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VOLUME XXXXIIL
Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, February 14, 1918.
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PRESIDENT WILSON BEFORE CONGRESS
REPLIES TO VON HERTLING AND CZERNIN
THE FORMER'S STATEMENT, HE
SAID, IS DIFFERENT IN TONE
FROM THAT OF LATTER WHICH
WAS IN A FRIENDLY TONE; AD
DRESS MADE AT 12:30 O'CLOCK
President Wilson at 12:30 p. m. Mon
day of this week addressed Congress
on the attitude of the United States
to the recent speeches made by the
German Chancellor von Hertling, and
the Austrian Foreign Minister Count
The President's decision to address
Congress on the subject followed sev
dav's conference with Col. House,
personal representative to the allied
conferences aDroaa.
As Vina Intel v hecome the President s
custom, he gave very short notice of
Vii nlans. in fact only enough time for
Congress leaders to arrange a joint
session. The President address was
not given out until he began to speak
at 12:30 o'clock.
President Wilson addressing Con
gres in join session replied to the re
pent Rneeches bv German chancellor
vnn Hprtlinp and Austria's Premier
Count Czerin.
Von Hertling's statement, the Presl
dent said, is very vague and confus
ing, and leads practically to no con
clusion. It was very different in tone
rom Count Czerin s, wnicn me nca
' oairi haA verv friendly tone.
ti,0 Pvocirlpnt- reiterated that the
tt:j ctofcc hn nn desire to inter-
affairs, and would
disdain to take advantage of internal
weakness or disorder to impose its
own will upon another people.
All the .way through the President
AMERICAN TRANSPORT
TUSCAN1A TORPEDOED
Ramseur News
Ramseur, Feb. 11. Mr. E. B. Leon
ard and J. D. Leonard and family went
to High Point Sunday to see Waldo
Leonard, son of J. D. Leonard, who
was in the city on furlough from
Camp Sevier.
Mr. W. F. Allred and family, of
Greensboro, visited relatives here
Sunday.. Mr. Allred had the mislor
tune to wreck his car near Ramseur
while making a curve. No one in
jured. Messrs. W. F., Free and T. L. Riser'
left our city last Saturday for Peters
burg, Va., where they will work for
Uncle Sam building ships.
W. H. Watkins, Jr., made a busi
ness trip to Ansonville and Wadesboro
last week.
Rev. H. C. Byrum filled his regular
appointments at Ramseur Sunday
morning and night preaching two very
fine sermons.
Among those who visited us Sunday
were Mrs. Hugh .f arks and children
and Mr. Claide Brady, of Franklin-
ville, G. Mike York and family, ol
Staley, Prof. McAlister White and
others of Coleridge.
Mr. I. D. Wagger, of Kandleman,
spent the week end in town.
Mr. J. W. Pollock ot the grip" was
in town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Macon and Miss
Eva Cox have moved back from Mon
tana recently. The west is 0. R. but
nothing beats the Old North State.
Miss Gladys Leonard spent Friday
and Saturday with her parents, re
turning to High Point where she is in
school.
'Mr. Coftn, of Baltimore, was in town
Saturday and Sunday and furnished
us some good music on the violin ac
the M. E. church.
Mr. Leroy Caudle, of Liberty, was
a visitor here last week.
Mr. John E. York, a resident of our
town, is very sick.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Chris
MANY BODIES WASHED ASHORE
NEARLY loO AMERICANS ARE
STILL MISSING
DISTRICT BOARD ACTS ON
RANDOLPH REGISTRANTS
j n,.aUol linp hetween the pro
nouncement of chancellor Hertlin and
foreign minister Czemin, and his hear
ers drew the conclusion uuiu
j ir AnAaAv considered czernin s ut
terances as being more favorable than
von Hertlmgs. j,q
nriT, eeems to see the fundamen
tal elements of peace with clear eyes, tian church met in business session
and does not seek to obscure them, said last week. This society has been do
rr" d,;,1o iner some good work in their church
f,T...4. rv; Enid the President,! recently, having installed handsome
'Wnhahlv would have gone much far-, opera chairs fc the choir and other
ther-hadit notbeen for the embarrass-
"wment -o Austria'-auspice pv
work.
WM lSF.Nina tfataaB(kMt.JKred -Bur-l
gess With several pupils ot xneir
. " , : sv'( t' iirresg wlth several Dumia or
- a the President reiterated tnai grade awHJtners went to zne larcn
' Vflltuted- States wafl ia the ar, andi roclc" Saturday. They report a great
would ut forth its whole strength ''in day. ,
This waPr of emancipation." . Miss Nellie Spoon visited f ricnds at
The test of whether it is possible Asheboro Saturday night,
.the hellieerent to go on comparing A number of our friends from tne
for the belligerent w s B;mnle I ,,t , ; tmvn Rabird.iv hi- nr-
thp fresiaeni sum " r-- '"""j .....v, ... - --- ---
Ind obvious and the principles to be ing the production of "old speck'' and
allied he said, were as follows: other provisions by the score. Some
final settle- doubt is being expressed as to in
essential1 wheat crop bein'g goo! this year oui
1 Each oart of the
4- k KqqaH nnon
i,ictiip to brine a permueui, "'-'- , ,
J 2 Peoples Ld provinces are not to pretty well since the low days of
hP bartered about like chattels to cs-; ground hog sunshine wo have hud. Lei
tablisha balance of power. us hope this wdl be another bump, r
Territorial settlement must be crop year for Randolph
for 'th Sfi of people concerned, and! The Bachelor Maid's Book Uub p!
not merely for adjustment or rival; Ramseur, mt Feb. Cth with M.ss Ni
f towlaims na Tate. A number Were present and
A Well denned national aspirations a very interesting program was rnv
miiHt be accorded all possible satisf ac- dered. Solos, quartettes, choruses, m-
mUSt De accoiui-u , fQl f A nnmhpr of new
U0"k general peace upon such founda
tion can be discussed," said the Pre -ident.
"Until such a peace can be
cured we have no choice but togm
These general principals, the Pres
dent said, have been accepted by ev
ery one except the military autocrats
in Germany. . , .
The President was '"U'7V'
members were added to the roll. A
very tasteful course of refreshments
were served by the hostess.
The Glee Club will meet this week
with Mr. Colon Brady. A good even
ing is anticipated. The Fair Bells ot
the club will entertain the Honorable
Gentlemen of the same at the audi
torium Friday niuht. The outcome ol
Trr s'tanding steadfastly week.
- 0f7v,ed-un neace. Probably
?he latest applause broke out when
the President feclared the militarists
of (& were the only element now
preventing a world peace.
of the 'this meting will be reported next
' Wedded Last Week
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
fit last Wednesday, February 6, con
tained the following account of tne
marriage of Miss Margaret Bradshaw,
Greensboro and Lieut. Benjamin S.
Robertson, Jr., U. S. A., m N w Or
leans last Tuesday at high noon.
A marriage filled with romance
and of unusual interest parties con
cerned occurred Tuesday at the F irst
SytSn church. The contracting
rUe1ere Mis. Margaret Brad
shaw, of Greensboro, N. C., ndrLu;
IT'S. Robertson, Jr., of Ellington
field aviation Drancn t v
. tTAafnn. Texas. -
belle nd popuUr and socially promi
nent in heVLme city, i a da"?nhr
y U. i c nraAahnw. a distln-
- fished citizen and" leading lawyer of
Mortn uarounH. . , .
nit. umi this marriage is the cul
mlnatlon of a love a1Tar of many
" Ti.. .... ntmsnt. Miss Brad-
Jhaw.'accompanied by her father, .Col.
Bracahaw met weuvenunw v..
4 Star brother, Capt. Jack Bradshaw,
of Houston, i ex., -.,- ,
Ingr to tne exacung .
.It tMKrton ancfthe eravity of the
war situation, the wedding .ceremony
was performed here by the Rev. Dr.
. E. II. Cornetspn in the church of the
mothers of Dotn parue.
North Carolina Boy Reported. Dead
-- Abroad v '-",
' General Pershing last Saturday re
.ported that private George E. McDOW
' ell of Rowland, N. Route 2, died
from meningltw me otner wee. ,
i. w,i.
Ci.To-. Pnnli 1 items
n."r will a box party t (dr
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Food Administrator Receives instruc
tions
T D. Ross. Food Administrator for
Randolph county has just received the
following instructions:
Retail merchants are hereby au
thorized to sell flour alone in quanti
ties not exceeding 24 pounds to farm
er customers who sign a formal certi
ficate stating that they have produc
ed and are UBine corn meal, grits,
hominy or other cereal substitutes con-
tamed in the list mciuaea in me iu
cent order of the Food Administration
to the same extent as they use flour.
The order requiring all mcrcnams
who sell feed to apply for license has
today been amended and does not now
apply to merchants doing less than
100,000 Dusmess per year.
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Two Dairy Schools a Success
At the reauest of the county agent
the Dairy Extension Department ot
the State conducted two aairy Bcnwm
in the county last week. The first one
was held at Glenola Feb. 6 the suc
cess one at Sophia Thursday Feb. 7.
These schools were very well attended
and much interest manuestea. ine
schools were conducted by Messrs. J.
A. Gray and Combs of the Dairy De
r.orfmnnt. Thpv used a macic lantern
Illustrated lectures. In the
morning a set of slides were used
showing the different breeds of dairy
cattle, with pictures of some of the
best individuals in the United States.
In the afternoon an illustrated lecturo
on butter making was given. This
was the most valuable part of the
school and every woman in Randolph
should have een the contra in good
butter making and the poor way in
which mpit of the people practice.
..Knnl elrtmed With a disCUSSIOH
. Am -fawllnff of dairy cattle. The
attendance at the Glenola school was
95 at Sophia 85. t-
Mrs. M. C Gregory died It Stur.
ton, AU"rmy-
sry, fit wash-
Sevwity-two hours after the British
liner Tuscania, laden with American
troops and traveling in company with
a large convoy was torpedoed and sunk
ott' tne Irish coast, tne war depart
ment wu.; unable to relieve the in
creasing anxiety cf relatives and
friends of those on board by announc
ing the list of survivors. A complete
list has not yet been furnished.
The war department has had no of
ficial report on losses to change the
"estimate that 210 persons were miss
ing, 113 of them American soldiers.
147 Soldiers Missing
British admiralty figures given, to
the Associated Press at London show
166 missing, 147 of them American
soldiers four officers and 143 enlisted
men. There were 117 American of
ficers and 2,060 men on board the Tus
cania, and the admiralty reports
among the survirors 113 officers and
1,917 men when struck of the Irish
coast by a German submarine torpedo.
In spite of the realization that the
loss was remarkably small consider
ing the number carried by the liner,
the revised admiralty report was re
ceived with bitter disappointment.
Press dispatches indicating that the
dead, all told might not exceed 100
had led to the hope that possibly not
more than fifty of the soldiers had
perished.
A cablegram received by the r.avy
department Monday announced that 67
oiiicers and 1,24 enlisted men. .of the
army had been landed at Buntrana,
Ireland; that Ul soldiers are in hos
pitals at Lonuonberry while 570 oiii
cers and men are at islay. This gives
a total of 2,011, but does not include
the scattering of survivors reported in
unoliicial dispatches as having- landed
at ports in Scotland.
Additional details of the splendid
conduct of the untried soldiers as de
scribed in press dispatches were re
ceived with undisguised -pleasure, by
army officials.
126 Bodies Recovered
The British admiralty has informed
thcjAssqdated.NPre.ss jthafc theUatest-ioir
ister showed that 2,235 persons had
been saved and that about 166 were
missing.
The saved, it was added, included
113 American officers and 1,917 men,
16 officers and 183 men of the crew
and six passengers.
Of the 148 survivors landed on the
Scottish coast 143 belonged to the
United States army, including seven
oiiicers. Of these one officer and 25
men are remaining where they land
ed to attend to the funeral arrange
ments of the American dead.
Americans' Bodies Vt ashed Ashore
The bodies of 44 of the missing 101
victim., of the Tuscan ia disaster were
washed up on the rocks 15 miles from
the scene of the torpedo. ng. All were
Americans and their bodies were mu
tilated beyond recognition.
A patiietic feature is that although
all the victims wore tags, no identifi
cation numbers had been put on them
because these Americans had not as
yvt been assigned to definite army
units. Therefore, there is no way to
identify them and they will be buried
in one crave.
Every Soldier Lost Carried Insurance
K.vprv American soldier lost on the
Tuscania, having dependents, was pro
tected by government insurance. Many
had applied for voluntary insurance,
which is issued in amounts up to $10,-
000 and all are covered by government
compensation payable to widow, child
or widowed mother, lnis automatic
insurance aggregates about $4,300 and
is naid at the rate of about S25 a
month for 20 years.
Seven Tar liecls Aboard
The following North Carolinans are
shown on the list of commissioned of
ficers on board the ill-fated army
transport Tuscania.
Second Lieutenant James sOsburn
BiKtrer: wife, Mrs. J. C. Bigger, 37
South Front street, New Bern, N. C.
Lieutenant Bigger was not attached
to a regular unit.
First Lieutenant Milton Pittman;
wife, Mrs. Lillian C. Pittman, 210
North Ninth street, Wilmington, N.
C, Co. D, sixth battalion, twentieth
engineers, U. a. A. -First
Lieutenant William C. Buh-
mann; wife, Mrs. Nannie B. Buh
mann. Greensboro, N C., Co. F, sixth
battalion twentieth engineers, u. &.
RUSSIA FORMMYi DECLARESSTATE OF WARI;
WllH'GERMANYEAND ALLIESjTOlBE ATAN END
to
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Any at this home of her soi
C,, nrnl Thomas W. Grf 01
There were only four North Caro
linians in the private ranks of the ill-
fated ship. They were:
Lacy K. Evarts, brother of Perry
Evans of Route 21, Stem, Granville
county. lie was before enlisting en
gaged in marketing cross-ties ' to the
Southern Railway.
James W. Logan, son of John F.
Lognn, of Route 1, Ureo, N. C.
Corporal Loom la M. Hales, a broth
er of Mrs. Blanche Tumcy, of Clayton.
Corporal Wesley Shell, son of John
W. Shell, of Route 1, Sugar Grove.
Their fato will not be known until
the list of survivors is completed and
chocked up, when a list of those loRt
will be given out by the war depart
ment Dr. R. JL Payne Deed
Dr. R. LC Payne, a prominent naval
lurgpon, of Norfolk,, Va.', dropped dead
at a Durham hotel Uit Friday morn
ing. Ha had; spent tho night in Dur
ham and was preparing to go to Ral
' h to ho a witness in court thrr.
Last week there was published a
list of registrants in this county pass
ed upon by the Local Board. The list
so published embraced those in e:ass
1.
Below are given in fuil aT the names
the District Board has passed upon up
to the time of going- to !ire.-:
Lexie Willard Cox, 1-K; Harvey E.
Holder, 2-C; John T red Wilson, 2-C;
Lonnie Clayton Cranford, 2-C; Kerne y
Pjearce, 2-C; Chas. Harrison Dorselt,
2-C; William E. Richardson, 1-F; John
Fox, 2-C; Herman G. Underwood, 1-E;
John Robert Hammond. 2-C; Robert
Keid Mendenhall, 3-J; Baxter Eugene
Snyder, 1-E; Lazell Hatten Brown,
2-C and 1-A; John Bean, 1-E; Adrian
Eugene Burkhead, 2-C; Walter Sidney
Myers,' 2-C; Steve Washington Stout,
2-C; Thomas Alton Winslow, 2-A;
Pearl Sidney Davis, 2-C; Jeremiah
UOX, -v;Jonn wisier mount, i-jii,
Claude Vestal Jones, 3-J; Chas. Fuller
Phillips-4-C; Ross Lowe, 1-E; Hugh
Robert York, 2-C and 2-B; Willard
Franklin Kimrey, 1-A; Jay Williams,
1-A; Henry Wright, 1-E; Conrad Har
rison Garner, 2-C; Wm. Micajah Bing
ham. 1-E; Claude Walter Gregson,
2-C; Walter Lee Hicks, 2-C; Baxter
H. Pugh, 1-F; William Thomas
Hughes, 1-F; Samuel Erasmus Henley,
waiter uneDerry siowe, t-u;
Walter Glenn Moffitt, 1-E; Lewis Sol
omon Hornady, 1-F; Walter Stephen
Cox, 2-C; Robert Clyde Marsh, 1-E;
John Henry Beeson, 2-C; Grady Lee
Thornburg, 4-C; Henry Grady Bruton,
2-D: Luther H. Spencer, 2-C; J-.mes
Wesley Brown, 1-E; Koscoe Wade
Branson, 2-C; Aster McNeill, 1-E;
John Kemmons Brower, 1-E; Lester
Kendall Mendenhail, 2-A and 3-J;
Carl Beaufort Cox, 2-C; Alfred Wade
Thompson, 2-C; H. H. Cranford, 1-F;
Vantler Metz Pickett, 2-C; i nomas
Raymond Staley, 2-C; Cecil Monroe
Stevenson, 2-C; John Ciark Ridge, 3-J;
Ernest Fillmore Moffitt, 4-C; Ccphus
Hepler, 3-J; James Brinson Fields,
2-C; Jtioy Lee Keurns, 2-C; Walter
Burton Rich, 2-C; Clarence Allen, 2-C;
Hajjvfey Moore Williams, 2-C; Emery
Alexander Gray, 2-C; Lmnie Wm
Burgess, 1-E; Wesley Bagley Ridge,
3-J:. -Ernest Lee Summey, 1-E; Fred
Jonrtis,
CohleV 1-E; -Hubert Clayton Gregson,
2-A; Virgil Loflin, 2-C; Robert Win
gate Thayer, 2-C; Eugene Allen Fra-
zier, 2-D; Lewis Fletcher Ferree, 2-A
and 3-J; Lester Kindley Routh, 2-C
and 1-A; William Willard King, 1-E;
Thomas Nixon, 1-r ; Earl Whitson El
liott, 3-J; Samuel Winslow Walker
C; Thornton McPhcrson Woodall
Wesley Eli Wood, 1-E; Virgi
Koscoe Lineberry, 2-D; Clilford S.
Stout, 2-C; James Gardner Loilin, 1-E;
Guy Gurld Kouti), 1-E : ml 1-A; Wil
liam Can Page, ;!-L; Jonah li.ia.s
Lucas, 1-E; I-red Doug. ess Nov. berry,
(col.) 1-F; Hal Worth Pugh, 1-F; Ed
Langley, 1-E; John Allen Coitrane,
1- E; Allen Carl Kearns, 2-C; Thomas
Milton Pugh, 1-F; Clarence C. Macon,
2- C; Wm. Ernest Craven, 1-E; Alfred
Hoover, 1-A; Otis L. Stout, 2-A; Clar
ence Mc-nroe Macon, 1-1 and 1-A; Ste
ven Earl Craven, 1-E; Millard Arthur
Pugh, 4-C; Stephen Girard Richard
son, 1-E and 1-A; Eli-dy Cox, 2-C;
John Emery Taylor, 4-C; June Clar
ence Frazier, 1-E and 2-A; John
Wright, 1-A; Jesse Nash York, 2-A;
Israel David Wagger, 1-A; Jeffrey
Emerson Yates, 1-E; Robert Everett
York, 1-E; John Anderson Thompson,
2-C; Harvey Lee Lanier, 2-C; James
Franklin Pugh, 1-E; Theodore Lyman
Ingram, 4-C; Clarence Luther, 1-F;
Carl Lester Cox, 3-J; Percy Lee Cox,
1- A; Chas. Edgar Hepler, 3-J; Wm.
Hall Farlow, 2-A; John Franklin
Hughes, 1-F; Donnie Elba Cox, 1-E;
Joseph Clarkson Davi; 2-Cr John Wm.
Mendenhall, 2-C; Lacv Lee Parks, 1-E;
John Webb Meredith, 2-C ar.d 1-A;
Elijah Graper Matthews, 1-A; Ernest
C. Russell, 2-D; Amos Stanhope Da
vis, 2-C; Percy Nixon, 1-F; Allen Jay
Jones, 2-C; Guy Fletcher Hix, 1-E;
David Lee Bouldin, 4-C; Warren Las
siter Winslow, 2-C and 4-A; Reid Hur
ley, 1-E; Arttmus 11. Winning am,
2- D and 1-A; Roy Newton Hodgin,
2-C; Reuben Lazell Allied, 2-C; Soion
Addison Reynolds, 3-J; James Edward
Frazier, 2-C; Wm. Elius Graves, 1-E;
Thomas H. Elder, 2-C; John Monroe
Pugh, 2-C; Marvin James Black, 2-C;
William Buckner, 2-C; William Ed
wtrd Burroughs, 2-C; Chas. Lee Gal
limore, 1-E; Jesse Franklin Pugh, 1-E;
Enoch Sphinx Powers, 2-C; Henry
Moody Hunt, 1-E; John Franklin Rock
ett, 2-Dj Paul Holmes Redding, 2-C;
John Wesley Staley, 2-C; Thomas
Theodore Rush, 1-F; Jesse Guy Lane,
1-F; Charlie Nixon Saunders, 2-C;
Jesse T.iomas Haithcock, 1-E; John
Fletcher Hill, 1-E and 1-A; Ilnnry
Allen Mitchell, 1-E; Louis Preston
Sprinkle, 2-D; Mosoi Harvey Adams,
1-E; Jasper Mode Amick, 1-F; Win.
Thonta Marsh, 2-C; Ltrt.-r Aldivlge,
1-F; Calvin Harrison I'.ean, 1-H and
1-F; Thomas, Troy Amlrcv.-, '.i-C;
Thos. Spurgeon Barker, 1-F; William
Arthur Cranford, 2-C; Winston Smith
ermun, 1-A Washington Duke Smith,
1-F; Benjamin ' Le Pierce, 1-E; Troy
Harris Parish, 2-C; William Hoover,
1-E; Daniel lowton Burrow, Jr., 1-H
and 1-A; Thoma Hughes, 1-E; iioy
lV-i; iP" Y ndi'llii " ""nilM illl'll'"'r '
YND HAS ORDERED THE COM
PLETE DEMOBILIZATION OF
HER TROOPS ON ALL THE
FIGHTING FRONTS FORMAL
TREATY NOT YET SIGNED
LLEWXAM'S LETTER
FROM THE CAPITAL
Russia has declared the state of war
be at end, and has ordered drmo-
biliza'.i'm or Russian forces on all
front:'-, according
un
to dispatches
ceived feom Brest-Litok dated
day.
The dispatch follows:
"The president of the Russian dele
gation at today's Sunday sitting stat
ed that while Russia was desisting
from signing her formal peace treaty,
it declared the state of war to be end
ed with Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Turkey and Bulgaria, simultaneously,
giving orders for the complete demo
bilization of all Russian forces on all
fronts."
Negotiations between Austro-Hun-garian
and Russian commissions at
Petrograd, resulted on January 31,
in an agreement to the effect that Aus-tro-Hungarian
civilians, detained in
Russia and Russian civilians, detained
in Austria-Hungary of specified cate
gories, shall, as far as they desire, be
repatriated as speedily as possioie.
Russia steps formally out of the
war bv act of the Bolsheviki govern
ment, which seized the reins of power
in Petrograd last November, and al
most immediately opened peace nego
tiations with tne Central empires.
The authority of this government
seems virtually unquestioned at pres
ent in northern Russia and the Teu
tonic powers have already assured the
cessation of even nomial hostilities
along virtually all the remainder ol
the original long line in the east, by
signing a peace with the Ukraine and
isolating Roumania.
Although cutting little figure in the
war for nearly a year past, Russia's
great vital part in the conflict comes
forcibly to mind as the circumstances
leading up to her exit are i-eviewed.
Documentary proof that Lenine,
Trotzky and other leading Bolshev
ists engineered their revolutionary
movement. iniRussia with 'German
funds has been furnished the Petit
Parisien, by an eminent Russian pa
triot whose name is not divulged out
of regard to his personal safety.
Everyone remembers how Lenine re
turned from Switzerland to Russia
through Germany in a train placed at
his disposal by the kaiser and how
Lenine's organ, Fravadawas, was
showered upon the soldiers at the front
and the rear, and how suspicious de
posits of monev were discovered in
Russian banks in the names of friends
of Lenine.
-ws. s.-
Mrs'.
Reuben Brown of Grant Town-
Ship, Dead
Mrs. Ascrnith Yeargan Brown died
at her home near Brown's post office
in Grant township Sunday night fol
lowing several years of feeble health.
Mrs. Brown suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis more than eight years ago and
had been an invalid ever since. She
was married in early life to Mr. Reu
ben Brown who died four years ago.
Mrs. Brown was the daughter of the
lata Barns Yeargan, who also lived in
Grant township. Mrs. Brown was 74
years of age; she is survived by five
children, viz: B .A. Brown, of Ashe
boro, Chas. Brown of Kemps Mills;
Mrs. Will Allen, Miss Frances Brown
and Thomas Brown, who lived with
their mother. Deceased was a faith
ful member of the Union Grove Chris
tian church of which she had been a
member for more than 50 years. Fun
eral service was conducted there on
Tuesday at 2 p. m. by Rev. Green, the
pastor, after which burial followed.
1 Raleigh, Feb. 12. The public schools
j of a number of counties are likely to
have an enl'oic l vacation because of
the scarcity of teachers, unless steps
are taken at once to provide better
salaries for them. This is especially
! true of the country district schools
where the teachers are paid such low
salaries that they have to draw on
their private means (when, they have
any to draw on) to meet the bare ne
cessities with everything from 50 to
100 per cent higher than when the
salaries were fixed and in most cases
not a cent added, yet to meet the in
creased cost of living.
Negro laborers here in Raleigh get
more money in wages ($18.00 a week)
than many poblic school teachers in
the graded schools draw in so-called
salaries," ana 50 per cent more than
is paid the average teacher in the
coontry districts.
Girls who wait on the, tables m ho
tels and cafes command more pay than
the teacher gets on the average and
all the trades pay at least double the
amount paid the school teacher.
Stenographers (mere slips of girls
who have had no experience) are m
demand at $75 to $100 per month and
the country school teacher is expected
to live on half that sum. No wronder
they are planning to quit and take up
better paying work. '
The school teacher situation in
Wake county and the city of Raleigh
was taken up by the county school
committee and after the city's mayor
and chairman of the county committee
had said they didn't think the tax
payers of the county would vote a
bond issue to prevent the closing of
some of the schools, adjournd without
taking any action towards a way out.
Now the newspapers are asking
them to resign and make way for offi
cials who will act and who are more
capable of handling the situation. But
there is no chance of a resignation.
The people are seriously thinking of
recalling the present city commis
sioned the two who won't elect a
third to succeed, a' man dead two
months and more), but there is e
much factional politics in that scheme
that many had rather endure the ills
they have than flee to those they know
not of except the fear that they
would not better their conditions.
But when the next legislature as
sembles an end will be put forever to
a repetition of this sort of one-man
power usurped through the death of
an associate.
The ground hog stock is 'way above
par and we are having the finest exhi
bition of good weather in this section
that can be presented anywhere. Now
for a big wheat and other grain and
food crops this year!
1-Ai Josiah Cagle. 2-C: Rufaa Clyde
Coitrane, 2-C; Claude C. Craven, 3-J;
Ralph York, 1-F , Arthur Karl Fres
hen, 2-D; Alfrfcd Hurton Ellis, 2-C;
Claude Hampton Fegleman, 1-F Car
lie" Adrfhn Garner, 4-C Nathan Silen
cer Edwards, ' 2-C; ' Bfflson Okliw
Bingham, 2-C; Jonoph Willie Ged, 2-C;
Goo. G. I'rm-n, 2-C: Georga Overman
Hunt, 1-A J"""i Allen Usrdfutor, 2-C;
flarnin Franklin Overman, 1-F; Am
brose Franklin Lowdermilk, 2-D; Jeter
Washington York, 2-C; Maccy &
Owen. 2-D: Oscar Homer Kirk
man, 3-K; Millard Ernest York,
2-C; Reuben Coitrane Davis, 2-C;
Carl Allred, 1-A; Silas Harvey
Cox, 1-E; Everett Eugene Coitrane,
2-D; Homer Hammond, 1-E; Gray
Lambert, 2-C; Lola Aster King, 2-C;
Charlie Thomas Harris, 4-C; Lonnie
M. Burgess, 2-C; Ira G. Hinshaw, 1-E;
John Milton Hill, 2-C; Chas. Edward
Walker, 1-F; Carl Worth Hockett,
4-C and 2-A; Wm. Franklin Ash
worth, 1-E; Robert Jordan, 2-C; Na
than Irvin Cox, 2-C; John Craven
Collett, 3-J; William Vaughn Brower,
4-C; Cecil Ward, 1-F; Earl Vestal
Walker, 1-E; Troy Lee Dorsctt, 1-E;
Walter Clyde Jones, 2-C; Joseph Al
fred Bundy, 2-C; Louis Lee Farlow,
2-C; Cail Gilmer Davidson, 1-E; Riley
Win. Johnson, 1-A; Nathan HobliH
!,(', 2-C; Jami-s Louis Nelson, 2-C;
Lrslu- E. Ahiridg", 2-D; lie n jam in
EiiiTiMMi Liiieb'-i l y, 2 (1; Robert Ray
Kearn:i, 2-C; Chas. Ever' It Richard
son, 2-C; U'lie Vnd Shaw, 2-C; Le
roy Nance, 2-C; Vv m. Roixa t L;i.son,
1-F; Roland Rudol,-li Amick, 2-C;
Henry Traeey Lan", i-E; I Ingcne 1 ur
iow, 2-C; Junius Kay liu.-g: ss, 2-C;
Jennings Bryan lhiUn, 2-C; Wm. C.
BiirgfFH, 1-E; Lee Johnson, 1-A; Fred
D. Staley, 1-F Kulice Ncece Nance, I Eugene Green, 2C; Claude Ioe Jnr-
rott, 2-D; Win. Haywood Armstrong,
1-E; Guy Edward York, 2-A; Lonnie
Irvin Strickland, 1-E; Eustace Jerome
Vow, 1-1; Lnther Roy Cox, 2-C 3 no.
Henry Davis, 1-K; Carl Lee Hicks, 2-C;
John Addison Woolen, 1-F;" Jordan
r.enjamin " Stevena, , 1-E; Romulus
Franklin' Ward, 2-C; John LesUy
Strickland, 1-E: Grady Itoyala, 2-C;
Walter Frank Snrratt, 2-C.
Rev. W. W. Hayworth of Mineral
Wells, Texas, Dead
Rev. W. W. Hayworth, a well known
Christian minister answers last call
at his home in Mineral Wells, Texas.
Mr. Hayworth left Randolph about 25
years ago. He had been in the active
ministry in the Christian church in this
State for a number of years; on going
to Texas and finding no church of his
faith, he united with the Cumberland
Presbyterian church in whose minis
try he served until about four years
ago when on account of ill health he
gave up the ministry. He married
Miss Ada Trogdon, a daughter of the
late Abijah Trogdon.
Mr. Hayworth was a son of D. H.
Hayworth, of near Moffitts Mills.
He was a brother of our townsman,
Mr. S. L. Hayworth and Mrs. B. S.
Moffitt, of Coleridge. There were eiT'c
sons in the family and all of therf, Wefo
living until 6 years ago Y;en B. F.
Hayworth died, about o.e year after
D. M. Hayworth died; since then H.
G. Haywort and J. E. Hayworth have
died. This leaves surviving three
brothers, S. L. Hayworth, former
sheriff of Randolph county, and S. A.
Hayworth and A. L. Hayworth, of
Mineral Wells, Texas.
The deceased had been engaged 'n
the retail hardware business ail the
time since going to Texas. He was
like his father and the Haywortha in
this county, prominent and influential
people of high standing and sterling
integrity. ,
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Spy Found Aboard Dutch Vessel
With federal agents still maintain
ing silenco concerning the reported
capture of a German spy and incrimi
nating evidence on board the Dutch
liner Nieuw Amsterdam near an At
lantic port last4 Friday, the sensation
al spy hunt on board tho steamer
continued with unabated zeal Saturday.
The spy who vuh reported caught is
mid to be a naturalized American
and coming to America to establish
communication with the German gov
ernmcht. Mr. Wm. Ahhwnrth, of Scagrove, Cel
cbrnten Ninety-second liirthyday
On Sunday Mr. William Ashworth, ,
more familiarly known as "Uncla
Billio" Ar-hwort.h of Seagrove. cele
brated hi a 92nd birthday Sunday. A
largo crowd of relatives and friends
wera present to participate" in tha cel
ebration, and a sumptuous dinner was
served., Mr." Ahworth in tha father
of Mrs. : R. ' I Jordan, of Asheboro.
Tha other children are Mrs. Andrrson
Lucas, Meoara. John and Mika A h
worth, all live ti"a'r poarmvo. Ancr
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