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TIE -CQUilE &6 COUIUER Lada in BothNw and Circulation. X 6e COURIER Advertising Cokumns Bring Results. ISSUED WEEKLY, . 1 PRINCIPLES J NOT MEN V ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. XXXVII ASHEBORO. N. C, JAN. 18, 1912 AS1IEB0R0 MAY GET HIGHWAY Pathfinder fof National Automo bile Association in" the City Looking for New Route . President J. E. Williamson, ; of the Randolph Good Roads' Associ ation, was in the city Tuesday night, bringing with him Pathfinder Hem street, of the National Automobile Association, who is looking for a route by which the annual taurs of the ar sociation can go or return trow. New York to Atlanta without re tracing their steps all the way. With Me3srfl. Williamson and Hem. etreet, came P. Watt Richardson, if Eeidsville, who has an idea that the automobile folk would do well to dodge Roanoke and Winston-Salem for lieideville. 7 A meeting of the good roads en thusiasts of the town was called to meet Mr. llemstreet and tall: over the prospects. Mr. Tufts, of Pine hurst, wno ia making an tffort to helo build up tbe 30 miles of bad road between bis place and Green boro, most of which lies in Ran dolph oounty, was not present; but sent a message that he would meet Mr. Hemstrtet at Star Wednesday morning aod show him some good road in Moore county. . Nothing definite could be done, except to inform Mr. tieuiatreet that Randolph intended to improve her stretch of road which constitutes a part of the branch of t.e- National Highway Mr. Tufts is working for. Qtute a bit of the money neeaed for the initial cost of building ah ex: ptrimental stretch has been raised, and the prospect of the National Highway's coming through Greens boro.Randleman, Asheboro and Pint burst added to the firm conviction of many that the trans county ex perimental road, for the planning of which State Road Engineer Pickard is in tbe city, will toon Btarted. Mr. Hemetreet, for his own part, seemed to favor a branch wbech would connect Greensboro, Pine, hurst and Columbia with. Atlanta and what is of more interest to Randolph, with Asheboro. The Pathfinder was carried to Star to meet Mr. Tufts . yesterday morning by Attorney J. A. S pence. AMONG OUR SUBSCRIBERS. Seme' of the Faithful and Many New Friend's Join The Courier Family Cirele with the New Year. The Courier is ever thankful, but especially so with the beginning of the New Year for remittances from old friends and frcm those who are joining our household for the fust time. Here ia a list of those who have paid since the last isstw'up to and including the forenoon or Monday of this week : L J Presnell, Alfred Rush, W H Tucker, Mrs MJ Garner, Janiej lime, Jno B TrogdoD, It H llarvel, A P Thompson. Henry Yow, J L Harden, L V ionst, J L round?, J C LowdVrmilk, T N fiiDehaw, Dr. W J More, 0 V Voos'ej, J E Wocelty, E L I'lve-ndl, II F Waiter, LT EnnVh, Dr 1) K Lock hurt, 0 M fuller, 0 T Lrafuer, W J Armfidd, C 13 A oman, J-.ssie Prevost, Molver Bourn, JaVn W iH;rtirs8, J J Kelly, ' A J Luck, S B Weebe, E S Callicut, C M Fcx. 0 P Quivjn, J M Oioea, J A lie Rue, T.J Fif hn Tuck er, M. E AUfcp, . T C Worth, Eu!a Lucas, Mr - lVntiie 'KPiutr, A J S'eed, Rody Fields?, J no R i!y. L R liujhr,' il V Fn z er, 0 E King. 15 M WiHiai-s, E K Aumm, 0 J CVk, J 11 lcK1n??y, E i L Ra$sn, Ihos Svkrs, J IS Ric'g?, Etta Ftjr uson,3kuui!j Luther,A U Bor?es9, W F Dnv-, I T Uiuveti, J M Van Wevry, W I Camphi-U, D TI Hill, B F Hillitrd, II B Jiuie, A L McAr thnr, LnJa V U vp, J- oW Stilev, F L MuDoraW,'!) J. Wccdbnrn, H. 0 Khapp, Chas Crcsi,. Ed F White head, J 0 Cox, J L Am bM, NSA -Robbies, J L Briles, T J Ellis, John Walker, SarUi A Burroughs, W F K'rkiiMin, M(fl D A -McKiaues, J ' Reitze!', M A' ''Farlow, Bia S La aa 'bert, B Ficnison, Chus Vestal, C 0 Crawford, Chas. Oracford,' F L Douthitt, 0 P Smith, R F Bean, Je esio Coltraue, E L Hudson, Hon. RobtP.ige, JO Money, WHe!. borr, Mrs S L English, J M iTrog dou, S T Allred, T 0 Walker, M N i Brower, E F Kearns, W A' Bean, T J Coltrane, 0 R Walker; D N Ham ilton, F Kin g,- E D Lewis, J T. Wood, B. Frank Pige. , , l-Moffitt , A reoceptioi he wedding party of Miss Ciara M . and Mr. How ell was given at home rf Mr. E. H, Morris last n. ;t. The mar. riage comes off today at 2 p. m. Only the ont of town guests and wedding party attended the recep tion. Among the oat of town guests are : ; Mr. Chas. Coos: Howell, Down ing, Florida, with his best man, Mr, R. H. Barnes, of Elon College, acd Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Howell, father and mother of the groom, Downing, Fla., arrived yesteterday mornin g Following will arrive this afternoou: Mrs. A. A. Moffitt and Alf Moffitt, Ettowab, Tenn.; M'sses Mary Lju Pitt, Linda Barnes, Ethel Clements, Mf63rs. R. A. .Campbell, A. L. Lincoln, Elon Colleges MiB3 Maggie Hall, Burlington : Misa Jennie God win, Chuckacuck, Va,; Mies Etta Trogdon, Libertj; Miss?8 Dick and Grace Rhodes, Harrisonburg, Va; Mr, J'. A. Trogdon, Burlington; Mr. A. ' Lucius Liucolii, Charlotte Court Housf, Va. ; Mr. J, F. West, Jr., Waverly, Va. This wedding creates as much interest in the couuty as any has for a loug time owing to the popu larity of Miss Mcffivt, who ia much teloved and greai.ly admired. A fail account of the marriage will ap pear in next week's Courier. Randolph Club Meets With Mrs. W. D. Stedman. ' The .members of fha Randolph Club met with ilrs. W. D. Sted man at her home on South Fayette, ville s'reet on Friday at 3' p. m. Notwithatandiog the bad weather nearly all of the members and hon orary members were present. Mrs. W. C. Hamni r read a p iper on Ru. rbl Lite in England. Mrs. W. C. Hammond told of Village Life in England, and Mrs. J. V. Hunter had an interesting paper on Schools in England. Mrs. W. H. Moring gave several instrumental music se lections, after which a delicious salad coarse was served. The pro grams of tbe Randolph Club have been particularly inter sting, taking in XiUgiana along an lines. Reports from China confirm tbe massacre of 8,000 Manchus by the rebels. Attorney General Bickett has emphatically denied reports that he is a candidate for the nomination for congress from the fcurthe North Carolina district. Talk from the White House denies that there ie, as has been claimed, any friction between Postmaster General Hitchcock and President Taft. Two law offices of Goldsboro were ransacked by aa amiteur yeggmaa last Friday nieht. the safes were en tered, but the cash drawers wer not blown open. A penny in-the-slot machine which takes one's photograph and delivers it mounted liz otf seconds (all for 1 cent) has been uiveLted by a Pitts lu.ld Mass., man. As a result cf the cold weather ou Sunday, a hot water tani exploded in the Home of Mr. J. D. Lmgatou of Goldsboro, kilid the n?jr.) cook and seriously, injured two of tie children. 'A frczan water-plug delayed the ureiijen uf Greeuaboro m a hra ou South. E m s.reet Sunday niaming, and cue nre gfiu;eu sucu LeiU':.y that' three small brick bulletin w; r3 trailed cud a lots sustained of $7,CO.O... The itihi department has served notice on President Gomez thufc the Umfed Sfciiea will intervene in Cub.i if further attempts ara made by the veteran organization to . nullify tbe luw prohibiting the interference of ttio military in political affaire. Serfator Larimer's investigat.on proceeded daring the first of .'the week with tbe story of fl self-made Lsp.n ;vlr. Lotimar whoBe own tettimony has. been heard for the first time, and has done much to counteract the conviction of his guilt which has been held by many. r- The recorder's court of Albemarie heird the case of the State vt. W. F. Presley, the detective of the Raleigh agency charged with an attempt to commit rapj. , ine onarge, it is thought, was brought in an attempt tu ureas uowu vu rviueuco guiuereui Vi Pi-d1o in onm. Klin 1 Hiar oaaaa ' The defendant, however, was die. charged. - , New President For Bank of Ran dolph At the annual mootinor nf fha shareholders of the Bank of Randolph, held in the office of the bank on January 11th, Mr. l. ts. Mcurary was elected presi dent to succeed Mr. O R Cox, deceased. Ail the other omcers were re-elected. The report of Cashier Armfield showed a successful year, and the usual semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent was declared The followmcr resolutions of respect were unanimously adopt ed: Resolutions of Respect to The Memory of Air. O. It, Cox. . At the regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Randolph, held . on January nth, lain, tne loiiowwg resolu tions of respect were adopted: Since our last meeting Divine Providence has seen fit to remove from among us our President, Mr. O. R. Cox, and we feel that we have sustained a great loss in his death, be it resolved: That we bow humbly to the in evitable decree of an All Wise Being and express our feelings of regret for the loss of our de parted associate, neighbor and friend- ' At the time of his death he was actively engaged in business and for many years was promi nently connected with the busi ness and industrial life of this section. He was successful in business and a public spirited citizen, a faithful friend, and faithful and loyal to wlfet he conceived to be right, and , an honest and con scientious man, at whose death we express deep sorrow and ex tend to his family our sincere sympathy in this sad grief. This has been ordered to be spread upon our minutes and a copy of same ordered to be for warded to his family and publish ed in the local newspapers. r. n. Morris, Chairman, ; . T- H. Redding, Secretary. DECRIES. PAINTED WOMEN Preacher Says Beauty Accompame a by Pride is Source of ML-ery Firing an oratorical broadside against the practice of women who adorn their faces with paint. the Kev. oeorge Murray Klopler, pastor of the Methodist Episco pal church at Carlisle, Pa-, re cently declared before a fashion able audience that a girl who is proud of a pretty face is almost sure to be susceptible to those disgusting vanities which wholly disqualify her for anything really noble in life. "Personal beauty is a gift not to be despised," he said. "But when it is found in connection with pride and vanity, ignorance and boldness, or when it is even suspected of impurity, it ceases to attraet and becomes a lure of evil. It becomes a source of in calcuable misery, and blots with ineffable shame, the fairest work of God. Lcc rTe.nor.il Exercises at School Auditorium on Friday at .2 P. M. Tho Randolph. Chapter of Uiit.jd Daughter of Corded' -r-wy wiil iho'd a miovrial servi.jH for Uocff!: E. Lee fin Friday at 2 p. ni. ;t ina aoho 1 Auditori'im. .School will suspevd for tll9 t sv'-oifcs Bad thi cho-1 children will, take prt.'- Dr. J, 0. AtkicKOij-of J; a Col-li-ce,-editor of -Ths Ohria'-Via Sm will deiivsX the addregj. Tm public is invited tens juieflnd jo.n m honor, lug the m ;mory of Rubt. 'E. L"i?, the Sonth's greatest f.'i?id. Tuc very Ices'; thing we cm do ti perp' uate the msnury of eacti a m m ia to bold fl-.tog 'exorcioes an tna uiy of his biith. Delamar Trovost. Christoph'ir Frnnoea Detamar Jossio M. i'revost . , M.irriud Thnrsday, October twenty-sixt ' . niueteu buoilrf d ;jd t leveu Tiiiiity id. ETChnreh Dartiani, Nort OaroliDa. ' : Miss PrevcBt is daughter of Hf3. Emily Prevost of Woruivilla and Mr Daamar ia connected with The American Tobacco Co Durham. The Courier is just in receipt of this announcement but extends con. gratulations and best wishrs at this late date. : ' GRASS GROWING IN RANDOLPH The demonstration work in Ran dolph has resulted in dong much to aid the farmers in growing more corn and other crops. " County Farm Demonstrator, Mr. S. E. Coble, under the direction of Mr. W. W. Long, of the Bureau of Plant Industry f the Agricultural Department is making a special ef. fott to interest Randolph farmers in growing grasses. The office of the Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration Work pro. poses to conduct a demonstration in Randolph county and to f nrnish the following seed to five or more dem onstrators to be selected by the local ageut, and to furnish to each demon strator a mixture of 10 pounds of L'imothy, 10 pounds of red top, 5 pounds of sapling clover, 7 pounds orchard grass with 5 pounds of a!. fala. This will serve in one way to gee our laud inoculated with al faua bacteria, or if it is preferred the department will furnish the mixture used in South Carolina which is as follows : 15 pounds red clover, one half bushel orchard graBS, one-half bushel Italian rye grass, oiie-ha tt tall meadow oat grass. I ue demonstrator is to furnish one cf suitable land to be selected by the loacal agent and the demon strator. The demonstrator is to furuiah also one ton of burnt lime or agricultural lime of some char ni ter, lie is further to furnish from 300 to 500 pounds of acid phesphate. lhp demonstrator is to be under the supervision and direction of the lo cil agent of the Farmers' Cj-opera-tion Work. The demonstrator is to keep an accurate acjount of ex pense of preparation, seeding, sow ing and cost of time and fertilizer. The hay is to be weighed where it can be done, and if not weighed, then estimated and reported to the local agent. The Courier gives its readers the benefit of instructions contained in a let&r from Mr. W. W. Long, field agent, approved by the Bpecial agont in charge, Mr; Bradford Enapp: "The selection of the land is most important. It should be a loam soil, well filled with humus and with a clay subsoil. The thorough preparation of the land is a prime necessity ; the land should be plow, ed deep and throughly prepared by the use of the harrow and roller or the plant drag. An ideal condi tion would ba if, after the seed bed had been prepared, a rain should fall upon same, making the seed bed firm. Then harrow again, making a dust mulch of some inch or more. Upon this the seed can be broad. cast, sowing by hand. 3are should be takea nut to cover the saed too deep, from an inch to aa inch and one-half being sufficient dejth. The use of lime is absolutely ee sential to success. ' At least one ton of burnt lime, ground lime, rr agri cultural liam of eouia , character should be used per acre. If buns liui3 is to be used it nll ba nscjss t. sary to pu; it in the tkld ia small piks, noc filtowiug cae plies to con- ta n ever a bushel each, ar l thou v,it ii'. M;i it sh;c!:3.b?f;.re sca-ileri'iij it with ehovek'. Tae lima should b-t applet aftvr thoj-.J;v.viuijof tlw Iv.ii Ld tiit-ii Lh..i. uUly ioconior.iiis.1 in thd pml at the v.:n cf han,via . It woi'M be wia to uso wr, Ie.-5 fron SCO tr, 500 poinds of acid p'i.-'piia, auias to be appl;d aitd n-rrn-v't'd ia at the tune 'the dnas mulch ii b?ii'g tu.idc for swdinj;. For culver tho q cjuuo.'i of iaoeukinwi of '.lie SEtd and the soil cannot Oo too strftti&ly emphtiii.'zjd. Cultuns fir the inocalalijn of ths clover b ; J viil'ba cent the demo&siritorj fio:.i the de? prtnjen n:d (bey are urge i t) o'ltain ftom SCO to 500 pontic's of soil frcm' some old clover fLkV if poesib-e (red, crimson, little whit. elovei) fyr the purpose cf moculav i'5g the sed btJ. Th:s should bo tcittered lightly over the Uni atd burrowed in at once at the hun U prepiratiol of the seed bed, 'The grsss shcuw be tcp.d.ci-o I during the late fill and e rij Trimter wilii at Iesst from s;x tJ ei 'ht wan,on loads of bamjard manure. With this preparation we should expect a satisfactory yield. It 13 tiecEsary tlijfc thesa instructions be followed out in detail, , if the best results are expected. , Very truly yours, W, W. Long, Field Agent. Approved by Bradford Knapn Special Agent in charge." j EARTH AND SAND-CLAY ROADS By P. St. J. WUiOD, State Highway Commit. lionet of Virginia. . From the best information obtain. able we learn that only 8 1.2 per cent, of the roads in the United States are hard surfaced. When we consider this fact, together with the cost of surfacing roads nnder favor able conditions witn stone or gravel and the impracticability of doing it at all in many sections of the coun. try on account of the absence of the surfacing material, we realize at once that the question'of the proper construction and care of our earth roads is a most vital one. When properly constructed, well maintained and judiciously used, the earth road meets the require. ments of country traffic for much the large portion of the year, the period of bad roads varying with climatic conditions and the materii's of which the roads are composed. In the construction of earth roads the location is of first importance. This, after all, is the only real per manent thins in connection with any class of road, and, if possible, is of more importance to the earth road than to any otber because its surface hai less power to withsand the bad effects due to improper loca tion. In making locations many conditions have to be considered to gether, the two most important of which are grade and drainage. The grade on an earth road should not be greater than 4 or 5 per ent., that is, a rise of 4 ft. or 5 ft. in 100 ft. not 4 degrees as is provided in the old Virginia law and which is equi valent to 7 per cent., ior, as a graue is increased beyond this limit the load which one horse can draw de creases very rapidly, and with light vehicles it is about tne maximum grade that a team will trot up or down withont considerable difficul ty. Tne grade of a road also seri ously bffacts the maintenance. The steeper the grade the harder the road is to maintain. The croBs grade or crown of a road should not exceed 1 in. to the foot or one in twelve, which is about 8 per cent. The longitudinal grade of the road should always be less than the cross grade, otherwise the water will run down the road instead of serosa to the ditches, thus causing serious damage by washing. So for maintenance as well as for economical hauling, the grade should be kept within the limit of 5 per cent., and considerable expenditure for grading or for ac quiring naw rights of way may be justified to secure such a 'grade. Where it is impossible ta secure low grades it -will be necessary to construct water breaks-in the road to prevent the rapid flow of water down the center. Lhe best form of break is made ia the shape of the letfir V with tlie point up the bill, making a drain to both eide ditches. But however well coustrnctad theae breaks are, they are hard ou vehicles and a serious ioconvenie-.ice.to travel and are not recoiinweuded except as a last resart. Thcnugh drainage is absolutely essential to a gxut r-.a-l. tne :n.or should be tiiU'IuCilfaeroid a.i rapid ly aa pessib'v, aud llm awry a quetit iiit'-rvj p. . To tiGuofUi;!" iai, thers uiiut bs a crown sr cro-is jjH'iuie to cmy tho iiutcr y lis s Jc difc-ihta. Tt-is cro-v.i, as et;- b f.jr-j, sboaM t; a4 cce iach tc c'" feet; if U)0sr.:y, ii w.i! a u..i s;i VUl'A ft ft r,t. 0.:Ut$ tao C31..1. q-K:.: wiis'aing oi' ra'-it in tho Ccr-er oi ;... ro"L. ' i'r tvel, tbrro ore, vill' b on only a sra-ili portion of the r -r'A -i-j will cjaij ' r.ipid wti'.r and .v.; ; I rut', tbeso rut3 .a tim coi'alia Wit.;' und s'attiu- a flav diWu thd roa.L The witr U -livored 13 th? ol tr.o road should ba carried iff'i.i;. mridirtrly -by ditches built on a uni form grtids aod wih no hoi.?a 4ia which pools will form, alloirii? tii3 water tJ soik iuto tiae soil u:iatr the ro'ii aiii soften it. In the onstructioa'cf all ditches cnti shoalTTja laken ta bio-e the banks sul3cicntly ta prevent their sloughing in very, wet cr f'-eczir-g' weatUerand stopping the ditches. Tho sitk ditches should ho relieved frequently by cutting drains avrayi from thetn or catryirg the water un der tbe road in culverts. Large quantities of water accumulated in ditches whea fbwing rapidly soour them and soon Beriously damage the road. It is always beat, of course, where possible, to keep a road on (Continued on page eight.) SNOW JUST HAD TO COME Signs That Don't Fail Foretold Falling Weather Totifch on Rabbits Last simmer was a fearfully dry one; the fall crop of 'simmons was unusual; for the first time in years the cedars were literally covered with berriet; the hogs--so Bart Webster Bays came in from the pasture tot ing brush in their mouth. All of these signs p'inted to cold weather, so very few people of this commu nity were surprised when tne snow came. It came as the direct result cf the clearing up of the skies after dark Thursday night. Mr. Hal M. Worth noted this, and as he came into supper at the Ashlyn, told the crowd that there'd be "falling weather inside of 36 hours. Then came the getting together of the signs for cold weather. Mr. George T, Mnrdock remembered the Simmons, the dry summer and the cedar berries as coming before the big snowa of his youth; Mr. Worth remembered: breaking through the ice of Deep River in 1887 after ten davs of skating in and out of the mouth of Polecat "and the weather looked something like this." Just how the hogs came in will have to be told by Bart, but anyway when the bogs tote in "bresh 'n sic! an evening you'd better have you wood in. Saturday morning cuait; tv. f n-.' the thermometer down close to zer tnd three inches of snow on the ground, and then everybody saw the same signs as had existed in Febru ary 1899, when the thermometer went down below zero and we had a real good rabbit snow. Asheboro registered 2 1-2 degrees above zero before Sunday School was opened on Sunday morning, and on Saturday afternoon there were many and heat ed arguments as to whether rabbits would travel before morning. Bart Webster was certain that thejTwouldaVMmfc then he "buys his rabbits anyway. Cap'n Kennedy 'lowed as how he thought they'd get around enough for a dog to trai. 'em, Don't get scared, Cap, I ain' going t turn state's evidence and W. H. Moring, whose rheumat was troublesome, thought the wouldn't travel far enougb to make it worth while to buy leggings. Still they must have traveled some,, for the incense which arose from the kitchen chin.neys on Monday morn ing, smeiled rabbity to the extent that three breaths was purl' nigh a breakfast. But there hasn't bcea a snow like this one since 1902, when it was abuut 17 inches deep. B ore that there had beu one in 1899 that brought the thermometer do wu to zsi'o and covered the touui with 14 inches of snow that tvijed a. while. Ia 18S7 Mr. H;i M. Wei th romi'moa'd tus b -c tus he fell throagh. tb its in u Deep Hiver, mi l ihj iror oi T te Courier kiijs wV-U it va hka huiiUie he -;.,:::';! h ll.or s ..A term Oi u' U;--e v.- i r. i the, !.; until 'I (. -.3 SOOV a id for a i fti.rfuily Mi ii.i t!nn.; if.) fli v.- i tre V: t'S 'Kt'Uti i ; tl-ij- i-.v,tiva is a i'.n. u.,io Erctjov.j 8.-e.-,u to r- wmbir h'ges1 .uinw-i 1 :. j,a that of lOOsi, lu.'tae viv.iti'cr y; u 2..y3 it itas iti biej ..fiJ,u:i, 'i'-;o cat, tujw i o r . j t :, 1 ..V..-. (.f t'ia-past .) yc tne folivj of A :',- c.; l itiu ialli".a j.'.!t .--s -.rcu a ios of. o 'he..' Cdy.i i'.'idahi. Vsuiis-.u ucf, lc-suf c.'.i;: Icniry-li jo a-totLg of bvjiiU in t'aeii" tuuths, a dry sum mer 'vlwn it cl.jur3 , alitor -dirk, fco i 'ill we.tj' js'.g ot a big s:iow and all signi don'i fail. Ia GooJ Hcattfi at P3 Mt. Oiiret, Jan. 17. Sir. D. B. LcacU-of Vih? connaaniiy ii enjoy, irg hLiUsml gjed heath daring this cold weather. Mr. -Leih-ia Ql years of ar?, blind, but has all of uid meatiti raoi.ities nmmpaired. He w3 a member of the Seventh North Cnrolms Reserves daring the Civil War and served hs a omard tn prisoners at Salisbury. Three of hii sous wera aiao uonteaerate soldiers ' but of the family of brave 'soldiers only Mr. Leach is left.
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