THE COURIER
ISSUED WEEKLY
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN
OUt, YEAR
VOL. 40
Asheboro, N. C, Thursday, November 18, 1915
No. 48
LAST UP OF THE CONTEST AND THE PRIZES ARE READY.
ATTRACTIVE OFFER FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE CON
TESTGET BUSY IF YOU W ANT TO WIN THIS IS NOT THE
TIME TO SIT AROUND AND T ALK YOU CAN WIN THE GRAND
PRIZE IF YOU WILL IT IS UP TO YOU
These are the crucial days in the
big subscription contest for the Ford
five passenger touring car and the
other grand prizes to bo given away
by the Courier, Tuesday night, Nov
ember 30th. The last section of the
contest is on, and the contestants
should get busy during these last few
days. A subscription now will mean
something to you and may be the dif
ference between victory and defeat.
It is easy to sit and think how much
subscriptions mean now and how many
you would like to get before the con
test closes, but this will mean noth
ing unless you go out and get them.
Now is the time to get busy and fill
your receipt books with subscriptions.
After Tuesday night, November 30th,
it will all be ovezvarid subscriptions
will mean nothiiui to you then. Now
is the time, to get them while the
imn is hot." and the subscriptions
so valuable. It is better to do a lit
tle extra work for the next few days
and win the grand prize than to re
main idle and have regrets over the
' loss of the prize after the contest is
over.
The Last Offer.
The offer for the remaining days
of the contest is an attractive one and
if you will take advantage of it you
will not be disappointed over the re
sults of your efforts. This offer ap
olies to each of the three districts.
The next week of the contest
is divided into periods of two days
to the period, and extra vote ballots
Will fee. ssue$ contestant in each
district 'at the close of every two
Half noriait. Tutttdav. November 23,
9 p. m. is the date for the close of
the first period; Thursday 9 p. m.,
November 25 marks the close of the
Second period of two days; and Sat
urday 9 p. m. ifl the close of the third
ncriod of two days. To the contest
ant fwim each district who turns
the largest amount of money at
the dose of the each of these
neriods on the dates herewith giv
en will be awarded m addition to the
regular votes a 100,000 vote ballot,
provided the amount turned in is not
less than $5, for each period for each
contestant. There are ju3t three of
these periods and every contestant
has a chance to win three of these
100,000 extra vote ballots.
Please Remember.
This offer of extra votes does not
interfere with the tlub offer which will
:e continued until the close of the
contest. The contest closes Tuesday
fl n. m.. November 30th. This is the
last offer of the contest. Subscrip
tions mailed must bear post-mark of
date no later than 9 p. m. the day
of the close of every two day periods
to be counted on the offers. An ex
tra vote ballot will not be issued for
an amount less than five dollars, only
the regular vote will be issued for r.n
amount less than this. The offer ap
nliea to each of the three districts
and is fair to every contestant no
matter how high or how low he or
ehe may stand in the contest.
Get Busy.
From now until Tuesday night 9
o'clock, November 30th, it is to your
advantage to be busy securing sub-
scriDtions to the Courier. Opportu
nity to clinch the grand prize is given
and not a moment is to be lost if you
want the car or any other one of the
grand awards. The contest is drawing
to a close ad it is now or never with
every contestant. There is ample op
portunity for every contestant to win
these extra ballots and get in good
position for the grand awards.
This 18 no time to get disheartened,
but on the other hand it is the time
for rejoicing over the excellent op
portunity to clinch the grand awards.
There ave four big ballots to be award
ed from each district before the close
of the contest and you can win them
from your district if you will. It is
all up to you. You can win the grand
prize if you M1, There is nothing
Mysterious about it, only a fair
chance to every contestant to win one
f the grad prizes.
A Pinal WnrJ
Just who will win the fine prizes!
uo cn predict, wen wisners oi
the contestants will let no opportuni
ty pass within the next few days to
boost the final oount in votes of
their favorites. It is a question of
now or never. The victory or defeat
of a contestant may be hanging in the
kalance. A single lubxription Py-
ment from a friend may mean the
required number of votes to Bwing
that victory. Do not depend upon
your efforts thus far, and the favor
of fortune to land you a winner.
Fortune may be kind to you, but she
keenly needs assistance in the way of
personal work up to the very last
minute. Ambition and well directed
efforts spell victory, but negligence
indifference, on the other hand presage
certain defeat. Fortune favors the
brave, the self-reliant and the perti
nacious. The opportunity to win one of the
splendid prizes is yours, contestant,
it is within reaching distance but it is
evanescent, the light of a rare chance
is falling fairly on you. Will you
grasp it while you may, or will you
listen to the whisperings of over
confidence or discouragement the
two extremes to be avoided in this
campaign as you would the pest
and allow it to slip through fiingers?
Winners of Premium Ballots Tuesday
Nov. 16.
District No. 1. First ballot, Mrs.
J. B. Bobbins; second ballot, Mr. R.
J. Pierce; third ballot, Mrs. Lee
Kearns.
District No. 2. First ballot, Miss
Hannah Johnson; second ballot, Miss
Elise Grimes; third ballot, Miss Rosa
Owen.
District No. 3. First ballot, Miss
Nora Baldwin; second ballot, Miss
Nannie Asbell; third ballot, M Jerry
Thurber.
(Continued on page 4.)
THANKSGIVING DINNER TO BE
SERVED
The young ladies Home Mjssjonary
Society of the M, P. church will serve
Thanksgiving dinner from 4:00 p. m.
till 10 p. m. on Thanksgiving Day, the
LSXSKOtdajialRz.ia the Orphan's Home
at High Point. The menu will be
chicken salad, sandwiches, oysters,
any way desired, cream and cake,
coffee and tea. - An attractive feature
of the affair will be a candy booth
where all kinds of home made candies
will be sold. For further inform
tion see next week's paper r.nd pla
cards on Main street.
NIGHT SCHOOLS
There are between forty and fifty
adults enrolled in the night 'Schools
of the county. These schools are be
ing taught at Plainfield, Liberty, Ce
dar Falls, Spero, Charlotte, Hopewell
and Ramseur. Fifteen are enrolled
at Plainfield, the oldest student being
65 years of age. Cedar Falls has on
enrollment of fourteen.
Preparations are being made to
start these schools in other parts of
the county. The interest taken in
these schools by both teachers and
pupils indicate that Randolph coun
ty will do her part in the campaign
to wipe out adult illiteracy.
REV. G. W. HOLMES PRESIDENT
The M. P. conference in session in
Greensboro yesterday elected Rev. G.
W. Holmes, of Alamance county, pres
ident. The president of the confer
ence is a graduate of Trinity College,
Although it has not been decided it
is supposed that Rev. Mr. C. L. Whit
aker will be returned to Asheboro.
MRS. W. D. STEDMAN HOSTESS
RANDOLPH BOOK CLUB
The members of the Randolph Book
Club together with several friends of
the hostess were entertained at the
home of Mrs. W. D. Stedroan Friday
at 3 p. m.
Indian Art and Education was a
paper read by Mrs. Moffitt and was of
unusual interest to the ladies in that
it brought out quaint and curious
tastes of the red men. Following
Mrs. W. H. Moring read Burton
Holmes lecture on Moke Land, which
was a splendid description of the pe
culiar inhabitants of Moke Land,
which is a part of Arizona.,
Mrs. Stedman served fruit syllabub
with delicious cake and coffee. Her
home was most attractively decorated
Mr. Stephen C. Ketchel, one of the
best known of Rowan county farmers,
is confined to his bed from the effects
of an attack of paralysis which he
suffered Decanter 22 of last year.
WASHINGTON LETTER
SUFFRAGISTS OPTIMISTIC OVER
RESULT OF RECENT ELEC
TIONS REASONS ADVANCED
FOR FAILURE WILL CONTIN
UE WORK
(Nixon S. Plummer.)
Washington, Nov. 17. The optim
ism shown by the women who were
hopeful of securing right of suffrage
in the recent elections of Massachu
setts, New York, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey is characteristic of the
women of this country. Their un
hesitating determination to continue
working is typical of r. quality in
American womanhood that has been
of use to the Nation frequently while
indicating the class of women who are
strivint to secure the vote.
The contest for woman suffivge in
the United States has been witnessed
altogether under different conditions
from those that were apparent in
England whon clamors were so sug
gestive of a rough element being up
permost. Such a suggestion hps been
creating some of the sentiment
against woman suffrage that exists in
America. The results of the election,
in the minds of some of the suffra
gists, have proven thr.t a large body
of people are convinced that the efforts
in America . are to secure in public
life the best expression of the Nation's
womanhood.
Since the election various discuss
ions of the results have assigned dif
ferent reasons in different sections
for failure of the measures to p.vss
such as the conservatism of Massa
chusetts, Republican boss opposition
in Philadelphia, and numerous politi
cal manipulations in New York and
New Jersey. The one reason beneath
all others, however, is felt by the suf
fragists to be lack of education of the
mind to the real significance of the
question, .mmi,!-"
The suffragists point with consid
erable pride to the people who sup'
ported the at the polls, feeling that
the law-supporting and big hearted
elements gave them a support that is
a most valuftble asset with which to
sro after the votea necessary from
other people to secure success.
Several conditions of mind are to
be educated out of the public before
success is attained, the suffragists re
alize. There are many instances of
prejudice where people have been
brought up with small respect for the
opinion of women. False reports and
false ideas are alleged to have been
received regarding results in those 12
States where suffrage has been ex
tended to women, and efforts must
now be made to remove these. All
these things have been responsible for
the failure to win success at the polls
and the women now are seeking the
best methods for enlarging the infor
mation of the public.
With such matters to consider in in
the movement are insistent on care
ful organization and education of the
masses in those states where the
right of voting is to be requested.
Consistent work of this sort, it is
felt, will be far more valuable than
the big demonstration before Congress
such aB has been prepared for early
in December. Benefits are expected
to come from that demonstration in
asmuch as it it will display the great
spread and force of the movement in
America, yet the approval of the pop
ular mind will be reached by the work
that is to be done within the States
close to the people who will know but
little of that pageant and demonstra
tion. Steadily and consistently the work
ers for suffrage propose to tell men
that women are committing no fia
grant crime against the present or fu
ture generations, or against the order
of humanity when they ask the right
to express by vote of questions that
coniern the public welfare.
Of course the beginning of things
as understood by many people will be
unearthed in the agitation of the
question, and Biblical investigations
are expected to be in order more gen
eraly than in recent years. However,
occupation of that sort has come to be
very popular in latter days, as is evi
dent through disputes in high places
upon the admonitions of Ezekiel, and
no one need feel out of place in get
ting down the family Bible to hunt
for the first chapter of Genesis.
Then, presently, the argument will
come forth that woman was created
Second, and out of man, and without
equal jurisdiction, and the.efore, not
entitled to vote on the troublesome
affairs which confront his mind.
in reply to this argument there will
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
ITEMS OF LIVE NEWS GATHER
ED FROM OUR EXCHANGES
AND CONDENSED IN BRIEF
FORM FOR BUSY READERS.
Carolina defeated Davidson Satur
day at Winston-Salem by a score of
41 to 6. The Carolina team seems to
be finding itself and its supporters
are hopeful over the annual Thanks
giving game with Virginia.
At a meeting of the Guiford County
Democratic Executice Committee at
Greensboro Saturday Chairman E. G.
Sherrill resigned and was succeeded
by Attorney Chas. A. Hines.
Surry county Ib to have a new court
house and jail at an estimated cost
of $60,000.
Gaston and Alexander county au
thorities have arranged for the ser
vices of State engineers to assist in
the road building in those counties.
The Rowan county teachers' asso
ciation was organized with a good en
rollment. Eigthy of the teachers
signed the pledge to teach in the
moonlight schools of the county.
A recent verdict in the Superior
Court of Buncombe county awarding
property valued at $100,000 in the
heart of Asheville to the plaintiff in
the case of Lulu R. Miller et. al. vs.
R. P. Johnston et. al. was set aside
Saturday afternoon by Judge B. F,
Long on grounds of alleged miscon
duct on the part of one juror in talk
ing about the case pending trial, and
because a second juror was shown to
be related to one of the parties in the
suit.
The Census Bureau announced Sat
urday that cotton used during. Octo
ber was 500,685 bales, compared with
451,899 bales used in October last
year.
Mr. B. F. Dockery, aged 78, son of
the late Gen. Alfred Dockery, died at
his home in Rockingham Friday night
of Bright's disease.
Miss Carolyn Miller and Mr. Price
Sherrill were married at the home of
the bride's brother at Mocksville Wed'
nesday aiUnieen; ' --:....
The high price of rough lumber
caused by the limited supply is caus
ing Thomasville manufacturers to be
come alarmed.
The agent of the Southern railway
at Thomasville states thr.t the receipts
of his office were nearly $6,000 more
in October, 1915, than October of the
previous year.
William A. Holt, aged 87 years, died
at his home four miles south of
Greensboro Saturday morning.
A moonlight school rally was held
by the Stanly county teachers at Al
bcmarle Saturday.
There was a meeting in the offices
of the chamber of commerce at Greens
boro Saturday of the f'.'.rm demon
stration aEents, 'eachers of agricul
ture, domestic science teachers, the
superintendent of schools, principals
of schools, and other interested par-
tics for the purpose of laying plans
to co-ordinate the advancsment of ed
ucational and demonstration work in
Guilford couty.
The Russians are using alcohol for
liquor in place of vodka which has
been prohibited by the government.
The first state annual egg show was
held at the State Fair, Raleigh, in
October. There were 105 entries and
comDetition was keen.
The famous old Pilot Mountain, in
Surry county, comprising 2,911 acres,
was sold at nublic auction Wednesday,
November 9th. For eighteen years
this land had been in litigation but
now was sold by consent of all parties
and order of the court. It brought
a little over $26,000, and was bought
by a syndicate of Winston-Salem gen
tlemen.
Mrs. Daisy Coejrin, wife of Mr. J,
D. Coeein, cf Winston-Salem, died
Friday morning in the hospital at
Winston-Salem.
Landis is to have a new two-story
building which will be used as a busi
ness house.
be those who will contend that social
conditions today are somewhat chang
ed from what they were in those far
off first days, and that the order of
society needs the presence of all the
best that women can give. They will
insist, moreover, on giving the women
the right to help adjust and construct
the good of the world, if ever she was
responsible for the misunderstanding
that occurred in the Garden of Eden.
They will claim that it is her high
privilege.
Those of such a mind will pray that
the day may be speedily brought when
she shall have eduoated the masses to
grant her that opportunity.
DISTRICT CLUB MEETING
THE DISTRICT MEETING OF THE
FEDERATED CLUBS TO BE
HELD IN ASHEBORO DECEM
BER 4-WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT
CLUB OF ASHEBORO HOSTESS
CLUB
At a meeting of the Woman's De
partment Club Saturday it was decid
ed that invitations would be extended
to the clubs in this district which is
composed of the following clubs:
Woman's Club, High Point.
Club of Twelve, Lexington.
Civic League, Lexington.
Civic Improvement Club, Thomas
ville.
Tuesday Afternoon Club, Thomas
ville.
Chattanooga Literary and Scientific
Circle, Elon College Book Club.
Woman's Club, Greensboro.
Euterpe, Greensboro.
Reviewers Club, Greensboro.
Friday Afternoon Club, Greensboro.
Woman's Dept. Club, Asheboro.
Both reciprocity and civic work will
be given much space on the program
and it will prove of great benefit to
the people of Randolph county.
Meetings are open to all visitors who
are interested. Complete program
will,apjearjater.
DR. C. L. WHITAKER CLOSES SUC
CESSFUL YEAR
Unanimous Desire to Have Pastor of
M. P. Church Return Con
ference This Week in
Greensboro.
Dr. C. L. Whitaker, pastor of the
M. P. church here is closing up one of
the most successful years work in the
history of the church. He with Mr.
W. A. Bunch delegate and Mr. O. R,
Fox as alternate are attending con
ference in Greensboro this week.
There were more than 25 accessions
to the church this year, and during
the year the church experienced a
most successful revival, with Dr. J.
G. Broomfieldt Fairmount, West Vir
ginia,- assisting.. - - r
The Methodist Protestants, a mem
ber of the Methodist family of which
there are sixteen others, is composed
of over 20,000 members in this etate
and ranks third in point of member
ship in the United States and fourth
in North Carolina.
There are thirty-six pastoral charg
es in the North Carolina conference
and two hundred and twenty-eight
churches. Every pastoral charge is
represented by a lay delegate in the
annual conference, and as the confer
ence roll has on it 110 names of min
isters, and preachers, there will be
something like two hundred delegates
and preachers attending this session
of the conference.
Last year the conference statistician
reported that there were 21,134 mem
bers of the Methodist Protestant
church in this conference, with church
property valued at around $400,000,
and there was raised for the work of
the church more than $84,000.
The retiring president is Rev. C. A.
Cecil, who was at one time pastor of
the Asheboro M. P. church.
President Cecil is retiring of his
own desire, preferring the work of
the pastorate to the duties of the ex
ccutive.
Among the duties of this conference
will be the election of delegates to the
General Conference, which meets ev
ery four years. The next session will
probably be held at Zanesville, O., next
May. North Carolina will send at
least 22 delegates to this conference.
Among the out of the state visitors
expected are the following: Rev. Dr,
Lyman E. Davis, president of the Gen
eral Conference, and editor of the
Methodist Recorder, of Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Dr. C. E. Wilbur, editor of the
Sunday school literature of the church,
also of Pittsburgh, Pa.j Dr. F. T. Tagg
editor of the Methodist Protestant, of
Baltimore, Md., and Dr. F. C. Klein,
missionary secretary, of Baltimore,
Md.
STATE FORESTER TO BE HERE
NOVEMBER 26TH.
Mr. J. S. Holmes, our State Fores
ter, will be in Asheboro Friday night,
November 26th. with the Government
Stereoptican Views shewing Forestry
all over the United States.
A rare oppotunity is afforded the
town, and everybody is invited to at
tend. There will be no admission fee
charged. Come and bring all your
neighbors.
The Southern Chair Company, of
High Point, has closed contracts with
'LOWER SHOW A SUCCESS
FLOWER SHOW GIVEN UNDER
AUSPICES OF WOMAN'S CLUB
GREAT SUCCESS SPLENDID
EXHIBIT OF FANCY WORK
The flower show last week wan a
great success, greater even than the
committee on arrangements anticipat
ed. There were very fine chrysanthe
mums, not as many however as of for
mer years; ferns were also in the
show and there were a large number
of handsome ones and a nice collec
tion.
The fancy work exhibit revealed
the fact that much work had been
done among the fairer sex along this
line. Much of the fancy work was
sold but it was a great treat to the
visitors to see what was on exhibi
tion. Several out of town ladies were
present for the show, Randleman sent
lown a good representation.
In the success of the the flower
show, the Woman's Department Club
wishes to express its hearty apprecia
tion to all who contributed so gener
ously in various ways; to all the mer
chants and business men who donated
prizes, to Mrs. E. G. Morris for the
privilege of the building, to the Elec
tric Light Co. for the lighting and to
Messrs. Ridge and Hilliard for the
fine lights. Te some being deprived
of attending, kindly contributed later,
not forgetting the long distant mem
ber who solicited the privilege of help
ing in community betterment.
Prizes awarded as follows:
Chrysanthemums.
Best general collection of potted
plants, $5.00 in gold, given by the
Bank of Randolph, won by Mrs. C.
Bowman.
Second best collection, one dozen
cans of peaches, given by the Ashe
boro Grocery Co., won by Mrs. J. W.
Hadley.
Largest bloom on potted plant, Bilk
skirt, given by Wood & Moring, won
by Mrs. C. Bowman.
Finest plant, three blooms ' white,
umbrella, given by R. C. Johnson, won
by Mrs. Capt. Smith. - - - -
Finest plant, three bloows, yollow,
bed room slippers, given by Coffin & '
Senrboro, won by Mrs. J. W. Hadley.
F'inest plant, three blooms, pink,
China bowl, given by McCrary-Red-ding
Hdwe. Co., won by Mrs. G. W.
Hilliard.
Finest plant six blooms, white,
boiler, given by Cox-Lewis Hdwe. Co.,
won by Mrs. J. T. Wood.
Finest plant six blooms pink, box
of stationery, given by the Standard
Drug Co., won by Mrs. J. W. Hadley.
Finest plant six blooms yellow, bot
tle toilet water, given by the Ashe
boro Drug Co., won by Mrs. C. T.
Loflin.
Finest plant six blooms mixed va
riety, ten pounds sugar, given by the
Lexington Grocery Co., won by Mrs.
J. W. Hadley.
Finest plant three blooms bronze,
water set given by the Empire Store,
won by Mrs. C. T. Loflin.
Vase ten largest blooms white,
bucket of Snowdrift, given by J. C.
Hannah and Son, won by Mrs. J. T.
Wood. .
Vase of ten largest blooms pink,
one pound Ferndale coffee, given by
W. D. Stedman and Son, won by Mrs.
E. C. Underwood.
Plant with the greatest number of
most perfect blooms, one pound Every
Day coffee, given by A. O. Ferree, won
by Mrs. E. C. Underwood.
Ferns.
Finest sword fern, silver butter"
knife, given by the Bulletin, worn by
Mrs. J. O. Redding.
Finest sprengeri fern, one dozen
cans peaches, given by the Asheboro
Grocery Co., won by Mrs. Ferree
Ross.
Finest asparagus plumosus fern,
hand made reed tray, given by Miss
Esther Ross, won by Mrs. W. D.
Spoon.
Best collection of ferns, cut glass
pitcher, given by The Courier, won by
Mrs. L. M. Fox.
Fancy Work.
Best collection fancy work, gold
brooch, giyen by N. P. Cox, won by
Mrs. John Swaim.
Best embroidered centerpiece, work
basket, given by Hoover and McCain,
won by Mrs. Sulon Stedman.
Best colored embroidered center
piece, baby cap, given by W. W. Jones,
won by Mrs. John Swaim.
Best crocheted centerpiece, picture.
given by O. R. Fox, won by Mrs. L.
M. Fox-
Best table runner, scissors, riven by
the Randolph Supply Co., won by Mrs.
Lewis.
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