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TIE. COURIER COURIER Lftd in Bth Nw aad Circulation. Ce? COUR.IER Advertising Coiumni Bring Results. U99UKD WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONH DOLLAR FEB TEAR 4- VOL. XXXVII ASHEBORO, N. C, DECEMBER 19, 1912 No. 4 V MID-WINTER MEETING OF EDIT OBS AT SALISBURY. Re- Fairly Well Attended Royal cepwm. The North Carolina Press Asso ciation met In Salisbury Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Mr- Stabie Linn delivered the ad dres of welcome. Mr. Linn's ad dress received high praise from very side. ' He declared that since the days when Elizabeth Maxwell Steele gave up her gold and silver to succor General Greene in his contest with Cornwallls near Salisbury-,- that no body of men had visited the City with a greater influence and that none have been more welcome than were the editors. President J", ves II - Calne, ecV tor of the 'evli: Citizen, r -ended ani 'tpreM1 ..pplly tt.' nloasure of the editors In their iait to Salisbury. Charges were preferred . against Editor Phillips, of the Greensboro News, for alleged defamation of Salisbury's roof-garden on the sky scraper. It was charged that he ha made some remarks .reflecting 01 this popular resort, and after a hear Ing, Mr. Phillips was exonerated And d resented with a huge brown Die, for which he has a notable fond ness. Mr. Phillips responded saying ha will anneal to the next annual meeting at AahevUle where It Is uiii thorn ia a roof-trarden on the iri atorv of a nine-story building Interesting and entertaining address Col. A. H. Boyden maae a most on the Newspaper Boys, giving some happy reminiscences of boyhood days and experiences of the civil war- The new publicity law was dis cussed, the editor of this newspaper took the position that a newspaper was a public institution and the public has a right to know whose money and whose influence is be hind what is said in a newspaper, and that a State law of this kind ohm, ih ha nrtonted containing the provisions of the Federal statute If the Federal staue should be object i on the erounds of Interference States" rights, it was conusnu WASHINGTON LETTER.. . Srrlpun Charge Against the Attar-. ney-tieneral Other News of Im portance. ! By Clyde H. Taenner. Special Wash ington Cor. of The Courier. Washington, Dec. U. S. At-! torney-Generai Wlckersham has1 re fused to allow warrants to he serv ed on John D. Archbold and other officials of the Standard Oil Com pany in the case in which the, Mag nolia Oil Company of Texas was In dicted by a Federal grand jury in Texas for criminal violation of the Sherman law. Once again, Mr. Wlckereham Us using the machinery of the great office vf the I'eptirtnitnt of Justice to protect Instead of prosecute the millionaire heads of Illegal trusts. A hundred instances could be cited where Wlckersham has, by means of especially prepared opin ions, orders and rules, given com fort to the great industrial trusts, private monopolies and special privileges- It was Wlckersham the attorney-general, who stopped impor tant suits against the beef trust Immediately upon taking office. It was Wlckersham, the atorney-gen- eral, who rendered an opinion up- hrMlns La'iiDger and Viciously at tacking L. R. Glavia, who said it wa legal for sugar trust interests to ac quire by the exploitation process 55, 000 acres of rich sugar land's In the Philippines when the organic law of the islands expreeely declares that no corporation shall be qffowed to acquire more than 3,600 acres. It was Wlckersham, the attorney-gen eral, who sanctioned the Taffc. ad mlnitration railroad rgeuatlion bill. later exposed and altered, contain Ing a Joker legalizing the Southern Pacific-Union Pacflc merger, recent ty held unlawful by the Supreme Court. It was Wlckersham, the at torney-general, whose suit against the steel trust ts one In equity in stead of a criminal prosecution. At the time of the appointment of Wlckersham. It was 4!d his tained herein was adopted Dr. W. S. Rankin, of the State Board of Health, sent a message showing that during the last year there have been 43.820 cases of whooping cough in the State and that 4,382 of the children died. There were 121,000 case of diph theria and 9,690 deaths. It was argued that the ediors of the State can do mrch to check these dis eases by disseminating information There was a lengthy discussion of the publications of bulletins from the State Board of Healh. It was conceded tha a great work Is being done towards the eradication of hoo worm, blindness, tuberculosis! etc., end Ediors Farris, of High Point, Martha, of Lenoir, and a few others contended that this space should be charged for. Editor Bivins, of Al bemarle, Gunter, of Winston-Salem. Phillips, of Greensboro, and several others contended that a still wider publicity should be given the work 'In the internet of health, and that to ask for or expect any pay for do ing so great a service on me pan of newspapersw as going too far. a i-nanliitlon was uassed by the convention favoring compulsory edu cation. This was urged by air. i. Linn and others at the smoker at nu Hikorv Club Wednesday night. Mr. Lttnn made a plea that . Timm of the State use its lnnu- ence to get the parents to end their children to school at east 6 months In the year. The endorsement of Joeephiul Dan lels for Postmaster-General was enthusiastically passed, the Republi can members toting for the reso lution. A number or otner resolu tions were adopted by the conven- A "Smoker" at the Old Hickory Club Wednesday night, followed by Social, given by the ladles at the Empire, were features oi me in vention which were greatly en Joyed. ' . Wednesday aftrenoon the editors vls-lted the Souhern Hallway shops In Spencer. ' An account of the trip to Whit ney on Thursday afternoon wjiH be Blven In the next Issue of The Courier. On Thursday njght the gentle men were given an elaborate . ban - quet at the Empire Hotel and the ladle's were given a theatre party at the Grubb hteatre where Adde delalde Thurston and her troupe were on the boards. In next issue The Courier Vill publish some notrs taken on the trip and some facts abrut Salis bury ,-Cprnccr and Whitney. witn siaws nguiB. Selection by Mr. Taft was in reoog M.D7.Ir,r;r'f h iiltlon of the desires of the great oi wierrere w.iu y Jindustifrfl trusts of the country, who cress and was not In violation of the ' ' lt . . . to M- ivonsuiuuun ui did not resrict the freedom of the prejis. Several others took opposite vl-ws but the next day a telegram endorsing the provisions contained In the new Federal statute, and on motion the letter is to be spread on the minutes and the sentiment con- am thinking of you today be cause it is Christmas and I wish you happiness. And tomorrow because it will be the day after Christmas, I shall still wish you happiness; and so on clear through the year. I may not be able to tell you about it every day, but that makes no difference; tthe thought and Wish will be here just the same, iWhenever joy or success comes to you it will make me glad. - Parcels Post Rates He following is the postage rates for parcels post goidg . . . v 1A4. lnic eneci January i, I pound 8 poun. 8 pounds i pou da 6 pounds 6 pnunds ....... 7 pounds 8 pounds....... 9 pounds , 10 pounds...... II tKHin Zn: Local ' W Kate muet S sone 600 to 1,000 .000 to 1,400 mile 1 OR 1 20 1 12 ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY. Mnrrlaae ot Two of Asheboro's ltast Prominent Young Women. Mrs. Abraham Hill Accidentally Shot and Dies from Wound. On last Saturday morning the 14-year-old son of Mr. Virgil Cog- gins went to the home of Mr. Abram' On last Saturday at S p. m. tKe Hill, a neighbor, for some butter. members of the Ramblers' Clu, He carried a gun with him and waa together with several Invited guests, In the yard waiting for Mrs. Hill to assembled at the home of Mr. asa get the butter. As she was pass- Mrs. W H. Morlng on Invitation to ing around getting it ready for a Book Ciul. meetjing. The program him he set the gun down and to consisted of lite, character, favorite some way it hit a log which waa poems and selections of Dickens, lying near. This caused the gun, Various members of the Club took to go off and the load entered the part, after which the guests were In back of Mrs. Hill's neck and caused J vlted to the dining room which was her death on Sunday morning- The beautifully deorated in the Christ- boy had killed his first rabbit that mas colors- In the center of the ta morning and had never carried ajble was what looked to be "ye old gun until a few days before the Itlme family pie. The only thing dlf accldent which causes regret J ferent was that from underneath tie throughout Randolph county. Mrs..Pi over, ends of red rjbbon fell. Hill had no children but leaves a'MUs Annie Morlng announed that husband who has the sympathy of many friends. Mr. Hill lives in the southwest section of the county near New Hope Academy. Mr. B. A. Suiratt Accidentally Shot While Hunting. Saturday Mr. B- A. Surratt with Mr. William Loftin and others were out hunting. They found some squirrels in a tree and shot at them. As they started to leave the tree Mr. Loftin put his gun on hie shoul der and hit thehammer which cause the gun to fire, the ball going Into Mr. Surratfs legs. It has caused a painful accident and lt is feared that Mr- Surratfs leg'wlll have to b amputated at the knee joint. Mr. Surrattls well along In years, hav- bird pie was to be the first course and each guest was expected to help herself. At this the ladies pullet the ribbons which brought, otJt birds cut of cardboard, pn the lav side was the following: Blalr-Nobie, Jan- 14th. Moring-Porter. Madam Rumor had been arousing the curious concerning the former but even the closest friends of the latter were surprised. According to her wishes in keeping her wed ding announcement a secret untl lt was publicly announced, she has) succeeded. These announcements' hvae aroused much Interest in Ashe boro in that the two young women are among the most popular whs have ever lived here. They are very close frtnds and theHr marriages om low nArhana reached his 75th year. h ) nromlnent citizen in Concord the tt "ate was a"happen so." xu mese marriages tne residents or township. A year's subscription to the Cou rier will make a nice Xmas present. The Asheboro Courier i INAUGURATION DEPARTMENT ASHEBORO. N. C. 1 i December 17, 1912. Taft's campaign fund, and who as a I return favoT desired that a "sale man be rlaced in charge of the gov ernment prosecuting machinery. Before his appointment as At- iA....nAnanil Mi Winlprtihnm wnfl a trust lawyer. For years and years me a T irxeuu. , - v ot,j r-iv1s be tad been receiving bg fees from The courier wants to take a car loaa ot opys ana girxss, corpoations for interpreting the ifewsj . h farmers and others to the inauguration or Vfooarow Wilson. not from the viewpoint of the wel fare of the people, but from the viewpoint of the welfare of the trusts. Mr. wlckersham was a member of the law firm of Strong & Cadwalader. Congressman Henry T. Ralney described thjis firm on the floor ot the House of Reprcsenta- ties as follows You will reach Washington before night and be there on inauguration day and remaim for a day or two if you desire., OFFER NO. 1-TO GET THIS FREE TICKET . n 11 .41.. n-F Tia eet free ticket to wasningxon ana see mo ba&hwo To Th firm of strom & Cadwaiad.sj -i i f v o nation and the historic battleiieias ana ixne " " ; Z '' . ,. Vnrk .OaXVOJ. -" - -- , .. la one of these Important New York City legal firms to which great cor porations apply for aid when they propose to violate the laws of the Jand or when they have Violated the laws of the land. The firm of Strong & Cadwalader, at the time of Mr. Wickersham's appointment as attorney-general, rep resented among other great corpora tions, the sugar trust, and one of the laBt things Mr. Wlckersham did as a member of the firm of Strong & Cadwalader, was to draw down his portion of a sugar trust fee of scmehign Ikie $26,000. And one of tha first things Mr- Wlckersham did as attorney-generaif was to wrtte on June 27. 1909. to John S. Wise, U. S. District Attorney for the! Bout s- l. district of New York, a letter revealing his strong Jnterest in three sugar trust officials then In danger of the penitentiary. This remark able letter, the authenticity of which has never been dnled by the attorney-general, reads In part as fol lows: "My dear Wise: "Senator Root has sent me .the pi oof of a petition singed by Bow ers, MJJburn and Guthrie, in sup port of their contention that the statue of limitatitone has run in fa vor of Messrs. Parsons, Kissel and Harned. If the only overt acts done to carry o"t the objects of the unla ful conspiracy were those-referred to In the brief I should think they were insufficient to save the bar of the statute. A strong effort will be made tomorrow to persuade the President to interfere in some way to prevent the indictments. "Ffdithfully yours, GEO- W. WICKERSHAM." And now Mr. Wlckersham Is us tne hie office as attorney-general to mve from arrest John Tt. Arcnbold. TT. C. Foltrer. Jr . and W. C-Tenftle, officers of the Standard OH Company. Under th Tart nflmtnlrr.tirn u hns b! ImprwIMe for the P"v rment Jn control the tri'P", be cause the trusts controlled tho gov ernment. ! At t It has h"n nepflhte to loft a PreFitfent. without the f'nan--ln! s'-prrrt of the heads of Illegal scenery on the way, you have only to collect tion. This means new subscriptions, but it n any $36 on subsenp- may be i or one year or more, eacn one aoxitii " " We will not accept on this offer any renewal or transier subscriber at present to any other name. These must be bona fide new subscribers. OFFER NO. 2 Besides this offer we give a free trip for $48 .. u .nhenrintiona. So all vou have to do is to col- "Si ile on ner business or $48 on old bus ness, or if you want to get some new and some old we will credit you pro rata ISSording to. the amount collected on old or new business. a little work this will be easy, and if you will do it nOl SO DUSy yuuvau icwiuiw asier than if you s an ideal Christ- i J J 4- V.Aln tfMl ffOT rni mas present. Try your personal meuua w o - tTi&iS nD?ngeortherswith a good paper while they are mak- ing it easy for you to go to the inauguration. Asheboro realize that truly her "loss Is some one else's gattn-" The Cou rier Joins with ahost of friends la extending congratulations to the prospective grooms and best wishes to the brides-to-be. . . By a little work tnis win db easy, during the holidayswhen people are not so busj time to see them, you will find it will be . ea wait A year's subscription to The Courier is you whi DonDt delay this matter.but take it up before others. See ,r friends This is a free trip offer and not a contest in !ch InySody can lose. It is open -to all. Write uS today and tell i Vou Vnt t. go with us and other friends. The third offer will be given out as soon as we can gel ix ar-r-nVd It will include free tickets and all expenses, but you canbegin work on the foregoing and what you collect may be us e.n tne third proposition if you desire to change fromthe one given herein. Regulntlons Oovrirlng Parcels Post System Are Made Public. Regulations to cover workings ef the new parcels post, system, which Is to go into operation January 1, next, were made public by Postmaster-General Hitchcock last Thursday. The new system will be effective throughout the entire postal service at the same time and will affect ev ery postoffloe, city, rural and rail way mall transportation route in the country. Every precaution will be taken by the r-sstoffice to have the mails moved with the usual despatch and all postmasters, superintendents and Inspectors l:ave bctn directed to thoroughly fnmiliariza themselves and their subordinates wllth every pirns of the new eyst.ni. Tho repi.ilallors provide that par cels of merchandise, Inc!ii(iii?B farm and factory products )but not books and-prined matter) of almost every description vp to 11 pounds in weight and nicasuifing as much as six feet in length and girth com bined, except those calculated to do injury to the mnil!s In transit, may lie mailed at any postoffice for de livery to any address to the cor i try. Delivery will be made to the homes of people living cn rurel aad star routes ns well as these, living .In cities and towns where there is 'delivery by carrier. Where them Is at present no delivery by carrier the parcels will go to the postfoflcea as lis the case with ordirary mail. The postage rate of the zone that is, withjln distances not exceeding 50 miles, will fce five cents for the fitrst pop .nd and throe centSf4or each additional pound- Rates increase) for each successive ore of the eight sones 'into which he counttry Is di vided. The maximum rate being 12 cents a pound, which will carry a parcel across the continent, or even to Alaska and the Philippines.' For a fee of 10 cents a parcel may be Insured and 'if the parcel la lost in tha mails an indemnity to the amount of Its value not to exoeed $50 will be paid to the sender. The law provides for the use of distinctive postage stamps and there tz now being dietrbuted . to post masters for use in the parcel post system a set of stamps of 12 denom inations. Parcel post maps with as oompan) g guides, are to be sold to the country's cotton crop this year through the chief clerk of the post office department. Tours truly THE COURIER, Inauguration Department. tariff trusts, and it is hoped Presi dent Wilson will be able to find a man for atorney-general wno win be so constructed temperamenmnjr as to feel, that millionaire sugar trust barons who rob the ogvernmen nd violate the law ought to be sent to the penitentiary Just like a poor man ,la sent to the penitentiary when he violates the lafw. Frank Page, who has been super intendent of the Aberdeen & Ashe boro division of the Raleigh, Char lotte & Southern Railway since the A.. & A. was purchased by the Norfolk-Southern system, has resigned effective January 1. The auditing department of this division has been moved from Troy to the Norfolk Southern headquarters at Norfolk. The Baraca and Philathea classes of Mt. Lebnon Sunday school at Randleman will give a play, "Christ mas at Cross-Roads" at the graded school auditorium Saturday night, Dec. 21, at 8 o'clock for the benefit of the Baraca and Philathea classes. Admission 15 cents for adults, 10 Whltelaw Reld Dead. Whitelaw Reid, the American Ambasador to Great Britain since . 1905, died In London shortly after noon Sunday from pulmonary oe dema. Mr. Reld ad been in feeble health for some time but It was not until Thursday preceding his death that his condition became serious- President Taft and King George paid unusual tributes to the late am basxador. I It is thought that either former cents for children, 25 cents for re- bank8 or John H(,yFg Hanlmon(, served seats. ; , . ,: bo appointed to succeed Mr. Reldk ,
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