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H7 If, THE I5h COURIER l.ada in Both News and X Circulation. t5he COUR.IEH Advertislnr Coiumn Bring Results. ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN - ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. XXXVII X ASHEBORO, N. C, SEPTEMBER 12, 1912 Nor35 COURIER Charlotte Convention Rent In Twain Thomas Settle, of Ashville, Heads Regular Ticket Zeb V. Walser, of Lexington, Leads Progressives ' Liquor Plank in Republican Platform ..;....;..t.....;..I....t-..-"i--MH-' .'- Republican State Ticket Governor Thomas Settle of Buncombe. Uout-Governor J It- GosklU of Edgecombe Atomey General Iiivid II Blaiv of Forsyth 3- Secretary of State W J drews of Wake An- Treasurer Daniel W. Patrick X of Greenei. Auditor J. Q- A Wood of Pasquotank Superintendent of Puplic In struction Cyrus P' Frazier of Guilford Commissioner of Ajrriculture A. L. French of Rocking ham. Commissioner of Labor and Printing J. B- Goslen of Forsyth- T Corporation! Commisslone j AV E White of Alamance and John Sharp of Iredell X Insurance . Commissioner J. Y II- Cook of Guilford 4 Electors-at-I.ao-gc W P. By- num of Guilford and Hairy X Skinner of Pi". , ' State) Cluurman Johnl Mot 4 ley Moreliead, re-elected x 3. Nations! Committeeman E- C Duncan ' The Republican State convention met in Charlotte, Wednesday of last week, excluded from Its delfiberatioES all but avowed Taft supporters, nom-j maiea Tnomas seie, or Asnew-e, for governor and a full State ticket, and adopted a platform declaring fcf local option on the liquor questyon by a vote of 606 to 150 National Committeeman Richmond Pearsoni was ousted because of his allegiance position to the mighty colonel.1 o the mighty( Colonel- Committee man E- C- Duncan, was endorsed for the position. State Chairman John Motley Morehead was gjveri aJmos1 . "upreme power over the state organization- - .. The steam roller was in Cine shape, and did most deadly work The State Executive Committee met behind 'closed doors at the Selwyn Hotel and sealed the fate cf all the Roosevelt men by passing a resolu tion introduced by, Dr- J- J. Mott, declaring that "No member who. pro poses to vote the Democratic Progressive picket is entitled tg, voice or vote in the sessions of the committee." Thomas Settle1 then introduced a still more sweeping resolution, declining to, permit any person not supporting Taftj for I President. o occupy a seat, jm the convenon - ine moh resolution was adopted by a vote of 8 . to 6 Thd sit who voted no were then "questioned as to their stand on the national ticket, and upon their de clining to support Taft were ousted rom the committee. These ousted ommitteemen were J- J. Jenkins, f'Chathapi; I- B- Tucker, of Co- umbus; George E- Butler, o Samp- n; James T Parker, of Johnson; iiarlea W- Cowles, of Wilkes; and ;harka E. Green, 6f Mitchell. The ettle resolution was adopted by a Jote of 9 to 5, and the followers Pf Teddy were speedily shown the door.. .The loyal Taft men were then placed on the temporary roll and given badges as passports to the Auditorium. The fight before the committee hours- ; had - lasted over five j When the convention; was called I to order most of the unruly elements were out of the way, and things ran smootMy. Morehead.was unanimous ly electa chairman and Setae's nom ination w:is by acclamation- All 'the elections were without contest- There were a few squalls, how ever- Harry Skinner favored stop plng with the nomination of a can didate for governor and negotiating with the ( Bull Moose crowd for a compromise on the rest of the tick et, but lest out. There was also some fight over the local option plank- The Roosevelt followers who were excluded from the regular conven tion me1 in the county court house and nominated the following ticket; Progressive State Ticket Governor Zeb Vance Wal- X ser, of Davidson. X Lieut. Governor O'fls. E Grec"n, of Mitchell Atterr.cy General E- S . W Dumeron, " cf Ala mance. Supreme Court Judges T. T. Hicks, of Henderson; W. S- O'K "Robinson, of Wayne ; ' , Secretary cf State D Sentcr, of Harnett. II 0;rp0ratim; Commissioners George E Butle.r, of Sampson; J. X. William son, Jr., of Alamance Superintendent of Public Instruction Charles L Coon, of Wilson- Auditor J Catawba-' F- Click, of Treasurer D L- Goro, of New Hanover Commissioner of Labor and Printing J. Y. Hamriek, of Cleveland Insurance Commissioner Clyde Eby, of Craven Commissioner of Agricul ture J. 7 M- Mewborne, of Lenoir- ' Presidential Electors Ire- dell Meares, of New Hanover; Jake F New ell, of Mecklenburg. X A HHMfrfr,HMHH,fr4MMl 'S' 'MH-H The convention first endorsed for governor Dr. Cyrus Thompson, n"6m:-. uated by the Progressive convention in Greensboro the day bfeore, not he wever, without a hot fight led Dy Marlon Butler to hold out the olive branch to the Taft crowd and see if the two factions could not agree on a man acceptable to both- Among those who made speeches were Richmond Pearson, v. s. Lusk, C-H- Cowles.Z. V. WalserMaricn But,, .l-U Vlli.D. 0 "-J Walser expressed himself in strorjj terms.declarir.g ini?lain English that he would , see the regular nominee Settle, in a hot climate before vot ing for him At the afternoon bessicn a tele gram was received from Dr. Thomp son saying he could not make the race for governor- Z- V- Walseri wasfl then nominated in his place-' Cha. H- Cowles was placed in nomination., but declined- Walser rather reluc tantly accepted- The two candidates for electors- at-large Meares, of New Hanover, an Newell of Mecklenburg, who had been nominated at' Greensboro, the previous day, were endorsd, and a full State ticket put in the $eld- About 75 people, including a few chance spectators.were' present at the first meeting says the Charlotte Ob server. It was an experience meet ing. .Delegate after delegate arose from c,oun.t?es west and east and told how in their. respectivet bailiwicks 90 and 95 and 99 per cent of the Republicans were for Col- Theodore Roosevelt, whom Zeb Vance Walser of Lexington acclaimed "the greatest man of the modern world-" Contemptuously, with indignation anonker after speaker repudiated the idea' thnt thoy.tio official and duly accredited rjeprcsentaatSves cf the LETTER FROM HAWAII Former North Carolinian Writes of Grand Scenery. Mr. Edtttor: This is a place where tourists vis it the whole year. The best of all the scenery is the livine volcano on the island of Hawaii, which is classed as a world's wonder. It has an area of 4.14 square miles or 2,650 acres, a circumference of 41,500 feet or 7-85 miles, an ex treme width of 10,300 feet or' near ly 2 miles, and am extreme length of lb, 500 feet or nearly 3 miles- As long ago as tradition reaches, 'his volcano has been active, some- :imes violent and at others? qules- cnt. E.en in is mildest stages, I it has always emitted great volumes of vnper, and the eight cf thia crat- wheni in great activity is very impressive and a sight never to be forgotten- W- F- OSBORNE, 625 Beretonia Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii- Deaths of Mfs. Margaret' Farlow Mrs. Margaret Frazier Farlow dln at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. i-.iwooa r ariow, e.- mngar, sepiemoer 5, at the age of 80 years, having) been born in 1832 in Randolph was laid to rest in the ceme tery at Marlboro September 6, fun eral services being conducted by 0?car Cox. She had been in declining hea,l(h for some time, but was not consider ed serious until a few days be fore her death- M. Farlcw was a consistent member of the Friends church at Marlboro, and wee leved by many friends- The deceased wp.s twiee m-irrid-First to .Tesso O-borno. To this un ion were born four children, all of whom survive- Tliy are N?ri-,:s Or borne, cf Trinity Ko- 1; Mrs.'Elwoo ;Fgrlow,cf Er-pl i.a No- 1 ; Mrs- Walter VVelborn.and Mrs- Dillon Millikan, of Kansas- Af'er the death of Mr. Os borne, the deceased was married to Newby Farlow, who has been dead some time- One dnughter, who is now Mrs W- N- Steed, of Trinity No- 1, was- born to thfs union Two brothers, . Messrs- Grover and Franklin Frazier, of New Mar ket townshjip, also survive From' earth thou hast gone to the glorious city; where cometh ; no shadow of sorrow or care, and some blessed day, when my journey Is over, with gladness untcld, I will meet thee up there. A Friend. Republicans Cniry Maine By Small Majority. The State elections in Maine last Monday resulted in the election of Wm. T. Haine8, Republican, for gov ernor over Governor Plained, Demo--crat.ty a plurality of a little more than 3, 000;. three Republicans and tne Democrat to the Ilciice, and a Republican mjcrity in the Legisla ture, which will chQpse a United States Senator- WuNcr Will Not Run The Progre-s;.ive State Committee and the committee named by the bolting Roosevelt Republicans at Charlot'te met in joint session, at Greensbcro last Tuesday, Zeb Vance Walser declined to run for Govern or, and Iredell Meares, who had been named as a state elector, was put at the head of the ticket- Southern Fleld Trial Secretary C- B- Cook, of Ro anoke.V Va., of the Virginia-Carolina Association, has announced that the Field Trials cf the association will be held at Asheboro this year beginning December 2. Last year 'he annual field trial" were held aH Newton, N- C "great sovereign people of the RepubJ llcan party in this) State, would go downi on their knees and beg for ad mission to the councils of the party to which, they claimed, they still belonged- Richmond Pearson dra matically tendered his ' resignation "a national committeeman, which th meeting refused to accept. At the evening Session the attend are we larger, 4 5 counties . beiDg veprescutd: Members of a campaign ! rti '3ttp;'ere named, R- V-Tharpe f Irec-rtll 8ikM1. S. Williams of t.i !'.' rrv.a being the members from i this district. TIRE AT RANDLEMAN Dyee House Burned Loss Estimat ed at $40,000- The dye house of the Peep RAv- ci Mills, at Randlemani, was entire ly destroyed by fire laasf Thursday- When the motors were started about 5 o'clock In the morning, a spark roll1 out fiom the switch into some loose to'.tcn,.. and withdn five min utes tha en'ire building was a mass of flame , I was seen almost at un'4 that ;)iere was no hope of aav nikyj the luitii;0, and the attu ti .n ! tue f.re fighters was g'f"n to sunn 'oik:, ii'. t.ul'.'infrs, which wur 3ri('iisl.v tlireuTi til- .Tli- I nitting was ir Irtck and ! walls fell In about an. hour adn half after fire started. Everything was a "oral less. Inr!i;dirg about 25 o.ilca of c-; on in he pvoenss of dying. The loss is- es'imnn-td at ?40,000. l'(nl n the .-.etlioii of a new dye house, the cotton for the mill will : ij'.'d a Central Falls and Cha lctte adn shipped in bales. Ex-Sheriff Swaim Passes- Ex-Sheriff J. S- Swaim died at his home in Randleman Tuesday of last week tffter being in declining health for two or three years- The Tuneral was conduced by Rev- R A. Taylor at Level Cross, near the old home of Mr. Swaim, the fol lowing day. Mr. Swaim was 72 years old; was elected sheriff of the county by the Republican party in 1888. Be fore moving to Randleman aibout 15 years age, Mr- Swaim was one of the most prominent farmers in his part of the coun.ty. He- was highly respected by many frtentls- He is survived by five sons and two da.-. filters- They are: Messrs-3- W-, Jesne, Thomas, Robert and J. A. Swaim, llis Mary Swaim adn Mr3 A. W- Liaeberry, all of Randleman- W ; Barker Dead- After cn illness cf IS months, i Mi- Walter O. Tinrlir tUorl nt v.a ome in Randleman, August 31s 1 he funeral was conducted at the Baptist church of Randleman, of v.-hjeh Mr- Barker was a member, by his pastor, Rev- J- A. McMillan, and Rev. J. A. Eller, a former pas tor, after which the body was laid to res1 in Mt- Lebaaon cemetery- Mr- Barker, before his long 1ilIne.?Sj vas for five years the popular letter carrier cn Randlemani Route 2- Ha was a faithful member of his church and an efficient Sunday school v.qjrker. ' Rev. C. E. M Raper in Good Old i Randolph- v , We p.re now on the hill looking I towards Deep River at Mr- J- B York's, who is finishing superinten dent of the Watklns Manufa.etiiijing j Co- They1 have a large establish They make real mW-ny boEidc-s many other Mads- ment- svjis, toEidc-s many They work a large force of hands and are very much behind with orders- y Taking in Ramseur, tr.re are 12 mill dams "inside of 20 miles- ,As-we left Greensboro after a'crcts end n.e protective tariff that few miles, crops began to look bet-j has heretofore existed, and contend ter and still better. We have had i ed that the destruction that has several showers since our arrival Wednesday. The grass in the yard is green and looks like old times. Several , acres of corn will yield 25 bushels to the acre, and on down the river several will yield 50 bushels to the acre. We are drinking pure water from i well 119 feet deep, 100 fee1 through a rock. . We found our people well and a sweet HJttle granddaughter 15 month old who is now entertaining us. Our mids and prayers run back to the hustling town of Reidsville, . - C- E- M- RAPER. Ramseur, N- C- The above is clipped from Reidsvfrlle Review- the Colored Mall Clerk Found Dead. Ramseur , Sep. 10 Our people were deeply grieved to learn that J- R Nocho, the popular mail clerk be tween here and Greensboro was found dead in his mail car while re- I turn'Ing to Greensboro one day last,!" week. The coroner's inquest found that death resulted from natural j causes. He- was a worthy .colored citizen d was highly esteemed by both i'e and colored. Democratic County Convention Able Speech of Hon. Locke Craig Strong Ticket Nominated i4$44M5MJ?J4JMi-tMi''.''i Randolph County Ticket For Senate W kins- H Wat- For House R. R. Ross. J t For Sheriff J. W Blrk- Jjl ' head 1 t For Register of Deed $ George T- Murdock- For Trcaurer J- P Phil- X J lipS" " For Coroneri T I Fox- 5 V ! For Surveyor J. D. Welch X X For County Commissioners jl j J. A- Withers, W T 4; A Fousliee, and H A Tom- 4. linson- X -s-S.Jm5-JmJm5mJ-5mJm5m5Jh. The Randolph county Democratic, convention met in Asheboro at noon last Saturday. State Auditor W. P. Wood was elected chairman aand Mr. H- M. Worth secretary- Messrs Ferd Ingold and I- F- Craven were elected assistant secretaries The convention was opened with prayer by Rev. S. T. Barbour.of Asheboro. After the organization was perfected Congressman Tage addressed the convention in a short talk and in troduced the orator of the day, Hon. Locio Craig, or.r next governor. One of the largest crowds ever ' University of Chicago, and is a most seen at a conuty convention in Ashe- -lured and attractive young wo toro heord Mr. Crrig- In fact, the man- Slj was for two or three spacious auditorium of the new cou VCi11"9 a teacher in the high school house was full.and the Democracy of departmert cf the Asheboro graded Randclr.h wrs erthun.istjc end. fal!y iexpectil overwhelming victory this fall- Hon Loclie Ciai(g's Speech-Mr- Craig began his speech by ex pressing his gratitude to the Democ- racyof North Carolina for the honor, that had been conferred upon him.j He sa,ia tna- wnne 'lie governor was not vested with large constitutional power, he might te the instrument : of great good. He is regarded a3 I ,the representctive and spokesman off the people, and can recommend an I criticise kgislatior ; and can, If hoj measures up to the requirements of; his great place, be the Jerder of the industrial, mcr.'.l and intellectual de velopment cf the state. j lie also rdvccr.ted good roads and; improved metheds of agriculture. pnd Rull MoOFO yf,te comhnKd 'over He said that the county is 'now p,a D-?.niocr;.tIc vc.te TueEdJy vns on in a ciis's of its political dcvjJpH ly 21,800- ment, that, the Democratic party has . Those v. ho telieve i i f r rjir0ni-- always ieen tbo par,y' tb basis of wll0se i,nttom ls ec,ucl ,,thl8' bu Ul,.l lien I, thi im- thal moie tj.rn over la 'his cam paign ii- stands for hie general goo 1 against sp&cial interests- Ho drew the dis'inct:o:i between tae revenue taiiff cf lte Dtmo- come upon the Republic; n party was inevitable Mi. Craig also talked about state pdi'icB, and sid that North Carolina ia.de r just government and modern conditions is beginning to enter the era of her greates chievements, that Democracy means 'he equal opportunity to all men and tlit,-bailment of the condft'ou of the people- Alter Mr Craig's speech the con vention adjourned for 30 minutes; and when the afternoon session convened, the nomination of candi dates for the various county of fices and for a Senator and Rep resentative was taken up- Mr. W-H- Watkins, of Ramseur, was nomi nated by acclamation for the Sen ate; and Mr. R. R- Ross of Ashe- boro was nominated on the first ballot with only a few scattering votes for other candidates- Mr Ross's nomination was then made unanimous- Sheriff J- Birkhead. Coroner - I- Fox and Surveyor J. D. W'elohj were all renominated by unanimous vote. Register ofDeeds George C. Murdock was renominated on the firs1 ballot, his opponent, Mr- O. I Nance of Asheboro receiving soma scattering votes- Oq motion of Mr- COFFIN-WILSON. Marring of Popnlcr Young People Well Known in Asheboro A marriage cf much interest' to Asheboro people was that of Mr- O-J- Coffin and Miss Gertrude Wil son, which was solemnized last Thursday at', the home of the bride'B parents, Dr- and Mrs- J- E. Wil son, near Canton. The marriaga was a quiet affajir attended! only by Immediate relatives) and) close personal friends of the contracting parties. The ceremony was per formed by H v. Jt. 15. .'Nmtef e,.f Waynesville- The spacious Inlwing room was tastily decorated with cu(- flowers, golden rod and mountain smilax After the ceremony a delightful buffet lunch was served- Mr- and Mrs- Coffin, after a brief bridal tour to different parta of Wopti-rni North Carolina, will make their home in Charlotte, where Mr , Coffin has the position of news ed itor on the Charlottel Dajily Observer-Mr- Coffin is the youngest son ot tjie late Alex. Coffin, a well known and highly-esteemed citizen of Asheboro. A few years ago, he was graduated with honors from tha University of North Carolina.and has engaged most successfully in the newspaper business- Mrs- Coffin wax educated at Guilford College and the . BC3- I,oltl yurg peop;e nave a Ia!'E-'e Oircle of friends in Asheboro who wish them joy throughout life More Vermont Figures In the erubsrna.t.ionrl leetiofia In Vemont fop tfce flye PresidentIal from lgf)2 tQ 190g the ayer rge vote received by the Republican' candidate has teen more than 45,-000- On Tuesday the combined vote of the Republican and Eull Moose waa about 41,900- In those same years the average vrto received by the Democratic can didate was less Minn 15,000- ' The average' Republicfi majority in those yers was more than 22,000- The majority of the R?)-i' I'Jcan etr fta.te -t'.-ei ;y rrd c n ft any-. tUi'T; hut a Vr.sor. lrt '.!( o-t of t'uoa'1 '--.ros pic to bo co-'T-ituLit'ed-upon thr-ir opti-rJam-- SJ in-cy Sun- (Jjvi-t OpcisirE: ft Ei 'iv C'lcgo Eton Co!!esvK- C-, Sat. 9 Elan College h: s hrd a Record breaking cpct.ii -g with" 141 in the opening class- Fourteen stftes and more tl an a hundred counties are vcpresonttd ia the great emollment Nance the nomination of Mr- Mur dock was made unanimous- Treas urer J- P- Phillips vas al3o re nominated on the first ballot; Mr. W. N. Elder, of TrlnlUy receiving the vote of Trinity township and some votes in other townships- The following names were put I nomination for comnty commissioners S- A- Cox, of Pisgah; H- T- Cavtness, of Asheboro;B- F. Bulla, of Back Creek township; J. A- Withers, of R-icd'eman; H. A. Tomlinsdn, cf Trinity; 8nd W. T. Foushee, of dr lumbla township- J- W-- Cox, of Liberty, was also put in nomination, but requested that his name be withdrawn-. The vote for commjlssioneni Efood as follows: Cox .... .... . . . . Bulla . . .... ... . . . V.'i.'hers 36 80 11 61 68 9 , TomIinson Foushee Cairef b Mesprs- J- A. Withers, of Randle man; W. T-. Foi el re, and H A Tomllnson were declared the nomi r
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