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r COUEIEK ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN No. 15 VOL. 39 ASHEBORO, N. C, APRIL 9. 1914 T'TTTO LL II A DISTRICT PRIMARY CALLED DEMONSTRATION MEETING Executive Committee Endors es Statewide Primary and Corrupt Practices Act At a meeting of the Democratic, Executive Committee of the Seventh Congressional District held in Asho boro last Saturday in which all counties in the district except Mont gomery were represented, the com mittee unanimously decided to hold a ballot primary election in the Seventh district for the purpose of naming the nominee of the party. The, meeting was called to order by Chairman Romulus R. Ross of Ran dolph County and organized, elect ing C. L. Williams of Lee county secretary pro tem. The member from Montgomery was unexpectedly called away and thus unable to be present. The meeting was characterized by good feeling throughout. The rules and regulations under which the primary will be conducted are do signed to simplify as much as pos sible the manner of naming the nominee of the party and at the same time secure a free expression of the choice of the Democrats throughout the entire district and preserve the solidarity of the party. The primary is called, under the amendment to the plan of organiza tion adopted in 1912. for Saturday, May 16 the date fixed by the State Executive Committee for holding pri maries, Ktttrunce Vee $2-"50. An entrance fee of 125 is Te- quired from, all candidates ifor'the 1 - J 11,1. .A V. ,1 O '. Hrt- liUUIlliauun, kills IU U BU " e fraying the expense off conducting the primary. ATI candidates must file with the secretary of the Exec utive Committee of the district e written declaration of candidacy and signed pledge to abide by the results of the primary and support the nominee named therehi. Such statement and a certified Jheck for the required fee TMBBt be ffted '-on or befoTe APTH 35. The votes win be caat atthe usual -votlne place in 'each "precinct under &e suoervisfcon of a . regis trar and two poUholders. "known as the Diruary oard. to be mppoinieu -by fh wfntyexejwtivo committee of the ciitrtct, net later-'Chair May before the Wtmary. The registrar haTl rweoril -the names ot Those "vot ing na pTectnet primary soard de clare the result ana cerciry me ui of candidates and ballots received tn tim pnutrtv charrman. One mem- har nf ha arlmarv board -shall be a member of county canvassing board wM.i, ciiaTl -meet Mav 26. and cer tify the result to the secretary of the district executive committee. whlcn meets June 3 to canvass the returns of county boaras. The executive committee passed a resolution strongly endorsing a State-vide legalized prtmary ana a strict enforcement of the corrupt practices act in conducting the pri mary and called upon patriate nd loyal Democrat to aid in the prose- rntlnn nt all vlOiawius ineiui Secretary of Navy Daniels and Others Speak on Is sues at Raleigh With Senator Pomerene of Ohio and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels as leading speak ers ,and any number of prominent North Carolina Democrats in, at tendance the Progressive Democratic State meeting was held in Raleigh yesterday. Speaking of the objects of. the meeting, clarence Poe. one of the prime movers in it. said that al though this is an exceptionally late season and farm work much be hind, a great crowd was expected. "But it doesn't matter whether the crowd is record-breaking or not," he said, "the meeting will put some is sues before the people of the State a constructive platform and that is all we have ever intended." 'It seems to me,'' he added, ''that the strongest evidence of the need for this meeting Is that it took nearly 30 days to convince some of the fairest and most intelligent lead ers in North Carolina that there could be a political meeting solely for the discussion of plans and is sues for the upbuilding of the State and without regard to any factions or any individuals or any boom. But that is what we positively ex pect to demonstrate, and I ben eve, in fact, that the whole body will squelch any man who comes "wuii an axe to grind, whether it be' for himself or for this faction or that It is a meeting for all North Carolina Democra's who believe in a forward ' movement along the general lines indicated in the ten tative platform, and not a place for airine rrudges or boosnnst mentis or playing politics. If it were other wise I should have bad nothing to do wltb it. If DUttine forward Con structive and progressive ideas "help any man I am willing for him to be helped and if they nun any man. i am willing for him to be hurt. But nrinctnloa alone, not nersonatities or preference or prejudices, should be discussed. . COMMENCEMENT DATES County School Board Meets in Asheboro the First of the Week. Public commencements of Ran dolph county schools were announc-l ed by County Superintender.t T. F. Bulla yesterday as follows; Coleridge, April 11. Ramseur. April 18. Marlboro. April 29. Farmer. April 30. Asheboro, May 5. The Randolph County Board met at Supt. Bulla's Monday and among other granted a petition for a special tax (.lection in Charlctte district. Back Creek, the purpose of the extra lr.oney being to raise sufficient funds for a new school building. The board favored State Superin tendent J. Y. Joyner's plan for a negro ' institute at Greensboro .this bummer, paiticipated in by the col ored teachers of Guilford.. Rocking ham Caswell. Alamance and Ran- doloh counties. The name of Hickory Grove school was changed to Pleasant Ridge. The district formerly known as No. 2. Ctoiumiiis, was changed to Coleridge No. 7.. ' Elimination of Middlemen TU,!poBtoffice vpea-rtnent ft a taken it preliminary steps to Per fect Itplau: to reduce the high cost of living' by naving tne parcel p carry produce - of the farm direct tn the consumer. An order has been already issued by. Postmaster-General Burleson -per- .mrtiag me use or craies nu ouxee for butter, eggs, poultry, vegetables and fruit. The matter of trying out this or der has already begun by selecting the ten cities of Boston, Atlanta, St. Louis, San Franc'sco Baltimore. Detroit, Lacrosse. Wis., Lynn. Mass. Rock Island 111., and Washington. directing the postmasters of those cities to receive the names or per sons who are willing to supply rarm produce in retail quantities by par- post. ' printed lists of tnese eel names showing kind and quantity of commodity available, will be dls- Th resorts from various parts of tributed among town and city pat th Aistrlnt Are nrlgfci ana encuur ,TOU, ing and It Is earnestly uere a full vote be polled at the district primary. The "Gentle Jury" Pleases. i lorca -anA ansmciatlve audience greeted the Woman's- Department Club who presented the comedy "A Gentle Jury" at the Auditorium last Thursdav night. The proceeds amounted to a goodly sum and will be used by the Club for town im provement. Introductory to the "jury's" as sembling. Miss Maiion Moung a violin duet, Miss Janette Dickens eang "Old Fashioned Roses." Mies Mary Mof- nil retnea o v Ho6 Timlin Rush sane "Rosalie. accompanied by Miss Nannie Bulla on the piano, and Miss ma auiuhu interpreted a piano selection. The play Itself was a most pleas ing farce comedy representing the first woman s jury arter it nu ubbu Instructed bv the court and sent to the jury room. Instead of transact inr th huslnesa intrusted to them by the court they discussed almostd every other suDject, mciuumg w men suffrage, the sins of men in general, sick babies .coiffures nd red pea. Finally two of the Jury threatened to "resign; ' wnen prevemea irou leaving the room by the sheriff they suddenly discovered that they had nothing to vote "In" and 'were let out of their miserable "imprison ment' finally by kindness of the court, who discharged them. Tb cast of characters follows; . Cvrua Hkt:t. Sheriff , Wade Cranfor Mr. Dingley. Forewoman Mr. W. A. Underwood Mrs. Blake Mr. Amos Winnlngham Mrs. Frits ....Miss Eugenia McCain Mrs. Byer. . . .Mrs. W. D. steaman Mrs. Small. .. .Mrs. C.. L. Crenford Mrs. Falrley .. Miss Lillian Bunch Mrs. Jones . . Mrs. Fannie Cranford Miss Skinner Mis Pat Lowe Mrs. Fort Miss Esther Ross Miss Sharp Miss Sue Hoover Miss Jellyaon . . Mies Annie Asbury Miss Smith .... Miss Kate Phillips Bv the use of these lists it Is be' lieved the citv consumer will be able to get in touch with a farmer who will fill his weekly orders for butter and eggs and other farm produce. The consumer will receive ih nroduce fresh from the country and the personal relationship estab lished will no aoUDt tena to nrovo th nuality.l The farmer will be relieved of carrying his produce to market as the rural carrier win make daily collections at tile iarm er's own door, of these retail ship ments to city consumers. If this system works out in prac tice, and there seems to be no Trea son tn doubt that It will so work the question of gettiing rid of the middleman will lose some of Us importance. . Mr. Jolin t Stout Drops l)eal. Mr. John C. Stout of near Frank linvile on hut Saturday morning while driVng to Asheboro was found dead in his wagon. Dr. L. M.. fox of this Dlace was sent a special cor oner to investigate the case and found that he died from natural causes, probably heart failure. Mr. Stout was about 70 years of age and was well known in Asheboro. At lMt Can Keep Out Hindus. Order have eone from WBh.ing ton that Hindu mnH not be allow ed to enter the PhllioDine Islands There ha been for year a law against it, but it has not been well enforced. The fear is that thousands or per uana millions of Hindu will man age to get into the TJulted State If they are allowed to to go to the Is land. Thlrtv-five Hindus who arrive at San Francisco recently from the Phil ippines .were sent back; but many have entered secretly. . After three months' consideraUon of the subject, the National Re serve Bank Committee has nam ed twelve cities of theX'nlted States for reserve bank centers, as follows; Boston, New York, Philadelphia. St. Louis. Cleveland, Richmond. Atlanta, Chicago. Minneapolis Kansas City, Dallas and San Francisco. School office things Believed That John C. Foust of Liberty Intended Su icide. ' A special dispatch from, Green ville. S. C, to The Charlotte Ob server of Tuesday. April 7. contains the following sensational dispatch atout a well-known citizen of Lib erty, this county; "Returning to his home In North Carolina from Hot Springs ,Ark. ,by way of this city last night. John C. Fomt of Liberty. N. C, attempt ed to leap from a moving train ju'-t lefore arriving at the Southern sta tion 'here. "Thoughts of suicide flashed through the minds of those who witnessed Foust s attempt to jump fiom he train, and he was restrain ed by force. "When the train pulled Into the station Foust, who is 67 years old. was placed in c'harge of an officer, who later accompanied lie man to Charlotte where he was met by his son who had been communicated. with." SILKR POSTOFHOE ROBBED. Burglars Supposed to 1e Same as Tliose Who Burglarized Raimlf- man ortice Shoit Time Ago. Burglars, believed by local of ficers and citizens to be the same persons a those who robbed, the postoffice at Randleman a few nights before, cracked the safe of the postoficn at Slier City about 3 o'clock Friday morning and escaped with $500 worth of Etamps and $275 in cash. The robbery was discovered a few hours after the burglars left and a vigorous search was instituted at once. Officers scoured the country round about Slier City and inves tigated all trains. Nearby towns and cities were notified and officers were on the lookout for probable robbers at many points, but failedJ to arrest any suspects. The front of the .safe was torn completely off by the force of-the explosion ana tne posiaince was littered. The robbery is believed to nave been the work of professionals, It is believed here that the ban dits who cracked' the safe last night Pt Slier City are a band of profes sional crooks who have been ope rating in various towns in this sec tion of the State recently. Davis & Conrad, contractors, will commence the erection of the new heme for Dr. H. B. Hiatt soon. Dr. Hiatt left Asheboro about a year ago and has located in High Point. In this short time he has built up a fine practice and won many friends. The plans call for a nice frame house with stone trimmings. RESTRAINED ON THE CARS A Good Proferamnie for Consider. nun at Raleigh Aext week. Among the nledges which the ma?? meeting at Raleigh next Wed nesday, in addition to those suggest ed, we commend the following for serious consideration; "To the State-wide movement to Improve the rural schools. "To the consolidation of all dls trict schools where practicable. 'To rural school supervision. "To an extension, as soon as prac ticable, of the common school term. "To the effort to have better trained and better paid teachers. "To a more efficient truancy law. with the necessary machinery for its enforcement, and such provisions for children from indigent homes that no excuse can be offered for not being in school. 'To the absolute divorcement of the schools from politics. "To the . teaching of agriculture and home-making in the schools. ''To betterr system of roade in fv-community in theUtate. ' "To the movement to revise the present system of taxation." New Postmasters in Randolph. The following have been recom mended for postmaster- by Repre sentative (Page, under the civil ser vice rule .where postofficea pay more than $500 and less than $1,090; Louis F. Fentress, Frank linville; John M. Caviness. Cole ridge; J. Rom Smith, Liberty; Mrs Eva Whitaker, wife of Dr. Whit aker. Julia ;n Frank Auman. Sea grove; I. N. Pogue, Trinity. The names for Staley and Ram seur have not yet been reommended by Representative Page. SIMMONS BUSY IN SENATE North Carolina Senator is Confident of Winning the Tolls Fight Senator Simmons has been asked by several persons close to president Wilson to organize the rorces in the Senate for the Panama free tolls re peal bill. He is at work, and will get results. There is "o doubt that a majority of the votes in the Sen ate are with the President, but a desperate effort- is being made to take them to the opposition. It will require clever organizing to keep all of the men in line. There is a dis poston among the Republicans to play politics on repeal bill; they Know that to aereat tne president s proposition would be a blow at the Administration. Yet. it is thought now that 12 or 14 Republicans, led bv Senators Roct and Lodge, will voto for the repeal measure. There are plenty of Democrats to speak, but a good organizer is rare, and Senator Simmons' great success with the tariff bill, and his neip with the currency measure has convinced the leaders here that he Knows how to round up the votes. and votes count more than anything else in a close fight. Senator Simmons counts noses and makes a record as he goes, no nat when the roll call comes he can rely on men enough to win. WOULD SEGREGATE RAC ES "WAR IS HELL" F. P. Holland Promoted by those who seek profit and notriety, the victories of war are won and lost by the sacrifice of the lives of loved sons and brothers. Armies and navies take from the human race the best specimens of men and leave the aged and unfit in the majority to build up the race and develop civilization. Modern war is promoted generally by those who do the least fighting and pay but little in sacrifice or money. If those who are the foremost in starting wars were compelled to be the first in battle and bear a full share of the grief and cost, there would be no wars but few, if any, wish to sacrifice sons and bear the financial burdens incident to war. Hate and vengenance are not valid reasons for making war. Those who would create war for financial gain or personal aggrandizement are our most dangerous ene mies. The glory of winning a battle will not heal the bleeding heart of a single mother whose son has been slain, nor will the conquering of a nation bring happiness to the widow whose husband lies in an unmarked grave. Education and Christianity will bring permanent peace, prosperity and lastiing happiness when education becomes general, Christianity will bring universal peace. Wars that have been, and to keep off those that might be, now consume 65 cents of every dollar collected by our government. Before declaring war, let us hold 'a primary with the understanding that those who vote for war must be in the first to the front and bear a percentage, according to their wealth, of the financial burden. Universal peace makes for prosperity and happiness. War means waste and misery. Ask those who Have sons and money if they are willing to sacrifice the lives of their sons and spend their money to win battles, and those who howl for war will cease to be heard in the land. The number of men in armies and navies, if engaged in useful pursuits with the money it costs to maintain armies and navies, would make this earth a veritable Gar den of Eden. "War is hell" for those who furnish the husbands and sons to do the fighting. Dr. Stiles Telh Greensltcro Autliencs of Its lienejfite. Dr. C. W. Stiles, in charge of tne Marine Hospital at Wilmingtou speaking at Greensboro on Thursday before physicians of the Eighth Dis trict Medical Society and citizens said that the public health problems of the South are Intimately inter woven with the race problems, and he viewed f.eareeation of the races as one of the nicst important pub lic health steps to be taken In reply to the argument that the i lea of race segregation is based on race prejudice against the ne gro, he said that It is thought whit race by segregating the whites tion of families, saying that in this respect European countries held the lead. American husbands and fath erg. he said seemingly prefer to pay hundreds of dollars In- doctor bills to safeguarding against sickness. He complimented the work of Dr. W.S. Rankin, secretary of the State Board of Health, for placing North Carolina first among Southern State health systems. The Eighth District Medical Soci ety was organized with Dr. A. H Bahnson of Winston-Salem .president and Dr. W. M. Jonea of Greensboro, secretary. The society is attended bv 75 physicians fro; Randoipn Guilford. Rockingham. ' .-syth, Sur ry and Stokes counties. Two meet ings will be held annually and the next will be held In Winston-Salem. Hit- President Wilson's Stand for inanity. When Woodrow Wilson declined to recognize the Hue.ta government in Mexico, he gave his own country a position ot moral leadership on this hemisphere which will mean much for the permanent advance ment ot both North and Soutn America. That action, supplemented by his tpeech at Mobile last fall has given the Latin-Anieiican peo ples a new concentitn of the mis sion of the United ftatcs. As these peoples come to interpret that mis sion by the s-tandtrds of Wilson and Bryan thev will see that what they have long believed to be the frown ing colossus of the North, witii pro fessions of anuty on his Hps -but with the lu;t of land and power in his heart, is in reality a brother whose only imbi.icn Is the people's good in all the Americas. whoe only purpose is the consecration of the Western hemisphere to liberty. to progress, to fraternity. in refusing to acknowledge the Huerta regime the President of the United States in effect announced that goverrlments on the two Ameri- an continents mutt have a higher basis than absolute ism, sired by treachery and assassination. The beneficent and steadying effect of this action can hardly be measured oy the present generation, it Is a promise of freedom and opportun ity to the lands below the Rio Grande. It means that humanity, conscience, right must hereafter be dominant considerations In deter mining our attitude toward our Latin-American brethren From "The Mexican Situation." by Senator Mor ris Sheppard of Texas, in the Amer ican Review of Reviews f0r April. Hookworm Doctors Busy. Dr. John Collison and Mr. J. L. Tregalls, who tiave been conducting hookworm dispensaries in this coun ty, went to Sampson county today Dr. Doan and Mr. Tuttle of Penn- tylvaia will fill the remainder of the engagemets which have' been advertised. The young men who have been working here report that much Interest- has been shown In the work. On latt Saturday more patients were examined in Asfhe boro than In any one pla?e in the State up to this time. FEE SYSTEM IN RANDOLPH Busy Session of Commission ers Held at Court House Monday and Tuesday. At a joint' meeting of the Ran dolph County Board of Commis sionrs and the Finance Committee ot Randolph County lafct Monday and Tuesday, a resolution was adopted, niacins: the fee reduction system in effect in this county in lieu of the salary system for county officers as provided for in the laws of the General Assembly, me pian is ei fective June 1. W. T. Foushee- H. A. Tomlin aon and D. A. Cornelison of the board of commissioners were present and the county finance committee was 'represented by W. J. Scarboro. Hal M. Worth and J. O. Redding. Mr. Redding was the only member ot the conference who voted in the negative and he explained hia vote by saying that he was In favor of a salary system. The county commissioners author ized a new steel bridge to cost $320 in Trinity township. C. F. Pick ett & Co. are the contractors. The following arre appointments for list-takers in the various town Asheboro J. M. Lassiter, Ashe boro. Back Creek J. F. Jarrell- Cara way. Brower G. F. Gatlin, Kanoy. Cedar Grove M. Worth Lowe. Asheboro Rt. 3. Coleridge T. J. Green, Ramseur Rt. 2. Columbia Iv H. Foust. ' Concord H. C. Nance. Farmer. Franklihville D. M. Weatkerly Franklinville. Grant M. ,P. Cox, Asheboro. Level Cross R. L. Causey. Ran dleman Rt,. .1 Liberty H. C. Causey, Liberty. New Hope J. A. Hopkins. Pin son. New Market J. Add Wall, So phia. Pleasant Grove M. A. Ward. Cheeks. Providence W. J. Pugh, Climax. Randleman--r-F.. P. Prevo. Randle man. ; Rjcbjand E. F. Cag e. Seasrvre. Tabernacle J. A. Vurner, Fullera Rt. 1. Trinity Lee Andrews. Trinity. 1 Union S. A. Cox, (Pigah. The following accounts were al- C. VV.' Steed, jailor $174.82 J. W. Brown, lumber for bdg 11.57 J. A. Swaim, conv. pauper. . H. L. Andrews, wk. on bdg. B. L. Richardson, noil tx. ref Edwards-Broughton. supplies 20.08 Jas. Lilly, janitor 28.50 R. L. White, court crier . . 20.00 Iroquois Mfg. Co.. oil 35.10 lack Farlow. tax refunded.. 2.00 M. F. Wrenn. Int. on note. . C. A. Hayworth, inq. lunacy Town of Ash.. Wt. Lts . . Ash. Chr. Co, lumber for jl H. L. Andrews, bldg. bdge 69.76 Minnie Hoover, crt. stenog. 30.00 W. C. Hammond. C.S.C., fs. Asheboro Grocery Co.. mdse S. .E. Coble, farm demstr. . Asheboro Motor Car Co., wk and merchandise 28.28 W. L. Foust. coal 30.00 R. J. Pierce- stwd. Co. Hme R. J. Pierre, merchandise . . O. R. Fox. merchandise . . R. C. Johnson, merchandise J. T. Dougau, work H. L. Andrews, work . . Jas. Hayworth. work . . J. F. Jarrell. merchandise. . R. J. Pierce, merchandise. . C. F. Routh. tax refunded.. E. P. Spoon, lum. for bridge. 103.72 W. E. Free and C.R.Brooks. burial pauper Lex. Grocery Co.. mdse. . . . R. C. Johnson, merchandise W. T. Foushee. two days and mileage H. A. Tomlinson. two days and mileage 6.70 D. A. Cornelison, two days and mileage. . . 5.30 L. M. Fox. Supt. Health 20.50 G ,T. Murdock, issg. orders 16.34 G. T. Murdock. 2 ds. clerk.. . 4.00 Standard Drug Co.. mdse . . A. Auman, feeding jury.... C. T. Luck, convg. prisoner R. L. White, convg. prlsonr. C. T. Luck, court officer . . Standard Drug Co.. mdse. . C. W. Steed, convg. prlsonr. J. M. Luther .officer J. M. Brower, officer 2.00 4.00 2.00 50.00 2.50 9.31 4.50 7.00 3.50 45.00 5.00 .25 9.60 6.80 5.40 4.00 8.00 22.63 26.00 4.16 20.00 2.85 9.05 5.3 7.75 4.55 11.75 4.40 6.00 2.25 5.35 4.50 4.50 .Needham-Hayes. The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hayes was the scene of a pretty weddins when their daughter. Miu Rachel, was given in marriage to air. ueorge K. fteedham on Sunday morning. March 8. A larat crowd of relatives and friends were nreeent to witness the ceremony, which was penorinea oy Mr. w. S. Gardner, J. P. The attendants were Mr. Lexl Cox with Miss Sarah Hayes and Mr. John Gatlin with Mlaa Cora Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. Needham will re side on Mr. Needl.am's farm near Spokane. N. C. John T.ind. former ftnvoroni Minnesota and fnr noarlv a Vaar tha personal renreRpntntlva nt tlm Prag ident in Mexico, left Mexico- City un t naay nigtit for Washington.
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