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RIEE m T5he COURIER Lidatln Both Nwb aad "2 Circulation. . ' 156 COURIER Advertising Coiumnt . Bring - Results. ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PES TEAR No. 3 VOL. XXXVII ASHEBORO. N. C, SEPTEMBER 19, 1912 1? G0U A GRA& The Courier Will Give Away One Ford Five Passenger Touring Car and Many Other Valuable Prizes Numerous Array of Re wards for Little Work , rnwlntfa Offer is Made by County Paper For the p-wple Will Will Get Out and AvftH xnein salvcs of the Opportunity t Win One of These Valuable Prizes Progre"iveneS of Thei Paper , RriDgs About This Stupendous I jOfrer PcrH all Over the Terrl toiy Can Get In Jie Race ,For Tlipso Pluses Will be tlie Great est Subscription Getting Complgn Tlnat Has Ever Been Made in Tlil lclnityjNomlnation Now , Open Send in Your Jfame. ' ' Who would not Uk to own an, automobile? 1 ! i Who would not devote a little of their spare time to pleasant and con gendal work if they were o receivja for their efforts an automobile? Par surpassing the many generou" Offers that have been made in the past by the Courier comes the as tounding offer that this paper will give away one Ford five passenger touring car as the grand prize in the greatest list 0f gifts ever given away by a newspaper In a town the size of Asheboro. "How can it be done?" This is U IJWB'lUU liuiliu won yi-.u ponder over- It is easy toi solve hi U Is rAcflllrri til ft t the DeoDle tQf Randolph county are loyal to the jBOadlng weekly in the county and (Hways willing t0 give it generous .iport. In return the publisher of Ser" the people a first-class newsy paper and is not afraid to venture: such a generous offer a3 the present one- ' It is needless to eay what the re sult win be- Everything of a simi lar nature that The Courier has tak en up has been a great success and' the venture which is announced in full Ha this issue by far surpasses , J anvthiEK yet attempted " Never before have the people of this section had the opportunity of wjnningsuchblg rewards for such eay and pleasant wort- The grand prize such as this paper is offering now, is a big inducement, but In or der that everyone may have a cnanc the territory has been divided into) districts and separate prizes will be announced for each district. i - How to Enter. Fill out the nomination blank and" ' send same to the Contest Departmen of The Courier. , Each contestan is) entitled tq one nomination ballot) good for 1,000 votes- Contestants do not have to subscribe for The Cour-rier- It costs nothing to enter this contest, and no obligation are In volved In doing s0. Send in your name or that of a friend -today-Any white man or woman, boy or ' girl, of good repute in the state of North Carolina, Is eligible to enter this Great Voting Contest. Clip the nomination blank and fill it in with your name or that of a friend, and end it to The Courier Contest De- . payment today- It co"t nothing to vote it costs your friends nothing to rote for you- ' Several Prizes to be Given. Screral prizes as announced today. are offered by this paper to those f J?teMn. t?.5L Lu .J win one of the prize" will not cost yon one cent- It will cost nothing- to enter, It will cost nothing to atay In the race and it will cost nothing to win. The ' prizes will be worth majny times the am out that could be earn ed in a similar space of time by any other mean. All of the prizes will be on display whin a short time, beauty of each. : How to Win s Prize . The object of the contest Is to se cure subscriptions to The Courier- The candidates securing the most votes will win the prizes- The way to secure vote" 1 t get your friends' and neighbors to pay a subscription to The Courier- A eouDon will be pubHshed every lsHe . This coupon, If neatly cu out and ent to the Contest Department, will count as votes for the candidate named thereon- u&naiaatea can ucure buu-wi : lions anywhere in the United State" and-are not confined to their own district. Write to your friends, no matter where they live- We Win Send a P,"TrowitfttiTc Cut out a nom Inn ;''." or informa tion blank and maJll ' to the Contest Department eE(5 Xr " "1 vi rlrd t;J end a repreentati 'tiliy - I plian the terms of tr. .-o irt' rtm! j if you decide to entvr. t-xipp'y you with a receipt book a- ' 'I'l-r.-c-sv j 'normation- Or bctt -'Hlt ' o the Contest Dfparm yor r-' -'i ; and have a talk with the manager j "RIZE CONTEST I Tba. Time Will Pas Quickly The few weeks of the contest will pass qu'ickly, and if you want to be sure of the automobile or one of the other big prizes, an early start is ad visable. Get your friends t help you. Those who get the earliesti s'art will have the easiest work. See your friends, relatives and acquaint ances and get their support before they promise it tp a more enterpris ing candidate. - " i-.i, ' , A little effort new will pay you big dividends- Fix your eye on one of the big prizes and start to wia it today- .. , . Rules and Conditions While it is not absolutelly necesdrV ry beiore being voted for, a nomina tion Hank which can be secured from the contest office or from The Courier, should be sent in for each candidate- A candidate may be nom Inatfd by any one provided such candidate be in good standingin their community- All questions as to eligibility will be finallv determin ed by The Courier management candidates must reside in one of the prescribed localities- Should a Tie Occnr In ca8 of a tjle for any oJ the prizes offered in this contest, the v,lii of the prize or prizes thus 'led for will be equally divided be tween the candidates who tie for same- ' In accepting nomination all candl dates must accept and agree to abide by above conditions. Votes once issued to one candida.'d cannot bo transferred to the credit?! or anotner. Special bonus vote offers will be made from tjlme to time and all properly applicable buBine'a turned in prior to the first offer will be counted om such . f f er; all properly applicable business turned . in after - the expiration "of one bonn vote of fer will be counted on the offer next following. 'Voting certificates lssued In error will be cancelled bjr the Contest De partment or thrown out by the judges. Until further notice no candidate will be permitted, to cast for publica tion more than enough certificate votes to raise their published score 5,000 votes above the leader of the preceding list. Until, this rule Is changed, any number of coupon bal lots may be cast. Vote Isued on Subscription Paid In advance subscriptions must be sent direct to contest department, and, om receipt of remittance special ballots will be Issued- The papers will be delivered by mail- See vote schedule and subscription rate Special ballots are provided to car ry with them additional voting value. nmnraing to amount paia ana leng'n of subscription. Any protest as to eligibility of as canoidatee wlll'-not be considered if votes have been cast for said candi dal for a period of twenty (20)' days or longer- -. ' No employe or member of em ploye's family of The Courier can participate in the contest- To secure special ballots all moneys must reach the contest office of The How Vote. Are Secured. Courier is given a coupon good for a certain number of votes, according to the length of the subscription-T!):s-s explained elsewhere- These coupons must be voted before date of expiration which is printed on each coupon- Ask your political friends to furn ish ideas. They know how to or ganize, and organization mean' suc cess. . T Nominations are now open. Clip out and fill in the nomination blank and send (It to the Contest Depart ment today. Vote are allowed on both old and now- subscribers who pay in advance and t0 those paying arrearages Address all subscriptions, inquiries .', to Manageil Contest Department Courier, -Asheboro, N C If you are interested, call and "ee tiim and get acquainted, or telephone! Yo'n ScheduV and Subscription Rate; Flrt Period Term- Price- " Votes- 1 yt-ar 11.00 5,000 ?r yei;rs 2. OP 15,000 3 vrtrs'y 3 00 45.000 : j-oars. , , iB.OO ' 135,000 Second PeHpd V'Ttn- Price- Votes- I v.v fl-00 ' 2.500 - 2-00 7.R00 w . . . 3-00 ' 2 2,500 , r- 6-00 , 67,600 Third Period i-r-ii Price- Votes- 1 j-t-ar , ' $100 lt$00 j'i-:..,..,.;; 200 3.00 5.00 La Period Price 11.00 2-00 300 BOO S.000 16,000 46,000 Term 1 year 2 , year 3 years 5 years Votes 1,000 3,000 9, 00 27,000 years years years NOMINATION BALLOT To enter the Contest fill out this Coupon and send to the Contest Department. Each contestant is entitled-to one nominat:on, good for 1,000 VOTES In The Courier's Great Automobile Contest I hereby nominate Mr., Mrs or Miss - P.isioffiire Sisne.'i Address Only one nomination will be credited to each contestant Ur.der no circumstances will the name of nominator be divulged. - . CUT THIS OUT THE GREAT PRIZE CONTEST OF 100 . VOTES .v 100 Candidate -- - of -. t Address--- ---- - i - . ; District No - - This Coupon, when neatly clipped out with name and ad dress properly filled in and brought or sent to Contest Depart ment of ' THE ASHEBORO COURIER will count as 100 votes ; Not good after Oct-3- ; CUT THIS OUT NATIONAIi CAMPAIGX FUND Help The Cause Along TheC ourier opens its columns for contributions for the National Dem ocratic executive committee- A national campaign! cannot be conducted withoufr money- Governo Wilson, the candidate of the Dem ocratic party for the Presidency.has rightly taken the position that he cannot, as the candidate of the par ty, accept contributions from organ izations, and I am sure every loytvl Democrat in the country heartily ap proves his position- There 1b but one source of supply to meet the necesBary expense" of headquarters, printing hills, postage, and speakers' bills, and that is through the "mall contributions of ladled ual members of the party And unquestionably the be8t medi um " for collecting thege "mall amounts Is through the newspaper" supporting the Democratic ticket- The money Is needed now- Assurance; Is- given that not one dollar win he Dent excent legitimately and with the greatest economy. What is wanted Is tha 'every Democrat may be given an osportun tty to help In this way Please send any and all contrib ution" to W- p. Hammond, Aheboro N- C-, who . na" collected the fol lowing amount Each Item will be 'published in The Courier and then sent by Mr- Hammond to The News ft Observer: .- ' ; W. C- Hammer Cash! Cash' ......... Cash' E Whatley W- A- Underwood r W, D. Spoon . . '. J. T- Wood .... C- Rush ....... S- A- Cox W- 3. TeagueN . . W. V, Jone" . . . W- Royster . Casbt I . V. v (20-00 . 100 ,100 . 100 . 100 .. 1.00 .. 1.00 . 100 . . 100 . 1 00 . 1.00 1 .ro RICH GOLD MINE. Large Nnggets Found Near Asheboro Dr. L. M- Fox and Mr- Elsie Yoiw have found the richest gold vein ever seen in Randolph county; or so they think- The gold is found in nuggets in a vejn tw( feet) wide and thirty : feet deep. Owing to the , excitement in the community, they expect to have the plaice guarded- The property, whflch is about two miles from Asheboro, will be known as the Mike Elsie Mine- ' Former Randolph Boy D'Jes in the Tom and Percy Eostiok, of ABheboro, have received a mes sage telling of the death from fever in Helena, Arkansas, last Friday, of their cousin, Mr- Eddie Warner- Mr- Warner wa" a "on of of Mr- D- Warner, who formerly lived at Randleman, but now live8 in Rock Hill, South Carolina- The young mam had been in Arkansas about tv years engaged in a furniture factory us shipping clerk. - The deceased wa" about twenty- two yaer" of age, and wa" a youn man with a promise of bright and useful life before him- Since go ing to Helena, he had joined the i Baptist church, and was at his death the president of the Baptist Young j People's Union of hi" adopted city, j Mr- Warner is survived by his parent". one sister Miss Mabel I Warner, and three small brothers, of Rock H.111, S. C- He aJso leave a large number ot relative" in " Randolph and Guilford countlep, who will be- saddened to hear of his death- The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of a large circle of friends la tb state. Oover)nor Kltch'ta to Speak In Ashe - boro - C, Governor W. W. Kitchin ' will speak In Asheboro Tuesday, Septem ber 24, at one o'clock, on the polit ical issue" of the "day. Everybody invited to attend. Claude Saunders . W. C. Hammond W-J. Miller R. R. Ross ,T- B- Webster . . . S- L- Hayworth . . H. E. Moffitt . . . Star Meat Market v J- Scarhoro . . 1-00 1.00 1.0ft .100 100 100 .1.00 100 100 D- Ross 1 00 . . f , - i i. PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION Chairman A- B- CoHrane, of the Progressive party .called the; assembl ui ciuzens iogevner m 'no counnousq last Saturday morniner at 10:30 o'clock. He called J. M. Allen to (he chair who made a brief speech and asked Wiley Ward to act temporary chairman- All voting pre cinci in ine county except five were represented- Mr- Allen said the purpose of the' assemDiy was xo organize a new party- They were wjthout organiza-1 -Ion, he said- Continuing- he said: "This is the Progressive party- We aome together to organize- We want to get away from bosses- The old parties have a way of dejing things. W have no abuse to make of any one, we want the people to rule- At Cbicego the will of the Republican party was thwarted by the Standard Oil Company and other trusts. Theo dore Roosevelt was the nominee of the first Chicago convention. The Senator from Iowa, himself a can didate lefore that convention Bay so-" I Mr. Allen said the first thing was to have a commmitee of three from each township to organize the new party- As the roll of townships was called, three from each were named to act on this committee- Wiley Ward was made recretary of the commit tee om organization- Chairman Allen announced that the two speikera who were to have been present had been providentially hindered- He declared that this was not a convention tut a caucus, and that the regular convention would meet at 1 o'clock- The com mittee and all then went into secret caucus In a private) room neat the depot Afternoon Session The convention met at 1 o'clock. Chairman Allen called on Rev- T- M. Johnson to lead In .prayer- Wiley ward noi telrg present, Clyde isi - lisnrv wrs called to serve as secretary ourselves against all such practice C. H. Redding nominated W. F- Tal-jand we favor the passage of a lawi ly for permanent chalrmain and W- ,s0 strtngent in its nature that in P- Tally nominated Horace Ragan- I will prevent such methods Chairman Allen announced that as 3. 0ur courts are the only safe tH was a mass convention he wasguards of our n8titutions and any going to allow all to vote by rising- j aHemp t0 slower them to the low Tally wps made permanent! chairman plane of partisan politic should be and thanked the convention, for the complement paid him. , The report of the-esmmittee on platform then followed. -. The ' fol lowing resolutions were read and adopted without resolution the following name" nomination for county common- Cox, B- P- Sheet" and L- E- Rocket. C. H. Redding made a speech ad vocating the giving to eacfi town ship the "a me number of votes as would be given- if this were a Re publican convention. Eupene Mor- v, , v,, .-.I ralBirp the point of order that I be equally benefitted as nearf a po" thts was net p Republican corven- 8ib,e' -tlon- It wai finally screed tr give 6- We denounce the present ?ach " tcwnsMp tbrre votP8. The vot 'method of list'Ing the taxes cf the or commlaglorer" stood a" follows: ( county and advocate a more econom C J- Cox . SO 'cp' 8n 3Bst method be adopted in- H. S.- Rnan.V'.'.V !.T!!'57 ,stead- S. S- Cox . 44 7- We favor a limitation on all B- P- Phoetg ..". . . . . . 27 co-jnty officials of only two succe88- L- S- Rocket. .' ...!!!'...... 20 ive term8 In offlce- ,C. .1. Cox. H-S- Regan pnd S- S-j 8- ' We denounce- bcspiTm of ev Cox were dclnrpd tbe nomlnfl- ry kind and the efforts cf a few J- A- Bray. who wps defefted for mpn to1 control a party a8 a. countjr 3her1ff on the Republican ticVet two for tbpir own solfish interests' and years ero, was nominated for the we pledge -cursive to tro on act same offic ovct A. A- Sppncer- mont of a law that will pt th con- C- H- RoJdingr placed Cephas -roi Cf onr county ir.to the hands Bowman in nomination for RaTlstpr ot the pnopln- of Deeds- Bowmon ald h did not WPnt to nm and would nrefor f"r hi name no4 to be u?ed- He prefprrod' to vote for Democrat who would leclare himself a ncrogreerlve than . nln Mmeelf- Clvde Elllfoii at tliis point made a "peecH KgaHsK ed and, he Democrats and placed J- C- Allen. Whereas. It is ostimtd upon the of Coleridge, in nomination. .'best of authority and shown bv th The vote was: record" that several thousand dollar Cephas; Bowman 31' J. C. Allen . 21 V. P"wmnn ws dclpred nominated. C- H- Redding placed In nomination for the Ho"se W- P. Tallv. where upon J- M- Allein took ct.flrfce de claring the Chairman w?.' "path less, and called for a voe- A. B. Coltran mde a swvh sjvv'dlng the nomination' of Tally ftrd delUv red tlradn of abuse of Democrats and the bosses. O. C- Marsh was nominated for coroner- J- M- Allen nominated Sam Stan ton for surveyor- The chairman appointed a com mittee of five to fill out places left vacant oa ticket ' RE90LUTTO - And Declaration" of thej Tr ; Party Adopts at Oouj. tlon In Randolph Sept- 1 , Wb. the Progressives of T .'wn county, in convention as?' i shboro Sept- 14th. her - v' the following declaration": 1, We endorse the plat'c "ha Proerossive party ad ' bfth Chicago pad Greens''f' . Dledpre our best efforts to e'-.. ticket from town"h!r constnt . Persident of 'he United Statu- , 2- We denounce the us of ti Hi L'.'-J jj-i'wi Mtu- :4imi ii.-i.-Jt WAKE UP BOYS Spark. World Famous Show Cir cus, Hippodrome and' Menagerie To Be here Monday, Oct- 14- All day Tuesday the busiest man in tojwn was the advance agent of John H. Snaxlca World 'a Pimnna Shows- He was like a will-o-the wisp, now here.now there, making- contracts and arranging for the com ing of the great circus- Large quan- liMes or provisions were contracted from our merchants.and tb grounds- near oase ball park were leased (from Its owners and he was several ;,mes heard to make complaint that the grounds were hardly laree- enough to accommodate the show properly- ' The Sparks shows as they will ap pear here thjis time are tripled in size, and rank among the leading circuses of the country-. The show employs fifty people in the department of publicity alone and from now until show day the country for twenty mile8 around ' will be given a thorough billing and. lr tne weaker i at all favorable Asheboro will have to entertain an immense throng on that day- Asheboro Graded Schools' Open Withi Large Enrollment Prospects for Successful Term. The Asheboro Graded Schools; opened last Thursday w?lth a large enrollment and prospects for one ot the1 most successful sessions in the history of the school- Superintenden Bradshaw and all of his assistants come from the very best colleges of the state, practically all have had experience, and are thoroughly pre pared t0 train the mind8 of our youth. The schools now have a faculty of ten, or one teacher for each . grade besides the music teachers. The diploma of the Asheboro Graded Schools now "ecures admissioni at both the State University and State Normal College without examinatlon- !ey to control elections and pledge resented by the people-, 4.- We -favor a better System fotf' tht common free schools of1 ouit county and demand that) they should harei appropriations rather than Syer of ' ouT Fpeop,e reeetheir entire education. and progresve board of education and a well equipped superintendent ot schools of the county- 1 5. We favor good roads and a uniform system of working same, bo Ithat each citizen of the county will ' 9- WherpaF; tho nrfer -ntiq- iatcd fee system of pr-ying the of- fleers of Randolph county is wejther buBineFs-lifce rrr Jrst srd rsually rowlts 'In comp'o'lrn rrirely di8- proportlcnrte to the services rcnaer- a year can be aved to the taxpay- ers Of the county and at th ame time pay each officer Jus Jt prop er compens?tlop' for h'ls public "ei rice" by tbe adoption flf the more modern, more buslne"s-llke snd more correct system of salaries for our officers, therefore be It Resolved by the ProgrestVe of Randolph county in convention as .sembled. tb.pt thcendldates of this convention for the House of repres entative" and the Senate from thl Senatorial District are hereby pledg ed and Instructed to use their bes efforts If elected to secure the en actment of a law placing the treats nrer. sheriff, replter of deed" and dork of the "npertor court upon al atee uch s may he determined o V lust and resonabl and in view f this fact tb nominee" of thl p"Tivoitrn. if elected are hereby piyfrfl t keen an Itemized niccoun svn. in-' rhp fp of their respective or ;? frcTn th time thev trk charge -'pb p nntll a bill Is e"cW by ;:p plnoltifr tp conrty f 1 r;?.t;1.nlrh coilnty on a "alarv- ; c ,!H f( r received bv lhrir ! : 1 .' above th salary fixed bv tv ':ral Asercbly will be ipt,lrT- f:. sild officers t0 Randol : "tf". P. TATJ-FT. Chairm r TT- FTjTjTSON- Bp!-
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