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COUR TT1T d ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. 39 ASHEBORO, N. C, MARCH 5, 1914 No. 10 . : : i i " n i m ft' "1 CLEMENT IS CHOSEN Salisbury Lawyer Succeeds District Attorney Ham mer as Solicitor of fif teenth District. Hayden Clement, of Salisbury, Mon day received form Governor Craig the appointment as solicitor of the fifteenth Jjudicial District to succeed W. C. Hammer, recently made Dis trict Attorney to follow A. E. Holton. ' Mr. Clements is well known in the district During the administration of Governor Glenn, he was appoint ed Assistant Attorney General and was, on account of the illness of At torney General Gilmer the active offi cial of that office a year and a half. He made the race for Attorney Gen eral in the 1908 campaign and led in the balloting at the Charlotte conven tion on the first two votes. Over n strone competition, he received the bulk of the North Carolina vote. A disagreement in the convention, that famous one that nominated Governor Kitchin, in which Mr. Clement's own county was involved, resulted in his withdrawal before the convention. Attorney General Bickett's great speech nominating Colonel Ashley Home had brought him into the race when he had not sought the place. Mr. Clement's administration was marked by the humane substitution of electrocution for hanging as the mode of capital punishment. As legal adviser for the State he was called upon to decide some important matters. His record was one that gave great delight to those who urged his appointment by Governor Glenn. He is a son of Mr. Louis H. Clem ent, one of the ablest members of the North Carolia bar and a grandson of Marshal Clement, the famous Mocksville attorney, who was the ac counted equal of the biggest lawyers in the country. His friends haven't the slightest doubt that he will make the State a strong representative. Great Snow Storm Sweeps : (her North Carolina On last Wednesday morning when the people of North Carolina woke, they found a snow covering the ground that has surpassed any snow since 1902. In February, 1902, the snow fell in Charlotte and other plac es to a deDth of 14 inches. In Decem ber, 1896, there was a 10-inch snow, and in February, 1889, an eight-inch snow, and in December, 1882, a 11.8 inch snow, and in December, 1880, a 11-inch snow. This shows that we have only had six really large snows within the past 36 years, which is an average for one big snow every six years. The farmers were very grateful for this snow, since this will mean to them a fine agricultural year, and a heavy fruit supply. Communications from all parts of the state tell us of a general snow. The snow on the coast Tine, however, -was not so deep as in the Piedmont and Western sections. At Hieh Point the traffic was de layed several hours. It was heaviest there in several years, reaching the depth of eight inches. At Fayetteville the snow covered the ground to a depth of 13 inches. The temperature registered 24. The schools were closed and all railroad traffic except on the Atlantic Coast Line was cut off. All telegraph and telephone communication were cut off from Wilmington, Kaleigh and Aber deen. The snowfall in Columbia, S. C., reached a total of 11.7 inches, which surpasses all records of the local weather bureau. Snow was reported from nearly every section of the State, the heaviest fall in 20 yean At Tillman, S. C, the snow fell to a depth of three inches, the first snow fall in 14 years. Editor Sherrill Offered Chairmanship Concord, Feb. 27John Clyde 'Os wald of New York, president of the National Editorial Association, has written a letter to J. B. Sherrill, edi tor of the Concord Daily Tribune, ask ing him to become chairman of the legislative committee of the Na tional association. The committee will be announced at a meeting of the association which will be held in Dal als, Tex,, in April. Mr. Sherrill plans to attend the meeting. Mr. Sherrill has been secretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Press Asssociation for 26 years. His ac tivity in behalf of the passage of the, bill now pending in Congress allowing newspapers and railroads to make contracts for advertising payable in interstate tranportation has attracted attention, hence the offer of the com mittee chairmanship to him by the president of the National Asocciation. The Masonic and Eastern Star Home at Greensboro. Mr. John J. Phoenix is secretary and treasurer of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home at Greensboro. Within 21 months a home has been built valued at $50,000, which added to the 25 acres of land worth $10,000, making a total valuation of $C0,000, against which is only $10,000 debt. Mr. Phoenix is arranging a State vide campaign with the object of lifting : this debt - - - . FRAZ1ER PARK Arrangements Being Made For Improvements It may not be very generally understood that a Park site has been given to the town of Ashe- boro by Mr. Rufus Frazier of Troy, under condition that the town improve and ornament the same. The Woman's Club secured valuable plans, from a first-class landscape architect, for the Park improvement. During the past year the town commissioners opened up Smith street on the east side of the Park, also did some good work ditching the out le- nf the spring, and arranging gutters from roadway to prevent the water from draining into the spring; drained and partly filled up the old tanyard vats; made available a second spring on the south side of the Park; and did considerable amount of clearing up that can be best appreciated by those who have known the place. The Park Committe is ar ranging to plant immediately a hedge on the west and north sides of the Park, and outline some pathways and driveways in accordance with plans, witli flowers. In connection with this work, the Committee would like to ask the contributions of bulbs and plants of any kind, and any one wishing to con tribute will kindly telephone Mrs. W. D. Stedman. The school children have been asked to bring bulbs and violets (dug deeply and- carefully to preserve all the root growth) to the school house, the time for which has not yet been set on account of the, unusually long spell of hard weather conditions. To encourage an interest in the boys, 13 years old and under, as well as to inspire in them a study of bird life, three prizes will be offered for the three best bird houses, time allowed for making being four weeks. It is hoped the older boys and girls will become interested in a tennis court for the northwest corner of the Park. Some rus tic seats are also needed. As to the desirability of keep ing the Park there can hardly be two opinions. This cool grove, even in its barren state, has al ways been an inviting spot, and has given much pleasure to the young people of the town, being an objective point for picnics for small children, and for those de siring a short walk ; and by beau tifying it, it will increase the pleasure and be of more perma nent value; and it should be of increasing benefit to the young people because it is near enough in town not to be a menace. The plans call for much addi tional improvement, and the Wo man's Club hopes for the co-operation of all public-spirited citi zens in their fulfillment. MRS. O. C. HAMILTON. Funeral Services Held 'at Unionvillf-, Burial at Monroe. Monroe, Feb. 2. The funeral ser vices of Mrs. O. C. Hamilton were conducted yesterday in the home in Unionville and the burial was in Mon roe cemetery in the afternoon. Rev. M. T. Steele of Monroe and Rev. Bruce Benton of Rockingham conducting the services. Apoplexy was the cause of her death. Mrs. Hamilton was born at Palmer ville, Stanly county, May 20vbgkqjm ville, Stanly county, January 11, 1859, and was married May 29, 1878. In 1886 she came to Unionville and with the exception of a few years spent in Mecklenburg county lived there until her death. She leaves four sons and six daughters. The sons are Messrs. C. E. Hamilton, Winston-Salem; O. A. Hamilton, Wilmington; Spinks Hamilton,Charlotte, and Ernest Ham ilton, a student of the State Univer sity. The daughters are Mesdames G. M. Garrison, Marshville; C. J. Me Combs, Gastonia; W. B. Love, Mon roe, and L. E. Huggins of Marshville and Misses Letha and Myrtle Hamil ton of Unionville. For many years Professor Hamil ton, her husband, was at the head of a boarding school at Unionville and Msr. Hamilton bestowed a mother's care upon many homesick boys and girls, fene was a devout Christian and was a member of the Methodist church. There is muuch whooping cough and pneumonia in and around Pittsboro. There is one man mile from town J. M. Kecks, who has had five of his family down with pneumonia, one of them dying. . . ' .... . THE PUBLIC LIKES A "LIVE WIRE" (From the Concord Times) One of the reasons why advertising has grown so en ormously of recent years is that merchants must carry an atmosphere of prosperity. The man who enters a busi ness office with soiled clothes, face unshorn, and muddy boots, is not apt to get a job. This may be. d le to super ficial judgments, but people have to make the best use they can of exterior indications. Similarly the public judges of a merchant's success by ext erior signs. A busi ness man who does not advertise conveys an impression of passiveness and indifference, of slow-going, old-fashioned methods. The public values enterprise in retail trade higher than almost any other one quality. Liberal advertising is to a merchant what good clothes are to a salesman. It suggests that a merchant is prosperous, that he has in the past succeeded in pleasing the public, that he is alert enough to get good bargains for his custo mers. It shows that he has such confidence in his goods that he is willing to spend money to tell people about them. R. N. PAGE VICTIM OF NEWSPAPER ERROR Charlotte Observer Substi tutes His Name for Henry A. Page s. (Winston-Salem Journal.) Washington, Feb. 27. Congressman Robert N. Page today called Wade Harris, editor of the Charlotte Ob server, sharply to account by tele graph for grossly misrepresenting him in an editorial Harris wrote in the Observer this morning, which roundly criticised Page. The printed editorial has not reach ed Washington yet, but it is under stood that Henry A. Page, brother of the Congressman,- write to Harris offering him the letters to print re garding William C. Hammer, whom Henry Page went to graat extremes to defeat for appointment as district attorney. It seems that instead of replying by mail to Henry Page, accepting or rejecting the correspondence, Editor Harris wrote a scathingly criticising editorial of Page, instead of using the name of Henry A. Page printed the name of the Congressman throughout. Friends of Congressman Page in the State today telegraphed him im formation of the Harris editorial. Early this morning Page received the following telegram. "Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 27. Hon. Robert N. Page, Washington, D. C. "Substitution of your name for Henrv A. Page in the Observer edi torial this morning was bad blunder on my part, explanation and apology will be made promptly. (Signed) "WADE HARRIS." Mr. Page replied as follows: "Washington, Feb. 27. "Wade H. Harris, editor Charlotte Observer, "Teleeram received, for such blun tiering seems to me no explanation or annlncv can nossiblv make amends !for wrong done me, i (Signed) "ROBERT N. PAGE." I Congressman Page when asked if jhe had any further statement to make I replied : "The telegraphic correspondence speaks for itself. The Observer's Editorial. Under the caption, "Page's Mis take," the Charlotte Observer pub lished the following editorial yester "The Observer has received a let ter from Hon. Robert Newton Page, Congressman from the Seventh North Carolina District, in whicti it is in formed that Mr. Pasre "is preparing a series of letters for the purpose of undertaking to convince individual Democrats that Senator Overman ought not to be renominated." To this information Mr. Page adds: "I would be very much obliged of you will tell me beforehand whether or not you care to publish these letters." This paper does not want the the Page se ries. Its columns are open to legiti mate criticism of any public act of Mr. Oeverman's, just as they are to criticism of Senator Simmons, or Gov ernor Craig, or any other official ac countable to the' people for his pub lic acts. It has never made itself a party to furtherance of the grievances of any individual or set of men and does not propose to do so now. Mr. Overman's private character is above reproach and unassailable. His pub lic acts are known to the people of the state his record in Congress is an open book. Any citizen of Nortn Carolina who is so disposed and who has ground for criticism, has the pri vilege of being heard and is not es topped, at least bv this miner. But. Mr. Hammer Takes Oath of Office. Wm. C. Hammer, of Asheboro, took the oath of office as U. S. Attorney for the Western District before the Clerk of the Federal Court at Greens boro, on . Monday of this week. He has taken charge of the office, which is temporarily at Winstop-Salem. It is not known definitely where the of fice will -, be located.. - It is fixed at WinsJ.-aiam- ir. tae Cotd'imstiioir, at a place where there is no Federal Court. It may be required to be held at a point where there is a United States judge, either at Greensboro or Asheville. It may be required to be held in a city where a United States Court is held, or the Department may require that it be held in a town where there is a Federal building. Ihe prou ability is that it will eventually be located at the place most conve nient for the District Attorney and that will secure the best service for the Government. Several towns are asking for the office, Salisbury being the most active. Mr. Hammer received the following message over the Postal Telegraph today, signed by the Salisbury Board of trade and Merchants Association "Salisbury extends you a cordial in vitation to bring the District Attor ney's office here. You would be cor diully welcome and made to feel at home. Our central location and splendid Federal building should count. 'Salisbury's the place.'" Mrs.. Lucy Jane Spencer .Dead Mrs. Lucy Jane Spencer died In Asheboro Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. She was Miss Lucv Jane Cox. daughter of Col. Jesse D. Cox, before her marriage. She married in 1856 Dr. J. J. Hamlin of Aslie- boro. To this union two children were born. Mr. W. R. Hamlin, of Asheboro and Miss Cornelia Hamlin deceased. After Dr. Hamlin's death she married Mr. J. W. Spencer of Cara way. who died about nine years ago Mr. Spencer wax 77 yeais old. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels is to delive the address at Davidson College commencement, Monday morning, May 18. Mr. Page's designs are too transpar ent to be countenanced by Ihe Ob server, which is ever a foe to family strife. In days past when the party had a common enemy to combat it was perfectly proper for the news papers to open their columns to as sault on opponents of the party lead ers. It was proper for Democratis pa pers to open their columns to assaults on Republicans but that day is passed. Conditions have changed. It is evidently in this instance Mr. Page s set purpose to stir up strife within the party to further his own selfish ends. To this enterprise The Observ er will give no encouragement. It can interpose no objection to the prosecu tion of Mr. Page's proposed plan of campaign on the stump or through such papers as may be agreeable. For the peace of the Democratic househld and the welfare of the party it would hope that Mr. Page will pur sue no such course. It would be but the pulling down of the pillars of his own individual temple, and he alone would be hurt in the falling thereof. If Mr. Page is bent upon his own po litical undoing, it is a matter for which he alone is responsible. The Observer will not contribute to it, but it would regret to see Mr. Page per sist in a design which could have no other end. The Democratic party 13 not likely to give countenance to his proposed systemof warfare within the ranks. In this case, Mr. Page does not need deliverance from his friemlh. Rathe'-, like St. Augustine, he fdtould GENERAL NEWS ITEMS Interesting Items From Here and There Briefly Told For Busy Readers William S. West of Valdosta, Ga., appointed by Governor Slaton to suc ceed the late A. O. Bacon as United States Senator from Georgia, will take his seat in the Senate on March second. A neero under the influence of co caine, a prisoner in the Durham city jail, set tire to the estaonsnment. The" jail furnishings were damaged and the negro was about to get a foretaste of what may be in store tor him, when he was rescued by the po lice. Coroner Moore of Statesville was called to the home of Mr. Thomas Meadows, in Concord township, to investigate the death of Mrs. Moore, wife of Mr. John F. Moore, an aged and well known farmer cf that com munity, who was found dead in bed at the home of Meadows. There was no suspicion of foul play in connection with the death. Alonzo Weldon. 35 years old, keeper of the railroad bridge over Neuse riv er at Kinston, fell or was knocked off the bridge into the water Thursday morniner and was drowned, tie was closing the bridge after a boat passed through, when the accident occurred. Maior Henry A. London of The Chatham Record, probably the oldest editor in the State in point of service, and one of the best, celebrated his G9th birthday Sunday. Many more birthdays and health and strength for Major London. A Chinaman who lived in High Point f tr five years has a boy who was recently started to the High Point graded school. There was objection to the little heathen going to the school and Attorney General Bickett has been asked to say whether he is as good as white folks. Picking ui a pistol with which he had been playing earlier in the day, Willie Austin, 10-year-old son of C. O. Austin, a resident of Diamond mil, a manufacturing settlement east of Statesville, accidentally discharged the weapon, sending a bullet into his head which caused his death two hours la ter. Three negro convicts, John Hairs- ton, Will Davis and another negro whose name is unknown, escaped irom the county convict camp in Greene townsrip, Guilford county Saturday night about 7 o'clock by cutting chains on their legs and sawing a hole in the floor in the camp. No trace of the fleeing negroes had been found. Col. P. M. Pearsall of New Bern is a candidate for the chairmanship of the Democratic State Committee to succeed C. A. Webb, resigned. A. W. McLean, of Lumbertoon, T. D. War ren of New Bern, and others are men tioned. The chairman will be elected at a meeting of the committee on the 10th of March. Joseph W. Folk, former Governor of Missouri, who has been solicitor of the State Department, has been ap pointed chief counsel for the Inter State Commerce Commission at a sal ary of $10,000 a year. Dr. Chas. W, Needham, former president of George Washington University, has been ap pointed assistant counsel to the com mission. The noted Newton-McArthur bank case, on trial in the Federal court m Raleigh, in which J. Spiunt Newton was charged with forging the signa tures of his wife, mother-in-law and other relatives to a note held by the bank, resulted in a mistrial. The note was for $25,000 and the bank brought suit against the endorsers to collect. The endorsers declared their names had been forged to the note. I). A. Montgomery was relieved of $5.00 in cash at his boarding house Saturday in High Point, some one rifling his pockets. Soon after the money was missed a young man nam ed Allred, a boarder at the same house, who had been in town only a few days, was arrested and his trial came up and he was convicted and given three months on the county roads. Two serious accidents, one resulting fattally, occured near Pensacola, Yan cey county, Wednesday and Thurs day, according to a dispatch to The Charlotte Observer. Alfred Davis, 26 years old of Ashe county, was crush ed by a large sawlog at Brown's lum ber camp, four miles above Pensacola and died the following morning about noon. Milton Carbin, engineer on a log train for Weever Brothers, two miles above Pensacola, was badly in jured in a wreck Thursday. His leg was broken at the ankle and his back injured. There will be held under the aus pices of the highway commission of the University ot .North Carolina and the North Carolina Geological and Eco nomic Survey, at the University of 'n, in Poi-nllnn Chr.J Hill nr. M .,-,., 17th, 18th nnd'iSHh. a good' roads stitute, conducted especially for road 'comprising five per cent of the engineers and supenndendents. Any-, total area, are over 500 acres in one, however, who is interested in i extent Th awraw awpworl road construction is cordially invited I ,enl', , ? .Ji;rae assess to attend the lectures. There will bovaIue of land 1S$6 per acre, and lectures by experts on all phases .of ,,','. ... -mn'mi'iu . RANDOLPH COUNTY Bulletin by State Geological and Economical Survey The following press bulletin sent out by the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey last week and is entitled "Tim ber y Resources of Randolph county:" Randolph is situated in the central part of North Carolina. It is one of the largest counties in the State, having an area of 508,900 acres. It lies close to the dividing line between the Piedmont and Coastal Plain re gions, although entirely within the Piedmont region. The north eastern part of the county, east of Deep River and north ef Ram seur, is gently rolling while practically every other section is rough and hilly, making this one of the most rugged counties in the state east of themountains. West of Asheboro there are sev eral high hills known locally as mountains. Shepherd Moun tain, Long Arm Mountain, and Caraway Mountain are in this region ; while southeast of Ashe boro we find Pilot Mountain and Purgatory Mountains. One distinct watershed tra verses the county in a generally north and south direction.. Trie Uharie River drains the western portion, flowing eventually into the Yadkin River, while Deep River, a tributary of the Cape Fear, flows from the north cen tral to the southeastern corner of the county. Water power is developed quite extensively both in the two large streams and in 'several of their tributaries. Numerous grist mills are , scat tered through the county, and several cotton mills are found along Deep River, using the pow er developed by the streams. Very few grist mills have saw mill attachments. The common soil is a silty loam, known technically as the Georgeville silt loam, having a clay subsoil, and occurring al most uniformly throughout the country. In the northwestern part, we find also a belt of clay loam soils belonging to the Ce cil series. The soil on all of the hills and ridges is a rough, stony loam, while patches of this soil occur frequently in the south central area. Transportation facilities are fair. The Southern Railroad, connecting with the Aberdeen and Asheboro branch of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, ex tends directly through the coun ty almost from north to south. The Southern Railroad from Greensboro to Sanford cuts the northeastern part of the county while a branch of this railroad n extends to Ramseur from Cli max. A branch line from Thomasville to Denton in David son county is not far from the Randolph County line, thereby affording railroad facilities to the western section. The general Condition of the wagon roads is far from good The road tax, 8 1-3 cents on $100 valuation, is inadequate for the proper upkeep and construction, of roads. A bond issue for the road construction has been con sidered, but never submitted to thev oters on account of the general feeling against it. The Old Plank Road extending through the county from Trini ty to Asheboro, thence south to Whynot, has been surfaced with gravel. Many of the public roads are badly washed. Randolph has been and is now a lumber producing county, but most of the present population is engaged in agriculture. Wheat and corn are the principal crops. Tobacco is nowhere important. Only a few growers in the north ern part of the county produce it. Cotton is not abundantly cultivated, but occure frequent ly through the country. Land is held ins mall holdings. One tract of 2,000 acres is the largest individual tract in the in-icounty, while only 35 tracts,
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