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THE COURIER J3he COUR.IER Leads in Both News and L. X Circulation. i me COUR.IER Advertising Columns Bring Results. ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PEA YEAR VOL. XXXVI ASHEBORO, , N. C, AUG. 24, 1911 No. 34 VITAL WASHINGTON NEWS Persecution of Df. Wiley Ad ministration Stenographers Democratic Prospects Bright BrClyd l ''("u ' -si Washington Co Washington, August 21. The Taft administration will hoc low dare to carry oat the plofrto drive Dr. Harvey W. Wiley from the gov ern men t service. This thought moat have sugge sted itseif tim-i and strain to tne minds of the men and women who crowded the Moaa investigating committee rooms aiiU heard Dr. Wiley ' j bare the stare ling facto of a svflfproized fight iigimet bun occause r iusihvU that food manufacturers keep their products pure. At times, as Dr. Wiley told of the fierce persecution be had endured, his voice almost broke, and he conld proceed oaly with difficulty. At times also the committee members, utterly dumbfounded by the doctor's statements, were at a loss as to what questions to ask him next, .v Not only was it shown that Doc tor Wiley's efforts to serve, the public and protect it from injurious and poisonous substances in food prepar ations had been absolutely blocked by the conspirators in the adminis tration headed by Secretary of Agri culture Wilson and his controlling influence, So.icitor McCabe, bat that the latest effort to force Dr. Wiley ont of office was based upon a letter which he never received and knew nothing about. -' Not boastfully or eagerly, but in response to questions by members of the committee, Doctor Wiley recited the universities at which he had studied, the great scientific societies at home and abroad which have honored him in various ways, and the recital went a long way in re vealing to the committee the great public spirit and sympathy of this man who possessed a courage iu pub lic duty which neither threats from official sources nor opposition by the powers of evil had 4nen able to break down. While the whole hearing was a succession of revelations that '. left the committee and spectators thun derstruck, the most astonishing testi mony came when Dr. Wiley told of his efforts- to prevent the use ot alum aud sulphur dioxide in food pro ducts. "Alum, used in foods," said Dr. Wiley, "especially in baking powder, is responsible for the large amount of constipation that is prevalent throughout the country. . 1 consid ered its nse a serious danger to pub lic health, and wanted it stopped pending an investigation. But the other two members of the referee board overruled me, as they invari ably did, and the nse of alum is still permitted. ''Another case involved the use of sulphur dioxide. Dnnlap and McCabe recommended that we . dis continue the rule requiring that the presence of this, drug' be indicated oh the label. As the rule had been adopted after a most exhaustive in vestigation I was convinced that to do away with it would be a grave mistake. Dunlap and McCabe re voked the rale, however, during my absence, and when I returned I wrote a letter to Secretary Wilson, asking for a hearing. Bus Secretary Wil son did not even reply to my letter." Administration Stenographers' Here :s a efcory of two Taft; ad- ministration stenographers which tthjowa how hard it is to work for the government these days and remain honest. F. U. Kerby, stenographer for the late Secretary of the Interior Bal linger, exploded the whole Ballingcr defense by bringing to light the "Lawler memorandum." Kerby wrote this memorandum, and knew, therefore, that President Taft's letter exonerating Balliner was antedated and a clear fiame up to clear the - Secretary. And because he rcealed information which came to him in jbs confidential capacity as stenog- rapner .Daumger uaneu mm - uu worthy" and aischarged him. ' Now contrast this with the case of Mies Carrie H. Davis, stenog rapher to Dr. L. F. Kebler, of the bureau of chemistry. In -bis cam paign to oust Dr. Wiley, Solicitor McCabe locked Miss Davis in a room, and "sweated" her for three hours because she refused to divulge con fidential information which Mc- Gabe thought he could use against Wiley. Kerby .broke a confidence because former ' Man Randolph , Mr. Editor: I was born and raised in Randolph Gouty North Carolina, two miles .west of Liberty. I left there andjeame to Texas 27 yf as ago, but since have traveled over the West a great deal. I have now settled down in Parker County, Texas. I came here from Arkansas 16 years ago. The corn and Oit crops in tb3 country were ruined by drougth, but we have had severa'l good , rains in July and Aiiouit, actl cottju looks fane. I have several acquaintances and relatives in Randolph. I would like to hear from an one who will write to m tiQ wil; rtow-r these letter's T. E. Troy, Garner, Texae.Route 1. Angnst 18,. 1911. Killed at Star On laet Thursday afternoon at the the close of a Farmer's Institute at btar, .a large crowd assembled on the grounds of the new college to witness an exhibition of stump blowing by the Dupont Powder Uompany. .Neil Manes, a wealthy rarraer ana wen Known citizen was iuftantly killed by having the top or nis neao. nteiany severed oy a flying stump. The killing was accidental the nun having stoid tto near the stump unaer which was placed the deadly explosives that caused hisdeith. In fact he was standing within 32, steps from the stump. 1 Mr. fanpRa in anrvipl hw a wifa Sana nine children. - Ensign R. S. Young, of Concord, who recently disappeared from his ship the Perkins, and was later found by his; father and taken to a Morganton sanitarium, has been de clared by a naval medical board at Norfolk to be irresponsible for his acts. He has been ordered by the Navy Department to the government hospital for the inaine at Washing ton.. ... . he placed truth above loyalty, and was discouraged. Miss Davis re fused to break a confidence, and for that she was cruelly chastised by a subordinate in an administrat on, the high othciala of waich frequent ly prate about ethics. A Four-Ply Monopoly One of the first facts developed by the Stanley steel investigating committee was that the inner ring of steel trust directors actually dominated the boards of directors of nearly every important railroad in the country. Then it came to light that the same ruling spirits of the steel trust also co-operated with and practically dominated Standard Oil. And now it develops that four of the six directors of the harvester trust are also directors 'of the steel trust. In other words, the steel trust, the railroads, Standard Oil and the harvester trust, (all ..star contributors to Republican cam paign funds) are dominated by the same handful of men. And these, in turn, take their orders from one man, Mr. J. P. Morgan. La Pollc'te a Real Candidate Now "Taft and sure defeat, or La Fol lette with a chaice to win!" This cry has been taken up anew by the genuine Republican insurgents since gLaFolktte co-operated with the Democrats in an honest endeivor to revise the tariff downward from the Aldrich-Payne rates. The indications-are that if Mr. Taft ob tains a renomination the Roosevelt and LaFoIlette hosts will hardly raise their fingers, much less their voices, to help him. Democratic Prospects Bright ''Prospects forthe election of a Democratic president have never been brighter," declares lion. James T. Lloyd, of Missouri, chairman of the National Democratic Congrcs sional Committee, who was in charge of the campaign which resulted in the present heavy Democratic ma jority in the House. "The Demo cratic party 'is popular from one end of the country to the other be causa the present House has carried out pre-election promises, and made a creditable showing in every way," continued Mr. Lloyd. "The aany investigations conducted by Demo; cratio committees have Bhown to the1 satisfaction of every intelligent man in the country that the Ke-i publicans are guilty of mal-admin istration, and should be relieved of i .power. Letter" ooooooooooocxooooooooocxxoa PROGRAMME Unveiling Exercises Confederate Monument, i Saturday, September Second Procession From Court House to Graded School. Music Band. Song America. Invocation. , , Double Quartet Tenting Tonight. Presentation of Speaker Col. James T. Morehead, Greensboro, N.C Address Hon. Walter Clark, Chief Justice Supreme Court of North Carolina. Song The Old North State. Music Procession to Confederate Monument. . Music by Band- Unveiling Monument Miss May McAlister, Presi dent Randolph Chapter, U. D. C. Decorating Monument with Laural Wreaths Child ren of Confederacy. Music Dixie. Presentation of Confederate Monument Mr. E. L. Mofitt. Acceptance for Veterans Col. W. P. Wood, Auditor of State. - Acceptance for County H. M. Robins Acceptance, Town of Asheboro Mayor J. A'. Spence. Music Maryland, My Maryland.; Eulogies to Old Soldiers Hon- Robt N- Page and others. . " Music Band. Dinner. Col. A. C. McAlister, Master of Ceremonies. UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCX30COOOOOOOCCOOOOOOOOOOOO Charles Noell Gets 15 Years. Charles Noell was convicted last Saturday in L?xing'.on for abduct ing Clara Belle Gibbs, the thirteen, year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Qibbs. Judge Daniels sen tenced him to 15 years in the State prison at hard labor. - s Early in May Noell and his wife pretended to visit Mrs. Noell's pa rents-in Lexington and while there enticed the Gibbs girl away, and also Virtie Kindly, the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Robert Kindly, who atone time lived at Worthviile in this county. The Kindly girl was more than 14 years old. Neither of the children knew the other was going until they were on the train to gether. Noeli and his wife saw the girls some three or four times before they would promise to go. The? told each of them she was wanted for company for Mrs, Noell when Mr. Noell was absent. A warrant was sworn out sgaintt Noell and his wife and both were bound over to the Superior Court in a bond of two hundred dollars, which they conld not give. Mrs. Noell was released by the committing justice of the peace when shown by a physician that she was iu a delicate condition. Since then she has plied her trade and was, of course, not on hand at the trial. The two children were carried away from home on May 9. being promised a life of ease, plenty of money, a good time and no work to do. A third young woman was approached by Noel's wife and asked to accompany them to Charlotte and with this young woman, older and more exper ienced than the children, Mrs Noel was frak and addmitted her purpose- The girl spurned her. The parents of the chil dren started a search for them and by the merest chance, they found them the next day after they were taken from Lexington in Charlotte. After the Woman. There will be no let up in ef forts to locate the woman- In the opuilonrof the majoritf of people she is the guiltier of the two. At last accounts she was in Spartanburg, S C The police of a dozen cities are on the look out for her and it is almost cer tain that she will not be able to escape . Her presence during the trial would have made the case against Noel much stronger than it was, for much ''of the most damaging evidence against the pair was, of necessity, omitted under the rules of evidence be cause of the absence of the wo man. The pair worked together, the woman doing the greater part of the talking and scheming. The verdict has met with pub lic approval. The only regret is that the woman escaped and it is honed that she will soon ioin her companion in crime in the State prison. This is one of the J New Power Plant to be Establish ed on Yadkin- A company of Boston capitalits his purchased several thousand about of land on the Yadkin River acress six miles east of Albemarle, and will aeveiop the iwater power. A dam 1000 feet long and 30 feet high on tne order of the one at Whitney is to oe omit just below Swift island Ferry. It will back the water al most to the lower part of the Whitney property, It will only be necessary to dhj'a c,antl about one mile long, while the Whitney Oompany had to one about four miles long. The Mt. Gilead-Troy Road. The spirit shown by the resi dents along this road between Troy and Rocky Creek is beauti ful. They have come together witn teams and tools to make road. Warner creek has been bridged and the road changed. some of it being graded up to sned ail water. It every com munity in the county will do as they have on this and the Troy and Candor roads Montgomery roads will be among the best in tne state, it takes teams ma ch'nery and extra free labor to get them. This road in question is being built ;at an expense of about $25 per mile not including tne Dndge3. Montgomerian. gro is unaer arrest ana nas con fessed to the killing of Eden Powell, a vicious negro in a row started by Powell at the home of Newton Keed, another nero, one day recently. nrsc genuine wnite slave cases ever tried in thi3 - State and Noel's sentence, which was the limit under the law, will doubt less have a salutary effect. Mrs. Noell Arrested Mrs. Noell 2has been arrested in Spartanburg, S- C. Removed to Rowan When the case aghast Mrs. Notll was called in superior court jester day, her counsel complained that she could not get justice in David son county, without reflecting on the people of Davidson county, yet out of an abundance of caution Judge Daniels removed the case to Rowan where it is to be tried on next Wednesday. The charge against the Noells is a felony, and while the punishment cannot exceed fifteen year.8 yet where abduction of childred is for immoral purposes as it appears in this case, the crime, in our humble judgement, next to murder, arson and raDe. fctha taV iao- and luring an innocent child into a brothel is such a horrid crime that any parent wouia ratner follow a child to a grave .than to a life of immorality which leada to hell as 8ur as night follows day. SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS Congress adjourned last Tues day afternoon. , A heavy storm of wind and rain swept over Anson county last Sun day damaging corn 'and cotton crops considerably. Miss Gertie Holmes, a seventeen-year-old girl of Benson, committed suicide last Saturday by drinking carbolic acid. Disappointment in love was the cause. Oa last Saturday afternoon, a young negro named Gibson was drowned while bathing in the Cape Fear RiveH near Wilmington. Osborne Rogers, a respected negro, of Williamstoh, was shot dead by an unknown person in his yard last Sunday night. A terrific storm in North Dakota last Sunday caused the death of eight persons, injured a hundred more, and did much other damage. The Southern Power Company, whose transmission lines are in Durham is to be connected with the Carolina Power and Light Company's lines in Raleigh. t Mamie, the thirteen-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Fulp, of Winston-Salem, was drown, ed one day last by falling head first into a large bucket of slop water. Walter Stanbury was seriously stabbed by Horace Gentry in Dur ham last Saturday. Drinking is supposed to have been the cause of the trouble. The marquis of Queensbury arrived in New York from Lon don last Friday and is thinking of bringing over his two sons arid adopting America as their future home. S James Bennett, a negro about 30 years of age, was shot and killed in Wilmington last Saturday night by Fred Brown, another negro of about the same age following a dispute over ten cents. Brown escaped. Mrs. Sadie Maddrey Boone, widow of the late .Rev. J. B. Boone,, who was for ten years General Manager otthe Thomasville Baptist Orphan age, died and was buried at Hender sonville last week. Mr. J. Van Carter, Stae Sunday School Secretary, of Raleigh, was an unexpected but welcome visitor in Asheboro last Thursday. Mr. Car ter addressed the Omnty Sunday School Convention in the even ing. Prof. W. G.. Caswell, who for sev eral years has been principal of the grammar school in Salisbury, has been elected principal of the Salis. bury High School to succeed N. V. Taylor, who has resigned to accept a position in a school at Potsdam, New York. .On last Thursday night the barn of Mr. Marven Jarrell liv ing about a mile south of High Point wa3 destroyed by fire with all the contents including a horse, cow, wagon, feed, and farming implements. There was no in surance. Dr. Albert C Jone3, of High Point and MiBs Louise Allen White, of Climax, were married at the Friends church m Greens boro last Thursday, Rev. Enos Harvey officiating. The couple will be at home in High Point after September, l. The Goldiboro police and rail road detectives are reported to have recovered a lot of valuables lust wee-k, waich had been taken from trunks by two baggage masters who operated on roifo k boutoern trains between Goldsboro and Beaufort. The two mn are under arrest. In a three-cornpred fitt at Fay. etteville last Friday night Jim Townsend was sthbbtd aud killed, ClayJthneon was slashed with a knife, and Adam Smith, the third party escaped unhurt, but was ar rested. Johnson has not yet been been arrested, and it is not known who was the cause of Townsent's death. All are negroes. At the recent term of Chat ham county Superier Court, David Gunter. wha had been in jail about two months, charged with the murder of .Will Frasier several years ago. was released under a $2,000 bond, but his brother Elisha Gunter who was charged with the same crime was sent Dack to jail to await Novem- ber court. ASHEBORO GRADED (SCHOOL Next Session Opens Thursday,. September 7 A Strong Faculty tThree New Teachers. By order of the school Board the n?xt seesion of Asheboro Graded school will open Thursday morning September 7th at 8:45 o'clock. The school proper will open at this time but the classifying of those students who did not receive promotion cards and Btndents who ape entering school here for the first time will take place Wednesday morning September 6th at 9 o'clock. It is important that this schedule be complied with. The prospects for a good school are most flattering. Of ;iaat year's teaching force we have Miss Erw;n in the first grade, Miss Stimson in the second, Miss Miller in the fourth, Miss Byerly in the seventh and Miss Wilson in the eighth and ninth. Miss Cora Womble of Moncure N. O. will have charge of the third, grade. Miss Womble is an honor graduate of Littleton Female Col lege and comes highly recommend eu. Miss Bertha Penn, of Stella, Va.,. will take the fifth grade in hand.. Miss Penn has had several year's experience in r he Virginia schools.. She was educated at Farmville Nor mal College and during the past summer has pursued her studied at the summer school of the University of Virginia. 'Miss Mary Wilkinson of Reida yUle N. 0., will teach theSS!a grade. Ellea Wilkinson has for the past two years taught the sixth, grade at Jamestown High School in Guilford county and was elected for. the third year but resigned for the work here. Miss Wilkinson is from, our State Norma) College. la short our teaching staff in spires us with the feeling that this will be' our best year's work. le cboperatiou of the patrons of the school is expected as heretofore. tVe trust they will deal with us as frankly as we propose to deal with them. Let us know what you wanW" The patrons have a big part in the running of a successful school. Visit the school often. A limited number of boardicg students will be welcome. ' Major Lynch Dead- Major William Bingham Lynch was born in Orange" county, North Carolina, Jrnuary 19h, 1834, and died in Orlando, Fla., July 30, 1911. Major Lynch wus a descendant of Moses, Lynct-jthe founder of Lynch burg, another descendant who mov ed to Texas, and io whom is ascribed the origiu of "Lynch Liw." He graduated at Chapel u ill, and was afterwards professor in David sou College until the Civil War came on, when he raised a company and served, as captain. After the war he became co prin cipal of the Biugham school for sixteeu years. He istablisaed and. couducted for two years the Lynch Military School ac Ilig'- P.nui. Offing to declining heahh he moved to Sauford, Fla , m 1882". For several'-years lie grew oranges and did some teaching, kmee 1897 he has beeu Supsrinttudeut of Ed ucaiiou, Oblige couuty, Florida. He was not ouly a mn of fine ability' but of tie high'et integrity. Ha was uudesfc aud his l.fe. oaau tiful aud Binipi ; Many of theprouiiuent men of the Stale were educated by Muj, Lynch. Sheriff J. W. 'Birkhcad went t& school to Mdjir Lynch while he uugct at High Point. Sheriff Birkhcad went to school tfter that .it Bingham's school. Od nearicg of Major Lynch's death Mr. Birkhead spoke in the highest terms to a representative of The Courier. , . Winston-SaLwn is to have a postal savings bank. Elam Hatley a well-to-do farmer. of Big Lick, Stanley county, com mitted suicide last Monday by shoot ing himself. Ill health was the cause. Lonnie Chambelee, arrested in Durham recently for stealing a male is suspected off being implicated in the murder of Mrs. Joel Hill at Jamestown in June. S. A. Pruett, of Henderaonvill. was instantly killed, and four others . injured last Tuesday when an auto- mobile turned turtle a few miles., ifrom town.
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