North Carolina Newspapers

RIER 56 COURIER Lvada in Both Nawa and X Circulation. X 6tf COURIER Advertising Column Bring Results. THE GOU ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. XXXVI ASHEBORO. N. C, NOV. 16, 1911 . No. 46 DURHAM AND CHARLOTTE CHANGES HANDS. The Randolph and Cumberland Extension Assured John B. Lennig, of Philadelphia, has sold the Durham and Charlotte railroad from Troy to Colon on the Seaboard, 64 miles. Fourteen miles of the road from Colon to Onlf is known as the Sanford and Troy road, formerly Jialeigh and West em. It is not known who are the purchasers, bat it is believed that the new owners are affiliated witn the Norfolk and Southern or possi bly the Atlantic Coast Line and that the road will be extended from the Gulf to Durham and possibly on to Raleigh, and from Troy via Albe marle to Charlotte. -Interesting developments are prom iaed in the next few weeks. - The Randolph and Cumberland has had ltd locating engineer in this county for the' last month making preliminary surveys of the proposed extension which will reach Greens, boro, High Point, Winston-Slem, as well as Asheboro and the Deep river towns ia this county. The recent activity in railroad circles evinced by the sale of the Durham and Charlotte and the ex tension of the Randolph and Cum berland means a rapid and healthy growth for our county. The Virginia Supreme Court has refused a new trial to Henry Clay Bearttie, Jr. Unless he is pardoned or has his sentence commuted or a stay of excution. from the Governor, he will die in the electric chair on November 24. Secretary Julian Praises the Fair. Mr. Editor : I wish to say a few words about the fair. Some of the remarks made to me as gate keeper were tbsse : "The fair is a great success," "i nave visited the Cen tral Carolina and - yon have them beaten to a frazzle; ' "Your exhibi tion is better than the 'State fair, eo far as it goes." Such remarks made me feel good and proud of our great county : and as a member of toe or ganizition of farriers I am truly happy that the fair movement met with lust such a generous response. I think the voice of the farmer will be heard in forwarding the Bngges tions for another year. Those who have taken the movement in haad and wrought out such success in so short a time, cannot be too highly praised for the self .sacrifice, money and labor to get up such a great ex hi bi tion. I hope the great impression ere ated by these efforts will be like Seels sown in good ground and bring a hundred fold to this county. The feature of keeping away the fakirs and catch penny attractions was j ust the' thing needful in causing the good people to take so much inter est in the fair. There is one thing the county folks should forever leel grateful for, and that is, the large nearteanesa of the people id the city of Asheboro, and the way they showed ia many ways the love they nave not only for the city, but for the whole county and btate. My impression is from what I hear of the fair that we mast have another next year, only on a greater, grander s.vle. To the Farmers' Union I wish to say : There is full value in the fair for us all, and we should meet on the first Saturday in December with a fixed purpose to further a fair movement for the year 1912. Don't lorget the date of the meeting, Dj cember 2. 1911. This is the regu lar tim3 for the election of officers and a good attendance ia expected Each local union will please send delegates. The State meeting is to come soon and matters of importance will be discuesed. Thanking you for courtea'es, I am very truly, Wm. k. Julian-, Cor. Secretary. Second Crop Apples. . Mrs. 8. E. Allien of Route 1 sent in by Rural Carrier Walker to the Courier oQne one day last week two apples. Oae, a large handsome red one was the apple usually produced by the tree, the other one smaller was about fourth the eiza of the first and yellow. The first had come on in the regu. lpr coarse of events, the second was the product of a bloom which had appear ved on the tree after the fi st had ripened. HOWELL MOFFITT. Announcement Made of the Ap proaching Marriage of One of Asheboro's Popular Young Ladies One of the prettiest and most de lightful Booial events of the season was the reception Thursday after, noon, given by Mrs. Elijah Moffitt at her home on North Street, in honor of her sister, Miss Clara Mof. fit. As the guests entered the hall they were greeted by Mrs. Emmett L. Momct. In the parlor which was beautifully decorated in white and red and with ferns and a profusion of chrysanthemums, the hostess and Mrs. E. 11. Morris received. After the half hundred guests had gather ed, heart shaped cards bearing the mjetic word "Prophecy were band. ed each guest. These suggestive shaped cards coupled with the stories of Madam Rumor were all quickly connected by the intutitive feminine mind, and soon such products as the following were read; ''Christmas snows and New Y era's moon, I prophtcy a wedding soon. Violet eyes and. golden hair, L tdy Clan Vere de Vere." After the reading of the d ff rent prophecies everyone was prepared for the announcement thac she guessed was soon to come, breaking the news of the marriuge of Miss Clara Mof. fict of Asheboro, N.C. to Mr. C. C. Howell, of Jacksonville, Fia. Next' the guests were lod into the dining room, the decorations , of which were pink ai d whiU; beauti ful white pbrysantemuoiB and as paragus ferns being usd on the ta nk'. Pots of qmilax and pink and white tulle were gracefully festoon ed from the electrolier to the corn ers of the table. A number of pink shaded caudles were used very ef fectively in the darkened room. An especially prepared record en. titled "Miss Clara Moffitt in Dream iand" was used on the graphophone to make the fornal announcement of the approaching marriuge aud to vealed the face that the marriage is to take place on the 18 th day of January, it being her birthday and also the anniversary of her mother's marriage. Suspended about the rooms were hearts, horse shoes and cupids. - Pink cream and white cake were served. Master Baird Moffitt then pre sented each guest with a walnut tied with pink ribbon and containing cleverly prepared toasts to the -bride-to-be. Little Miss Catherine Moffitt dressed as a fairy gave to the bride elect a miniature graphophone, in which her response to the toasts that were read during the time refresh ments were served. Upon the return to the parlors Miss Olara Moffitt was blindfolded and asked to sign her name. This was done and then the article over her signature was read and it was found that all kinds of ridiculous promises wera made and signed. j In this charming entertainment Mrs.' Moffitt again added to her rep- utat'on as a most charming hoBtesa. I The hpooree of the afternoon is the youngest daughter of the late Sheriff E. A. Moffitt and Mrs. M. A. Moffitt. She bits a wide circle of friends throughout the state and is a youcg lady of charming person ality. Wreck Costs Life of Engineer. No. 37, a fast passenger train of the Southern left the rails, from cause still unknown, about 7 o'clock Monday morning, the engine careen ine and catching Engineer VV. A Kinney beneath it and smashing out his life. 11 was the only one killed in the wreck, although several were hurt. The fireman saved him self by j imping. Engineer Kinney cime of a family of engineers numbering four, three of whom have been killed and the fourth crippled for life in wrecks, The deceased was engineer of the train on which President Spencer was killed near Lynchburg. Ilia bu rial took place at Thomasville, his old home, on Tuesday. Mr. Enoch Burns 111 The Dlaxton Scottish Chief in its issue of last week has the following about a former citizen of Asteboio Mr. Enoch Burns: Mrs. 0. C- Crowson and child of McColl, 8. C. spent Wednesday) with Sher parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Burns. Mr. Burns con- tinues confined to his bed and grows weaker. He is not now able to talk. , E OF THE LEADING OFFICIALS Of THE SAVANNAH AUTOMOBILE CLUB. ' Jmm Ksli IrfJ SSr, 1 Wy Top how Reading Left to Right George W. Tiedman, Mayor Savannah and Chairman Finance Committee; ''Harvey Granger, President; Arthur W. Solomon, Secretary. A. B. Moore, Member Executive Committee; Oliver T. Bacon, Vice President; Frank C. Battey, Chairman Executive Committee. Game Laws. It is against the law for anyone to hunt on another's land without, per mission. See Revised Suction 3480. Ii Bick Creek, Cedir Grove aud Ashe boro in Randolph county no one can hunt on the lands of anoth er without written permission. But the general and special laws as to hunting are vitiated in this county. A movement is on foot to enforce the game laws as to all vio lators. Everyone who expects to hunt should get permission before doing so, aud everyone who desires to hunt in Back Ci'k, Cedar Grove or Ashe, boro townships must get written per mission. These laws are to protect the birds and the farmers and no one should object to the' enforcement of these wholesome laws. A Tribute Ramseur, N. C, Nov. 11, 1911. Editor Courier, Asheboro, N. C. Dear Sir: Another Confederate so'dier of Company M, 22nd N- C Regi ment, answered to the last roll call on November 4th. This wa3 Private E. Tyson Langley, who yolunteered in '61 and we it from this county with .M, the ODell Company, to the Army of Vir ginia and served there two years. We went through the Battle of Seven Pines, but in the second day s battle of the seven days fighting below Richmond he lost his right hand and received hi3 honorable discharga from the service. Since the close of the war to the time of his death, Mr. Langley followed farming and made a good living with only one hand, while thare are some who can't do as well with two. While with our company he was a good soldier and did not shirk his work, and in after years he showed the same disposition- Of all the 132 members of our company who went off at the outbreak of the war, f know of but 8 or 10 now living, the rest died in battle, in the hospitals, or like Mr Landev, in a well earned peace. Who next of Company M will answer the last roll? God knows and we don't. We have but a short time to wait until, let U3 hope, we shall meet some of the members of our old camp army, who have been mus tered out before us for a peace which is eternal. John T. Turner, Serg't. Co- M, 22nd N.C Troops, C S. A. The street clea ier3' strike of New York City has filled the streets with garbage to tha ex- tent that it is a great menace to health. , Mrs. Cornelia Holleman, of Raleigh, celebrated her 99th birthday last Saturday. i. ... The attendance on the negro Methodists' conference at Salis bury last week, numbered over 200. .". " David McNeill, colored, wa3 shot and killed by his 15-year- old son. Will McNeill, at his home near Sanford last week. Rev. Amo3 Greg3on has been appointed postmaster at Spero to succeed Mr- A. E. Pritchard, resigned. Damp autumn leaves caused a runaway street car in Winston Salem last Saturday, and an ac cident in which one was killed and 14 injured. The promoters of Randolph and Cumberland Railway seemed to be well pleased over the elec tions which are to be held for the issuing of bonds. David A- Harmon, of Thomas ville, has entered suit against the Yadkin River Power Com pany for $10,000 damage, alleged to have been received from a fall at the company's plant at Blewett Falls. Daniel M- Hathcock, of Stanly county, won the gold medal awarded for the best demonstra tion work in hi3 county, having raised 412 bushels of corn on 4 4 acres of upland at a cost of 23 cents per bushel. The Inter3tateComrri3rce Com mission ha3 been asked in to in vestigage telephone and tele graph rates- The demands for investigation seem to be concert ed action on the part of patrons of the large telegraph and tele phone companies to get better rates for better service. Nanking, China, was the scene of a massacre on the night of November 10th that stands un paralleled in modern history. By fire, rapine and butchery, the reform forces destroyed all the natives who were found in the city. So far, foreigners have been treated with consideration, but the revolutionists seem de termined to end the present schema of things in the old em pire. Fair Premiums Sent Out. The mails are now carrying out tie premiums for the Randolph fiir. Every one, of course, could not win a pnza, and no one should exp eta prize unless their article wasinclud. ed in the premium list or the sup. plements thereto. Any claims against the Randolph fair mast be filed before Decem ber 1st. Geo. R. Ross, - Secy' and Gen'l Mgr. WASHINGTON LETTER Interesting Matters of National Importance By Clyde H. Ttrenner, Special Washing ton Correspondent of The Courier. Washington, November 14. "As Massachusetts goes, so will the na tion go in 1913." This was the slogan in the Massa chusetts campaign, and the Demo cratic candidate, Governor Foss, won. The issue was the tariff, the same one that the 1912 campaign will be fought out on. If the high pro tectionist j cannot carry Massachu setts, the people of which state are supposed to reap the tremendous ad vantages of protection, how can they expect to carry the middle and western states, in which regions live the people who pay t!?e excessive prices caused by the tariff and reap none of the bencn's of protection. Why President Feci! Shaky Here is an article which Bpeaks for itself, it is a clipping from the Dakota Demoaat, published at Aberdeen, S- D. one of the cities visited by 1'af t on his trip through the West, and a fair sample of what all the newspapers in tne cities vis ited by the President are Baying. Perhaps this article may in a meas ure explain why Mr. Taft himself predicted failure for the Kepubli cans in 1912: "The big event Taft day at Ab erdeen has come and gone. Curi. osity to see the President caused thousinds to come to Aberdeen, stand in line and even give vent to a few feeble cheers when he spoke, but they were not with him at any stage ia th8 game. Poor Taft! Big hearted, j )vial and companionable, a commoner in his bearing. E?ery. body instinctively admires him for the personal charm of his manner. It is too bad that such a good man should be spoiled in trying to make presidential timber of mm. We love him for his large personality, but in vis w of what he has Cone we cannot vote for him again." ' The President Voted The President got to vote after all. A lot of red tape was necessary, bnt the president was persistent, and on November 7 oh he Cist his ballot in old Cincinnati. And thereby hangs a tale. bix years ago Mr. latt made a speech at Akron, O., in which he denounced the notorious Cox ma chine in Cincinnati. He said he could tal e great pleasure in voting against it. He declared this foul Republican machine was a stench in the nostrils of all good citizens. Tne people of Ohio realized that Wuuatn il. latt was telling the truth, and they applauded hi in vigyr ously and with the utmost sine rity. Un lueeuay Mr. Tuft voted fur the Cox machine, whica is still the disgraceful alliance of polities, cot rupt business and the brjtuela that it was in 1905. Tie P.esideut also indorsed the candidate cf the Cux j machine on the ground that "con-1 ditiona had substantially changed." 1 Whatever the President wnsallu-l- ing it was not the Onx m'ic?ii:if font had remained as fjul as -ever. The only change visible to observ ers ia that, whereas sk years a jo Mr. Taf I w.-is cot cndidite f .r t ffi .e, ho is today. South Aluy DrsertTiift 1 The prediction is Wide ar. the L. Follette headq".nrters in W'sh'inz-' ton that t'.ie u4 mini station will fi-ul it impossible t) seud a solid T-ift delegation fruru tlw Sou!;h to the next convention. "For many week?," eiya a stiti ment given out at the L Follette headquarters, ''there have been s:gns that the Southern Republicans h.ive been feirful that the rencrnination of Prosidert Taft will be a serious menace to their continued receipt of bi-monthly checks from the United States treasury. The South is af fording the PiOgressive campaign committee more encouragement than any ether section of the country." Wr Tlme'prleee Oat Distanced It no logger is necessary to hark back to war times as an era of ex. ceptionally high price?. A Wash, ington antiquarian has gone to the trouble to dig up a list of war time prices and compare them with the Payne-Aldrich prices of the present time; as follows: War Time Article Prenent $4 10 bbl. flour ....$7.75 .14 c lb.. .hams 20cto28o .83 l2olb lard 12o tol5o .Ho ..cheese 25s to35o Asheboro Merchants Are Progres sive Oae year ago the Asheboro woman who thought of a coat suit began at once to consider whether she should go or send to High Point for it. The demand was here but the sup. ply was limited. This season two stores have lines of coat suits, which would have done credit to stores of a much larger town. The Asheboro merchant saw the demand and undertook to supply it, and as fast as the people begin to call for things the things will be put in stocx by the merchants. It is pleasing to note that the merchants of the city recognize bo quickly the desires of their custom, era. The ideal situation would be to always forestall these desires, but this involves 100 much risk. Tho growth of Asheboro has been steady instead of inflited and the merchant is to be congratulated for his judg ment iu waiting until he saw the. demand fur the articles bought. The fact that there are wauts not yet met by the local merchant is principally the fault of the local shopper. People of this community are too reudy to po elsewhere for what they can get right at their own doors. This is far from fair to the mer chant, if he is expect-d to Keep what, you want. It is a doubtful economy for you when the cost of transpor tation i considered. Trade at home, call for what you want and it will, not be long until you get it. Fair Premiums The premiums to the exhibitors at the fair have been awarded and are being delivered- Every body is getting a square deal and just what they were prom ised. ' The full list of premuims; will soon be made out and The Courier will publish them as soon -s the list i3 furnished us- Everybody is delighted with the fair- It is so much better than was expected. ,103 to 18i sugar 5o to 8c .6 1 2o lb. ....beef 153 .53lb. shoulders. .20c , .13jtol6j lb .ccffie 20cto4Qc Works Both Wsrl President Taft was angered be' cause Congressman Littleton, of Nsw York, spoke in condemnation of the Sherman lay at the same banquet board at which be was spes in its dvfaose. If the Presi dent had himself protect-d the dignity of his tflhe by refraining from talking politics on va trip through the We3', his d'S ildsure at Mr. Li.tletoii's action might have beeu iu be ter tete. But hf had just traveled 15 270 m ht; bi-rt seen oy n"rly the million j-copie, and and 306 spi-echf-s to uu ngs egate audience of np;ir,:ximttel v l,5po, 100 people. Apiirr;ii 1 y the f. trident a'8irt).i thus 0.1I7 his std cf P'iblic n-ifs-io.is autre! lie. hivrd if the t-r.ump, inn do con- . , dig-. :l 4' US Kesidt'iit ciiO'h-et 1 n htMiiu it nor . tx(' .),. tu i ii nil t l(- ftik.ri J ts'lllH-'-t. T ceo sin of oj'iii o'i ni j of tlie 1 Hi c no!, i, j 1 r. d bv M a ptil iUi:-J s;-' c 1 u-r, if, 11 Mid a ei.o 1 en t-'v- .h t; f rt r. .n 1.1 king W'b'i-. V 'Jilf-.t, Ht, A .1 i. j .vd iy Mr. 6 huj fi j dis- .! the I'r.-o'de.it. K.h iorm 'IJUlounlre Pmtc'ioi'," e i I a f v.n 'us s'ales- Hi", "jnnchi 3 tbe t m m-iioe cf cf the mim?' ; he ex e rich at the.exp'jPee of tV.e poor." A half ci'niury of th? operation of the Protective Policy in the ILiUed Stute3 iiiuf tri'.es its tffects. Of all the factors that huve con. tributed to the colony of mushroom niiliionaries ia this country, tothing has played such en imporUot part as Protective tariff. A maj rity of magnates who live in mansions along Fifth Avenue, and whes? sons make Ufa a j iy for the sensational news papers by mirrying chorus ladies got their wealth through the ltepub-licaii-giveu privilege of picking the pockets cf the people through favor ing tariff rates. The masses are poorer to the extent that the mag. nates have been made over ri:h. Whole.II aggers" In Germany the tariff wall is even higher than it' is here. There, as here, the people are protesting against increased cost of living. But in Germany they have another name for Standpatters. They call them "Wholehoggers."