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RIER C6e COUIUER La4 in Doth Nmwm aadl ;s ' Circulation. 136 COURIER Advertising Coiumni Bring Results. ISSUED WZSEZLT PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PEA YEAR TOL. XXXVII ASHEBORO, N. C, JAN. 4, 1912 No.l FTT IE VATCH NIGH r SERVICE Uaioa Service at the M. P. Church , Brings Forth Revelation! of Con .' ditions Undreamed of Together ' With Helpful Suggestions for the New Year. Closing the short addresses of the . Tatch Night service held by the united churches of Ashebore in the M. P. church Sunday night, Rev- J. A. McMillan, pastor of we Baptist church of this city, in a few plain etateinents revealed a condition of af fairs among the poor cf the com. mumtv th tfew ciiizns of Ashe boro cult. Ji vt'o dreamed possible. L.fct woi-k t':iia. vouig pastor, who is by reason of tiis prsctic.U Liad- ness and tVKfc"i'sa i or i service be- 'gvnnitg to win that 'recondition 'which it usu.tjiy takes years to " achieve, Leurd of a family in' desti- tnto nit.Minist. 'nc.eii and n:ud them a visit. - .Thrfe months had elapsed Bioce thehe d of the family had been able to wort, u.d nevtr iu uffiuent cir cumstances the household was at last reuucou to extremes! necessity. 'The seeoud i.f two beds Lad hjtu I used in furnishing a bit of" warmth for the luvulid, the woman having nothing tioe to num.-.- Besides the bed on v, . xu the Hick man lay and to or three chairs the rouin was harp. Tue fr.inilv consisted of the sick raan, h:j wife and a bright iittie girl 'C about two jesrs.' On the shelf vciok tvrved as a pantry was but a . cupanu a iiaif of il mran Asheboro - family was Tictng starvation. This was 'lie simple Btory tlut te It ft for the audience to till in fir t-ietubdvts, but there was not a one present but knew that the famtN -whs now being taken oare of; Mr. McMillan would see to that. Quite a number were heard to say as tney left the church that they intended . to find out who the poor family were aid they will help them, , However, the lesson drawn by the speaker was not one of the shiftless. portunity and' sheer physical laziness brings his fam'ly into dependence m strangerB; it waa the lesso of the earelessness ol good uoristiaa people and he charged the churches of the town with the responsibility of let. ting these people suffer. He also told the church members (resent that they were responsible not only far the poor but for the young boys of the town and for the conditions nnder which the young men and women met together in social inter course. The churches, be said, need, ed to furnish the young people with something better to do than to play noisy gnin a on Sunday afternoon, or to atteffd dances. Ili talk cotu- tences, bunt oud telling efftct. The service hud been called at the M. P. church, whose pastor, Rev. T. M. Johnson, had arranged a pre. gram o slurt talks, hymns by tne congregation, anthems by the choir and a vocal a:. d a violin solo. The gL-rvice was oj e.icd with a prayer by Rev. Mr. V-..r. , pnvid'rg eider of tbis Methet!.. ' K:is'jopl c'nircii die. tritt, i ft ! th(T3 W(V3 Ui.KS j.it.-:;ni, uj-J same P.&-.or B-:bcr of i tn.juo a p: -,j f ir by tie pit., of the iaji' the M K. o unity in and tsino;:g the cimrcncf, without wh:-.!li he e-tid tbre could be no spiritual power. Mr. Qeirge R R'ics spole f .-r the need of nuking the chares n.oiro KtMactie to the youiigpecp' ik.-.d of t.ie i.eed ft-r persoi r-' worlip.nvnr.- tLe j'onu tatn and we uien. Mr. J, T. Wood, in behalf of the old people, advocated much the same thing, laying C9pc. cial emphasis on the Birca and Bible elates of the Sunday school. Rev. Mr. Wtre impressed on the as semMy the r.eed for takiDg advant age of oppor Unites fo spiritual life while there w. a yet time. Mr. Mm Millan closed the talks. ' ' A choir coK:pcs?d cf members of the choirs of the different churches of tbe town lt d the singing and ren dered seme two or three Well-Belect. ed anthctns. Mrs. T. M, Johnson gave a vocal solo. Mias Marion Moricg a violin selection. Down Fine - "Now, Wiliie," said the superin tendent's little boy addressing the blacksmith's little boy, who had come over for a frolic, 'we'll play Sabbath Setool. You give me a nickel every Sunday for six montns, and then at Christmas I'll give you a ten-cent, bag of , candy. "De cember Woman's Homs Compan Prlre-, for the Graded School PpiU v .boro Graded Schools The OouV-er will give a valuable prize to every pupil in each of the ten grades of the Aaheboro Graded Schools for the best story .written during tbe first two weeks in Febru ary on "How to make Asheboro a Btill better town." During the month of January the pupiis are to write composition on good roads. All the pupils in all tbe schools of tbe connty are expect ed to get busy during tlie month of January. Much will depend on the activity tf the teachers." We appeal to tb em to engage tbe attention of thr pupils in tbe direction of edu cating them to express themselves intelligently rith pen and ink, and at the siuif. time training and form ing tbeir-mind favorably to , the causd of good roads. A sample essay follows here about vcbufwould be expected from a pu pil in some of the advanced grades: What has, Asheboro been? What is she now? What may she become? Yesterday Aseboro was a sleepy country town with practically noth ing to beast cf but the few citizsus who made up the town. To what have we growt? A great awakening. a town born awnew with a modern ednca'iinal system, wnter works, the best of telephone system, up-to date electric ligbt pUot employment for all, a woman's club which hes dune much for tho town especially through the civic, school Det erment and other departments, a commerc al acd social club prizes for the beet k'pt 1 ns, front and buck, have nv-du our Iswub a thit g of beauty and jjy forever. But to rest here meana stagnation. We are ' to be still better, first by establishing an 11 town municipal league with every one who will be a member, headed by a directive council com posed of two from the Randolph Club, two members from the public school faculty and board of school coramiesioners, two professional men This council of eight would formu late specific improvements to be Vot ed upon by - the municipal league. Such improvements would be for the town as a whole. In beautifying our city, all bill boards should be removed from the business part. A city forester should care for the trees, the churches should be modernized and filled with more people at every service. Keep the children of the streets by mak. ing the park and other play grounds more attractive, opening the school buildings to young and old at all times for social gatherings. A pub. lie library building near tin center of. the town, wito rooms for the town government officials, in the basement a gyninaiun., swimming pool, boating alley etc; and on the iirat fbor a large , modern tneater where all can enpy themselves with out fearing death from colds or fire; rooms for city officers, woman's clubs and all municipal nffairs. In tnia way draw prospective factories busi nesa enterprises, tho home seekers and keep people iu Aohebcro. Auoiner thing, be enthusiastic ab' nt our town, hei,ev.ror a here. ppar jou stve, u'lVv-rt sj oar qu-ui.is, uremia Ajjiiooim, tains Asaeie, tli As.ivboro. Its our privilege, itis cur duty. Fortunate Alamance. Oae of the largest g.frsto educa. tion to an academy iu North Caro lina hu3 j jsb becjrne known, It ii a fr;f t of 'land iu Kshs?.?, valncd nc $30,000, given to tlie endowtujiit tnnd of Sylvan Academy, in Ala mance county. It is made by Mr. Isaac Hammer and given in honor of Mrs. Hammer, who started to school at Snow Camp, Alainsnce county, where the academy is now located. Mr. Hammer has also giv en $36,000 for Katsis University. The gift does not take effect at once for during tbe life time cf Mr. Ham mer he is to receive the proceeds from the property and pay the taXf?s, but upon his death the property goes to Sylvaa Academy. The only con dition attending the gift ia that a new building be erected by the Aca demy within the next year. , Sncw Camp has long baen the cen tre of education and " the preaching of temperance in North .Carolina, and this large gift will enable the managers to make the Sf Ivan Acad, emy much more useful. News & Observer. ."' . Mr. H. T, : Hudson, county re corder and. auditor; of Cleveland county, 'has resigned, his position and accepted a position as clerk uu , der Senator O merman at Washington, SIMPLE IF YOU JUST KNOW HOW - It's all very simple if you just know how but Asheboro doesn't know, and from present indications never will know and "never could understand''. Git the simple, 'icvutifcticg, silly htory of the tbr5:e etroke, straight line puzzle of the Koval Glue poonl- who have siick more g.jod Randolph fo'k with their pazz'ti t!iaa with tbir glneayl canred Bnr.nie, the-hn'r apjnue'.t, M feo uonotiued a whole aitemorv rod evening. -'Bijl' Uandr!76.'.d runs a drug store in Asbebvrt ,nd in tiw couruc of ' business ' buy oo ti and biiei help to sell thi ni. Some time' ago be tired a long, lank cuss by tbe; nanrr of Powcj a live wire and au aim. st 'aho-uiU" promoter. 'Afore s id Powell endeavors to make the Standard the place of sa'e for goods, and is a fair publicity agent, Tba other day the Royal Glue people sent in some envelopes in ad vertitiing of their wsres. On the envelopes wa the puzzle. The puzzle looked like this: All you have to do is to trace this "rigger" with three strokes of a pen or pencil, without retracing a line previously made. Easy, Aint it? That's what the others' thought at first and they werejto get a pound box of Liggetts (SOcta) for the suc cessful accomplishment thereof..' Powell began trying it, wore put one pencil and asked Bill, his boss, to set him right. Bill tried it, nothing, working, fioy. the Cij-jerkeVwoftld-haralyiepensj dopei oecause of the time it took from bis demonstration of the ease with which be was about to solve tbe riddle. Luther, the colored boy who is learning the drug business iu the rear of the stote through the medium of washing ice delivering et cetery, tried it. Thea they, the members of the Standard family reasoned together and the result of their cogitations was the offer of the Liggetts to the suceessful solvent of the silly straight line puzzle. By the night of the first day mo3 1 of the business men of the town had given it up, first showing t'aeir wives the simpleness of it, saying that the mere reason of a lack of time kept the heal cf the household from doing the stunt bnt working oc it at odd times. The wives worked and school subjects who havth't done a sum this term caught the in faction. By the morning of the Second day every one wis at it. la the meantime Powell carried thi pnzz'e to the Aa'ilyu Hotel. Here m:Ci'rd'3 cf tr.raa-d amenta for a library i f n' t .---glD-To g-u you a c '111 ge eluc itivii and an cr.ciycla p'd , cf iHi.vr?l information frtiud souwtairig tha, their library d-dnot coatiiii , ai.d went to it. The v.eutber being bad under foot tbey weie interrupted, iu their tff jrts only by Bait Webster, who used three peccild in half adayaud about a ream f his Canrier Print station eiy, when ha enscedthe phone for Oiilinhim nwny from the puzz'e hen he bid just masterid it, or when B irt rxclimed tba- be had it aud fhe walking delegates of iufor niantion went over and showed him where he traced one line twice. Interim Latin for meanwhile, dearie, note the euae with which this story tella iteelf-.numerons' and sundry people had come with the thing worked out. Onlywhen they attempted the justification thereof in the presence of witnesses the thing wouldn't work. ; Still, they went, back home and began all over again. And all the time Powell sold pencils. Every stora .in town set out a roll of wrapping paper and the r.eglec'ed c!erks figured on shoe boxes, cuffi, anyth;ng--all were de termined to work thi dog'goned thing, 'causa it was so infernally 'simple. '. . ; - ' . j When eyes grew tired and wrists J gave way to tbe strain, the vigor of j the seekers after .truth was . replen. I ished with the news tba'Jthe amount of Liggetts had bffn increased to five pounds ((4.00) You see there is a bit of profit in pencils, even, when What I Saw At The Fair. Br Bertie Kivetto of 7th Orad Ajkiboro Sohuoli. On Wednesday November 1 1911 a large crowd gathered in Asheboro to attend the Randolph Fair. There were about 12000 people here on that day and about 3,500 of them were school children from all over the county, . The first hing to be seen when we entered the gate, was the large tent with the air ship. And next, the machinery. Then come the bog and cattle which were very in terrstipir fo the furmrs. Bi:t tbe foU wera interesting to everybody. Among th moat beau tiful wire th? lOiJtn phe;i8aots aud til- African gv.sf.' Iu asiuall room it lb.- r.orth of t!:e same building a tuau i.uu a crcuui epara'or and a fetfiftae. lauks were testing the butter. la aim st tbe center of the grour ds wan ? stage on which the Frinklinville batd, the Old Fiddlers aud Mr. Starwalis and his little daughter, furnished amusements, In the main building, down stairs were the farm produdts, such as com, potatoes, peanuts pumpkins and ap ples. The canned fruits and cakes were also very nice. . Then we went up stairs where all the booths were. The booth made by the Asheboro Graded School was among tbe most beautiful of them all. Then came the fancy-work which was a large room wiih, nice needle work hanging all around on the walls. In the center was a long table with old fashioned coverlets and quiltj. ' O Thursday the crowd was not so large as on Wednesday. The children of the Asheboro school were drawn by two traction engines to the Court House where an address was given, and then back: to the Fair grounds in which another happy day was spent. Then on Friday we returned to ojool feeling that we bad bad a good time for two days. they are sold by the grcss. It would be useless to try to give all the istances of the terrible grip of this puzzle of tbe glue people. Wives neglected to cook breakfast and husbands forgot to growl be. cause their coffee was cold. But something was said of tbe fate of Bonnie. Bunnie is tbe very first son of a young household, which is visiting its folk in the city. Lake wise he is the first grandchild of some averagely doting grandparents, he ia first nephew of three young ladies and they admire him he it the son cf a father who stays as home of nights, cf a mother who is as proud of him cs the couptry edi tor of a new-paid-iu-advance sub scriber. Yet-all the afternoon his mother neglected him for tbe puzzle, even scanning for the pin which wus sticking him in a preoccupied fashion His father watched btsida him iu tha evening and never called him "Papa's little man"1 pnea. Ha aui t ea never cr.ee looked up from their work on the s!raibt lite?, Lje grand p i let his cp-;r go -out in b.t e::geinecs to goc lu von buried ii tl e sheet upon which be nrvdj live, and even four s-.ro keH, for the priz?, bu t never could uo ii in three. LPs grandmother retired early, for she tvi.8 weaiied cf ti.e sound of pencils being sharpened, worn out by the bickerings of the bui'.ali in attempt to show the otheid bow the thirg might be'doue ad maybe she hi.d used just a few sheets of paoer dur ing'tne day. Sue dreamed of tbe puzzle anyway atid in her sleep at tempted a demonstration. Upstairs Bunnie wailed. His dad sat unhearing over under the light at the table, taking four' s rokes to do what mutt be done in three His mother sat at tho other side of bid. ding her rewly acquired husband and knight go to it. ,Bunnfe wailed. Downstairs bis aunties and a bunch of youBg gentlemen batP turned a bridge party into a search for the three proper strokes and t college professor, a newspaper man, a den tist, an insurance agent, three col lege students, a half dozon women school teachers, a demonstrator of domestic science, three sfenogs and a candidate for the minister all bawled each other out for bothering when they had vict gA it. Bunnie bad a right to wail, ' - Still tbe search goes on. If tne riddle isn't solved Asheboro stands a good chince of losing half her population from an visit from Jesse Holmes. " . ' WASHINGTON LETTER. Important Political News and other Matters of Interest. ' (By O. H. Tavcaner ) Speelal Washington Correspondent. Washington, Jan, 3 "Busineua men all over the country are ex pressing complete confidence in the Democratic House. They are not being fooled by the old bugaboo about ''Democratic Succeis meaning business depression.' I am familiar with how the Democratic leaders feel about this, and the leaders and the majority of the party are con servative, lbe tar:S will be revised dowuwaid,vbut it wilt be done con servatively, and without disturbing business conditions unnecessarily. Democrats realize that business men have rights which must be pro tected." This staeement by Congressman John U. Rothermel, chairman of ehe committee on expenditures in the department of Commerce and labor, is endorsed by all the Demo crats in Congress. Mr. Rothermel's home is in Reading, Pennsylvania, which is in the heart of the Pennsyl vania manufacturing section. Evidence is multiplying that busi ness men do not iear Democratic success iu 1912, and that, on the contrary, they will welcome it. This is due almost wholly, the House leaders say. to the business like way in which the Democrats have handled allairs since tbey were placed in control of the lower bouse cf Congress a year ago. The steel trust, which would have more rea son than any other trust to be bus. picious of Democratic success, is thriving as never before at this sea sod of the year, and the customary holiday let up of twelve days waB reduced to two. Early in January, it is said, the steel mills all over the country will be working up to 90 per cent of capacity. Blast furna ces, long idle, bave resumed opera tions, and the steel corporalion con fidently expects 1912 to be tbe ban ner year of its history" r tT s The same story of increased activi ty is told by tbe railroads. The New York, New Haven and Hart fork, which last spring laid off sev eral thousand men, lately has taken them all back, and many more be' sides. Tbe shops at Hartford, the company cmcials say, will be busier during the coming year than they have deen for four years back. A 11 the big railroads bave placed large orders for now equipment, a recent order of the New York Uentrai alone calling for an expenditure of $23, 000,000, All of tbem are working their men to capacity. Republican orators who expect to fool tbe voters with tbe old scare about Democratic success meaning business depressiou are going to bave both hands full from now on. What Tariff Hoard Prove. The Talt tarJff board exonerates woolen manufacturers of anything like taking advantage of fcigii tariff rates to ii!v;si;ce prints. Tiie b.;ard'd report would innVe it.u; p -in' ttut. tb; colon trusi woaldu'fc da euoli ; lbli-g. Bu5 tbe rep-.n-t Hn't alio;ei.!:(i-r use!( c., btiCuucj it r-jVu Lt.yaail Sviccuaui cci.ti.d;ct;cL: Fnet That fcicbeuule 'K" ia in defensible; it provtS this conclusive ly aod for e;ll time. Second It cotdirma practically every charge made agaiut& the wool, eu tcbeduls by lJt!iiocrjt3 aad Pi j greiv6 Ke:ublioau8. Third It j-iovea that the Ameri can beople are victims cf extortion from wool manufacturers. Fourth Aud that- President Taft's veto of the Underwood-La-Follctte bill was againub the ioti-r- tsts of 90,000,000 consumers of woolen; that it wes absolutely un- jabtified; unntce'aaary, and therefore unforgivable. Tariff Protect Trout Only. Louis D. Brundeis, the famens Boiton lawyers, who looks, acts, wdks, and talks like Abraham Lin coln, while testifying before tbe Senate trust investigating committee showed how the trusts' reeeiviog tbe greatest protection have destrayed trades u oionism, reduced w?ges, in. creuEed working hours, and driven Americans out and brongrt foreign immigrant labor into their mills. He exposed the injustice and futility of the Tobacco Trust settle ment, effected by the United States Supreme Court, and said the rule laid down amounted to this: "What man has illegally joined together, let no court put asunder." BOND ELECTION CALLED IN. County Commissioners on Request of a Majority of the Petitioners Withdraw the Order for the Vote on R. R- Bonds set for January 8 in Asheboro, Cedar Grove and Concord Townships. Ashebcro, Cedar Grove and Con cord townships will not vote on the bond latue for the Randolph and Cumberland Railway aa previously tet for January 8. A majority of the petitioner fcr the election re quested that the election be called in, and tbe commissioners acting on this wituditw tne oidtr for the loud elections iu the towtsaip . jet re maining to vote on the issue. This action was tlie expression of no nn- favor ible sentiment in rcguid to the Randolph aud Cumberland, but waa the due process ov a carrying out of tbe special -election law. While sentiment in these townships has changed little, tne action of the petitioners reflects the opinion that three townships would not take ac tion different from the others who have voted down the issue. - The registrars and judges of the special elections already held were allowed their expense accounts. These accounts are to be paid out of the funds provided by the Randolph and Cumberland and not out of the general fund. When the elections were called a certified check for $250 was deposited by the railway people to cover the expenses of the elections, which amount to several dollars less than this amount. The usual amount of routine busi ness was taken up by the commiss ioners Monday, the accounts against the county for the month of Decem ber were taken' up, approved and. ordered paid. High Point Man Married in Geor gia Tbe follow ing is clipped from an Augusts, Georgia paper of. recent date arid will be of interest to the friends of Mrt Beane," who" at one " Aberdeen and Asheboro Railway: A very quite and at the same time a very beautiful wedding took place laBt night at 552 Ellis street when Mr. O. V Beane and Miss Nina V. Fagan were united in the bonds of wedlook by Rev. Gso. . Guille. Tbe a?ir was somewhat of a sarprise as none of the friends cf the young people expected the wedding to occur so Boon. Mr. and Mrs. Beane wilt receive the congratulations of a host of friends today. Mr. Beane is a nativeof High Point, N. C and is a valued employe of the Wis trn Union Telegrap a (J.aipvy. The statue of the lite Chr.s. D. Mclver was set up ia Rakigh i ues day. Ia contrast with the rr cord of tbe tariff protected true'p, Mr J;;in;!ei3 r !'! d i: V,t. t,r s v, r .; .'; i !.; it. n iuj-'i!,!' -1'; v ; ; r.: ;'ei. fr? Y ' h:ch ively for ttv ir ! e t d Will Gather The Colu. The K'jiip!ic-u;s have eelvcted ths ni'm who is to bs i charge of t!.i? Clluv?-of the Repu'd'CiM cam. pcign Vtrrel for the 1U13 contest, lie id Fr '-divV. Upjuti, who was as sistant trust cot'ttiuut ou j.rabbei in 1908. Between presidential election Mr. Upnaru trains with the BuEse machine in Chicago, runs a coil monopoly dur.ng the winter and an ice trust during the summer, and also haa'a lumber company, a railroad, and a fev banks and trust concerns. An ideal selection! The Laws Reward, United States circuit court judge Peter S. Grosocnp, cf Chicago, has managed to make a millionaire out of himself while sitting upon the Federal bench. Besides getting rich himself he appointed Marshal E. Sampeell, bis court elerk, re ceiver for a traction company that was in li tig if ion in bis court, at a Lsalery of $25,000 a year. John M. Harlan, one of the real ly great jurits in this nations his tory, and one of tbe best friends the common people ever bad on the Supreme bench, died a few weeks ' ago. His daughter recently has ac- cepted a position as. secretary to earn her living.