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f VOL. XXXYII ASHEBORO, N. C, OCTOBER 31, 1912 No. 42
f HIS WEEKS RACE
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fnewed Activity Watch The Courier and Keep
A wake There is Opportunity for Every .Hustling
f Contestant. ; .
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. In today's Issue of The ..
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If signed by any regular
f fvbscriber to The Courier
( and turned into the con
I test department before Not
14th. No subscriber is al
lowed to send more than
one coupon. If more than
one coupon is received
signed by a subscriber it
will be destroyed.. Com
testants when calling on
subscribers for these oou-
pons should not fail to ask 6
for a renewal subscription, R
Your calls will not be made " 2
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In today's issue of The Courier we
ii"uncicg a "Premium Vote
)tfer" commencing Friday, Nov. 1st,
Ind ending Friday, Nov. 8th, at 12
'clocjt, p. wj Twelve Premium Bal
ts will be given candidates who
irm in the largest amount of money
Jn subscriptions, the details of whic
pe lit re with given.
I Here is the plan: A 400,000 pre
liuni vote ballot will te given -to
be eardklnte who sends or brings i
be largest amount of money on sub-
(.riptions between the dates above
aen,tioned. The person who 'brings
ll the ercond largest amount of
money will be given a premium bal
lot rovtl for 375,000 votes-
I The contestant sending im the
hird' largest amount of money will
tceelve a vote ballot good for 350,
100 votes. The contestant sending
Vurth largest amount, 325,000 vote
?he contestant sending fifth largest
jmount 300,000 votes. The contes
(mt sending the sixth; largest
fmount 275,000 votes. The contes
tant sending the seventh largest
(mount 250,000 votes. The contes
tant sending eighth largest amount
125,000 votes. The contestant send
tag ninth largest amount 200,000
iotes. The contestant sending tenth
largest amount 175,000 votes. The
contestant sending the eleventh
largest amount 150,000 votes. The
Sont.ertant sending the twelfth larg
est amount 125,000 votes.
1 Yo'i ar not confined to new sub
scriptions. Old subscribers may pay
three months, six months, or a year,
fes. five years and tie same will
court toward 8 this offer. This is
an opportunity for you to lucrease
iour btnmUng if you are at the bot
tom of the list, win the 400,000 vot
.illot and "cinch the prize."
i Do ret hold back . your subscrip
tions. Send them In as soon as you
tot them. We keep a record of all
iionry and subscriptions sent to our
ffjee, and on Saturday morning.No-f-mber
9th, we will check over all
pbneriptirns pnd mnll to the suc
essful contestants the premium bal
t tfci-.t they won.
The above Is a brief, outline of the
,liird apoclol offer of The Courier
ionte-i which is announced today.
I Just think of a special ballot good
( r 400,000 votes which mill be giv
n tlie contestant who turns in the
rgest amount of money on sub
rii;loria during this offer Then
i the person who turns in the next
thest will be given" a ballot for
6,000 votes;-the next ballot, for
t,000. and so on down the list,
ere will be twelve special ballots,
e htprfFt one as stated will be
t 400,000 votes and each of the
ter eleven will be decreased in.
He 25,000.
The pievailing scale of votes will
issued on each subscription turn
in durirg this offer and these
clal, or competitive ballots will
; i-sv.ed in addlton. They will fie
anted candidates turning In the
get amount of morey during this
rlod ending Friday .November 8th,
1 12 o'clock, p. m.
It will pry you to secure every
8ibl( subscription before Fiflday,
v. 8th to as to get the increase,
i at the same time have the
mey tpply oa this offer.
cr Fair to All. ;'."
rhla offer is as fair to one as It
to the other. It is entirely dif
ent from any other effer and can
no way be compared with them,
as offer means that alt must work
-I durirg tte next six days. In
rt in a contest of ary kind it is
::scary for tfcose who expect to
ia to "keep everlastingly et it."
,19 offer means that thqse behind
iu may rffnln 'their lost ground
Juuiplr.g into tr.e flrht hard this
ek and' win one of the big bal-
lots.ar.d place themselves among the
leadtiiB.
In faot this offer cannot be over
looked, by any of the candidates.
If you are standing high in the con
test and have a bunch of votes in
reserve you should bear in mind
that you cannot afford to let some
weaker candidate win this 400,000
ballot or one of the other big bal
lots. You not only lose the special
ballot but your competitor has galm
ed not only the special ballot over
you but the regular vote as well.
If you expect to win in this contest
you must work every day from now
until the end of the contest. By
this it is meant that you must take
up all of your spare time in the in
terest of the contest.
Subscribers Take Notice.
Now isthe time to subscribe and
secure votes, for your favorite can
didate. You're able to help them
more now than ever now and can
turn over many votes to them.
They will be needed. The race Ik
Just fairly on, and all your subscrip
tions would enable your favorite to'
win the Ford Touring Car or one of
the other valuable prizes.
Do Xot Hesitate.
There are lots of people who never
get anything becauro they never
start anything. They are inactive
atd never alert. They want as much
as others do, but they hesitate and
then it Is too late. Break the haibit
of hesitating, enter The Courier's
prize contest today and take the
first steps that will lead you to
winning one of the valuable prizes,
listen to Tills.
If a man should come to you and
offer you a--Ford Touring Car as a
free gift, you would very likely
think him crazy or suspect some
thing queer In the proposition; but
if the same man were to explain
f vnn thnl In pxrhanare for thiB
great gift you were to give him
something that! would cost you
nothing, and would yet be of im
mense value to him, you would see
that he was making you a sensible
and at the same time, exceedingly
attractive proposition
Now this is just what this paper
is doing. The most valuable thing
in the world for a newspaper .is
circulation. It is the life of the
paper. We have already a wonder
ful circulation, but we want a larg
er one; we want our paper to go
Into every borne and be read by
both young and qld. We want you
to help us get it and ine xchange
for your aid we are glad to give
you a Ford touring car, suite of
furniture, diamond rings, buggy,
cooking range sewing machines.
The mora you help us the great
r your reward. Isn't that a plain
businests deal?
HTiat to Hay.
Tell your friends with, enthusi
asm that you have set your heart on
a prize, and you are persuaded
that with their aid you can win
it. Tell them that it will be a
pleasure to associate them with the
pride you will take in winning.
Point out to them that the longer
the term of subscription they give
the larger your profit in votes and
then, too, thpy are saved the con
stant annoyance of the collector's
visits.
District No- 1.
Dis'rlct No. 1 comprises1 11 ter
ritory within the incorporate Urn
it of A'heboro.
Mrs. Bessie Underwood 25.425
Miss Ethel Barber 8,000
Miss Lollle Jones 32,975
Miss Virgie Dickens 6,600
Miss Janle Smith 29,325
Mr. O. W. Rich 22,425
Mr. O. L. Nance . 1,200
Mr. R. E. Allred 12,025
-f District Xo sV
District No- 1 comples all tr--itory
ostilds ta incorporate limit
f heboro-
s . Asheboro Boat 1-
Miss Sudie Brown 4,500
Miss Olive Moffitt ....... 18,750
Hi Us Store, N. O.
Miss Beulah Hicks ..... ...34,500
. . ' ' Farmer, N. O
Miss. Bettye Shamburgcr. . . . 9,625
RMph, N. O. .
Miss Kate Winningham-. .. .24,825
Miss Rhodema Cox ' 15,000
Knndk-man, N. O
Miss Majorle Slack ..'8,008
Miss Sallie Elmore 23,550
R. D. Lamb ,...27,775
Kanclletnaa 11000 3
Miss Florence York 8,000
Miss Fleta Ferree .....19,000
MURDER IN GREENSBORO.
Wm. F. Blair Shoots Mr. George .
Thompson, Division Freight Agfc.
Tuesday morning of this .week Mr.
George E.Thompson, division freight,
agent at Greensboro, addressed a
letter of dismissal to bis c,hlef clerk
who had beeni at home on a spree
for some ten days. When Blair re
ceived the letter, which was sent '
by office boy, he called his em-,
ployer over phone and instated upon !
Mr. Thompson coming to his heme,
which Mr. Thompson did In a very .
few minutes. There was no eye
witnesses to the tragedy, but n
farmer standing on the sidewalk .saH
ne neara Blair in a heated tore or
voice and then five pistol shots.
Dr. Beall, who was passing, was
the first to go In the bouse . and
found Thompson's form laying on
the floor, while Blair was mvlng in
a very excited conditon. The act
was no douht dn th long dc
'.aucU of Blair. Both, parties 1
prominent concectioiis in this state
and yirgina. Mr. Thompson was
highly esteemed in Greensboro and
also as one of the officials of the
Southern. .
Congressman Fago at Asheboro.
To a large audience which gave
biui an enthusiastic ovation Con
gressman Robt. N. Page made a
mi-iterful indictment of the Re
publican party in the court house
Tuesday night.
Mr. Page spoke briefly of his
i-ec rd and pledged bimself to, con
tinue . his program of economy.
He said he had not come to state
his opinion of political conditons
but to state facts that Pointed to
Democratic success nex Tuesday.
In 1S08, said Mr. Page, the Re
publican party in convention assem
bled at Chlcago.nominated Mf.Taft
for I'ltsiritrt, and adopted a plat
tarm in vl.ich certain specific prom
ires wt.ro ir.jice to the people. Chief
among these was the promise to re
vise the taiiff.
But when .lie intcial seps.ion of
CoiKrCB8 was called the Republi
can iiitte;iil of (..'ving the people
a downward revision of the tariff
actually raised the duties.
Ho said that the first answer the
people made to this party of broken
promises was in 1910 when they
ctcted a Democratic House of Rep
resentatives. Immediately after they intrusted
ua In power, said the Congressman,
v set about to keep our promises
to the people. The Democratic
House passed bills thr.t would have
saved the peJnple hundreds of mil
lions of dollars yearly, but' a Re
publican Senate modified and Mr.
Taft vetoed them.
Mr. Page in conclusion invited
all who were tired of strife to come
Into the Democratic party, and
urged all Democrats to work dili
gently for the success of the ticket.
Vice-President Sherman III.
Vice-President Sherman has been
seriously ill for some time. It is
not thought that he will live to pre
side at the next session of the Senate.
(Mi : ::
MR. R. R. ROSS, X
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MR. MORRILL EXPLAINS
Democratic nominee for member of
the Houso of Representatives fror
Iiandolplt County.
8c grove, N. O
Mrs. D. A. Cornelison 35,000
Mrs. A. B. Trogdon 32,060
Miss Martha S'ack .30,825
Miss Emma Ciiriaco 12,575
Ulah, K- C
Alias Maud Wliatley 34,450
Coleridge, N. O.
Mi.ig Lectn Clier-k 37,525
Miss Uadio Cr.LVc u 31,30
Hi.'&roxe Route 2-"
Miss Jlyrllo Kinir 29,800
Jnckson Ci-eek, N- O.
Mls3 Maggie Ca'.liiioro . . 21,800
liiu.ser, N- O
Mrs. Ben V. Marley... 21,375
M:,.a a;i.- r.i.- . - . - m,v.
Mien t.nln- Vvt 2 '(1(1(1 I
Mrs- W. P. White 6,000
Miss Dora "Craven 6,000
, Trinity, N- O-
Miss Map&ia Albortsoa 10,000
Miss Nellie J rUaa 22,000
Alias Mary Bulla ..16.000
Gleuola, N- O
Miss Ferns White .15,500
FranLlinvlIle, N- O
l
Miss MeTIa Frflzier ........ 2,000
Miss Willie Bagwell 20.000
StMcy, N- O-
Miss Maude Foushee 8,000
lasitcr, N- O.
Miss I.yiliii Lassitor 23,000
VfoHMville, N- O
Miss Dai- L. Osborne, . .
.28,175
.26,150
Miss Myitis Johnson.
.Milllioio, x. o
Miss M.iymo ClUs .21,200
Liberty, X- C
Miss Lizzio Canieron 27,525
Thuniasviric, N- C-
Mr. L. E. Teague. 34,200
Steed, N. O.
Mr. J. H. Freeman 83,775
ATTORNEY -GENERAL
BiCKETT'S OPINION
Attorney-General Blckett, speak
ing-.of tho recent action of the State
xecutive committee on the. senatorial
primary, .salU: "Well, ycu kuow
1 have ill' good faith abstained from
participtcicn n the senatorial con
test tut 1 feel that Democracy has
a vital sink-rest iu this question,
uas a vil. 1 iuticcst in this (juesLIon.
Perconaliy I would have bun glad
tf the coinniitteo bad expressed the
opinion tliEt a man must vote the
prosidertlp.l, congres! ioual and legu
iativo tick t bei'ore otiug In the
primary. T'.is prev:.il!ng Ecntime.:it
ia tbo coriuaur.ity tei uioq to be tint
with reptot to scratchiiig aU caiiui
la;e3 shov.ld be trended ailkc the
big and lit tin ultoulu be placed en
Li;o Eaiiic tooting that it would be
I'njust end unwise to force a map.
to votVtho tof o hte ticket and al
low him to scratch the bottom.
Tho next result that I deduce from
ch opinion of the committee is th.tt
a r.;an M-ratch, his ticket and it
makes no difference tor what oftice
the mani he scratches is running.
But the opinion of the committee
)and mark you it professes to be
nothing but an opinion ( must be
construed in councetlon with the
mandate of the State Constitution.
That mandate is that before an elec
tor cam vote in the senatorial pri
mary he "shall have voted the Dem
ocratic ticket." Then Rule Six em
powers the State executive 'commit
tee to pass rules and regulations
"not inconsistent witb tho pro
viblons herein st forth."
It fallows as night the day that i
ipr to abrogate the baBic requirement 1
that to vote In the senaorial primary,
one shall have voted the leniucrat.ic ,
ticket. It is to be assumed that the
committee iiitended Its opinion to bo .
considered, iu connecton with this I
fundamental requirement. 1 I
Therefore, construing the opinion. I
of uie committee anti tue luandato (6.
the convention together anu givuig i
duo elitct to boch, my couclubiou .Is
thi.t U ia 'the piuiii'duty oi tao pi i-
maiy .pulijiOK.ci to lcijUii'u a i,.;.n
Oc-loro he votes' in the geualuiu-.l pri-i
m;uy to vote the Democratic tickut
S.iU ili.; Iroru top lo boucai, but j
allu',. liim lo bciutch such nutuiULc-a j
as may Le objcciioiiabio to hiiii. i.i !
a uord, ho must vote lor lit-woc-,
racy, but he may scrau-u individuals;
Ha i, and should be allowed to
bcra'.cu pcii-onB, but he is not a:id
j..j..iu tc-i. l,o ijowta to scratch tho
pariy. man mey scratch any uuu-
ih-i-yr inuiviciuiils who h.ay be o!)
jci ;ii Tii.'.t ;iu ai.u sua iu good
; nii.ii W. i :.'-- L-emociatic ticket, but
li hi- re. a tci r. the ticket or rcfus s
m voic it hoc;; Lee it ia a DcinocraUo
Ucl;t,i, iht-a iu no senso car. he be
sai.l to t.y-.e voted tho Democratic
tic hot unuur the law of the con
vention he cannot participate in the
primary.
It ought to be easy for the poll-'
holders to eniorce this interpreta
tion of the mandate of the conven
tion and the opiuio of the commit
tee. Each candidate will be represent
ed by one pollholdc-r, and, if it ap
paia to thcui that a man h;.s in
good faith voted the Democratic
ticket, although he may have
3cratchtr any number of n -.mes on
that ticket that are oLJecliousMe ;
co him, he should be allowed to vo.o"
in the primary, bit if it appears
that his 'cpVcfcitlon ia notj Uso
Domineer. Li;t to the tickt Itself,
bocause it ia a Drmor-railc ticnat,
aud he voi8 tor n l umber of poo
plo on the ticket Mir the purposa of
finalifj ritg himcl? to vote in t hi
senatorial prliiir.ij ,tl is wot:ld bo a:i
attempt to perpetrate a fraud upen
Uie party, an attempt to n:irus i.i .
nominees of the pariy by i"p;o n;:t
In sympathy -with the purposes ef
the party and ought not and under
the law of the convention cannot lie
tolorated."
Phila. Oot, 23, 1913. .
M'. W; 0. Hammond,
Atheboro, N. 0.
. Mv Dear 8 ;
Your favor of Oot. 19th bai been received.
I bave never oUimsd aud di not claim that you bad anj
thinK to do with lo-tning oat my money.
My real ei'atrt tr xiaiotiuris in North 0rolin werj made
without jotr ko )wleies an far aa Ikiow, I oerta-nly never
herd of voa n r o lrreponid witlj yoa until sometime after I
mde the loin and thi p-tpfr were recorded.
0 ie,4 B. 0-.i);rane teoently wrote to me abunt the proper
1 1, an 1 I giipp-'ged he waa acting in go d faith and wantt-d to buy
t I did not suspi ct that he ws promoting cheap politic!. I
did rot authorize him to use my letters as public property. I
am not at all interested in suon Uml mrttura, and I d ) n )t care
to hrC3ma iiiterMt.'d in them, tie also appears to go out of hid
w;y ti aac.k Mr. Fatrell intimating that he might be a fugi
tive frntn Jnet'e-. I did not understand why he should be so
interes'.el in O'. ivr peoples affairs, but I promptly wrote to him
B'inply as an act of Justice aud of my owa a.OJrd that such was
not cue CiBe and thtt Mr. Fotrell was travellinar a good deal on
business and tbat he was freqadutly in Pniladelphia.
It is not lru, as was reported by certiia people that Futrell
was convicted in a criornal action, auoh aotinn was attompted
by pople whose o)j-ot it appears was to extort SJtna money, but
i-. f iiled.
I crtiinlv cinnot be aocmed of beinz under an oblist.
t'ons to M"". Futr.'ll but. I will say this for him, that I have Jjj.
to work to m ike good, with a more earnest effort than be has
d ine. You are at liberty to us thi luttur iu any wiy you wish,
ny oSjeot being to d j tstio-f ti'd -very oui.
. .. -...' Yours trulv, . . . '
F. H. Morrill.
The above letter written by Mr. Morrill will explain its
self. It has been handed to us for p iblication, since cer-
tain charges have been published relating to Mr- Ham-
rrrrid'a conduct in regard to n certain loan on some land
J- in V.,,., BT-I.,. l,. T- mavol.. nnnRfma ttia tll tn
what desperate methocls sam people resort in their ef- jf.
forts to deceive the people Report'. - ?
4 i
NOT FOR SALE
T'D like almighty well to have more mony than my purse
contains; I do my very best to save, but bHH thy rot my
hard won gains; I walk to save a nickle when the winda
of winter fiercely blow; I wear the hat and coat and vest
that first I wore two years ago; I long for money; it is
hard for me to keep my bark' afloat, but no man has suffi
cient cash to buy my vote I long to make my children
glad, to give them much they are denied; if I had money
all the things they want should quickly be supplied; it
saddens me to hear them ask for what I can't afford to
buy; they cannot understand and come to innocently ask
me why; I see the patches they must wear and feel a
lump come in my throat; but not a man is rich enough to
buy my vote- The little home on which I've paid install
ments for a dozen years may never be my own; my breast
is often filled with doubts and fears; I do not know how I
shall rune tis interest which i3 due; there is a doctor's
bill to pay; the d jllars I have saved are few; my shoes ar3
run down at the hoels, I wair a threadbare overcoat, but T.
nt mm has sufficient cask to buy my vote. Chicago Rec-
ord Herald. I
x-Sheriff Finch Urges Democrats to Go to the Polls
and Vote -Importance of Returning Senator Sim
' mous to the United States Senate.
Mr. K-Vtor:
A a cit z n of Rmlo'pb, I am deeply intr3ted in the upbuild.
. 2 wt welfare of nnr Oonnty and State. a Dm orat I am farther
oonceued in the elsctioa of our ctndidttes froai Qorernor Wila3ri all tho
vi? lo v i the line tn Townshio O.-tnutbH aid earnestly believe that the
t'l'.c ei f iir party all over the Untied Sta'es will mean much to food
-jitnt aid the continued projo-nty of our oouttry, Therefore I
vi !; t, i appeal to every god cirisn in the Oonnty to do all in his power
do until NovmSer Fifth to mike Randolph unanimously Demo
rj'io. . ' , -
I
l: hiq work fur the pa-fv, and in cas'inif his ballot, no good Demo-
.;. s' -.'il l overlo'ik the Senatorial contest. There is no doubt but
"r " r Simmons has dot.e more for the Democratic party and the
t tirv other inon. He hs hpen the lesder of Democracy every
. '.ii.! rf irk tints of I8y8 ti d 1 900, red Iiks el wavs steered the party
i. ..!. -er's.h? hre ar.d to even increaeinc socceng, With his twelve
v i f xcrnciifin nni sr-rvis in Cnt-jjr., he tnds in line to and will
i i i ,r N )rtii C -rul rrt nut) t!:e Deuiorratio party than any other
, v - vv'i pos'iM? "(! to Ihe S. nvo. In my opinion, it ia very im-;-
v'rl'i U.rul.n.1 a pr.nx i hn most ably represented in the
.'ti.it n io IS past, (hut wv -li-c:t ienat-or Simmons to succeed himself,
and wi.t M nr ;3 evry loyil D 'in-rat to help towards his election.
TnnitT, N. 0. Octoi'.r 28, 1912. Yours'faithfnlly,
' ' ' , - T.J. Finch.