be Bent to the office at Washington far me chanical examination, while the second set will be sent to Raleigh for chemical analysis. The results, of these analyses will be published. This report will embrace near half a hundred pages and will give an . accurate and detailed description of the county, paying esptcial attention ty the soils and .agriculture. The report will be published in bulletin form and may be had from the gov eminent free of charge. The soil survey worK will be done primarily in the interest of agricul ture, and as a further aid to this in terest it is the aim -of Dr. B. W. Kilgore and Major W. A. Graham to follow np in bo tar us possible each soil Burvey by the location of test experiment farms, thus demonstrat ing by concrete examples toe adap tation of each soil to d.fLrent crops and the fertilizer which Bnould be used on ech soil type when planted to the several d.lfeteut crops. Horrible Crime. Bill Chedhire and William John son, two white men, are in jtu iu Kociinghani county charged with tryiug to bura alive auoiutr white ui.u uauied Will U.v.s. l'i-e crime wos commuted at Spray one day laat wees, aud as iu mny other cases whiskey was at the bottom of it. Tne evidence is tint l)vU, Ches hire, Joulsjii, aud luree tu.tr men purchased a gultouf ujcmi corn wniakty togetner aud uu t to drink It. A d.iputi arodJ it.d u oae of the men having had uure UidL his share, wheu ilavis otru'js one of the parly, Tne crowd li eu gt:z.-d Da via, p it biui ia a vvaiohiuiu'i house, ouri.c.tded tho duor iud Bet tire to the building. Soitammg ttud beg ging fur life the wi etched man was left until the bouie was nearly con sumed, and much of his iL-bh burned to a cusp, wheu they took the suf ferer out aud pitched him into the cau-1 abandoning him to drown, as r they supposed. Davis, however, crawled cut aud raised the alarm. Warrants were issued and the two tneu arr'sted. A sworn statement was taken from Davis and reduced to writing. His recovery is not expected. The other three men have not oeen appre hended. . . To Exploit the South. Plans have been made to run an agricultural train through the six- f teen Btates of the Southern Com mercial Congress. The railroads of the South and the United States Department of Agriculture will co operate in this effort to interpret the agricultural resources of the south ern states. A report will also te made to show the relation of ' education to agricultural life ia the South to ward immigration. presiuent. , , t , . . r - : ' '
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