THE COURIER
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
WM. C. HAMMER. EDITOR.
Asheboro, N. C, October 15, 1914.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET
United States Senator, Lee S. Over
man, Rowan county.
Member of the North Carolina Cor
poration Commission, Edward L.
Travis, Halifax county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
First Judicial District, William M.
Bond, Chowan county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Second Judicial District, George W.
Connor, Wilson county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Fifth Judicial District, Harry W.
Whedbee, Pitt county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Sixth Judicial District, Oliver H. Al
len, Lenoir county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Eighth Judicial District, George
Kountree, New Hanover county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Ninth Judicial District, Chatham C.
Lyon, Eladen county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Tenth Judicial District, William A.
Devin, Granville county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Twelfth Judicial District, Thomas J.
Shaw, Guilford county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Fourteenth Judicial District, William
F. Harding. Mecklenburg county.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Sixteenth Judicial District, James L,
Webb, Cleveland county.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET
For Representative in Sixty-Fourth
Congress Robert N. rage.
For Solicitor Fifteenth Judicial
District Haydcn Clement, Rowan
county.
For Senator. Twenty-third Senato
rial District Frank McAulay, Mont
gomery County.
For House of Representatives
Dr. George A. Foster.
For Clerk of Superior Court John
M. ( aveness.
For Sheriff John W. Birkhead.
For Register of Deeds George T.
Murdock.
For Treasuer Louis C. Phillips.
For Survevor Henry A. Albright,
For Coroner Dr. C. S. Tate.
For County Commissioners W. J.
Scarboro, Clarence Parks, H. O. Barker.
SENATOR OVERMAN
Hon. Lee S. Overman is not only
a commanding figure nationally but
is one of the biggest and most influ
ential members of the greatest law
making body on earth.
Senator Overman is now taking the
leadership in the Senate in behalf of
the relief of the cotton siuation in the
South. He has had at least half a
dozen conferences in his office with
leading Senators and members of the
House with a view to devising some
plan to relieve our cotton farmers.
Senator Overman stated on the floor
of the Senate on Monday of this
week that he and other leading South
ern Senators were now preparing an
amendment to the war revenue bill
which he thought would bring some
measure of relief to our cotton farm
ers who are in distress, and that he
did not intend to permit Congress to
adjourn until' something was done to
relieve the cotton farmers.
The Courier has prepared for pub
lication a sketch of the life work of
Senator Overman and it will be pub
lished in next week's issue.
CROP PRICES HIGHER
Mr
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Bit 'ley's speech in this papei
worth reading.
Please take the time to lvad Clar
ence Poe's article on the amendments
in this issue of The Co irier
You will find in this paper what
Governor Craig thinks about the
amendments. Take the time to read
what he says.
It is all well and good to economize
but this hiding and hoarding will play
smash sooner or later. Little destruc
tion comes.
War is war the world over and
when practically all of Europe goes
to shooting and killing each other,
everybody everywhere begins to tight
en up. They will not invest but hide
their money in stockings and else
where. It takes much optimism and
energy to drive out gloom and despon
dency. While our tinaucial condition
is necessarily deranged and while
some industries are hard hit yet oth
ers are greatly stimulated. New op
port-unities have been created. We are
only indirectly hurt. It is true some
of our markets for some of our prod
duct are almost entirely cut o'T.
There is depression and reduction in
price of only one product of the farm.
Cotton is low because heretofore we
have found a market for two-thirds of
our crop in European countries. Just
as we were getting ready to market
our cotton crop this fall more than
two-thirds of the market for this im
portant crop was shut off, but the
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ucts was increased. The increase in
the price of the oat crop in the Unit
ed States since August 1 is seventy
live million dollars and the increase
in the wheat crop is more than dou
ble that amount, while corn is bring
ing more than a dollar at the heap.
polls and make this election a record
breaking Democratic victory.
In Randolph county there are ad
ditional reasons for congratulations
to the Democrats. We are going to
win this fight not only on the Demo
cratic record in the state and nation,
but also on the secord of the splendid
public officials in Randolph county.
The county like the state administra
tion has made a remarkable record.
The Courier will have something to
say in the next issue about the splen
did achievements of the Democratic
officials in Randolph County.
PRIZES
FOR CHRYSANTHEMUM
SHOW
AMENDMENTS EXPLAINED
Largest bloom on potted plant, any
variety hand-painted cake plate.
Best potted plants, one each of the
following varieties in one collection:
Lillian Bird, Black Hawk, Ostrich
Plume, Daisy handpainted celery
dish.
Finest plant, three blooms, white
one-half dozen bread and butter
plates.
finest plant, three blooms, pink
sherbet cups.
Finest plant, three blooms, yellow
ice tub.
Finest plar.t. one half dozen blooms,
white one-half dozen bread and but
ter plates.
Finest plant, one-half dozen blooms,
pink one hand painted cake plate
pink.
Finest plant, one-halt dozen blooms,
yellow one mayonnaise set.
Finest plar.t, on-half dozen blooms,
bronze one pair brass candlesticks.
Finest plant, one dozen blooms, mix
ed variety cne vase.
One vase, ten largest blooms, white
one water bottle.
One vase, ten largr.-t blooms, pink
one set defsert cups.
One vase, ten largest blooms, yel
low one decorated water pitcher.
Best general collection cut flowers
in one vase one cream and sugar set.
FERN
Finest potted sword fern one jar-dinior.
Finest potted asparagus fern one
bonbon dish.
Finest potted spingera one set
sherbet caps.
ROSES
Best collection pf roses, any varie
ty or color one bonbon dish.
Note in c:.p the exact conditions
for prizes can not be complied with.
the committee may make such changes
as may tit the case.
The Chrysanthemum Show which
is to be hold about November 10, is
expected to be one of unusual inter
est. As stated before, the only stipula
tion in regard to competition is that
the chrysanthemums and vases tak
ing the prizes are then the property
of the Woman's Club, which they
propose selling at auction at the close
of the show.
READ THE ARTICLES OX THE
AMENDMENTS
Elsewhere in this issue will be found
articles giving good and sound reas
ons for adopting the amendments to
EVERYBODY PULL TOGETHER
More reason than ever appeals to
the people to pull together in this
campaign. The apithy that prevailed
the constitution at the coming elec-iin ?e beSininS of he campaign is
ARTICLES OX AMENDMENTS
tion.
The Courier publishes articles on
the amendments in this week's issue
by J. W. Bailey, C. H. Poe and Gov.
Craig. Next week's issue of The Cou
rier will contain articles on the pro
posed amendments by Hon. R. R. Wil
liams, of Buncombe county; Hon. R.
T. Beasley, of Union county; Prof.
Charles Lee Raper, of the University
of North Carolina, Bruce Craven, of
Trinity, and others.
MR. BAILEY'S SPEECH
Mr. J. W. Bailey's speech in the
court house at Asheboro on last Fri
day night was appreciated by the au
dience. The speaker exhaustively dis
cussed the National and State issues,
and owing to his limited time did not
discuss the amendments at length nor
as fully as some of his hearers ex
pected. Mr. Bailey is a strong man and an
earnest, forceful speaker, who says
things you carry home with you.
The Courier publishes a synopsis of
his speech elsewhere in this issue and
gives in full that part of his speech
relating to the ten proposed amend
ments to the State Constitution.
THE AMENDMENTS
The Courier is anxious to see all of
the ten amendments, submitted to the
people, adopted at the coming elec
tion. The editor recently requested Gov.
Craig, Mr. C. H. Poe and Mr. J. W.
Bailey to prepare for The Courier ar
ticles for publication setting forth
reasons for the adoption of the amend
ments by the people. Elsewhere in
this issue of The Courier will be
found Gov. Craig's, Mr. Bailey's and
Mr. Poe's response to the request
made by The Courier.
It has been claimed by some that
the 'people do not understand the
amendments. Others claim no argu
ments have been advanced favoring
the amendments. The Courier hands
few to its readers in this issue and
would be glad to hear those who op
pose the amendments try their hand
5 answering the arguments contained
a tliis isBF of The Courier.
rapiuiy disappearing ana on every
hand can be seen evidence of awaken
ing,
Surely the Pemocratic party can
jhave no fear from the disorganized
remnant oi tne once powerful but
now hopelessly divided Republican
party. Teddy Roosevelt declines
joint discussion with leaders of his old
party in New York and the split
there in the Republican party is great
er than ever.
No one can give a good reason for
not voting the Democratic ticket this
fall
Never in the history of our state
has there been a more helpful admin
istration to the people than the one
we now have.
Locke Craig has made a great gov
ernor. His administration will go down
in the history of the state as one of
the best. His record is pointed to
with pride,
Every head of every department of
our state government is now presided
over by a man of fine ability and the
highest integrity and each has a pa
triotic purpose to give the best pos
sible service.
E. L. Travis, chairman of the Cor
poration Commission, is the only
state officer except some Superior
Court judges, who stands for re-elec
tion this fall. He has helped to make
the Commission a strong, useful de
partment of the Btate. His great
work in reducing freight rates alone
should insure him the unanimous re
election this fall, for he it was with
the Governor, who will save to the peo
pie of the state more than two million
dollars by the reduction in intra-state
freight rates which went into effect
only October 13, of this year.
In the administration of national
affairs President Wilson's administra
tion has enacted into laws ten times
as much helpful legslation for the
common people than during the ad
ministration of any other President
within the memory of man.
It is a wonderful record the Demo
cratic party has made within the last
two years in state and nation.
Without any campaign the Demo
crats could this year beat any possi
ble opposition, but the party owes to
itself the obligation to organize tho
ronghly and get every voter to the
ASSESSORS FAIL TO FIND
MANHATTAN'S RICH MEN.
Only Two Pay Taxes on More Than a
Million Dollars of Personal Prop
ertyLand Values Fall Off,
Land values cannot keep on forever
increasing, even in a great city. As
shown by the assesment rolls, the
land in New York City shrunk $108,
000,000 in value during the past year.
New buildings to the value pf $154,
000,000 more than offset t-.h loss
The total assessed valuation of the
greater city is $7,800,180,532.
TEe largest individual tax payer on
pergonal property is John D. Rocke
feller, who pays taxes on $5,000,000.
Only one other pays on as much as
$1,000,000 -
The assessors seem to have giveri
up trying to tax personal property ,for
in the whole of Manhattan Island
there are only seventy-five persons
who are assessed on $200,000 or more.
Rich men will not pay taxes on very
large amounts of personal property;
if the assessors try to force them,
uiey simpiy estaDiisn their residence
somewhere else This is one of the ar
guments some times brought up to
prove that it would be better not to
try to tax personal proDertv. Siieb
taxes take a third of the income of
me poorer ones who pay, and let the
richer ones go free, which is clearly
ABIT.
BETTER OUTLOOK FOR COTTON
Again is cotton being exported to
some extent. More than 58,000 bales
were shipped abroad in the last week
of September.
Exports of grain, too, have been re
sumed. Almost 2,000,000 bushels
were shipped one day recently, con-
aigneu cmeny 10 ureal Britain, Hoi
land and Norway.
(Continued from Fir3t Page.)
To Enable the People to Insure Just
Taxation
The seventh amendment is the most
discussed of the whole ten, and the
one about which there has been, un
fortunately, the most misrepresenta
tion. A number of men have been
saying that it removes the restric- (
tion on the tax rate. As a matter oi
fact it says as distinctly as the Eng
lish language can a thing, that the
present 66 2-3 limit on Stte and
county taxes, muct continue; and
what is more, itfixes a limit on city
taxes, where no limit has heretofore
existed. The men who have said the
amendment left the Legislature free
to run up tax rates were probably on
ly ignorant, but in any case they have
shown themselves to be men you can't
trust for information and the guid
ance about the amendments.
While holding fast to the present
66 2-3 limit on the State and county
taxes, however, and while fixing a
73 cents limit to protect city people
who have had no such protection be
fore, the amendment No. 7 docs pro
vide for two new taxation Toaturos
segregation and classification.
By segregation here is me-;nt this
that wheras the state and the coun
ty both tax the same property now,
the constitutional nme:niment will
make it so, if the people think it wise
that only the State or county, one or
the other, may tax your property.
For example, the State might raise
all its revenues from taxes on corpo
rations, etc., leaving the counties to
tax real eftate The taxation amend
ment does not say this shall bo done.
It simply says the people may do so
if they wish, whereas the present con
stitution would not permit them to do
it if they wished.
It is much the same way with clas
siiieation of property. It ought to be
possible, in our opinion to tax the iu
di'strious plain citizen's home and
small farm up to say $1,000 or $2,000
va'ue at a lower rate that the rate
paid on vacant city lots and big tracts
of land held for speculation by absen
tee landlords who are doing nothing to
build up the community. Now under
the present constitution we can never
have a law giving this lower rate on
a man's home up to a certain limit
I'. a under the proposed constitutional
:,"iendment No. 7 such a law colli 1 be
passed. It docs not say such a law
shall be passed, but it gives the l.eo-)-.!(
power if they decide it wise. And
that is one reason why t.ie big tuists
and railroad coriiorati n? are secret
ly working to defeat this amendment.
It will not only enable the pcpl? to
t'.x a lower rate on a man's home and
Feme tract, but it provides that ?"00
worth of personal property may be
exempted from taxation.
Keep this in mind: The proposed
constitutional amendment doesn't al
low a higher tax rate than is already
allowed. What it does provide is that
within these limitatons, the people
may work out a fairer system than
they now have. We may, within these
limits, "tax small holdings less, great
holdings more; the gains of thrift and
industry less, the gains of chance or
inheritance more." The amendment
does not say, we repeat, that these
shall be done, but it gives the people
the power, and we believe that upon
acquiring this power they will start
in this direction. "All the amendment
does," as Attorney-General BieVptt
says, " is to give the people a chance
to use what sense they have," and we
willing to trust them. Our plain peo
ple will make a great mistake, in our
opinion, if they do not vote "yes" on
tne taxation amendment.
Better Support the Whole Bunch to
. .. saie, .
The other three ftmonrlmenla Va
8, 9 and 10 may be dismissed with a
urief explajiatiin. No. 8 prevents
special charters to corporations by the
General Assembly, and No. 9 prevents
special charters to towns, cities and
incorporated villages. Everybody who
Deneves in the principle of "equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none," should favor these two amend
ments. They mean 6imply that the
Legislature will pass, general laws
setting forth in detail jftje power the
state is willing to give corporations
and cities, and then feed them all out
of the same spoon. Under the pres
ent arrangement there are discrimin
ations and incongruities, and corpora
tions often get special privileges they
are not entitled to.
Amendment No. 10 simply provides
that we shall keep to the six months
school term standard set by the last
Legislature, and should be adopted,
of course. We conclude then, as we
said a year ago, that our people will
do well to vote "yes" on all ten
amendments.
I Ten cents per lb., for Cotton j
Geo. E. Nissen Company, Win&on-Salem, N.
C, have authorized us to buy one bale of Cotton for
them at 10 cents per pound, under certain conditions.
Any one desiring to knpw further about this, call at
our &cre
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On Your Next Suit. I Clean, Press and Repair.
Ladies Work a Specialty
Asheboro Pressing & Tailoring Go.
W. P. ROYSTER, Manager
Phone 137. Next to Rexall Drug Store.
GENERAL REPAIR SHOP
We conduct a firs-class repair shop for Wagons,
Buggies, Carts, Carriages, etc.
Also Horseshoeing and Painting a specialty.
When in Asheboro see us. Snops located back of
Turner's Produce slore.
Presnell Brothers
LOOKING TO U. S. FOR SUPPLIES
A Pennsylvania manufacturer has
an order for 3Q00 automobiles and mo
tor trucks for the French
A St Louis miller has an order for
iiu,uoo barels of flour for one of the
European governments, name not
stated. This is said to be the largest
single order ever placed. The flour
wm nu lour hundred freight cars.
"MADE IN AMERICA"
There is a nation-wide movement
to take advantage of the present state,
ui iureign iraae, 10 Duna up a nation
al habit of buying things "made in
America" in preference to things
made abroad.
Better than any protective tariff
would be such a habit on the part of
the American people.
Hundreds of millions of dollars
have been sent out of the country ev
ery year, to nay for imnorted rwut.
that are no better than the came sort
oi goods made her, and that are high
er in price.
An association was formed in New
York last week to nomilarize the
words "made in America" an induce
Americans to give such goods the
preference.
SYNOPOSIS OF BAILEY'S SPEECH
(Continued from First Page.)
tunity to set the Comonwealth for
ward, to bring their Constitution up
to the needs of their times; to deliver
their law-makers from the bonds of
local and special legislative demands
and from a taxation system that suc
ceeds only in burdening the people
least able to bear the burden.
We call upon all our fellow citizens
to enlist themselves in the cause of
these reforms in our fundamental
law. We assure them that they can
do no better work from now until No
vember 3rd than that of spreading
abroad the truth about these amend
ments and persuading their f ellows to
join with them in emphatic support
on the day of election.
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my home and the Methodist church.
Reward will be given if found. Re
turn to Adelad Armfield.
REXALL MUCUTONE
Is aguaranteed Remedy for Crtarrh
price 5 0 cents. Ve will give a Sc
Tube of Rexall Catarrh Jel y free
with every 50c bottle of Aucutoue.
The two for 50 cents.
. Aucutone Is an internal remedy and
the Catarrh Jelly gives Instant relief
while Mucutbne cleanses the system.
THE REXALL DRUG STORE
RUBBER GOODS
Atomizersall kinds and grades can be se
cured from lis.' We lead in all kinds of rubber,
goods.
Fountain and Bulb Syringes, Baby Syrin
ges, Ear Syringes, Horse Syringes and in fad:
ah" kinds of Syringes at reasonable paices.
THE STANDARD DRUG CO.
P. T. HARVELL
Dealer in, Dry goods, Groceries,
and notions. I also pay the highest
market price for chickens and eggs.
Please give me a trial. Located on
Main street, Randleman, N. C.
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Great Reduction in Millinery
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See our pattern hats, going at cost.
Fverything on sale, in Millinery Novel
ties at a great reduction. You also
find the newest Neckwear in flaring
collars, collars and cuff sets.
It will pay you to see our stock of
goods before buying.
Yours to please,
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Miss Elizabeth Cameron
Liberty
Next Door to Liberty Drug Store
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