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ISSUED WEEKLY
PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN
ONE DOLLAR PER VR
VOL, 41
Asheboro, N. C Thursday, December 23, 1915
No. 1
FYn""7J at
KITCHIN DEFENDS TARIFF
MAKES POWERFUL SPEECH FOR
EMERGENCY TAX SHOWS
THAT REPUBLICANS ARE AU
THORS OF DEFICITS PROVES
TARIFF BILL A SUCCESS
Congressman Claude Kitchin, the
new Democratic leader of the House
of Representatives, made his first
speech as leader Thursday in urging
the re-enactment of the emergency
bill, and for an hour and a half, de
fended the record of the Democratic
patty, and harshly criticised the Re
publicans who soIgM to m&ke capital
out of the necessity for extending the
operation of the emergency bill.
The North Carolina, congressman
walked up and down the house cham
ber, calm and collected and "knock-J
ed" his Republican foea down each
time they arose to their feet to make
a point. Mr. Kitchin did not speak
from manuscript. He seemed to have
an amazing knowledge of the good
points of the Democratic tariff and an
equal amount with reference to weak
spots on the Republican side.
His rema-ks were in parts as fol
lows: "When this emergency tax bill was
first passed the House thought the Eu
ropean war would last only one year
and therefore limited its operation to.
one year, that is to December 31, 1315,
But the war has continued and has no
prospect of an early conclusion.
"We Democrats know, of course"
he continued, "that this bill is unpopu
lar. We know that no tax is popular
in time of peace. It is impossible to
write a tax. bill that will appeal to
the judgment and gain the approval
of every man, but the country placed
this government and its finances is
control of. the Democratic party. The
necessity exists to raise $80,000,000 by
this bill. We face a deficit and I be
lieve it would be unworthy of the rec
ord of the Democrats under this td
ministration, if we' did not have tne
courage and the patriotism to do the
unpopular thing, &id arrange sufficient
revenues to, meet the absolute necessi
ties of the "government.
Republicans Had Deficit.
"You Republicans on the other side
have charged that the Democratic ad
ministration has been extravagent and
that the Underwood tariff law is a
failure. I deny -both charges. For
the first time .in the history of the
Poatoffice Department .there was an
actual surplus last year of three mil
lion dollars.. ;We turned that back in
to the general fund, whereas every
year the Republicans had charge of
the government there was a deficit
Tariff Bill Not s Failure.
"Now the Republicans say the Un
derwood bill is a revenue failure. That
law was not a failure before the Eu
ropeaa war and .that is the only fair
and just way to consider it. rrom
October 3. 1913, when the Underwood
law went into effect, until August 4,
1914, the day the European war broke
out, the Underwood law produced $10,
889,000 more than the last Payne-Ald-rich
act for the identical months of the
previous year.
"From January 1, to August 1, 1914,
we raised $232,954,000. In the same
. period of the preceding year under the
Payne-Aldrich act we raised only
756,000 or $18,198,000 less than by the
Underwood bilL
Republican Deficits.
"If I were like you Republicans
(facing Republican side) I Would be
ashamed to speak of deficits. I will
open your eyes regarding deficits when
I teH yea that the three largest def
cita in the history of this government
occurred when Republican measures
were! in the statute books. Under the
McKinley AH in 1894 there was a de
ficit of $09,000,000. In 1899 under the
Dingier Act there was a deficit of
$89,000,000, and in 1909 with the Ding
ley Act still on the books and Tuft
President there, was a deficit of $58,
600,000. There has not beeu another
time, except during the Civil War,
when the deficit reached these figures."
WASHINGTON MEMORIAL EN-
DOWMENT
j-ne creation of a $2,000,000 Booker
T.- Washington memorial endowment
. . fct ttie Tnskcgee institute has been".
upaHsd by the trustees of the in
stitute who have announced that $456,
. 000 of H has already .been pledged.
"The task of. selecting a successor to
Bt. Washington as president of Tusk,
gee has been referred to ,sub-eem-mittee
of the trustees. - :. - ......
CASES IN UNITED STATES
COURT
The December term of the United
States District Court at Greensboro
convex d the first Monday in Decem
ber, and continued for two weeks and
one day, no cases having been tried
except those in which, the United
States was a party.
The most important case tried was
that' of the United States vs United
States Fidelity & Guaranty Company,
of Baltimore, the suit being for pen
alty on a bond of $6000 on the distill
ery of Dart C. Foster at Williams, N.
C. This case had been on the docket
for five or six years, and had gone
to the Circuit Court, Judge Boyd rul
ing with the defendant on a point of
Jaw. The Qircuifc Court of Appeals re
versing Judge Boyd) the case was sent
back for trial in the District Court,
and upon the trial and the submission
of the issues to the jury the jury re
turned a verdict in favor of the Unit
ed States. The jury found that 9,440
gallons of whiskey had been removt-d
from the cistern room to pltftes other
than the bonded warehouse, and the
Government therefore lost the, tax on
more than ten thousand dollars worth
of spirits.
David Nixon, who plead guilty a
year ago last June, and the prayer
fon judgment having been continued
at the instance of the defendant from
court to court until the present, was
not disposed of at this court, but pray
er for judgment was again continued.
Norman Shambly, of Orange county,
was sent to the Atlanta penitentiary
for a yoar and a day for illicit distill
ing; he is an old offender, and is al
leged to have been in the business for
years.
Walton Wilson, of the same county,
was also sent to the penitentiary for
the same offense for fifteen months,
he being a well-to-do farmer, and hav
ing; the reputation" of being an old
offender.
Eouis. Buckwald and his brother, of
High Point, and another brother of
Savannah, Ga., who were indicted for
conspiracy in concealing certain prop
erty, from a trustee.-: in bankruptcy,
were acquitted. This was a case that
was. set for ' Wednesday of the first
week, but was not colled until Fri
day owing to the fact that the Orange
county cases were tried on Wednes
day and Thursday, and because of the
necessity of using the sheriff of Or
age county and other witnesses so
that they could return to Orange court
by Thursday night.
Elihu Auman, of Montgomery coun
ty, having been in jail four months,
on being found guilty of illicit distill
ing was given a chance, prayer for
judgment being continued.
Ernest Vuncannon and Arlie Vun
cannon were sentenced to six months
and four months in jail, respectively,
for illicit distilling, but upon their
own request they were sent to the At
lanta penitentiary for a year and a
day the lowest sentence thrt could
be imposed by the Federal Court.
Each hopes to secure his parole at the
end of four months on good behavior.
They are both young men, but have
the reputation of being notorious vio
lators of the law in Montgomery coun-
Arch S:inders, of Montgomery coun
ty, was turned tooje after conviction,
because of the fact that he had been
in jail several months, and had been
shot by Ernest Vuncannon.
The case of Logan and Elweod
Johnson could not be reached at thru
term of court.
The case of Janie Cagle and others,
of Montgomery county, was continued.
. The case against Frank Snipes,
Charles Snipes and James Snipes, of
Forsyth county, for conspiracy and re
sisting officers C. F. Neeley and J. H.
Johnston, required pearly three days.
The defendants were represented by
Watson and Buxton, Clement Manley,
Judge Bynum and A. E. Holton and
others. The defendants were convict
ed on both counts of the indictment
A demurrer to the bills of indictment
Was not sustained. Frank Snipes was
sentenced to six years in Atlanta, pen
itentiary, and his two eons Charles
and James were sentenced to three
years each. Notice of appeal was giv
en by the defendants.
J. H. Bohon, after conviction-, took
'.'leg bail." V
There were a number of other cases
from Surry, Yadkin and other coun
ties, which are not of special .local in
terest to our readers. ".''"!
J. W Maaaey, a colored messenger
in the railway mail service from Buth
erfordton and Rowe,was indicted for:
burning a' mail car-nd for the lar-
SUPER10RC0URTADJ0URNS
COURT ADJOURNED FRIDAY
NIGHT CASES TRIED REPORT
OF GRAND JURY.
Rantolph County Superior Court in
session Since Wednesday morning of
last week adjourned Friday evening.
The following cases were disposed of
Thursday and Friday:
.State vs. John Led well, assault;
verdictguilty simple assault, fined
$25 and costs.
State vs. J. W. Brower, selling cig
arettes to minors; judgment that the
defendant pay a fine of $275 and costs.
State vs. John Slier, interfering
with officers. Gurnev Smitherman. re-
gisting officer, Ernest mam$&i&& KM
'listing officer, nuisance, and disturbing
public worship, David Smitherman, in
terfering with officer. John Siler and
David Smitherman, not guilty; Gurney
and Ernest Smitherman, guilty; judg
ment that the former pay a fine of
5 and cost, the latter serve 30 days
in county jail for nuisance and serve
three montha on roads for resisting
officer. Defendants gave notice of ap
peal to Supreme Court.
State vs. Geo. M. Foust and John
McPherson, assault with deadly weap-!
on; judgment that defendant, Geo M.
Foust, pay a fine of $25 and no fur
ther cost.
State vs. Evander Pritchard, forci
ble trespass; judgment that defendant
pay $16 fine and be confined in jail
CO days.
A. W. Cockraan vs. Love D. Cock-
man, action for divorce; divorce grant
ed.
Report of Grand Jury.
Wc, the Grand Jury, for the term
beg to. submit the following report:
Wc have completed the business be
fore our body and have returned all
bHfs submitted to us for action, and
have made presentments of all mat
ters which are within our knowledge.
We have examined the institutions
of the county and all the offices of the
county officials, either in body or by
coHKmittee; .
The office of Geo.T. Murdock, Reg
istcr of Deeds, is found to be in ex
cellcnt condition, well arranged and
the books and records neatly kept.
The office of the county Sheriff is
kept well, the records kept by Sheriff
J. W. Birkhead are neat and accurate
so far as .could be ascertained.
The office of F. J. Wright, Clerk
of the Superior Court, is well kept
His mthods are simple and easy to
access.
The office of County Treasurer, L.
C. Phillips seems to he in excellent
condition. His records are neat and
the system by which his receipts and
disbursements are recorded is to be
highly commended.
The office of County Superintendent
of Public Schools is well kept and we
are glad to note improvement in tie
records kept by Spt. X. Fletcher
Bulla.
We visited the county jail in a body
and wish to commend the officers of
our county and congratulate the citi
zens on the erection and completion of
our most m Jdern, secure, and up-to-date
county jaiL This building seems
as nearly complete and perfect in its
apartments from the standpoint of
sanitation, security, and comfort as
could be made. The prisoners report
excellent treatment from the county
jailor, C. W. Steed, and family.
We visited the county home by
mtttee and found 1 inmates, 7 white
males, 6 white females, I colored male,! wneB tne discovered the roof
and 1 colored female. Their coadi-Iwas Jmoet ready to rafl in and It was
tkins are as favorable as the circum
stances and general, surroundings will
permit The buildings of our County
Home are entirely inadequate for car
ing for our unfortunate
Their condition and arrangement make
it unpractical ..to repair them. We
recommend that our county commis
sioners have a modern and adequate
county home buQt daring , the coming
year,' and suggest that the same be
located at some point more nearly the
center of or county.
We visited the county coeviet camp
by committee and found four white
and six colored convicts1 who reported
that they were well-fed and khtcQy
treated. The equipment consisted of
one pair of good mules, - one- road
scraper, two road plows, other tools,
supplies, etc.
I. F- CRAVEN, Foreman,
ceny of several hundrwl . dollars in
money. He has been arrested And bis
case wfil be, called for trial jrt the April
term of the District Gourt in Cfetrtotte
DANIELS HAS MADE GOOD
Task is Arduous. One But the Wilson
Attorney Has Been Equal to the
Occasion No Charges Against, Him
Being Considered.
Nixon S. Plummer, Washington cor
respondent to the Courier and other
papers In the State, writes that C. C.
Daniels has made good as government
attorney for Indians in the "white
earth" land cases in Minnesota. Mr.
Daniels was in -Washington Tuesday
en route to join his family at Wilson,
N. C, In an interview given out in
Washington Tuesday Mr. Daniels
charged that the efforts to Have him
removed from his position have been
made by the defendants in the land
''I know thst f have made good,"
he declared. Judge Page Morris, a
Republican presiding over the Unit
ed States District Court in which
some cases were heard, has written
the Attorney General that the cases
have been properly, ably and expedi
tiously handled. Congressman Van
dyke, the only Democratic Congress
man in the State, backs me. Sena
tor Nelson, a Republican, is backing
me
Mr, Daniels, added furthermore that
"the Attorney General wrote me he
was considering no charges against
me."
That National Democratic Commit
teeman F. B. Lynch was behind the
movement was a statement attributed
by The. Minneapolis Journal of last
Friday evening to W. W. Williams, a
speaker at a meeting of the Henepin
County Democratic - committee. At
that meeting-Mr. Daniels was guest
of honor, and was strongly endorsed
in a strong resolution, while one of
the speakers said ?'We love him for
the enemies he has made." The fea
ture of the meeting, however, was de
clared to be the critisism of Mr.
Lynch and the Democratic Governor
W. S. Hammond for going back on
leaders .who had helped to make pos
sible, a Democratic victory.
Th'e are some 1,300 different suits
in wiUch. the Government is trying to
recover- land that is alleged to have
been procured illegally from full
blooded , Indians who had no right to
make conveyances. About 25 cases
have been tried and thus far about
$40,000 has been -collected and 2,000
acres of land restored. The Govern
meat must first prove the Indians are
full-blooded, while the defense must
show they are mixed breed, and this
naturally requires much tedious inves
tigation in addition to numerous other
details to took after.
Many of those who purchased lands
axe related Indirectly to large monied
influences, ft is stated, and among
these are the interests of James
Hill and the steel trust
POLICIES OF WILSON ENDORSED
'The Southern Conwnefcial 'Congress
act Charleston, S. C, last wee endors
ed all the policies and principles of
Nntiomil and international tiharacteT
announced by President Wilson, Espe
cially were the admimatratiori's plans
for rural credits and merchant marine
eomuiended.
STORE HOUSE BURNED
Tire of onfcnown origin, but sup-
-posed to have eaoght from a defect
ive stove flue, -destroyed the store
cn-Tbui,d5n occupied by G. C. Cox, -grocer,
at Rnir, Friday nignt at 11 o'clock
fuseless to try" to save any of the con
teats of the buB&ng. The loss ta es
timated at $199 partly covered by
.$600 insurance.
Mr. Cox was in Greensboro buying
f a " holiday ooda Friday afiter-
noon and was stlG there when the fire
occarscd. He succeeded J. B. Phillips
in the -grocery. badness aad bad been
engaged in nwchandteing about a
year at the Phillips -taaL
TQ'CTT MEN OUT OF
THEN CURS BEFORE SPRING
In an interview given out in .Chris
tina Norway, Henry Ford, stated that
his peace party would be the means
of getting the soldiers out of the
trenches before winter is over. He
explained the party's visit to Norway
as merely to -convince the people of
that country of America's fervent de
sire for peace. He said that the party
would grow as it traveled through the
neutral countries and that the belli g-
hrents would see that the rest of the
wtrrU demanded an inuae&cte peace.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
ITEMS OF LIVE NEWS GATHKK-
ED FROM OUR EXCHANGES
AND CONDENSED IN BRIEF
FORM FOR BUSY READERS.
Two bandits were killed and a de
tective wounded in a gun fight follow
ing an attempted hold up in a saloon
at St. Paul, Minn., Friday.
The Hornet, a Democratic paper of
nature kindled to the Yellow Jacket,
owned and published by W. Henry
Davis, at Fork, N. C, has been sold
to J.'B. Grier, postmaster at Moravian
Falls. Mr. Davis will soon begin the
publication of another sheet to be call
ed, Davis' Stinger.
A 12 to 14 inch snow has fallen on
Mt. Mitchell putting an end to logging
for a while.
The city street department of High
Point has purchased a two-ton motor
truck to be used in street repair work
in that city.
Nineteen automobiles and other
property amounting to approximately
$30,000 was destroyed by fire Tuesday
morning at Wilmington. .
J. T. Bam. a section boss of the
NorfolkSouthern railway residing at
Klnston, mysteriously disappeared
from his home Sunday morning and
hn not been heard of Bince. Foul
play is suspected.
Mt Airy is taking steps to add to
its water supply which has been found
inadequate to supply the needs of the
town.
The commission of Confederates
comprising the force to raise the fund
for writing the State's history reports
that $25,000 has been raised for the
purpose.
The Gum tobacco warehouse at
Greenville was destroyed by fire Thurs
day night
Berry Davis, one of the leading
citizens of Guilford cosay, died at
his home at Gibsonville Tuesday after
noon.
Frank D. Parker, a prominent citi
xen of Salemburg, Sampson county
was . struck, by an automobile at Bur-
gaw Monday and severely injured.
Senor Don Eliseo ArTendondo has
been appointed ambassador of Mexico
to the United States.
Sir Douglas Haid has been made
commander-in-chief of the English
forces in France succeeding Sir John
French, resigned.
The sales of leaf tobacco on the
North Carolina markets during No
vember aggregated 44,975,283 pound
Next year's wheat crop has been
estimated by the Department of Ag
riculture at about 640,000,000 bushels.
Representative Pcge has recom
mended A. S. Ruggles for appoint
ment to the postmastership at South
ern Pines to succeed John Powell
whose term expires January 24,
Mrs. Bompass Troy, aged 70 years,
died at her home in Greensboro Sat
unlay morning.- Deceased was the
daughter of Mrs. Frances M. Bumpass
and the widow of the late Rev. R.
Troy, of the North Carolina M.
Conference. She is survived by seven
children.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the wizard
of baseball, is SO years of age. He
has been in the game 12 years and the
chances are that he is good for many
more yet.
Joseph W. Nicholson, aged 62 years,
died at his home in Greensboro Sat-
urday morning after a lingering ill
neca.
Congress bus adjourned lor the hoi
idays. Virtually all the members
'Ceagresa have gone to their homes not
to return until Uvo reassembling of the
National legislature January 4.
Nearly 600 bones -valued at an av-
arace of $200 each, conslmod
Brest, F i ace, 'for use of the Allied
armies, were &?ned la North River,
New Ydrkv Friday afternoon whoa
barge oa which they were being trans
ported to -a waiting steamer sank.
General Villa baa quit the revetutfon
ia liexko aad is reported to be mak
ing his way to the United StAtea. If
not permitted to enter the United
States be wilt go to Europe. The
Villa officers aae said to be making
proposals to the Cai-ranca leaden for
amnesty and they have guarantees
provided tXat tbey will surrender un
conditionally.
Woodrov Wilson is the third Pron-
deat to bo married daring the term of
office. President Tyler was the first
and President Cleveland was the other.
Tyler married Miss Julia Gardiner to
New York City ia 1884. President
Cleveland's marriage to Miss Francos
FoUom tobk place hi the executive
iraroiom
MENDENHALL AND ELLISON
RETRACT
The Randolph Bulletin published by
Messrs. Pearlie Hayes and J. E. Mfeo
denhall published an article entitled
A Protest" and signed "C H. E."
reflecting on the character and integ
rity of Mr. J. T. Wood in November,
1914. Mr. Wood soon thereafter swots
. warrant and at a preliminary
hearing both Mendenhall and Ellison
were bound over to court for criminal
libel. At the next term of court a
true bill was found against both de
fendants, Mr. Hayes was not indicted
because it was not thought that he
had any knowledge of the publication
the articles.
The following retraction and with
drawal was signed by both Menden
hall and Ellison before the last terra
Randolph county Superior Court:
"We hereby retract and withdraw
any and all statements reflecting ia
any manner upon James T. Wood in
an article published in The Bulletin
of November 4, 1914, entitled "A Pro
test" and signed 'C. H. E.' "
"C. H. ELLISON,
"J. E. MENDENHALL." ;
JUDGE HOUGH DEAD.
Judge Robert T. Hough, of Balti
more, who was Solicitor General dur
ing President Cleveland's first admin
istration, and now general counsel for
the United States Fidelity & Guaran
ty Company, died in Washington, after
having been taken suddenly ill, on his
return from Greensboro, where be
was last week engaged in the trial
of a civil action wherein the United
States was plaintiff and the United
States Fidelity & Guaranty Company
was defendant as surety on the bond
of Dart C. Foster, for $6,000. The
Government was suing for the penalty
on the bond owing to frauds commit
ted against the Government by the dis
tiller. Mr. G. S. Bradshaw was asso
ciated with Judge Hough in the triaL
The trial resulted in a verdict for the
United States, but a notice for a new
trial was made, and a petition for er
ror, etc.-, to the United States Circuit
Court was also made in the case, and
the matter is to be argued the first
Monday in February.
UNDERWOOD-NEAL
A wedding of marked beauty and
simplicity and of much interest to a
wide circle of friends was solemnised
at the Presbyterian manse, Washing
ton, D. C, Thursday afternoon at 6
o'clock, when Mrs. Katharine Neal bo
came the bride of Mr. James T. Un
derwood. The ceremony was impress
ively performed by Dr. A. E.
Barrows, the bride's pastor, in the
presence of a few intimate friends of
the bride.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mrs. Maude Adams Leach, sister of
the bride, was hostess at a course din
ner at Castillo's to the bridal party
after which the party attended the
ater seeing Maude Adams in "What
Every Woman Knows." Friday morn
ing Mr. and Mrs. Underwood left for
Asheboro where they were accorded
a splendid reception by the many
f riendSj tjf the groom. ,
Mrs. Neal ts & young widow, a na
tive of Ohio but has been making her
home for the last few years wift HeT
sister Mrs. Maude Adams Leach, in
Washington, and is a lady of much re
finement and business ability, having
business interests in both Ohio and
Wam. t j a a .
ger of the Standard Drug Co. and is"
one of Asheboro's most popular1 aad
substantial business tnea who throng
his rare business -acumen has made'
his store one of the best Jn Lao State.
He has bees a registered druggist for
wmjr jrwi aaa is licensed ia tbirty
eigfat States of the Union.
The Courier joins wth his host of
friends ia Asheboro and tfcroagboot
the county ia wi-hiag him a W and
happy life,
Mr. Underwood first met Hn. Mi
ia the winter of 191-13 at Dftinik
apnngs, na, where aha was spending
the winter. From this aeauaiaaBM.
the attacataont grow until the majr
rlago was celebrated in Widrfn.
Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Underwood t
home at the Central Hotel. .;
Reports from over tin South A Man.
tic aad Gulf States imMcat ah
throughout th section. - For ttie rst
time In many years snow fell at Sa
naaak, Ga. Further north the ha
waa heavier reaehinsr a death r.
tnches and ncrre'ia places.