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E L j. j ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLARtrv' -AR VOL. 39 ASHEBORO, N. C, MARCH 12, 1914 No. 11 GENERAL NEWS ITEMS We Must Turn Our Attention to the Public Schools SUPERIOR COURT PROF. 0. C. HAMILTON DR. SAMUEL A. HENLEY Aged Physician of Asheboro , Died Yesterday After an illness of five weks Dr. S. A. Henley died yesterday morning f at 8:00 o'clock, at the home of his (i daughter, Mrs. L. D. Bulla. He had been in declining health for a number of years, but for the past five weeks had been confined to his bed with - grippe. About six weeks ago Dr. 1 Henley's home was partially burned. Since that time he has been living ? with his daughter. 4 Dr. Henely was born in Back Creek , township, Sept. 5, 1836. He was the son of Nixon and Alary Henley. He i was educated at -New Garden Bcurd ? 'ing School, which afterwards emtrg- d into Guilford College. Later he -went to Jefferson Medical College v Philadelphia, where he received his s medicinial training. During the War i Dr. Henley was at the Salt works in .' Wilmington. Me began the practice of his profession about the close f the war at Hill's Store in Concord township, thia county. He was mar ried to Miss Eunice Eoxanna Rush, daughter -of -the late Nook Rush in 1876; from this union four children were born, 11 of whom survive him. Dr. F. A. Jienley and Mrs. L. D. Bulla Asheboro, Airs. Salie Michaux, Atlan ta, Ga., and Gurney Henley, Philadel phia. Met. Henley died ia 1885. Dr. Henley married his wife's sister, Mrs. Luella Rsh Cranford in.l$86; to tkis union three children were born, Earle who died several years ago; Sam, vho is at Southern Pines in a Sanatorium, and Paul Henley, a pharmacist in -High .Rmnt. Dr. Henley moved to Asheboro in 1888. He has practiced medicine .in this eaunty more than &fty .years, do ing great service to humanity and giving relief to many who were un able to compensate nua. liviy, man who has served humanity has gom: to .receive his rewand. Dr. Jlenley has been recognized as a man ai su perior ability in his proiession He had a birthright in the Tucker church at Sack tjeck, .having Dotn patents Quakers. Deceased was 78 years of age. Funeral service will .be conducted today at 1 o'clock t the M. E. chaxch by .Revs. McEarlanti, pastor of the Friends church in High Point, Mr. Ada Je, jtutor -af She Friends congregation in Asheboro. .and-J. E. Thompson, jiastar of fike M. E. church, Asheboro. The boT will be interned ia Ike Asheboro cemetery. In the passing of Dr. .Henlex, Ean dojph countjr has lost ne .at her most valued citizens, the laedical prafes sion one of her best and the circle of Jfrienda, and honest, true irknd, the family one whose worth can not be overestimated. The Courier feels .litis Jots which is a personal one and sympathizes with the lowed .ones in their gret loss. SUDDEN DEATH OF MAJ. LAM BETH. Occurred Early Wednesday Morning at Thomasville. Maj. J. 51. Lambeth lOed early Wednesday morning at his home in Thoraasville, after a brief illnese of only a day or so. Deceased had heen praralyzed some two or three years .ago, hut his health had been appar ently very good since, when Tuesday he was taken ill and died suddenly Wednesday. Major Lambeth was 12 years old and was a consecrated mem her of the M. E. church. He was a native of Davidson county and at the breaking tout of the war went to the front. He was a major general in the Confederate array and served with distinction! He was a citizen of wide acquaintance and influence for good throughout his county and this. His death will be heard with regret by a large circle of freids. He is surviv ed by a wife and six children: Mrs. B. A. Best, of High Point; Mrs. J, W. Prevo and Mrs. W. A. Smith; Messrs. E. C. and R. T. Lambeth, of 1 homasville, and Dr. W A. Lambeth of Thomaaville and Dr. W. A. Lam beth, of Charlottesville, Va. MRS. HARKEY GETS FIVE THOUSAND Damage Is Allowed the Widow of Jno. S. Harkv Whn Wn Killxl hv a Traction Engine Some Time Ago Davidson County Jury Turned the Trick. A Davidson county jury gave a ver dict on Thursday to Mrs. John S. Harkey, of Spencer, of five thousand dollars damage against the Geiser h Manufacturing Company, of this city, The salt was brought some time ago .and was based on the killing of the ."husband of the plaintiff. Mr. Harkey )was driving a traction engine from tLexinton to Spencer, when it over turned and the driver was killed. The suit was brought in Davidson and the trial at Lexington, with the result ns here told (5,000 for the plaintiff. ' Preacher Sues Railroad for Delay.. Rev. C. H. Norris of Holly Springs has just instituted a unique suit against the Norfolk-Southern Rail way in which he demands $2,000 damages for delay in reaching the State Baptist Convention at Shelby last fall. He secured permission to flag a through train and the train would not stop, although the engineer recognized and acknowledged the sig nal. The delay caused him o miss important sessions of the State Convention. Interesting Items From Here and There Briefly ToU For Busy Readers W. D. Thomas, who "was hart five weeks ago by an explosion in ma chine shops at Rocky Mount, died last week as a result of his injuries. Leo. M. Frank, on trial in Atlanta, has been re-sentenced for the murder of Mary Phagan, a factory girl. His execution was set for April 17. Congressman Small, the only North Carolina Representative in Congress who voted for the Panama tolls ex emption, has decided that exemption unwise and will vote tor the re peal of the free rolls provision. Despondent because of continued ill healtht is beliewed.-Mrs. Bertha Ruf- ty. wife of Arthur Rufty of .spencer, committed suicide at the home of her cousin, Mrs. John F. Keener at Ashe ville. by shooting herself while the other members of the family were at church. In Charlotte early Sunday morn ing the stone of J. W. Bullard ii Co. as pantially destroyed by rc of .uaknown origin and the stock of York .Bros. & Rogers, in the store adjiaiing, .badly damaged by water. The loss, which was quite heavy, r.s largely covered by insurance. Mocksville is to have a new ban'c. A iiharter .has been issued for the Merchants & Farmers' Bank of Mocksville; capital $50,000 authoriz ed and SlfMHM) subscribed by J. L. Arm field of Thomasville and others, for general and . savings banking business. Stcpehen Jlirby, a farmer of Pacu- tet. 33. C. was beaten to death by bnob of negroes last week, who at tacked -him .just as he left the house .of .a negro woman. According to the evidence before a coroner's jury the killing was ihe result of a plot he' Lcause Kir by .visited the woman. . Hon. John L. McLaurin. former (Congressman .from South Carolina, nounces that .tie will be a candidate liar Governor nn the primary election next .jammer. It U said that oe as Uhe efcventh jnan to announce the purpose to contest for the governor ship 01 tneifaJxnetto Mate. The plant. of the Spencer Printing & .Publishing l.o. was sold at auc tion .March o.bv A. W. Hicks, trus tee. The highest bidder was W. IL .Burton, who proposes to dissolve the corporation . after acquiring the en tire plant. The sale was a friendly one and jthe course was taken to liquidate Jfche old company. William Cheney Ellis was fori..! guilty of .murdering his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Uwea .lus, last uctober in a Chicago .hotel. Pinishment was fixed at.irajrisonment:i the State peniten tiary for 15 years. Ellis claimed .that .be .kilei his 'wife because she (deserted him for another man and he.alsa added the'finsanity dodge." A rdbber Thursday night robbed tie mail car of Southern Railway train just as .the train reached Co lumbia, P. C. The rebber entered as the train : slowed up at the city limits and covared tlvs mail clerk with a revlver. .secured several sacks con taining .registered mail and jumped off the train. Senator Reed .of Missouri intro duced a bill .in Congress which would authorize the creanon ol a commis- to acquire the government by purchase .or condemnation the home of Thomas .Jefferson at juonticeno, Va. Representative Levy of New York. ho ons the property, has declined .frequently t consider sell ing it. Mrs. Leon White, an aged white woman, .caareea with kiinnjr r.er husband tA their home in Currituck county, was released lail week, thf grana jury laiung to una .a am. air. White was found unconscious in his home with a bullet hole in Jits' head. The wife- said her husband was sfaot bv an unknown person, who fled. She was arrested and released n $5,000 bond. The Boone Democrat says the weather was something fierce in the mountains Sunday and .Monday ot lat week: that snow fell on Satur day night and the winds oz jsurway and Monday blew mow everywae.-c Monday morning the mercury regis tered two degrees below zero at Boone and altogether the weather was so bad lew people veniureo about. Thieves invaded the home of Judge Boyd in Greensboro Saturday night and in contempt of the Federal court did take and carry away "four large country hams, a bucket of eggs, and various other articles," according to the Greensboro News. Stealing the hams and the eggs is a greater oi fence than the theft of money and jewels. Congressman Montague of Virgin ia, toi-mer Governor of mat siata, has been invited to address the State Bar Association at its meeting ut Wrightsville next summer and may accent. Other sneakers for the oc casion are Chief Justice Walter CIa"U and A. L. Brooks of Greensboro. Judge Clark will speak on "Refo-m n Judicial Procedure." The State of North Carolina illiteracy percentage. We have in this discreditable record the past ten years and we want to put it all to the bad within the next ten years, Schools are the greatest assets any city can boast, any county any state,. The public school is the greatest leveler of the high illiteracy percentage. It is where practically all the boys and girls start and it is where the great majority of them end so there is the greatest need of the public cient. It must do the great portion of the educational work of our school system. Acknowledging these facts we build and maintain the best proposition are not the schools worth the cost" If a majority of our boys the community, start there and about the best investment any the public schools? Recognizing these facts is county and state look carefully mg and condition of the public Doint where they will be, most One victory helps to another. leads to the accomplishment of spires for the doing of another EARTHQUAKE SHOCK Disturbaace Felt Through Georgia and in Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina Georgia Feeling Ihe Worst and Most Extensive of Any Affected States. Sesmic shocks, Thursday, slightly i)Ut distinct were felt late in many cities and town3 oi Tennessee, Geor gia, Alabama and the Carolinas. The following is from the News and Observer: Several persons in offices on the tenth floor of the Commercial Nat - ional Bank building stated that they felt the slieht tremor of an earth- ouake which was noticeable in a num- ber of Jties and towns in several started on their march for Evans Southern states on Thursday after- port. Our regiment was left back At first these men were of the opinion that the disturbance was caused by movements in their offices, but were later convinced that it was trembling of the big building. House Fired to Hide Theft From Feight Cm. An unoccupied residence of the late J- L. Watson, near Spencer, was turned in a mysterious fire March 8, and officers believe the place was fired to hide a theft. A freieht car THAr-hnd Snoncer at midnight Rntni-. day nighjt with the uoors broken open ana a lot of merchandise missing, Officers found where 11 large pack ages of freight had been thrown off one mile north of Spencer in front of the building burned about daylight. in the ruins of tne old dwelling were found a large number of remnants of new clothing, toilet articles, etc. The crates in which the goods were dumped from the train were burned on the railroad track near the scene of the fire. George Vanderbill, Owner of .Bill- more Estate, Passes Away. Georee W. Vanderbilt ot Biltmore and New York died at his Washington residence last rnday atternoon. Air. vanderbilt was born in the old Vanderbilt home at New Dorp, Staten Island, November 14, 1862. In 1888 he became interested in the wild mountain region of western North Carolina and by successive purchases he accumulated an estate of 100.000 acres on the French Broad river, anJ laid out there a vast park, and erected buildings on a scale which seldom ha hoen ominlloH in thic xnnnlro M.- Vanderbilt devoted most of his time in tin. ne.noi o,,.,;oi., f estate. In "the valley he built a model town and called it Biltmore. His farms were filled with blooded stork and he devoted thousands of dollars to the scientific conservation of the forests which covered the greater part of his property. In 1898 Mr. Vanderbilt married Miss Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, who with one daughter, Mios Cornelia, survive. Mrs. Vanderbilt and daugh ter will make their permanent home at their Biltmore residence at Ashe ville. Former Congressman Grady Dies at His Home in Clinton Hon. B. F. Grady, a leadinar citizen of the eastern section of the State, died suddenly at his home at Clinton, bampson county, r nday. March 6th. aged bz years. He was a native of Duplin county and a grandson of the only American soldier killed at the battle ot Moore Creek in 1776. Soon after graduation at the State Univer sity he went to Texas where he was a member of the faculty of a well known college. At the outbreak of the War between the States he vol unteered and served throughout the conflict in the celebrated Cleburne's Brigade of the Western Army. Returning to Worth Carolina after the war he taught for some years and in 1890 was elected to Congress from the Third district, serving two terms with conspicuous ability and fidelity. Mr. Grady was a man of great learning and intellectual attain ments and the author of several his torical works, mainly affecting the Southern cause from a Southern viewpoint. He was twice married and leaves several children, among them being Franklin Grady, a prominent lawyer of New York City, Henry .. Grady and J. B. Grady of Clinton. The funeral was held on Sunday morning from the family residence. is one that needs to reduce its knocked the biggest sort of a hole school being made modern and effi is it not absolutely necessary that of public schools? As a business the public schools, more than and girls, the future citizenship of also end there, is it not a fact that town, county or state can make is it not necessary that every city, and honestly into the exact stand' schools and set to work to that ethcient and most helpful The accomplishment of one task another. One thing done well in Salisbury Evening Post. TURNER'S ROMANCE NO. 5 (Continued from last week.) As L am writing as one of lha Twelfth Regiment boys, I will soon pass to the Twenty-second Regiment, then later on to the First Batalion and finish my war tramps under Johnson in North Carolina. I am now at Brook's Station. November, 1861, we were formed in Brigade with the following regi- jments: Twelfth N. C, Thirteenth Miss., Thirty-fifth Ga., Forty-seventh Va., and a Batalion from Ark. wun i General Holmes commander. They all lor some purpose. We went inco I camp near the depot in a low, flat held and it began to ram. We did not see the sun for 17 days. When it was not raining it was cloudy. Our boys had a siege of the measles. The drilling and camp guards were all s.i'jpended, for it took all the boys to mJt upon the sick crowd. Our regi ment was called the sick regiment. We began to think that it would never stop raining. The mud was so bad that the regiment ahead had to 1 sro in camD a few davs. The ram i ceased, and our uoionei sent word to .the Colonel of the 13th Miss, that he would start our regiment on the march at 12 o'clock m., as they were about six miles ahead of us, and for them to have all their camp ket tles made lull ot coffee tor his sick boys. We made the six miles, reach. ing there about night. The coffee was ready for us. The next morning when we awoke another crowd was broken out with the measles. They were carried off to hospitals at differ ent places. Some ot the boys 1 never saw again as they were laid to rest in the sou or Va. By this time our regiment was getting small. On the second day we started on our march for hvanspoit. We reached Stafford Court House dv night.- We camped there. It was called Camp Washington. It was in sight of the rotomac river. There We had another beautiful night. An other heavy mail left for North Caro lina, telling our people what we had gone through with and what we had seen on our way. 1 thought I had volunteered to fight the Yankees but we were put to work. We were sent blockade the river to keep the Yan kees from eoinar ut to Washington ! Whe" 1 first saw, th,e !7Yer could not ifee. how. we couuld build a dam across 'J. but 1 soon saw how we could do it. The place was surveyed and plans were laid out. lhis was December; we moved our camp down near the river and built our winter quarters. every nignt a certain number were detailed out of each company to work all night. We built parapitts and magazine breastworks and parapitts we were reaay lor tne big guns wnicn were Irom 8 to 14 feet long, They were hung under a two-wheel cart and hauled to within a half mile of the river by oxen 8 to 12 yoke each When the night came on 75 or 100 of the boys were hitched to the big guns by a rope and we hauled them in. We were very quiet for fear the Yankees would find out what we were doing. We kept this work up until we finished the works. This was spring and the day was fixed for firinir upon the boats which were passing up ana aown tne river wnicn was one and seven-eighth miles from shore to shore. (To be continued.) Robbers Entered Store at Rex; Found No Money. A store belonging to Mr. J. F. Gil- more at Rex was broken into Fridav night. An axe was used and two of the windows were torn out. The mon ey drawer was opened, but there was no cash in it. It is thought money was the main object of the party or parties wno entered tne store, as nothing was missed. Somebodv also tried to break into the freight depot there on the same night. It is thought that the idea was to get into the de pot and get some dynamite in order to blow open the safe in the store. Sheriff Lewis and Mr. A. H. Prevatt went to Rex Saturday morning, but no clue to the guilty party could be found. The Robesonian. Randolph County Superior Court will convene here next Monday for a three weeks' term. Hayden Clement of Salisbury, the newly appointed so licitor, will prosecute the criminal docket. Judge Harding will be the presiding judge. Under the law the March term ot court consists of a court for civil cases only, commencing on the 3rd Monday in March and will continue for two weeks or until all business is transacted. Then on the 4th Monday after the 1st Monday in March (which this year is the 5th Monday in March, same being the 30th of March) an other term of court will convene for the purpose of trying criminal cases. Witnesses in criminal cases need not corpe until the 30th of March, as no witness fees will be allowed before this time in criminal cases. We give below the civil calendar: Monday, March 16, 1914. No. 22. Robert L. Gray vs. W. L. Thurber. No. 25. A. A. Spencer vs. T. M. Bynum et al. No. 29. H. G. Kime vs. J. R. Lut terloh et al. Tuesday, March 17, 1914. No. 32. Sallie Lineberry vs. Ral eigh Motor Car Co. et al. No. 40. Elizabeth Lane vs. J. L. Dorsett, Admr. No. 44. P. A. Williams et al vs. Seth W.. Laughlin. No. 45. National Assn. Hosiery Mfg. Co. vs. A. N. Bulla et al. No. 46. Beulah Routh vs. Guy Routh. No. 51. Beulah Routh vs. Guy Routh. Wednesday, March 18, 1914. No. 54. W. M. Clark vs. J. R. Os borne. No. 56. Guy Fox vs. N. N. Newlin et al. No. 59. U. V. Cornelison vs. J. E. McDowell. No. 63. Arminta Lewal'.en vs. Roy Cox. No. 67. J. F. Hoffman vs. D. E. Kidd et al. No. 69. Elizabeth Clark vs. Gurney Nance et al. Thursday, March 19, 1914. No. 72. The Peoples Bank vs. Sam uel Holland et al. "No. 74. T. S. Black et al vs. Jas. P. Reitzel. No. 75. P. H. Morris et al vs. B. F. Miller. No. 88.- Gerstle Med. Co. vs. Myr tle Store Co. No. 88. Owen Brick Co. vs. E. G. Morris et al. No. 91. Owen Brick Co. vs. E. M. Henley et al. Friday, March 20. 1914. No. 93. Maggie Gray, Admr., vs. Southern Ry. Co. No. 96. O. H. Lucas, Rec, vs. J. L. Hardin. No. 98. W. C. Ashworth vs. W. A. Underwood. No. 99. Union Store Co. vs. J. M. King. No. 100. J. S. Ridge vs. R., C. & S. R. R. Co. Saturday, March 21. 1914. No. 101. O. R. Fox vs. J. M. Ham mer. No. 103. Marvin Yates vs. Louisa Yates et al. No. 104. Avannah Hunsucker vs. George Hunsucker. Monday. March 23. 1914. No. 97. M. D. Dur.lan vs. R.. C. & S. R. R. Co. et al. No. 10i. R. L. CoKrane vs. Ed. Miller. No. ICS. L. H. Kidd vs. J. F. Hoff- man et al. No. 102. Etta Harvel vs. Western Union Tel. Co. Tuesday, March 21. 1914. No. 114. W. D. Fox vs. R.. C. X- . R. R. Co. No. 115. L. W. Lineberry, Admr . J. W. Parsons et al. No. 116. University of North Cam. una vs. 11. l . liray et al o. IK. University nf North Cuv. ouna vs. h. t. lirav et al. No. 118. M. B. Sutton vs. Roy Reit zel et fl!. All cases not calendared above are on ine motion docket. Witness and parties need not an. peear until the day on which their case is calendared, and will not be allowed to prove attendance prior to uiuL nine. FAITHFUL BLACK MAX DEAD. June Clegg. Cook at Exline House i: riusooro, fasses Away. rittsboro. March 9. June rioo who has been the faithful cook for Mrs. L. B. Exline. Dronriptrpaa nf tne &xune House, for 35 years, died Saturday night after a weeks illness of pneumonia. June had more friends, hnth whit and black, probably than any negro m nie ouite, ana was oy all means the best cook in the count v. H al. ways showed a peculiar love for best oi tne male boarders in the hotel, and others of the best class of white 'peo ple in town. He had scores of friends among the traveling salesman mu. the State who will hear of his death with deep regret. June was 57 years old and owned s. nine homo. Greens boro News. Mrs. M. M. Cox Dead. Mrs. M. M. Cox. mother of Mail Clerk Carl Cox on the R., C. and S. R. R., here, died at her home near Climax Feb. 27th, and was buried at Gray's Chapel Feb. 28th. Tht de ceased had a wide circle of friends hroughout the county who will be grieved to learn of her passing. A Sketch of His Character and Useful life (Note. It gives us great pleasure to publish the following fine appre ciation of the character and service of Professor O. C. Hamilton. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Spinks Hamilton, of New Hope township, Randolph county. His father and mother both died some 2o or 30 years ago. He taught many years at Palmerville in. Stanley county, near the Narrows the town of Baden which is being built by the Southern Aluminum Com pany. None but a real student of his could have written so just an appre ciation tribute to his character work and method as the following by Dr. Sykes. tditor.) Horner. Bingham, and Craven are names with which to charm in North Carolina. They were great teachers, great character builders. Their in fluence was state-wide. There is an other class of men who closely ap proach them. The chief difference is that their work has been done in a more limited sphere. Quakenbush at Laurinburg was one of them. His stamp is today on the whole section. Patten at Morganton has "been anoth er. There has been another in Union county, and his name is Oliver C. Hamilton. Like these other men, he has been all his long life a teacher and trainer of youth. Like them he has had his own unique personality,, his own methods and his own ideals. Like them he has touched the whole life in that region from Greensboro to the South Carolina line, especially the region south of the Yadkin river. "Character is caught, not taught." The theater and the moving pictufe depict great moral lessons. They are witnessed by thousands, and yet the multitude depart and return to their old ways. In the slums of the city the rogue witnesses the triumph of virtue over vice and applauds triumph. The drunken sot sees the career of the drunkard in all its lurid colors, and returns to his cups. Even the good -41 PROF O C. HAMILTON book with its good morals, thouph it brings tears to the eyes, fails to change the life so often. Dut the man, whatever his conviction, who conies into intimate and friendly con tact with a great man is forever bet ter. Nothing on earth can so influ ence man's life as the warmth of a great and good man. The sermon may be good, but the man behind the sermon is the power that moulds.' Years after the seimon is forgotten the man is remembered. That is why it takes more than scholarship to make the teacher who can make character. The boy who has been fortunate enough to have for the teacher of his youth such a strong personage has been fortunate indeed. Prof. Norton's course in Art at Harvard was not taken for the suh- ject taught but because it brought the student in close touch "with such perfect srentlemen" The sprrot nf the success of Prof. Hamilton lies in this realm. What he was nnH wkof he thought he infused into his stu dents. He had certain traits and certain ideas, and he drove them home. There are no Alns n SniH Mann. leon. HOW Often these vnrHi heard in that brief morning "lecture" which was a charactristio nf k; teaching 1 Many a green country boy heard of Napoleon for the first time in this way. The writer through thir ty years still remembers wondering where were the Alns That- u was the key note to one of the great purposes of Prof. Hamilton. Failure had no place in his vocabulary. He umue a ooy xeei mat ne could accom plish any task. He mnH th k willing to undertake the task. Now the boys that went to him needed this' very spur. The eonA nrnfonl. have often realized the boy's limita tions, but never for a moment did he .et the boy know it. He kindled this fii-e in the heart of a boy at the right time. Ihe bov nol.H a .., elf confidence. From the well-re-. (Cor.tii.ufti tn ic( ml rage.) i
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