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COURIER mhe COURIER L.ds in Both News and Circulation. 13he COUR.IEJR Advertising Coiumn ' Bring Results. .ISSUED WEEK. U, PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. XXXVI ASHEBORO, N. C, NOV. 9, 1911 No. 45 TIE P A TD A r"Dl? Wednesday the Big Day, All the Week in With the closing of the Randolph Agricultural and Educational Fair on last Saturday cornea an i'ljreaae in gocd feelings to the people of this county. 'As a result of the large attendance and interest shown in the exhibits have mora closely koit the people; they have by the success of the fair, been mt.de justly proud of Randolph county and this is a healthful feeling. ' From the opening of the f ir on Tuesday, it was evident thai those who had. expected little or nothing from the attemps at a representative fair, were mistaken. These gladly acknowledged their fault and in Asheboro, at least, there was con certed action to make the beet of the opportunity. Wednesday was by all odd3 - the largest day and best day of the fair. Fully four thousand school children were in the fair grounds, almost leu thousand others were in attendance. It was no fault of the fair itself th it the day marked the hin-s'- pomt reached, but the face that those (ex tending the fair wt.r practically t'Al Randolph people and had to drive through rather . bad' weather tRat kept them from r turning oa the next day. One of the best features of the fair was Health and Good Roids Day. 4 ' An address on public hea'th was made by Dr. W. S. Rankin m .the forenoon. At night he gave unotke iuteresiing lecture, treating of tuber culosis illustrated with siereopticsn views. Dr. Rankin is a live wire and is doing much good for the S;ate. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt made two addresses on good roads and .had large and most appreciative audi, ences to hear him. Mr. Wells, rep resenting the Government Gd R)u!s Department also made a most Instructive address in the audi ton urn in the fair trroutds. A feature of the parade Wednes day was the pupils of Asheboro graded school riding in floats, drawn br traction eogiaes, each fliat carry ing a banner on which was inscrib ed mottoes, some of which were as ''Good Roads acid Good Farms go Hand in Hand." "The Highest Tax is Bad Roads." - i.ne te6 iuaue io iu uummt TV L l ft - "You Build the Roads and we "Will Pay for Them.'" "Dirt is Cause of Disease." "It's Eisier to Kilt the Fly than to Cure Typhoid." , . rrevea iiu u oilier inau vure and Far Cheaper." j. Here wotc a tai iiuuci v tomobiles m the parade, all nana somelv decorated.; The poultry exhibits were perhaps the most creditable of tbe exhibit 01 me MT, arbijuuKit mo uiopujis oi farm products and of doiiwatia croft wee tine, entrained chickens, Urge yit Ids of corn, peanuts ana cotton; there was fancy work o'very species, every article a 'masterpiece in . True to their 'avowed inteiition, ineuau:igeuieiit" oi in acpu ic grounds rreftfrom side shows, merry- go-rounds and fakers. Still man might have his girl's picture made win le-he waited just outside . the fair grounds; there were "weinies" pork-chops, pop and fruit to spar ; soRnc!olph foiknot "expecting the millennium, were content at a. Ran dolph fair. , -." The 'Thursday's attendance, white not so good as that of the day before", was large, numbers remaining in the city over Wednesday night. . The same interest in the exhibits, which had characterized the visitors of the first two daya, ws again manifested, Awards had been made for the best exhibits, and the exhibitors , were busy explaining the worth of. their entries to their friends who were congratulating them on their suc ceeds. . - , . The crowds gathered at 10 am as on other days and listened to he music of the land. ' At 10:30 Dr. W. S. Uankin of the State Board of Hpalth addressed the crowd on sani tation.1 , - At 11:30 came a parade of good roads machinery, automobiles- and vehicles of all kinds. After dinner the Good Roads Association met at 2 p. m, in the auditorium of the A f OTTrinrco But People AWere Interested the Fine Exhibits fair grounds. Dr. Joseph Hyde rratt addressed the meeting, making a strong plea 'for good Toads and talking sensibly and in a dear cnt manner of the ways and means of securing them. A1; 8 p. ra. ' fthere waa a general assembly at the court house au ditorinm withe short addresses by visitors and another address by. Dr. Rankin. V Friday, t Frid.iy. which bad been set apart for Horn 3 Comers Day, proved a bit of a disappointment. The uumbere of home corners responding to the call of their birthplace was few. Those who had come had mnch of the pleasure of the day taken from tuem by the raw weather. There wa still a small surplus of people in Asheboro, but as compared to the other days of the fair the fcjwn !3ked d-srted. The ndlress. ea ot the home folks failed tn m ite rializ-, no one seemed to know whtit to do with himself, the aviator was forced to -stay in because of thi wind there was little doing., . The day was passed by. most of the visitors in hugging tao ares in tores an 1 hot-lu, which were and looked f ir aiJti nuspita'ii'j than out-of-doors. v But there was scheduled for the night a program with a number in which one could keep warm. A country dance of the old f 3hionod sort was given in the court house auditorium. Hoin(Jomeis, other visitors, townspeople and all turned out well for the last function of the fair. Introduced by Solicitor W. C. Hammer, Mr. Wu. Stevenson, one of the old time school teachers of Randolph county, began the' eve- nig s program bv chanting geogra phj. :vVtr. ' Stevenson tells in aie chant et tie woudira of tiie uni verse the dories of the United States and the location -of the capi tals of the states. All the wonders he goes into excepting thoee things which have transpired within the last quarter of a century, in which time Mr. Stevens in has not changed Lis chant. Some few of the audience had at tended the schools taught by Mr Stevenson. To them his chant wat an old and pleasant memory, to the others it was highly entertaining becauio of its great variance from the eeoeraph? lesson of their day. After this the marshals gave over their regalia i . to their ladies, silver loving cup was presented to winner of the reel races, and the assembly went into an ''Old Time Country ratty as an adjourned ses sion. - . Then the snngly-fittinz suppers, bnght lights, muMO of the old fid dlers and the crowd rare good nu uidr gave the large assembly the real appearance . of an old time "frolic" or' "shindig." Everyone was aaked to dance a eet ; anyone who had a specialty was asked to put it on. ', iiiven a meeting of saf fragists could, not have bean more tboroaghiy democratic . . Na'turiiliJ there were sime on the h)or who could not dance1, bat who bad nerve enough to try. , It is well that a "iqnare dauce" breaks n p at an earlier date than a ba)l or german. All of thoise dine iag -. Friday night were' tired, had done as much work on the floor as would be required to plow an acre ; they were in fiae trim to tarn in at 10 o'clock and sleep. At 11 o'cloct the town was full of snores, except from one nook where "Boss" New som, with a equad of trusty hench man,, pined f.r Adoli.i n-e" until Morpheas rapped him over the head with a staffed club and he was freed from the cares of Jamaica ginger, swapping bosses and even from prining for "Adoline." v Saturday. Saturday was Colore! Day of the fair. It had been thought advisable by the management to give over, the fair grounds on the last day of the week to the colored business men and farmejs for their exclusive nee. Tbe offer was greatly appreciated and Friday afternoon saw the color ed farmers taking advantage of it, bringing in their exhibits. Tbe colored citizens of - the town , were also busy, an especially deserving exhibit being that of their graded schools. A parade was scheduled for 10:30 a. m. and was palled off in spite of tbe ram, which bad been threaten ing all the week, and which descend ed when tbe time came for parading. The band, being composed of sand hill folks from oanford, never mind ed the rain a wbit but marched blithely through tbe own, besplend- ent, noisy and not unmusical. The feature of the day was .the speech delivered by Dr. J D. Chavis, of the A. & M. College, Greeaabiro. tie spoke on "Education in all Forms," and urged his people lo be come benefactors, showing that all honest work is honorable work. He exhorted all his" people to not waste time in trying to do what they were not fitted to do. Oa the whole, his speech was regarded the best ever delivered here by a colored man. The exhibits were creditable, Ji deed, surpassing the expectations of the supporters. The most attractive booth con tained exhibits from the industrial departmeut of Asheboro graded school. No one who saw those ex hibits can doubt that the children are being given the right kind of training.: Thd weather was bad but the con duct was good. This shows that the colored people of Bandilph are an appreciative set. A Fine Fair The following is clipped from one of the reports of the Rtndolph Fair in the Enterprise: ' 'The exhibits are numerous aad exceedingly good, especially poawcy ank farm products, including cauiy and live st:ck, much of which is fine.' Tbe handiwork of the lad.cj deserves especial mention, as to the number and tbe be.tucy of the tx hibits. There is sirae surprise among the visitors that the fair, being the first, is as extensive and tuertorioas a u is. but when one takes iuto consid eration that this county (Bandolpn) raises .more wheat than any in tuo Stale, that its c-itiB jrb are farmers, who inane tneir living by farming, and not speculation, -and who have some of tue bejc farms m the Stu, who always have whe.it, oora, hams, chickens and the pro.iuc's of the farm mined by tnemelves, ihey'are m position to exhibit and compete wii h a-iything in the State or else- wuei'e, ' Corn, com everywhere at the fair iiU tuca sum? uijrc. There were some punpkins at the fair, some of them weighing nearly IO0 pounds. : The 'display of farm machinery and implements was superb. The town's display of electrical goods was hue. , : The biggest and best county fair ever seen by any one, was the nnam mous verdict of all. The live stock was not so good, although upon tna waole, it was most creditable. To state it. briefly the fair and homecoming wek were a great suc cess in every particular. . You could hear" it on every side last week. Nobody blames the rooster for crowing. The fair was big enough to crow over. Nobody ever believed there was as mnch fine poultry in the county as was shown at the fair last week. No better exhibit can be found any where. There was one thing lacking at the fair; there should have bees a booth with old swords and relics 'of the Civil war and the Revolutionary war. These would have been a great cariosity and we should have them at the fair next year. The womans' department of the fair last week was the admiration of everybody with its display of fancy work, dairy and, poultry products, ferns, flowers, quins, counterpanes, patch work, rag carpets, jellies, jams, pickles and almost everything else. was the most creditable display at the fa'r y To Start Orchard Dc H. 0. Daniel, who now lives in Salisbury, is at his old borne near Bringle'd Ferry, on the Yadkin river at Li ak Creek, in Davidson county this week planting an apple orchard of 500 trees of winter vari eties. He is planting, his trees on the northwest side of a high hill. HENRY C DOCKERY DhAD Prominent Gtizen of Rockingham Passes- Col. Henry C. Dockery, editor of the Rockingham Post and among foremost citizens of the Pee Dee sec tion, after a few days illness from heart failure, died at his home in Rockingham on midnight of last Monday at the age of 61 years. iiol. Dockery had been for years one of the beet loved and moat pub lic spirited men of his section. -Be sides beiuj, an active force in the news paper world. Mt. . Dockery was the largest farmer of this part of tbe stat and was interested in various enterpriz;s. in all things he stood for the public good and es pecially did he advocate the cause of tbe farmer. In the ''eighties" Uol. Dockery waa a mam er of the legislature liter wan Waited 8'ates Marshall of theEiBtern Nirth Carolina district sor eight yoats. Hi was theson of Gin. Alfred Dokery and the brother of Oliver U. Dockery. Townships in Randolph to Vote on Rax road Bonds The board of commissioners of Randolph county h ts called an elec tion for December 11, 1911, to vote on the question, of issuing bonds f or the Randoipa 'and Cumberland as follows: Pleasant Grove Township $10,000, C !tride $20,00 Mum. o.a $25 000, Kia''kiiuy Id $25,000, Rauuluuiau J30,000, Nck .ilarket $15,000. - . Tim I'ollowiig regis; ; hs and judg es of election were appointed Pleas ant Urovf, J. A.VVard, regis. tar, B. Sd. Caveoesa and J. R. Welcii, judg es; Coleridge;, J. 61. Oaveaeas, ragis trar, Frank Browu and L. A, Cra ven, judges; Columbia, Waiter Leon ard, registrar, V. O. at;utaud J. O. Forr3tnr, jadgw; Riudfeui n, E. P. Hayed, reiotrar, J, . llu at 1 1 and J. S. Si -vaim, "jidges; E ;35 aud West Frankliuvtl'e, U. tl. Ju'iau nd E. O , York, rng)"trr9, ti.ro it Black, W- 0. Tipp-tt, VV. II. Bonkemeyer fi'r A. M . Williams jadgef; East Wei'.. Ifew Mirket, Eiood Stan ton, registrar, R. L. Caassy, K. G. Coitrane, J. A. Wall, A. B. Col trine and Lse Nance, judges. Company No. 1 Winner oi Races. In the reel races held by the Ashe boro hose companies on the last three days of the f.ir Hoa Company No. 1 won two of the three races and was presented with a handsome sil ver loving cup by the merchants of the city and the fair association. The best time was made by Hose Company No. 2 in Thursday 's race with a time of 40 3-4 seconds in running 150 paces, laying down and connecting. Tbe time of the de ciding race was 45 seconds, and the other race was won in time not so good, bat which speaks well of the work done by the companies in so short a time for practice. Both companies are composed of men who a month ago could hardly run the 150 paces, and as for doing so at top speed there was nothing working. The loving.cup remains li; th possession of Uotnpany No. 1 np.til next fall when it will have to be de fended. It is hoped that the chal lenging parties will then consist of more than one boss company. It is probable that this will the case if tbe interest shown in the amateur fire department continues to grow as it has of late. A mail pouch containing; $20 OCO, enroute from Raleigh to New York, has turned np missing and is supposed to have been stolen iu or near Qreens boro, It had been signed for by a north bound mail clerk, whose name has been witheld, but who has been suspended for carlessness. Bloodhounds put on the trail of a person who bad been near an open switch lock which bad caused a wreck t Swansea, S. 3 trailei the scent to the home of a negro, Law rence Robinson, who is now under arrest, charged with wrecking the train. , 1 . , The body of an unknown negro was found on the railroad track near Lexington one day last week. It was thought that thenegro had been ran down by a train, bnt there was a small in his forehead over the right eye and it was decided to saw the stall open and look for a bullet. The operation was performed and a 44 calibre bullet was found at the base of the skull. Election Returns Meagre Scant Reports Have Gome in from Elections, But Democrats Feel Encouraged by Showing Made Masoaic District Meeting: Deputy District Grand Master R. E. Austin, of Albemarle has fixed the date of the meeting for this did trict at Asheboro for Nov. 21 and 22. The first session of the distr't meeting will be in tbe Lodge Room of Balfour Dodge on the evening of Nov. 21 at 7:30 o'clock for working iastrnctions. One of the State lecturers Rev. J. W. Rawell will Aj present aud ex. emplify the work of all the degiees. There will be sessions of the dele gates also on Nov. 22 and again on the night of Nov. 22. It is to be hored that this meet ing will aid increasing enthusiasm for the cause of Masonty in this sec tion, aud that the lodges in this county will take a greater interest in promoting the order. Large dele gations We expected from the sev trul eounties compobing the district, and it is really to be desired that fall delegations represent the d.ff Tent lodges in Randolph county. Every lodge should be called to gether without delay ana proper representation provided for. ihe sooner this is done the better. Let there be no delay about this icipor tant matter, for a full represent, tion is greatly to be desired. Letter from Iowa- The Courier received the follow ing letter from Mr.W, P. Allred, now a member of tne House of Representatives in the State of Iowa: Mr. Editor ; I have received three numbers of Tne Courier in the past three weeks, wh,ch I have read with tne greatest uueies-', espa cially the announcement oi tne home coming week during the Ran dolph Fair, .nd 1 assure you and all the people of my native State and county that it would have afforded me untold pleasure to have been present with you and . ei joyed tbe lestivities wiln friends ana relatives, as well as all the oitiz.-ns of tbe county in which I was born, not far trom New Salem, April 26. h, 1S46. Oa the 15th of September, 1853, with my pe rents, Mablou and Ellen Allred, lv left tbe State for ta. West, being nearly 58 years ago. Although nearly my whole life has been outside oi your borders, I have never forgotten nor have 1 ever re gretted that I first saw the light in North Carolina, I note witr pleasure the rapid ad vance being made along all lines that materially oentfit the State, aud the earnest interest mat seems to prevail among all classes of cutzins t.;r the improveinenx of agriculture and stock raising, us writ as the good roads inoveuieuC ine recent in terview with Senator Overumn on the Back-Home uioveoiuufc m yjat issue of Oct, 19 ;b, seems to me to b'i timely and goid, and I am glad to know that your Cunstitcioa pro. vides for lmmigrtipn through tl.e proper officers, 1 see many familiar naiUv'S among thoie refuted to by jour many correspondents. Wishing you a la Bpleudid week; and un enjoyable saattou toge'her during the i'air aud Hoais-O .uiing week, and enclosing drafi, ror one dollar to pay fur the Courier for one year, l am Sincerely yours. William Patterson, Allred, Corydoq, Iowa. Ort, 31.1911. . The Sheriff Wants Your Taxes. Sheriff Birkhead is making his reund for the collection of taxes. His appointments will be found elsewhere in The Courier. Eveiyone is requested to meet him at the appointments. The demands of tbe teachers mnstbe taet. Their salaries are now paid at the end of each montb. It used to be that the teachers' salaries were not paid un til the close oi the school term. Not so now. So it can be seen why the Sheriff insists on an early settlement of taxes. There are other demands mands besides the salaries of teach ers. Taxes have to be paid and why not pay and be done with il? It will suit the Sheriff mighty well for yon to take this view of it. From the meager election returns which have come in Massachusetts shows up as having age.n gone Dem ocratic, also New Jersey. In New Ycrtt His doubtful as to who . has majority in the assembly. Kentucky has gone safely Democratic. Dem ocratic n.ayors have been elected in fliuciunati, Cleveland and Columbus, 0. Rhode Island Republican. In dications are that N 'W Mexico will have a Republican legislatme. Chapel Hill Letter Chapel E, Nov. 8. In keeping with the spirit of the broadening Univeraity tbe Randolph County students have formed a Randolph Club arid resolved to !et the people of their good county know of the many improvement being made at the State University. have been udded, yet more are needed even now. During tbe summer va cation the Mary Ann Smith building waa remodeled, the South and Old West buiid.hg8 were rc-fiared, im provements were made in tbe hbrary This year twq new dormitor ies aud a new lecture hall will be uuuv. Even with these much reeded improvements the University 'will be cramped to accomodate the num ber of students who are entering each year in search of fitting them selves for service to tbe et.te of North Carolina in her University. The student body and the needs of tbe institution have for outgrown the conception of them which held by the State at large. In loo . ball the University 'ur with a light and in many respects a new team, making an extremely credita ble ehowtnt, having vai qmslud her old rival, Davidson and tied with the strong V. P. I. team, Interest is now centering on the climnx of the grid.iron struggle, the meeting with the University of Virginia at Richmond on Thanksgiving Day. Powell-Dry Miss Annette Dry of Albemarle and Mr. D. E irle Powell of Ashebo ro were quietly married at th home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. N. Dry, at Albemarle, las' Mon. day afternoon at four o'clock. Only the bride's immediate fami ly and a few frie:. the wedding, wi ich was atimpl. homo tiff ..ir and a complete sur.-jaa tn most of the acquaintances of the joug people. Mr. Powell eft Asheboro Sunday morning, tullinff only a very few of ht he winded. vy 1U.UUU.-.J an uwm ub vni complet ed arrangements for trm wed. i mi? at four o'clock wds. lU'-rrid iiil on fms by lii Tniog m rival ; ir.is city with Mr. I'oweii. Mr. P w.lf, is tbe danKter of ilii U. X. lJry, a pn.uiw n r. mer-' o'wnt of rr-.:.-.:',- .;Jltj K. D0D0. lar young lady, fcaaiVricsr. ber friends bv the en.ire. Mr. Powell eme bore fr-in G'-..boro' the first of fast unruri ;-.u.i a.-fvpf,., a j.vrition u cm.- avmuwa. Uc.z Cmiumnv. hut in trie ahoit tim.3 rh.fc he has m.de ai.cy friotitiH u i;isjt f his ation on.. h and utui as attection to busiuesj, cor.d: of cutuisis and Irns dis Asheboro welcmcs cbj . groom and hopes to ha permanent residents. Sand Clay Roads North Carolina is rapidly coming around to an appreciation of the va ueof sand-clay roads as a per manent form of building material. Tbe old system of 'macadamizing is is gradually losing in popular favor, and, strange as it may appear ex. pediments are teaching that the best substitute for this improved" method is after all tbe cheapest. It is calculated that ' the sand-clay roads now being constructed in Cleveland county cost only $250 a mile, while the average cost cf a mile of macadam in Mecklenburg, which has more than 200 miles of the im. provement, is roughtly estimated at $4,500. For elasticity and fcr permanency, the sand-clay variety is regarded as vastly superior to the macadam. Charlotte Obser er. '
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