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VOL. XXXVII ; ' ' ASHEBORO. N. C., FEB. 15, 1912 No. 7.
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TWELVE YEARS
2eorge Rich Fugative Fro
Justice For More Than a De
cade Lands in the' Toils at
Last.
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. Ending a stern case of at least
twelve ears, George Rich, the
elusive, who has found time daring
the period in whioh he has been at
large to marry, found a family, en
gage in a few small nffrays, break
jail once, visit town occasionally,
farm a bit and make divers and
sundry runs of "sugar-head licker'1,
broke for cover Satirday night,
came to a clinch with Deputy
. Sheriff, Will Glasgow, and landed
in jail.
bheriff Burkhead with four depu
ties acted hurriedly Saturday night
on information which stated that
Rich was at the home of Ike Jerrold
-t.nl surrounded the house. It is
suid last Jerrold was S3 much in
awe of Rich that he did not dare to
open the door at the sheriffs sum
mons, and when an e ltry was being
forced at one side, Rich left by the
other. In leaving he ran ' through
Deputy Luck and into Deputy
Glasgow, who is pretty well fitted
for clinches. In spite of the. squirm
ing of which he is qu'to capable,
Rich was held and handed over to
Jailor Lowe.
The original case against Rich
was an affray, later he broke jail,
was charged with the illegal manu
facture ot the joy-fluid, this in
Montgomery county, Randolph
county, and even, it is said, (Stand
ing his operations into the wilds of
Yadkin. But during all three years
it is dou jifnl if he has sp nt more
than three consecutive months away
from the home of his nativity.
George has that fondness for the
place of his birth tbat a rabbit has
for the warm bed from which the
dogs have jumped him, and the
comparison is especially apt in tbat
, George, too, is of a wild Datura and
more than ordinarily hard to lay by
the heels. ,
When Rich broke jiil he cut his
way out with a pocket knife, deliv
ering himself and a youngster named
Tucker, while a one hgged man got
stuck in the hole. It may have
been two months tbat he stayed cut
of this section tbn, but at the end
of this time hn was seen by some
bird hunters to the west of the
town. Then for several years it was
rumored at timts that different1 peo
ple had . seen him. For the most
part those who glimpsed him were
parties whose sympathies were ap
pealed to by reason of Rich's capac
ity for looking out for himself and
little was said of the meetings.
Rich courted his wife in Mont'
gomery county, and married her
between runs of "sugar-head", later
returning to Randolph, but not be
fore an alleged scrap had taken
place between him and his father.
in-law. After his arrival here he
turned farmer, and has been farm
ing to the sou tn west of to wn. Hog.
it is laid, are his specialty, when it
comes to raieang meat, and three or
four well-fattened porkers have
helped to stock the family harder
every winter. According to reports
rumored rather than well founded,
his proclivity for making illicit
booze has always remained with
him, but this, if indulged in, will be
ratner nam to prove.
The folks to the west of the city
nave seen mm orten, or rather some
of them h .ye." A goodly number are
related to mm ana it is not to be
expected that they would inform of
him. Others, it is claimed, have so
been terrorizsd that they have fur.
nished him shelter, although there
baa never been a charge made that
. he took anything that was denied
him. . ; .
On numerous occasions he has
been in Asheboro, and rnmor has it
that he has talked with the officers.
the fact that he has been so long at
large making it difficult for most of
the tow people to recognize him.
8ince hi capture many . stories are
rife that may be accounted for on
the lasts of the effect which the sue.
cessful defiance of the Jaw has upon
law-abiding folk. Some acoounts
have it that he has been in - town
often in woman's clothing and after
dark. According to others he has
done almost all of the : family shop.
Dinsr. esoeciallT that for hia own
wardrobe, and that on one occasion
losing a pair of trousers which bs
had bought at J . L. Norman's he
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TRUSTS MAGNATE A MENACE.
Representative Stanly Goes for the
Trusts iu Speech.
Washing, D. C, Feb. JO. In his
speech before the Kenta.ky Society
of New York Congressman Stanley,
who was the chief speaker ; of the
occasion recently made some remarks
concerning trusts and trust mag.
nates which in some quarters wiLLbe
"viewed with alarm."
"As menaces to society," Baid Mr.
Stanley, "the street bully and the
armed ruffian cannot be compared
with trust magnates. It has been
charged rgainst the Keutuckian that
he is law lees, because his regard for
his persoual nonor drives him to
freLzy whenever it is questioned or
attacked. Bat there are others and
infinitely meaner forms of lawless
ness than homicide. He who covets,
he whostealB, 1 e who p r o s p e r e
through falsehood and chicanery is
essentially lawlesa.
"Oourts can be corrupted, and
legislators debauched and millions
of men rendered helpless and miser
able by lawlessness in its most loath
some and despicable form, without
a touch or semblance of violence.
"The fct that the dtspoiler of
the liberty and property of his fel
lows unfurls no banner, fires no
shot. Bouuda no boisterous, alarm
renders him only the more 'daugei
ous to his intended and urisuspeet
ing victims.' That security of life
and property which was crdamed by
the constitution, and has been pre.
served and p'oter.Ud oy the laws of
the laud, is an infinitely bigger and
broader thing thin mere lmoiunit?
from the wiath of the bandit or the
activities of the foot-pad or the com
ruon cracksman.
"The supremacy of the law is con
Btantly m-'naced by the presence of
two classes of criminals. One is the
comparatively harmless and vulgar
criminal who seeks to relieve as mi
mediate needs by violence. The
other class is made up of more am
bitiouB. insatiate and usually intel
lectual pt rsocs who seek the same
end the property of others by a
cunning evasion of the law, or by
debauching those who are entrusted
with the making or the enforcement
of the law.
''The latter is infinitely more dan
eerons. both on account of the
princely proportions of his purloined
booty and the methods he his em
ployed to obtain it."
Raleigh, Charlotte and Sou' hern's
Officers
Following the election in Raleigh
some days ago of the directors of the
Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern
Railway, that body has announced
from Norfolk the election of the
following officers of the company
E. T. Lamb, of Norfolk, president,
E. C. Duncan, of Raleigh, first
vice-president.
Frederick Hoff, of New York, sec.
ond vice-president.
Mathias Manly, of Norfolk, tress
urer.
Morris S. Hawkins, -of Norfolk
secretary.
Nelson W. Itunnion, of New York
aBBistant secretary.
Chadbourne & Shores, of New
York, general counsel.
Compositions on Good Roads
.If theeterpriBing principal of the
pnblio schools at Wonhville is doing
as well in every department of her
school work as in writing compost
tions, she deserves unlimited praise.
The compositions sent by the 7th
grade of the Worthville on ''Good
Roads " are a most moddls in neat
ness and penmanship and the sub.
iect matter is excellent. The editor
of the Courier is so pleased with
these articles on Good Roads, that
he will give a premiun to each one
of tbe children whose compositions
were sant in by the principal. . '
went to the house of a man who had
been behind! him, claimed the trous
ers which the other had found and
went his w"ay in peaceful possession
of his property.
In fact, one can bear almost any.
thing concerning what Rich did
during his period at large, but most
otitis mere rumor and probably
hf s little foundation. However, he
left jiil at no notice at all. has mar.
ned and started a good sized family,
and if he stays in jail will have
to account fr an affray or two, the!
jail - bieaking and tbe making of the
illegitimate produoer of the di.
R. R. PETITIONS
PLACED ON FILE
R. & G. Bond Elections to bs Set
at Next Meeting of Commission
ers Probaby Early in April. .
On Monday the petitions of the
townships which are to vole on the
question of Don I issues for the R in
uolph and Cumberland . Railway
were fi'ed before tbe county crm
miBBioneia to be noted upon at their
next meeting. It is tnought that
elections will be ordered for about
the first of April in all the townships
concerned, Asheboro, Randleman,
New Mtrker, Brower and Grant.
An election has been called in
Broadway for March 11th, and it is
stated that there are more petitioners
than a in j rity of the voters, so it
is naturally thought that bonds will
ca,rry. Abbotl's Creek township in
Davidson, three Moore townships and
the Randolph territory will then be
all that are left to vote on the ques
tion.
Asked as to the general plans of
of tbe R. & 0., Eagiuetr E. W.
Shedd.said that tha ultimate aim ot
his road was a trunk line railway,
connecting the Ch-q.ipeake and Ohio
with tbe coast at Sjuthport, a line
that would be a cfmer Of western
grain, Clihoifield cu-tlaud - southern
farm products and would figure
largely in the P. nima trade alter
tha completion of the canal. To
connect up this svstt-tn Mr. Shedd
s i8 that three ttrttches of about
30 onhs each are all tbat it is nee-
isiary to build outside o1 the pres
eut contemplated extension.
The present R. & C, although
comprising but 22 miles of road, has
Seaboard connection, a charter for
extension through to Eikin, where
there is connectioa with, the -bikiu
und Alleghany, from which sur
veys hive been and are being mida
to till in the intervening unss b'
twten it and the C. & 0. at Elkhorn
City, Kv. Tbe outlet at Southport
saj3 Mr. Shedd, is raadily obtainn
able, and means the best h.irbor of
the Atlantic o tat south of Norfolk.
The name of the contemplated sys
tern will probably be the Southport
and Western.
As it Btands at present bonds have
been voted in High rointtnd Win
ston-Salem, leaving Broadway .which
will ia all probability, carry, the
Davidson, Rnndolph and Moore ter
ritory to vote on bonds for the first
extensiou from the Seaboard to
Finstou-Salem. The next move
contemplated in the event of the is
suing of boads for this extension is
thexonnecting of the road with the
Elkm and Alleghany and tbo build
ing of the Concord and New Hope
extension. ' J. his will probably b
laid through Cedar Grove or Back
Creek townsnir. ,
The character of the proposed
road is that it is to have a Ti
pound rail with no grade on the
mam line to exceed 1 1-2 per cent.
Up-to-date equipment and rolling
stock is promised.
In case of the bonds issued the
the money obtained from their sale
is not to be turned over to the road
until a schedule of trains is in effect
on the proposed main line, the fur.
ther extensions to operate on the
same basis. In return for the bonds
stock will then be issued to the
townships voting them. Mr Shedd
wants it definitely stated that the
bond issue is not a matter of paying
the road so much to build the ex ten
sions, but tbat it is a guarantee that
the sectiou wants the road and be
lieves in it enoagh to take a part of
thtt)ck.
Those behind the R. & 0. are de
cidedly more optimistic at present
than before, believing tnat taey see
in the proposed Southport and
Western a revolution of transports-
sion in North Carolina and a fair
share of the Panama and western
trade. .
Consider The Poor Horse
Pity the sorrows of a poor old hosa,
Who seldom gets a nosebagful of
oats:
His only pnll the ash-cart of the
boss,
Who gets no favors, for he bes no
votes, - . .,
His shoes are rags, tied on his
weary feet,
They help him grapple with the
slipp'ry street;
With feeble steps, and slow 'he
' treads the pave. ,
..His life a 'torture and his goals
grave. N. Y. World.
GOOD ROADS
NEEDED IN SOUTH
The subject of good roads seems to
be of great interest in Noith Caro.
lina at the present time. There has
been great improvement made on the
roads of Guilford, Mecklenburg,
;.j"rham, Alamance, Rowan and
parts of Moore. and m ny other
counties.
Mr. Leonard Tufts, a -Massachusetts
man, is doing a great work iu
building up the roads of southern
Mocre couity. Lee eountv has re.
cently issued bocsls for $100,000
to build good roads. It is estimated
that there has beea spent $3,405.
000 in North Carolina for bunding
good roads.
- The first roads in North Carolina
were merely trails made by Indians
who were non-progressive and lazy
and were satisfied with any kind of
roads. Shall we imitate the spirit
of the Indians?
The Romans used to dig a deep
trench as long and as .wide as the
roads they intended to make. Then
tr;e trenches were filled with stones of
different siz-is, packed tightly to.
gather. 0.i top they laid great1
blocks of sione forming a strong ana
hard pivetneut . A road like this
with a solid bed could not be wash
ed out by spring rains, but was
smooth and hard at all seasons. The
The most famous of all tbe Roman
roads was the Appian way, leadiug
from Rome southeast to Bruncuai
urn, a distance of three hundred
miles. This road built abjut two
thousand years hgo is still in good
condition today, t.ius sbowng how
careful the Uonuns were in their
work. '
Theroidfof a comniuu;ty indi
cate the character of the people of
a community ton certain extent
Generally poor communities have
poor roads. Aa the ola mm said as
he chewed and tpit, "Po folks has
no wave."
T he-ijnriveniadt of. rtucls.wiU La
beneficial net only to the farmer
but also to a large proport on of the
dwellers in cities and towif-. ihey
will enlarge tha trade of reu-1 mer
chants, facilitate th9 work of rur.d
carriers, and etend the limits with.
in which local newspapers can be
circulated ou the day of publication
If you are a firmer your farm will
increase in Vilue, you can ra sa ra jre
profitibleciopj, your cast of naui.
ing will bs lotver. It you are a inar
chant good roads will' enlarge your
trading radius aud make it possible
for puichasers to reictt you every
day in the year and thereby increase
vour saK If you are a railroad
man good roads mean greater proteo
tion, bring more industries. If you
are an automobile user, you can get
the benefit of your machine every
day in the year, and therefore good
roads are of great benent to an.
Good roads can only be had by a
great deal of money being spent and
the people should not expect to have
goodjroads unless they are willing
to bear part of the expensa of build
ing them. The people of the South
soould begin to realize the fact tnat
the building of a permanent roaa is
an investment tor tne oenens or
themselves and their children. If
the South would bear this in mind
in a few brief years it would come
to the front in building good roads.
Bad roads are a great disadvan
tage to the people of Randolph in
many ways. Bad roads ere not only
disadvantageous to automobile own
ers bnt they are a great disadvantage
to the farmer and many otners. ir
the money that wss spent ia Ran
dolph county for one year on repair
ing vehicles was spent for building
good roads it would go a great way
in building np the roads cf the
county. Now hll the people should
realize the disadvantage of bad roads
and shonid come to the front in
buildingthemup.
The people of Randoipn county
shonid become interested in the
matter and issue bonds to build good
roads. The localities the state
where good roads have been built
are becoming richer, more prosper.
ous and nure thickly setth d, while
those that have bad' roads areata
standstill and are becoming poorer
and more thinly settled.
Charlie oaemeia. .
Two negroes confined fcr house
breaking broke j il last Thursday
night, West Bass, one of them, got
away bnt the - ot.ier negre was
caught, v
Split Log Drag Again
"Lane upon line, preoept upon
Drecent. It is not too often t
preach the gospel of toad repairs
every day, especially at this Baasou
of the year, Yon who are skeptical
about the efficacy of the split log
drag, take this testimony from the
Troy dlontgomrrian
"All of cs thought the roads were
ruined when the freezes, snow, sleet
and rain put in their work recently.
Not so, D. W. Saunders, who lives
three miles southwest of Troy, pat
his mules to a split log drag and in
half a day converted what wag an
almost impassable road between his
place and town into the same admir
able turnpike that it was before the
bad weather set in. We had begun
to despair of good roads, thinking
their, a failure, but . since Mr.
Saunders has demonstrated that
the most trying weather cannot de.
prive us ot good roads long at a
time, we are stronger than ever in
favor of good roads.
No dirt can stand np well under
sleet, buow, lreiaes and constant
rain, but since these last bnt a short
time during the year, there ean be
no rea.-on to oppose good roads be
cause of the few days they are not
good. Better have 11 months of
good roads than 12 months of bad
one?. N
That is the note. Pass it along
among the., unbelievers. Stick it
under the noses of road superintend,
eats who are wasting the people's
money hauling dirt and shaping up
roads in thj summer and then not
touching it again, leaving it to be
worn down by the fall travel and
washed away by the winter rain?,
with the result that what might
easily have been a firm roadbed, is
turned into soft mud almost iinpass
able. If the supervisors can't see
it, then let sevae live, senBibh man
in the neighborhood raise such a
rumpus that others will j)in him
and make the old tffiaials take no
tice. Or what might ' be better in
some instances, let him make a drag
and donate a half , a .day now and
Mien st an ot'jict Jtoaon. .avery
community must havo a leader, auj
way, or the progress is apt to ba
backward. Ureensboro JNews.
May-Day Fete at The State Nor
mal College at Greensboro.
As a part of the Commencement
exercise; the students in the College
aod the children in the Training
School are to celebrate May-day. lo
the ancestors of every North Cro.
liuian Teuton, Kelt, or Anglo-Sex
on the very word May-day was
elcanent with meaning. Because
this was right, these youthful citi
zans are going to do th ir best to
ward reviving the May-day customs
by reproducing the Day itself.
From the dim and shadowy period
of paganism, throughmany centur
ies, all European peyplts performed
certain semi nligions, semi-poetic
rites in May. Romans instinctively
wore earlands and carried newly
budded branches in honor of Flora
and Zephyr, who were supposed to
strew the earth with fljwers. Qjths
and Swedes fought a mock battle be
tween Winter and Summer, Sum
mer always winning, Irish, Scotch
Highlander, and Scandinavians
kindled "bone-fires" on their hill
tops, and danced, sing and feasted
in honor of the sun. In the Chris,
tian era the old customs were con.
tinned as wholesome recreation for
the people. Not only the masses,
but lords and ladies, kings ana
queens reveled in the wo ids and
'brought the summer nome. in
"The Death of King Arthur" we
read: "Then it befell in lusty May
that Queen Gueneyer called unto her
her knvghtes of the round table and
gave them warning that early in the
morning she shonid riae on Maying
into the fields beside Westminister."
In the earliest English - lyric poetry
May-day is spoken of as tne time
"when everything living recovers
virtue, beauty and force, and the
hearts of all rise np and gladden
themselves.
Hear and heed wise Chancer:
"Fnrtb go jth al the courte, both
moete and teste,
To fetch tte floures fresh and
branche and blonu;
And then rejoysen in ther grete da.
light. .
Eek echo at other throw the fljures
bryghte." V . ' I
Hard is his hart that loveth naught
Ia May when al this mirth , is
wrought.
Next we k we shall tell you of four
famous May-Poles.. - ,
BRIEFS FROM
FAR AND NEAR
Negotiations . ere on foot for a
new treaty with RuBsia.
Secretary Macveagh is of the opin
ion that Teddy will not be a candi
date. The February term of Rowan sa.
perior eourt is in session this week,
JndgeFerguBon preaiding.
The Republicans of the 5 th
Georgia congressional district have
declared for Taf t.
James J. Hill, builder of railways,
told the investigating committee
Tuesday. that he'd rather be an ant-
el than in the steel business.
A dividend of 80 per cent has
ordered by the bankruptcy oou rt to
ne paid tne creditors of the Ware.
Kramer Tobacco Company.
John Harris, negro, of Albemar le
on Monday night called another ne
gro, Charlie Otristian, to the door
and without warning shot him dead.
Harris is in jil charged with mur
der. Dr. Harvey Wiley, champion of
pure food, says that unless some,
thing is done to alleviate present
conditions cf unre3t mob rule will
come. .. , .,.-....,.
A resolution has been introduced
in the Senate for the investigation
ot the money trust by a joint com-
miuee or tne two branches of Con.
gress.
Mr. Josephus Daniels is quoted
by the Washington correspondents
as saying that Governor' Wilson's
nomination at Baltimore was almost "
practically assured.
Mr. James B. Duke is to resign
from office of the American Tobac
co Company and become chairman
of the Bi!t!8.h-Am'ricau T.ibaacj
Co. with offices in London, Eng.
Mr.'Otffyn -who has earned.' t.he
narneua ''The Polar Aviator" per
formed a daring fete in crossing the
Hudson reaching aa altitude of 800
feet in a 25 mile gale the List of the
week.
Monday night of la3i week the
store of V. W. Idol & Co. at High
Point was entered by would-be bur
glars, but were frightened away be.
fora succeeded in getting in their
work.
Nunia and Bunson Hill while
scuffling at their home over the pos
esaion of a revolver shot and killed
their father, who had stepped in o
seperate them.
Stones sent into to some of the
North Carolina papers concerning
opposition that would arise to the
giving of tbe chairmanship of the
finance committee to Senator Sim- .
mons in the event of his reelection
have been discredited by reliable
correspondente. .- '
' The post offLe department is in
vestigating syndicates dealing in
Florida everglade properties. This
the result of charges made by Re.
presentative Olark of Florida, who
has been asked by the post office de.
partment to appear iu the course of
the investigation.
Mr. J. Leake Carroway, who has
been managing editor of the Arkan.
sag Democrat of Little Rick for
several years, has acquired an inter
est in The Charlotte News and will
be associated with tbe management
of it.
Surveying corps are busy on the
proposed route of the Norfolk and
Southern from Troy to Concord. It
is thought most likely that the new
road will leave the A. & a. at iroy
and make its way directly through
the Uwharrie mountaiBs to Oon.
cord.
The engine of train No. 33 of the
Sonthern turned over in the yards as
Columbia. & 0. last Friday. .No
one was injured and the passengers ..
were unaware tnat tne aocidens naa
happened uutil tell of the cause of
delay. - , , '
, . Meetio of Rural Carriers. t
The rural free delivery curriers of
Randolph county are n quested to
meet in the Courthouse in Asheboro
on Thursday, February 22 ad., for
the purpose of consultation and dis
cussion of plans for their cork and
organiiitioD. - "' ,
j ,1 H D. M. Sharps. President.
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