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COURIER 1 J0L1& ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. 40 Asheboro, N. C. Thursday, November 4, 1915 No. 46 will you be thfr OF the foro car? FIRST SECTION OF THE LAST PERIOD CLUdc, . 5ESD AY NIGHT ONLY A FEW MORE WEEKS OF THE CONTEST. THE TIME TO WORK. The first- section of the last period of the contest closed Tuesday night at 9 p. m. and the second section be gan. This second section began last Tuesday night at 9 o'clock and will end Tuesday Oct 16, at 9 p. m. There are Just twe weeks of this section of the contest and it behooves every con testant to get busy and take advan tage of every moment of time. The Offer, The club proposition and the offer of the Premium Ballots proved so pop ular during the past section of the contest that it will be continued the sext two weeks with a slight change in the Premium Ballots. As in the first section a club of ten annual sub scribers will count for 100,000 votes, 85,000 extra votes and 15,000 regular, To the contestant who turns in the most money between Tuesday night Nov. 2 and Tuesday 9 p. m. Nov 16 from each district a 350,000 vote bal lot will be awarded. The contestant turning in the second largest amount from each district during this time will be awarded a 250,000 vote ballot., A 150,000 vote ballot will be awarded to the contestant in each district turn ing in the third largest amount of money during this section of the com. test which closes Tuesday 9 p. m., Nov. 16. Remember this offer applies to each of the three districts. The Opportunity. Each section of the contest the of fer is less attractive and the contest ants should get busy on all the of fers. Last section of the contest there were hardly enough active contestants to win the Premium Ballots and some were wen with very little work. There are not as many extra ballots this time and more work will be required to get ono. It means more than- the Premium Ballot to win one of these offers. It means thai in winning this Premium Ballot you have turned in more clubs than the other contestants and there fore have a proportionately larger vote from your regular clubs. Then if you win the 350,000 Premium Bal lot you have the equivalent of .three, and" one half clubs extra for your ef fort. You Should Get Busy. The contest is drawing to a close and every minute of time is valuable. ! What are you going to do? Are you! D-ninu- to stand hv and see a more 1 enterprising candidate win the grand1 The speakers made splendid pre prizc? Surely since you have kept .sentations of their subjects and the thfi nnPi. this far vou will not onlv ' audience was well entertained. Quite v,ni,i v.r nwn w will mat- nn pv- tra effort and forc-e ahead durine- the nvt k-o ivPfiVn. Tt is un to vou. You can make the extra effort and win one ot me Dig rremium cauots n , t n i you will or you can let the opportuni ty pass. ' Every Vete Valuable. It is important that you get every; vote you can the next few weeks of the contest." You would bo disappoint- pu u you were to miss tne Pr.Ze you emlor(W tha movement for the eiimi . ought by only a few votes and you, nation of a(lult mitei,iey and the would regret that you did not doajt of iliterale in voiuntary little better. This could happen; j , . . ivrHv iq stn,tod in therefore to make", the possibility of such very remote you want to take advantage of the next few days and get more subscriptions than the other contestants. There are only a few weeks more of the contest. You can not afford to remain idle now. There will be plenty of time to rest after the close of the contest. Please Remember, The second section of the last pe riod, of the contest began Tuesday night Nov. 2 and will end Tuesday 9 p. m. Nov. 16. The date of the closing ot the contest will be announc ed next week. (Continued on page 4.) TO MAKE KNOCKED-DOWN HOUSES The plant of the American Furni ture Manufacturing Company, at Asheville, has been sold to the Gra ham County Lumber Company. Ad ditions will be made to the plant for the production of "knocked-down houses." The company will issue cat alogs for dwellings of various sizes nd designs, and will furnish lumber for the building in such sizes as to permit erection of the buildings mere ly by assembly ot the parts. P. CONFERENCE AT GREENSBORO The North Carolina annual confer ence of the M. P, church will meet in Greensboro November 17th and will continue through the following Sun day. There are 63 pastoral charges in the North Carolina conference and 228 churches. There are 110 names of ministers on the conference roll. There are over 30,000 members in this conference with church property val ues at around (400,000. MR. FREE PARSES Elwood Free, aged 60 years, died at hia home near Cedar Falls 'Sunday afternoon after a lingering illnes He is survived by a widow and seven children, Mrs. J. A. Brady, Ramseur; Charlie and Cyrus Free, of Tennessee; Misses Maude and Lacy Free, Cedar Falls; Ben Free, Cedar Falls! and Mrs. Owens. Vnnprtil i-premonipa Wfr conducted from M p church Cedar Fal,Sf by Rev. Mr. Milloway, of Greensboro, Monday. RANDOLPH'S NEW JAIL Randolph county's handsome new jail has just been completed at a cost of $16,000. It is fully equipped with steam heat, electric lights, and hot and cold baths both for jailor and prisoners. The front rooms have been fitted for the residence of the jailor and his family. The main pris on which will accommodate about thirty prisoners is in the rear upstairs and down. There are separate quar ters for the women and a padded cell has been provided for the dangerously insane. The building is fire proof in construction having concrete floors and steel cells. DISTRICT MEETING CLOSES The district meeting of the Jr. O, If. A. M. which convened in the Junior hall in Asheboro Wednesday evening closed with a public meeting in the graded school auditorium Thursday night. At this meeting the speakers were J- w- enrest, w. aapp, u H- MlIton state Councilor, W; A Hooper, and Dr. J. I. Burrus. ! a number were present including ' many Pe0Ple from various parts of the I county. The address by Dr. Burrus 1 on "Manhood" was a fine presentation nr rhfi - suhiort. - ----- , L , , ine next meeting win dc nent iu Liberty in July next your. . The following resolution was adopt - I ed: . Kerolvcd bv the 12th district eon- vention Jr. O. U..A..M. held in Ashe - j b(m). 0ct()h-cr m 'that we hoal-tily North Carolina. That wo bcliove the name. "moonlight" should also be elim inated, and the name should be as it has heretofore been, "night schools." That this resolution be published that the people may know the position of the Jr. O. U. A. M. MEADOR-KEARNS At the home of Miss E. C. Fife in Thomasville Thursday Miss Ollie Mea dor and Mr. Walter Kearns were unit ed in marriage, Rev. D. M. Litaker performed the ceremony, the impress ive ring service being used. The cere mony was witnessed by only the rela tives and a few intimate friends of the bride a.nd groom. The bride is the second daughter ef the late Mr. and Mrs. George Meador, of Reidsville. Mr. Kearns is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kearns, of Far mer, and has many friends in the county. He has been in Thomasville for more than a year and is connect ed with the C. & Y. railway there. . Fire in the new prize room of the F. R. Penn branch of the American Tobacco Company's big tobacco fac tory at Reidsville Monday morning did damage to the extent of $60,000. M. GENERAL JEWS ITEMS ITEMS OF LIVE NEWS GATHER. ED FROM OUR EXCHANGES AND CONDENSED IN BRIEF FORM FOR BUSY READERS. Mrs. Henry Sheets died last week at her home in Lexington. Six dwellings belonging to' negroes were destroyed by fire Saturday at Weldon. Congressman Stedman has announc ed that he will recommend A. Wayland Cook for postmaster at Greensboro. J. P. Morgan, the financial magnate, underwent an operation for appendici tis Friday at his home at Glen Cove, Long Island. John W. Stewart, former United States Senator from Vetr.iont and former Governor of that state, died Friday at Middlebury, Vt. He was 90 years old. Charging a conspiracy to commit a felony in the "wet' and "dry" election Sullivan, Ind., last May, thirty men have been indicted by the Sullivan county grand jury. Eight North Carolinians who were stranded in Europe at the outbreak of the war, have not yet repaid the gov ernment the sum advanced to get them back home. Mr. Grier Gray and Miss Dittie Lew is, of southern Guilford, were married in Greensboro Thursday afternoon. Raleigh, died Sunday morning while serving his last day on the police force. Jack Hughs, 30 years old, member of a prominent Louisiana family, was taken from the county jail at Colum bia, Miss., early Sunday morning and hanged to a tree. Hughes was under arrest in connection with the death of a young man of Columbia. T. Eugene Cannon, of Ayden, Pitt county, whose automobile was found hanging half on anThalf off of Trent River bridge at New Berne early Mon day morning of last week, and who was thought to have been murdered; turned up in Norflok. It was stated that Cannon was drinking and this ex plains a whole lot. In front of a school building in Asheville Friday Lillie Belle Tolley 8- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, W. D. Tolley, was struck by an auto mobile drive and owned by Mrs. Thos E. Teasley, and instantly killed. The niltle girt - had" Started trome-f rum school. Mrs. Teasley was summoned to appear in police court. The Southern Railway has re-estab lished through freight service between Winston-Salem -and Charlotte.' For some months the freight train running between Statesville and Charlotte handled all the freight between Chart otte and Mooresville, but the work be came too heavy for one train. A movement has been inaugurated in Greensboro for the erection of a building for the young Women's Christian Association as a memorial , ,u u tj. p. H(m,l. Ali-Pn.-lv Sll.- "v ------- - j as Dcen suDscnoeu to ir.e im-mu- j rial. l"e North Carolina annum coiuer- :nle of the Methodist Protestant j church will meet in Greensboro at the Grace church this year beginning' No vember 17 and will continue through the following Sunday. Thomus Patterson, a wliitc man, l hiding near Jamestown, is held undor a bond' of $300 for appearance at the December term of Guilford county su perior court charged with retailing liquor on the fair ground at Grcns boro during the Central Carolina Fair. A semi-annual meeting of the Hitrh Point township Sunday School Associ ation was held Sunday afternoon at Snrino-field church one mile south of High Point. The attendance was !irge and the addresses were of a h.gh or der. The total State money expended in North Carolina for road work from the outset to Nov. 1, 1915, was $28,- 500 and the State money available for road work in 1915 was $10,000. North Carolina has 6,166 miles of sur foce roads; 49,802 miles of public roads; 12.4 per cent, is surfaced. Postoffice robberies have' been so numerous of late that an order has gone forth to all postmasters except of the first-class to keep on hand a smaller number of stamps and other vpapers of commercial value and to' guard them more carefully. Reports to the Postoffice Department shows, that 1,400 claims, aggregating a loss of $190,000, resulted from robberies of postoffkes last year. They were received from nearly every section of the country. QUARTERLYCONFERENCL FOURTH QUARTERLY CONFER ENCE RANDOLPH CIRCUIT MEETS AT TRINITYINSTRUC TIVE SPEECHES TRINITY NEWS ITEMS. As a people not only Trinity, but the Randolph circuit, have been having "a feast of reason and a flow of soul" since Thursday evening when a se ries of meetings planned by Rev. J. N. Crowder was opened by a fine ser mon by Rev. J. E Thompson, of Ashe boro, to the Epworth League. Mr Thompson's sermon was an inspira tion not only to the young people to whom it was addressed, but to all thoughtful people who had the pleas ure of hearing him. On Friday evening our Presiding Elder, Rev. Dr. Weaver, of Greens boro, preached a masterly sermon full of love to God and man, and showing to young and old the blessedness of a religious life. None who heard it could fail to realize that "the old time religion filled his soul, and that such zeal and enthusiasm must flow from a life in close touch with the throbbing heart of a tender loving Heavenly Father. On Saturday morning the fourth quarterly conference of the Randolph circuit convened in the chapel. The ex ercises opened at ten o'clock with ( strong practical speech by Attorney Bruce Craven on the work of the stew ards and the financial duty of the peo ple of the circuit to the church. As usual, Mr. Craven's speech was short fitting and should create a new ideal in the hearts of his hearers as to their obligations. Mr. Craven was followed by several other interesting talkers from various members of the official board. There were a goodly number of members from the other churches on the circuit and the presence of these and the various ministers in our homes added much to the pleasure of the occasion. The reports from the different churches showed a marked improvement on all lines especially in the sentiment of the official board, and there Beems little doubt that the Ran dolph circuit will be a thousand dollar appointment in the near future. Dr. Gilbert Rowe, of Wesley Memorial, High Point, delighted a large audi ence Sunday morning with a masterrut sernJJi.whtie Sunday.afternoonProf. Haynes in an address on religious literature and its place in home made all feel that we could not do without our church paper. Rev. Mr. Byron brought up the rear Sunday night on the philosophy of a happy Christian life. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Finch, of Wheatmore, took in the conference. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fuller, of Ful lers, were up Saturday and Sunday at the quarterly conference. Mrs. Taylor and son, of Eleazer, motored up to attend the conference Saturday and Sunday. Miss Maude Fuller spent the week end with Mist-es Marv and Birdie White. Mr. and Mrs. Cranford, of Fair rtovo, attended the confereute Satur day. The Misses Collett were in town last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Hill spent sever al days in Greensboro last week. Miss Francis Darker, of Archdale, was in town Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Welborn came down Sunday to enjoy the conference. Mr. and Mrs. Merriman Cranford, of Fairgrovc, spcjit the week end with Mrs. Cranford's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hill. Mr. Earl Craven and family, accom panied by Mr. Craven's mother motor ed down from Lexington Sunday. Prof. Johnson and sister, Miss Rose, with two of the lady teachers, Misses Moody and Reeks, attended the teach ers' meeting at Asheboro Sunday Miss Rose Johnson stopped at Sophia where she will teach in the public school. Attorney Craven went to Asheboro Monday. Miss Mary Parks and brother, Mr. Thomas, took in the conference. ' Mr. John Wesley Welborn, of Mount Gilead, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Phillips during the conference. Mr. G. T. Ward and family spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. F. H. Wood. The world wide week of prayer which will begin on the seventh of November (next Monday), will be ob served by the Misionary Society. The council has given us an interesting RAMSEUR NEWS LETTER TOMATO CLUB A SUCCESS LARGE CROP OF SWEET POTA TOESSOCIAL EVENT PER SONAL ITEMS. Mr. G. Mike York and family were in town Sunday. Messrs. E. C. Watkins and L F. Craven and their families visited Miss Sarah Cole at Salem College, Winston Salem, last Sunday. Mr. A. H. Thomas is away on busi ness this week. Mr. W. E. Ferree has accented a with the Lee position at Sanford Broom Co. The many friends of Hon. W. H. Watkins are glad to see him out again. The Tomato Club has proved a suc cess in the eastern part ef the county this first year and we are sure the merchants are going to handle all the "home packed" goods possible for the benefit of this good movement. Ws will eat more tomatoes just because home made goods will taste better. There is an unusually abundant crop of sweet potatoes in this section this year and we find there is no market for them either here or with the com mission men in other places, so we want to ask our county demonstrator or any one else to devise some plan by which sweet potatoes may be kept safely for later use without too great expense on the part of the farmer, The difference in the price of potatoes now and in the spring is not great enough for the folks to go to any great expense or trouble. Just about 25 per cent, of the local crop can be marketed from the field. The most important occasion in the social life of our town for the past week was when the Glee Club cele brated Hallowe'en at the splendid home of Mr. E. J. Steed last Thurs day night. The home was beautifully decorated with pumpkin faces ,vo stared at you from every nook and comer and a Boogy Man was dressed and stationed where every one hap pened to pass him. Other attractions were in abundance. " The most promf nent feature of the night was the Gypsy Fortune Teller. Miss Lelyer Ferree posed the part well fo the enjoyment of all present. ....... After every one had learned his or her fate from the tongue of theGyp sie and many other amusements had been engaged in the gathering of young people were served to punch and sandwiches. All went away in srood spirit having spent a most de lightful evening. MRS. G. W. JENNINGS DEAD Mrs. G. W. Jennings, aged U7 years, died Tuesday morning at her home in Greensboro after an illness of several weeks. The deceased is survived by a husband, two small sons, Dwight :vid Muxine; her mother, Mrs. Mary York; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Keece and Mrs. Flora I'.owden; and four ! rothers, Eniest, Stevenson and Will, all of Raneur, and V. L of York, ra. Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday morning, follow ing which the funeral party left for Pleasant Ridge church, near Ramseur, where interment was made. STILL AND OPERATOR CAPTURED Deputy Sheriff C. T. Luck, of Ce dar Grove township, came to Ashe boro this morning and brought with him an improvised still made of gal vanized wash tubs and the operator Lindsay Cranford. Deputy Luck found the still early Thursday morn ing about one mile north of Ulah. Two men, Cranford and another man who escaped, were at the still pre paring to make a run when Mr. Luck appeared on the scene. Cranford and the still were taken and about 150 gallons of beer was destroyed. The other operator made his escape, Cranford was arranged before 'Squire Ri'dge and bound over to ' December term of court under a $100 bond. program for the week and it will be carried out as nearly as possible. The meetings will be held every afternoon at three o'clock in the home of Mrs. J. W. Ballance. We desire the pres ence of all the women of the church and town. COUNTY TEACHERS MEET LARGE ATTENDANCE PAiif. JONES DELIVERS ADDRESS ON NIGHT SCHOOLS STRENUOUS EFFORT TO BE MADE IN THIS COUNTY TO WIPE OUT ADULT ILLITERACY. One hundred and twentv-five nuh. lie school teachers ot Randolph county, and a large nunAer of citizens from various parts of the county, attended tne county teachers' meeting in the graded school auditorium Saturday. The principal topic under discussion was moonlight schools. A very force ful address was delivered on this sub ject by Paul Jones, of Tarboro. County Superintendent Bulla read Governor Crarg's proclamation con cerning moonlight schools, and the resolutions of the county board of ed ucation and the general rules govern ing the schools of the county. Mr. Jones devoted the larger part of his address to the question of illit eracy in the State and its elimina tion. He quoted statistics to show that,though we were doing much bet ter than we once did, wo must still make a greaer effort to raise our educational standard. The statistics show that here are 242,000 people in North Carolina above the age of ten years who cannot read or write, and of this number 49,000 are voters. Ran dolph county, which stands 38th in the number of adult illiterates, has out of a population of 18,850, 2,188 people over ten years of age who cannot read or write. Of this numb. Ti)l are voters. The speaker pledged the support of the members of the Junior Order of American Mechanicj in both the State and the irunty to help in the fight to stamp out adult illiteracy. Following the address of Mr. Jones, there was a general round table dis cussion in which Prof. W. P. White, superintendent of the Ramseur graded school; B. H. Lewis, principal of the Liberty high school; C. R. Wharton, superintendent of the Asheboro grad ed school; D. M. Weatherly, principal of the Franklinville graded school; L. D. Mendenhall and W. C. Hammer took pert. Messrs. White, Lewis, and Wharton have taught night schools in the past and they were able to give some valuable suggestions on the sub ject. . The teachers unanimously respond ed to the call of the county superin tendent to aid in conducting the night schools throughout the county. Twelve lessons are to be given com mencing the second week in Novem ber. The 1078 members of the Junior Order United American Mechanics in the county are pledged to co-operate with the school etlicials and the teach ers in an effort to make the moon light school movement a success. County Superintendent Bulla will vis it every school in the county r.s soon as possible t;nd will make a f-trenu-oua oiVort to get as many adult illit erates in the r,ij;ht school as possible. This, is understood to be one of the most difi'.cult tasks -ortho nifcht school movement. It was decided at the meeting also that there woi;l h: totnmeiuement held sprint;-, the cxacl u; be determined later. ; nolucr county it As'ii.'bero next te of which will M. E. CONFERENCE VIL1.K AT REIDS- The 20th session of the Western North Carolina conference, M. E. church, South, will convene in Reids ville November 17th and will remain in session the following five days. From Asheboro Rev. J. E. Thompson and D. B. McCrary will attend. The conference is composed of ap proximately 100,000 Methodist Rev. J. H. Weaver is presiding elder of the Greensboro district in which Asheboro is located. .- ... WHITNEY PLANT SOLD The Southern Aluminum Company has transferred its tle to its holdings at Badin and Whitney to the Alumi num Company of America, with head quarters at Pittsburgh, Pa. The amount involved in the transaction approximates $10,000,000. The nego tiations were concluded October 26. Werk will now move rapidly and the original plans of the promoters will! be carried out. Badin and Whitney will be immensely benefitted by the change, together wi the whole State,
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