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THE COURIER ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN one dollar;per YKAR VOL. 39 Asheboro, N. C, Thursday, September, 3, 1914 No. 35 HEARD ONTHE STREETS WHAT OUR TOWN CORRESPON DENT HEARS AND THINKS MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTER EST DISCUSSED. Mr. jarvis Miller, of Caraway, was in town a few days ago. Since the late rains the grass is again assuming its natural color of green. . Some folks hold on to a dollar like they are afraid it will never come back if they turn it loose. V7e wouldn't mind winter so much if there was some way of canning watermelons. Mr. J. C. Pierce, of near Asheboro, will teach at Central Falls this win ter. He is an excellent teacher. Mr. F. S. Lambeth, of Thomasville, is building a nice residence on his farm in Trinity township. Mr. W. F. Redding, Jr., of the Car away section, was a visitor to the city one day last week. Not only South' Carolina but the whole country is to be congratulated on the end of Bleaseism. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kearns, of Car away Route 1, spent last Friday in town. Mr. J. S. Lewis has recently made improvements at hi- home on Sunset Avenue. Mr. A. Auman, of this place, has opened a store at Star. He will carry a general line of merchandise. There are seven prisoners in the county jail awaiting the September term of court. Mr. J. L. Royals, of Trinity Route 1, and one of our successful farmers, was here Saturday. Messrs. Jonah Leach, Will Scarboro, Ben Lamonds and Carl Kins, of Star, were in town last Friday. Mr. Ernest Leach, a prominent mer chant of Star, was in town one day Jfcst week. Mr. J. W. Prevo, of Thomasville, spent a few days at Randleman re cently. Mr. T. N. Harris, one of Troy's clever and popular travlieng salesman was a pleasant visitor in the city Sat urday. The Democrat of Randolph county will elect their entire county ticket this year. And don't you forget it! t ..nti-!ii fnuntries across the continent are being stepped on in the excitement. for the advance in the prices of food stuffs in this country on attuuin ui "- war. Sunday was a cool and pleasant day in the city and coming as it did after a warm spell the coolness was appie iated by our people. Let's quit talking war and hard ami cot un two hours earlier in thp mornincr and do a little more boosting. in c,-.;to nf the war. Christmas wi come along about the usual time of year. And remember that a great many of the Christmas toys are made in Germany, Austria ann nuat.ict. The Asheboro Graded Schools will rmn for the fa term on seotcmbp: ifi An oveellent. rorns of teachers has been secured for this year's facul ty, and a most successful opening is anticipated. Snmii Iroarc ntrn A man UUW11 Montgomery county went to a gold mine to get a job and told the manag er that he never drunk a drop of liquor, had nexer swore an oath and had never told a lie. The manager lnnlfPfl at him and said: "Mv friend, this is a d rough country for an angel to live in. Why don't the farmers in Randolph County raise more honey for the local market? It would be an easy matter for farmers who are cultivating clo ver to raise bees and make honey for home consumption and for the market. So talk up the bee culture. Our mnH MmiI Mr. P. H. Henlev of Randlpman Route 2. has returned home after spending a couple of waoVb at Mt Vwnnn Snrinors. Chat ham County. It is useless to say that he enjoyed the time ne was away, ne reports fine crops in tiiatnam. Your corresnondent is ready to offer his services to assist in a peace ful settlement of the European diffi culties. When he goes up town and buys a quarter's worth ofsugar, judg ing from the size of the sack, one would believe the grocer naa maae a mistake and (riven him radium in stead. He is ready for peace. Mr. T. J. Finch, chairman of the Randolph County Democratic execu tive committee, was here Tuesday making arrangements for the fall campaign. His experience in the great game of politics and his well known ability to get things done has won him first place in the councils of his party. Democrats of Randolph county have a chance to increase their majority all down the line. STATE NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST GATHERED FROM OUR EX CHANGES AND CONDENSED IN BRIEF FORM. The home of Mrs. R. S. Howland in Asheville was completely destroyed by fire last Sunday afternoon, catch ing from a defective .Hup. Owing to the elevation of the residence the water pressure was very low and although the firemen were on the scene early they could not save the building. Final arrangements were completed last Saturday night for a cotton stor age warehouse for Wilson and the committe reported stock subscribed amounting to $20,000. Four people were injured, one of whom, Dr. Ben Henderson, a colored physician, may die, when Atlantic Coast Line passenger train No. 85 split in two a freight train on the crossing of the Atlantic and Yadkin branch and the Atlantic Coast Line main line at Fayetteville last Sunday morning. A. R. Morgan, a prominent citizen of Goldsboro, and for years a mission ary to China for the M. E. church, while riding his motorcycle at a mod erate gait was run over Sunday af ternoon by an automobile coming up at high speed, behind him. He ascap ed with his life and whole bones but was badlv bruised. The reckless au- toist was not identified. That the development in West Sa lem, recently deeded to the city oi Winston-Salem by tne Moravmn con gregation for school and park pur poses, should be known as Granville Place, the school as Granville Graced School, the park as Granville Park and the principle street as Granville street, is aitogetner nmng in view ui the fact that the Moravians originally obtained the large tract of land form erly owned by them from tne harl of Granville, and nave retained it eve. since. .Tamps R. Pusev. of Salemburg, Snmnsnn countv. was instantly killed anH two comnanions. Henry Vann and R. F. Turlington, also ot oampson county, were seriously injured Satur day night hen their motor car, cross ing thp track at Favetteville, skidded followed the railroad track and turn ed over. Mr J. W. Glenn, foreman of the printshop of J. E. Barret, at Wilson, committed suicide at Wilson the lat ter part of last week. Sunday morn ing his body was found on the bank of Toisnot swamp near the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. As there v. as no sitrn of foul play it is thought he com mitted suicide. An extra large number of men are in Raleigh this week taking the exam ination to practice law in North Caro lina. The examination beg-u! Monday. A gentleman who has beer, nomin ated for a seat in the next Senate of the state and living in a strong Dem ocratic district, stated recently that a hill would be introduced to establish an insurance commision modeled along the lines of the present corporation cem'sion. There does not appear to be any "sh's" of late in Asheboro high socie ty. A perfect town is that in which you see the farmers patronizing the home merchants, the laborers spending the money they earn with their tradesmen and all animated by a spirit that they will not purchase article abroad h they, can be bought at home. The spirit of reciprocity between men and mechanics, tradesmen and manufac turers, results every time in making the town a perfect one to do business in. The latest invention to hang in the family dining rom is the gum board. It is a neat little circular board, plain or decorated, fastened to the wall. The name of each member of the family marks the spot where the gum is left until wanted. This cqvpu rarrvin the eum to bed and getting it in one's hair or swallowing it in the mgnt. it is wvwu gum board supplies a long felt want, and he who invented the new fad will have the best wishes of the young la dies. In some of the counties in this state farm life schools are being establish: ed Roberson County now comes to the front with a farm life school and its first session will open the 7th of Sep tember. These schools are modeled closely after those which have met with such marked success and univer sal approval in the states of the Mid dle West. Randolph county should establish one of these schools. The purpose of these schools will be to teach boys and young men from the farm better methods of scientific farming, and to teach girls domestic science, that is to say, teach them to cook and do practical housekeeping. They will be taught the best methods of farming, dairying, orcharding.stock rasing, the handling and marketing of crops, sanitation as it is related to individual and public health, selection and preparation of foods, caring for oinir dprnrntinsr the farm home and its suiroundings and other things per taining to country me ano is ume. A hnnl of this kind would do much to stimulate agriculture in Ran dolph county and keep the boys on the farm. It would cost the county annu STATE S. SJONVENTION THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CON VENTION OF THE NORTH CAR OLINA SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSO CIATION WILL MEET IN WINSTON-SALEM, SEPTEMBER ir, Ifi AND 17. The people of Winston-Salem will furnish free entertainment to all dele gates who register for the convention, including lodging, breakfast and sup per. ' The visitors will pay for their noon-day luncheon. A plan is under way to serve lunch in some near-by building so that the delpgates may be together for a social hour. It is quite likely that this will be the last State Convention at which free entertainment will be provided. It is expected that after this year plans will be made for a strictly dele gated body. The railroads will give the usual re duced rate on the certificate plan. All delegates will pay a registration fee of one dollar, which will entitle each to a badge, a program, and the pi'ivilebes of an accredited delegate. No effort is being made to make this a large noisy convention, but empha sis is being placed on making it the most helpful one ever held it possible. The program is being aranged so as to make clear the standards of organ ization and efficiency. The parade will be educational in effect, showing the the divisions and departments of a modern Sunday School. A number of splendid speakers and loyal Sunday School workers in the state will take part on the program. The following out-of-state speakers have been secured: W. C. Pearce, Chicago, associate secretary of the In ternational Association; Thomas C. Diggs, Richmond, Va., General Secre tary of State Association; Miss Lucile Siniooe, Norfolk, Va., elementary teacher. It is earnestly hoped tsat Randolph county sends a full delegation. On ac count' of the short distance, this will not be an expensive trip for any one in this countv, and it means a great deal to our work to have a number of delegates in the convention as they will eather facts and inspirations that will not likelv come to them in any othere way. All township officers and Sunday School superintendents are urged to take up this matter at once and secure as many delegates as possible, not to exceed two from any one school. All county and township officers will be al lowed to go in addition to two dele gates from each School. This will probably be the last state convention where the delegation is not limited more closely, and we should avail our selves of this opportunity to send 100 delegates from Randolph county. Please assist the association in get ting a goodly number to go. Send names of delegates to F. M. Wright, Moffitt, N. C, or L. F. Ross, Asheboro. N. C. ally about $1,500 for the maintenance of a farm life school, provided th State appropriated a like sum. There is no room for doubt but that our town, with the united efforts of its enterprising citizens, can great Iv increase the business and enhance the value of property. Everything ir cates a forward movement. The high standard of morality that exists inducing many to lock this way with a view ot locating. Our graded school is a feature greatly appreciated by the best people of Asheboro and proving an attractive feature. No place of its size in this section of the sti.tc rcc Ives a greater shipment merchandise or sends out more lum ber, cross ties, flour, chickens and eggs. Asheboro is the largest town within a radius of twenty-five miles, and the metropolis of North Caroli na's wealthiest farming district. The population of the town has had a strong and healthy increase. Modern improvements in the way of concrete sidewalks and street work has kept pace with the town's development. Now as many are thinking and talk ing of coming thither to locate, let us give them words of encouragement and hearty welcome to this goodly land of peace7 and abundance. Encour age those who are worthy whether they have capital or not. Labor is worth money. Those who have money will buy lots, build houses or remodel old ones. Let us work and stimulate every legitimate enterprise by giving it all the friendly encouragement we can, and unite our industry, intelli gence and capital in a common cause for the good of our town. Let us cultivate a public spirit and talk less and work more. Encourage our local authorities in making improvements. Speak up, speak well, talk encourag ingly of our town and its bright pros pects. It is these many little consid erations that make a town grow. Na ture has showered on us her choicest blessings, and with prefect unity for the good of the people of our common cause. Great will be the result. Mr. J. M. Caviness, Democratic candidate for Clerk of the Superior Court, was in town Monday. Mr. Cav iness is a most excellent citizen and is a strenous campaigner. He is over looking no chance to meet the voters of the county and is a man who makes a favorable impression wherever he goes and the more the people see of him the more they are impressed with his fitness for the place. The energy and determination which which he made his fight for nomination stamp THE EUROPEAN WAR GERMANS ARE ALMOST AT THE GATES OF PARIS THE CITY IS PREPARING TO STAND THE siF.f.u After four days of desperate fight ing . the . British . army in France is rested, refitted and reinforced for the next groat battle, according to an an nouncement .given .out Monday by Lord .Kitchener, Secretary of State for war. The Secretary says that the British after struggling against tre mendous odds at the battle of Mons, retired to a new line of defense and have not been molested since Thurs of last week. Their casualties ere now between four and five thousand. Fol lowing is a paragraph relative to this battle, taken from Kitchener's report: "Although dispatches from Sir John French as to the recent battle have not been received, it is possible now to state what has been the Brit ish share in the recent operations. There has been a four day s' battle on the 28rd, 24th, 25th and 26th of August. During the whole of this period the British, in conformity with a general movement of the French ar mies, were occupied in resisting ar.u checking the German advance and in withdrawing to new lines of defence." The important part of the struggle seems to be centered around raris now, the German army being attempt ing to take the citv. Having crumpled the left wing of the allies' army the German hosts whirled on the rear and a conflict staggering in its im mensity is taking place on the fron tier of France where Austrians, Ger mans and Russians have met in a general encounter. Work of fortify ing Paris against a possible siege is going forward with speed, and France is considering the advisability ot mov ing the seat of her government from Pans to Bordeaux, lnere is no nen nite news as to the great battle which is going on along the frontier. A wireless message of August "1st says that about 30,000 Russians had been taken prisoners by the Germans during the fighting in East Prussia, including many officers of high rank. It seems that notwithstanding re pulses being received the German ar my is daily making advance toward Paris. T.ntpr While the whole world is awaiting definite news from the battle line the French war office contents it self with the simple statement that, ns a result of the turning movement of thq German army and in order not to acept battle again under un favorable conditions the French troops have again retired. While Berlin claims a German vi tory over the Russians in East Prus sia" in the eaoture of 70.000 men the Russians claim an important victory nver the Austrians on the Galican side, with 30.000 prisoners. Another German aeroplane ha been dropping bombs into Paris, an the Parisians are becoming accustom ,.,1 n homo' showered with hich ex plosives. The first day the Operations of the German aeroplane caused some nervousness among the women; the second day it was an old story and the third day "they provoked for the most part sarcastic remarks for the ineffi ciency of German markesmanship. A report says that the German ad vance in the North has been cheeked by their terrible lossps during the past few days. They even asked for an ar mistice' to bury their dead. A telegram received in Rome from Berlin announces the mobilization of the Turkish army and that country's declaration of war against the allies is expected at am- r-orent. England uur asKeu tne unueei omnia m over her interests in Turkey should there be a declaration. The Austrian army's mobilization is about complete and a report says that it is to advance against Russia at once. May Cassidy, the 14-year old daughter of Joseph Cassidy, of Winston-Salem, was instantly killed by coming in contact vith a live wire that had fallen on the street in front of her father's home last Saturday. Mr. Cassidy was badlv hurt in his at tempt to rescue the child. An electric wire had fallen to the ground and the child for some reason grasped it and was instantly killed. him as a man of courage and a winner. He is always ready and willing to lend a helping hand to those whom he finds in need. His doors are always open to everybody. He stands as a central figure in' his - -.munity and a'ways lives to upho'd ; standards of good morality. Yea, we have in him the type of true Christian man hood. He is a thorough live, up-to-date, practical business man, with a trained head, hand and heart and is a man in the prime of life an athlete in vigorous health, in fact just the sort of man who will make the county a first-class officer. Those who have made a close study of politics in this county believe that Mr. Caviness and the entire Democratic county ticket will be elected by an overwhelming majority. And it ought to be for un der Democratic management Randolph county has made rapid progress. Her affair's have been managed wisely and economically. Not a cent of her mon ey has been misapplied or wasted. All our candidates are good, true, honest, upright men and their election this fall means the continuation of good government and prosperity to this grand old county. DIG DAMAGE SUIT - MRS. BEATRICE COOK, WHO SUED THE HIGHLAND HOSPIT AL AT ASHEVILLE, FOR $10,000 WINS SUIT. ACtc tia; ing out for abor at Asheville : ie Ji of M High 1 Hospital ed a vera the plaint of $10,001 awarding p amount I brought that sh at the ii, humilii upon her anc mi the attendants. Acc timony she came t and being very nerVi institution where si went to the Highlan own free will am'. 1 ding to her tes he city in 1912 I sought a local could rest and Hospital of her ame a patient. 1 in a room two She said she was locked days and nights and cou not get out That she was given poor nourishment and asanlted and humiliated by the at tendants. She said she demanded to be released from the hospital but that this was refused. THE GERMAN ARMY SWEPT THROUGH BRUSSELS AS A GRAY, ROLLING FOG Richard Harding Davis, the noted American writer, who is in Brussels for the New York Tribune, cabled his paper the following vivid picture of the German army passing through the Belgian capital: "The entrance of the German army into Brussels has lost the human qual ity. It was lost as soon as the three soldiers who led the army bicycled in to the Boulevard du Regent and asked the way to the Gare du Nord. When they passed, the human note passed with them. "What came after them, and 24 hours is still coming, is not men marching, gut a force of nature, like tidal wave, an avalanche, or a river flooding its banks. At this minute it is rolling through Brussels as the swollen waters of the Conemaugh val ley swept through Johnstown. "At the sight of the first few regi ments of the enemy we were thrilled with interest. After for three hours thev had passed in one unbroken steel gray column we were bored. But when hour after hour passed and there was no halt, no breathing time, no open spaces in the ranks, the thing became uncanny, inhuman. You returned to watch it. fascinated. It held the mys tery and menace of fog rolling toward you aeroes the sea. The gray of the uniforms wen by both officers and men helped this air of mystery. Only the sharpest eye could'detect among the thousands that passed the slightest difference. Invisible at Hundred Yards 'After vou have seen this service uniform under conditions entirely op posite vou are convinced that foi th( German soldier it is his strongest weapon. Even the most expert marks man cannot hit a target he cannot see It is the gray of the hour just before daybreak, the gray of unpolished stee and tnist among the trees. "I saw it first in the Grand Flact in front of the Hotel de Yille. It was imnnssible to tell if in thai noble snuare there was a regiment OI hriirade. You saw only a fog that melted into the stones, blended wi the ancient house fronts, that shift nr.fl drifted, but left vou nothing at which vou could point. "It is no exaggeration to say that at :i hnndred vards VOU cannot see t horses on which the Uhlans ride, but van cannot see the men who ride t'.irm. "xesterday major utne.u un o.. rotzkv, the German military Governor pf Brussels, assured Burgomaster Max that the German army would not oc cupy the city, uut would pass through it." It is stiil passing. 1 have followed in campaigns six armies, but, except ing not even our own, the Japanese or the British, I have not seen one so thoroughly equipped. Equipment is Perfect. 'This army has been on active ser vice three weeks, and so far there is not apparently a chinstrap or a horse shoe mising. It came in with the smoke pouring from the cookstoves on wheels, and in an hour had set up post office wagons, from which mounted messengers galloped along the the line of column distributing letters and at which soldiers posted picture post cards. "The men of the infantry sang 'Fatherland, Mv Fatherland.' Between each line of song they took three steps. At times two thousand men nrana sino-inff together ill absolute rvthm and beat. When the melody rnvp wav the silence was broken only fU, ! stnmn of the iron-shoel boots U.i fhn." nwnin thp sone rose. When the sineine eeased the bands played marches. "For seven hours the army passed in a solid column. Like a river of steel it flowed, gray and ghostlike. Then, as dusk came and as thousands of horses' hoofs and thousands of iron boots continued to tramp forward.they struck tiny sparks from the stones, but the horses and the men who beat out the sparks were invisible. "For twenty-six hours now the great army has rumbled by with the mystery of a fog and the pertinacity of a steam roller. Mrs. Nancy Willard. wife of John Mahlon Willard, living near Deep Creek church, was found dead in bed one morning recently. MORE ABOUT TRACHOMA GOVERNMENT REPORT OF IN- ESTIGATION OF A RARE DIS E ASK IN NORTH CAROLINA 33 ASES FOUND. Jrtle United States Public Health 'Service sent an expert. Dr. A. D. Fos ter, into North and South Carolina last fall to investigate the extent and source of trachoma, a eliscase of the eyes. This expert worked all winter and well into spring visiting some 70 white schools and thirteen colored schools in North Carolina. He exam ined over 12,000 pupils. Only thirty three cases of the disease were found in North Carolina and one case in South Carolina. Of the thirty-three cases found in North Carolina, eighteen were founel among 207 pupils examined at the Indian school at Cherokee.Swain coun- The heaviest infection among the white was in Calelwell county, while lighter infection was foun in Chero kee and Mitchell counties. Only one negro was found to have trachoma. That case was one of the pupils at the State school for the blinrl at Raleigh. This case came from Wilson. N. C. Troachoma is a disease of the eyes and eyelids. It is usually contracted by using the same towel, soap or wash basin used by a person having trach oma. The disease is rather prevalent among certain fore igners who come to this countrv. Recently it has been found to be quite prevalent in the mounatinous parts of Kentucky, Ten nessee, Virginia anel West Virginia. Hence the investigation in North and South Carolina. Dr. Foster's conclusions regarding trachoma are: 1. That it exists to some extent in several isolated mountainous sections of North Carolina. 2. That only in the Cherokee In dian School had measures been taken to determine the presence of the dis ease anel control its spread. H. That foreign emmigration play ed little or no part in introducing tra choma here. 4 .That the negro is practically free from the disease. 5. That present cases should be treated to prevent further spread of the disease. LEGACY TO STATE TUBERCULO SIS SAMARIUM A good woman living in the West ern part of the state suffered and died with tuberculosis. She was not a woman of large means. But she had a heart and a soul, as well as tuber; culosis. She sympathized with those afflicted with it. It naturally follow ed that she wanted to help them. Af ter providing for her relatives and those who had been kind and helpful to her, she left the residue of her es tate to the State Tuberculosis Sani torium. There is a strong and growing feel ing of this kinel throughout the state of North Carolina. Some people are going to do even better than this good woman. They are going to do some thing for the Sanitorium while they live. Through the Reel Cross Seal sales last Christmas the people in the state in this small way, a penny at a time, contributed $10,000. which was used in the fight against tuberculosis in North Carolina; anel so it goes. The State at this time cannot han dle its tuberculosis prob'em. Of course it could if it would, but it will not. But the state can do this, and it will. It can provide so that the money, time and energy that is anxious to be spent in the fight against tuberculosis in North Carolina shall be directed in - -n. ' rV".".?'5 ph p.rcc.vprtsn. the greatest good, it can and will provide suitable buildings and equip ment at the State Sanitorium so that the vork car be eon H t -i in the proper manner. It will proviele com petent directors and leaders to direct the campaign against iiioercuiosis in North Carolina. It can du this, and do it now; it can not afford to do less. It will not do less. WAR INSURANCE BILL PASSED. The administration bill to create a Federal bureau of war risk marine insurance with a $5,000,000 fund to meet possible losses to American ship ping was passed last Saturday in the House. Already passed by the Sen ate it now goes to President Wilson. The bill establishes for the first time in American history a Feeleral marine insurance, though it is restricted to "isks of war and especially applicable to the European emergency. It in sures American vessels, their freight and passengers, money and cargoes "whenever it shall appear to the Sec retary of the Treasury that American vesse'ls.shippers or importers in Amer ican vessels are unable in any trade to secure adequate war risk insurance on reasonable terms." GENERAL CARR VISITS FEDER AL BUILDING Despite the fact that the Durham postorrice has been built about eight years, and was located within a tone's throw of the offices of General Julian S. Carr, that well known citi ;en made his first visit to the Federal ailding last Saturday at noon. When :he postoftice was being constructed the General said that he did not in i 'nd to go into the building until it was occupied by a Democratic post naster, and he has kept faith to the xtent that he hail not entered the building until last Saturday.