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TROY, N. C..THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1912:
VOLUME '7 NUMBER 35.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
GOVERNOR AYCOCK IS DEAD.
Died Suddenly ! ' Heart Failure Wkfle
DelirerajUactnflttil Address at .
Bmningaa Ala. ' v ' ;
People all over North Carolina
were shocked at the ' knowledge
of the death of former governor,
Charles Brantley Aycock, which
occurred Thursday night in a
theatre at Birmingham, where
he was addressing an audience
of teachers. . .
Birmingham, 'Ala., April. 4S
Former Governor Chas. B. Ay
cock, of North CarolinaTdropped
dead at the Jefferson Theatre to
night while addressing the Ala
bama Educational Association.
Mr. Aycock was speaking on
"Universal Education,!? Neces
sity and Benefit." He was about
one-fourth through his address
. when he suddenly staggered
back a step and fell to the floor
so suddenly that those on the
Btace were unable to reach him
ii time to support him.
Water was hastily thrown in
his face and he was taken to the
wings of the theatre, but expired
at once. Death was pronounced
to be the lesult of heart failure.
Governor Aycock followed
Governor O'Neal, of Alabama,
who had just delivered an ad-
dress'to the Association on
"Some Educational Problems."
Gov. O'Neal and other men prom
inent in educational circles in the
South were seated on the stage
during Governor Aycock's ad
dress.
"While Governor of North
Carolina I was called upon to de
liver many addresses," said
- Governor Aycock. ."Oft time3
I went to churches on Sunday
' and when I talked I always .talk
ed about education"
' With thi9 assertion out of his
lips the Covernor swayed and
fell to the floor. The audience
thoucht as he reeled, that it
- was a part of his gesture.
However, the truth was real
ized to the sorrow or over
- 5,000 teachers of the State of
Alabama when it was announced
that he was dead. It was the
most tiaeic happening in this
citv in years.
Governor Aycock was in his
fiftv-third year. He was born in
Wayne county, N. C, Novem
ber 1, 185, the youngest ron of
. Benjamin Ay:ock and his wife,
Leroue Aycock. He graduated
. :at the University of North Caro
" ' lina in 1880 with high honors.
He was admitted to the bar in
It Was Sure "Some'-Turtle.
Last fait during? the severe
drought, when even Rocky river
was almost a trickling branch, a
number of men from Bonlee and
Bear creek went seining and
among other things; caught was
a turtle that weighed 35 pounds,
had claws an inch and a half
ong and whose head was - four
inches across. This turtle's
head, claws and shell were pre
sented to The Grit's museum.
and has furnished quite a bit of
curiosity for . many -doubting
rhomases. Mr. Alfred Glosson
was the thoughtful sender of this
shell so that the proof of the
story could be had in the seeing.
Siler City Grit. .
Cant Get Away From Them. I
The (roof of th pudding Is In the
eating; you can't get away from
that." Bays an advertisement And
the-Manhattan Mercury adds: There
are a lot more equally trite bits of
wisdom that It seems Impossible to
get away from." Kansas City Star.
for one of its b33t loved sons has
gone. And when the summons
came he was preaching his great
sermon of education universal
education and he was preaching
it from the heart. He fell a3 he
would have fallen in the, service
of the children of the South,
carrying the great message to
them of education for all.
The lamented governor's body
reached Raleigh Saturday and
arrangements were immediately
made for placing it in state in
thecapitol building.
1881. practiced in Goldsboroand
made a great success from the
beginning, appearing in many
Important cases.
He was a leader in the grea
campaign which brought the
Constitutional Amendment. In
1900 he was nominated for Gov
ernor by acclamation and . was
elected by a great majority. . He
was the Educational Governor of
North Carolina and set the State
forward in education. After the
close of his term in 1904 he con-
tinued the practice of law in
; Goldaboro for some time, in part
; nership with Judge Frank A
- Daniels, with whom he had been
associated before. In 1909. he
removed to Raleigh and was as
sociated in the practice of law
' with ex-Judge Robert W. Wins-
ton. . '. '. -
. Governor Aycock, urged to do
to by great numbers of friends
throughout the State, agreed i
few months ago to become a can
didate for .the -United .States
Senate. His health not being
' of the best, he went to Philadel
phia less than two months ago
lor medical care and rest, re-
0 turning to Raleigh on the twen
: ty-fifth of. March, ana was. to
' - have made his opening addres
ia Raleigh on Friday, the twelfth
cf April. - From all ' sections o
t.:.? Llate news r.au come- assur
Sunday afternoon the body
wa3 removed to the First Bap-
ist Church, of . which Governor
Aycock was a communicant. The
church was filled and outside the
building it is estimated that
thousands of people were, wait-
u?g to follow the remains to their
ast restinz nlace. Dr.' Thomas
O'Kelly, pastor of the church,
and Bishop John C. Kilgo and
Mr. P. D. . Gold paid glowing
tribute to the deceased governor
and statesman.
We tr ke the following para
graphs" from Tuesday's News
and Observer:
"It vv as nothing but in keep
ing with his life that his last
word should have been spoken
for the cau3e of education,"
Bishop Kilgo said. And there
followed a splendid! tribute to
him as a lawyer, how he could
not resist the cry in injustice, no
matter whether the client be
white cr black.
Locking down over the bier
BishoD Kilgo said grandly: "I
confess to something that forces
upon me a sort of envy and
jealousy that another , State
should have been the beneficiary
of his last effort." And looking
- Some Straight Raflrwd Tillc. .
' We take the following article
from the Moore County New3.
We do not know the writer's
rear name, but whoever he is,
his sentiments are secon ded by I
all who have had his. experience.
Here" is the article: 5
This writer has been a knight
of the. grip for several years,
but for the bamm est. most mis
erable passenger service he has
ever encountered, the palm goes
to the Troy to Colon division of
the Norfolk Southern Railroad.
They have no regard whatever
for the welfare of their passen
gers as they rarely fcver make
their connections. ' It seems to
me, to say the least, that the
new management at the outset
would want to gain the good will
of the patrons , and give good
service, even if it didn't jnean
big dividends, but a3 it is, the
maddest crowd the writer has
met up with in many years' are
the people living on this road.
I was reliably informed that a
party near Glendon. desiring
go to Greensboro drove to the
station, three successive days
over rough roads only to find
after waiting four hours that
the train was so late they could
not make the connection at Gulf
if it was run by greased light-
i ning from Glendon. -And, too,
mind you, this is supposed to be
a full-fledged, dyed in the wool,
passenger-mail-express train and
is due, according to their own
published schedule at Gulf one
hour and a half before the taam
for Greensboro is due. 15 at you
will say they run a- nice swell
little taaia on their return trip
to Troy. Not on your life. The
writer waite'd two hours for this
train at . Gulf one night and
reached Star .only three hours
late. And yet if there was a
damage suit in court and. i
Moore county jury returned hea
vy damage against the railroad
company, tne poor railroad ioiks
would scratch their heads and
wonder why in the world the
folks are so hard on the down
trodden- railroads. Experience
has proven that the old Vandsr-
bilt policy of "public be damned"
ia not a paying proposition, and
that the pubc want and deserve
a "square deal, and sooner or lat
er tney are going to nuye it.
They won't stand for what the
CENTRAL NEWS IEHS.-
Neisrs From Outside the County Review
ed and Told in JBral For
Oar Bu Readers.! :.- . t
lir. Clifton N. Blue,'of Aberdeen,
died at te Highsmith . hospital in
Fayetteville Friday, iMar. 29th of
peritonitis. He was 36 years old, a
son of Mr. and Mrs. John ?!ue, and
a prominent young . -hBiness "man
being one of the ownersif and gen
real superintendent of the Aberdeen
& Rockfish Railway. ; !" S C; !; ;
..; With the; anRpunctnscnt! - recently
of the withdrawal- -Lieutenant
Governor W. C. Newlanp, from the
gubernatorial race; the' nomination
of Locke Craig of Asheville as. the
democratic candidate for governor
seems unanimous. Fori some while
those who have watched the politi
cal 'situation were aware that a n
overwhelming majority of the
Democrats were in favor of Mr
Craig for Governor. Four years ago
Mr. (Jraig made a splendid race
against Governor, then Congressman
Kitchin, but was defeated after one
of the fiercest conventions ever held
by the Democrats. Since that time
tojkt has been pretty weli understood
that Mr. Craig would be the nom
inee this time and the withdraal of
Mi. Newland means no opposition.
The chief fight ' among the. Dem
ocrats as far as state offices are con
cerned hedges about the lieutenant
governor-ship and two members of
the corporation commission.
Using Steam Fewer Flows.
The'Sanford Express relates the
following:
Messrs. John H. Kennedy and
John L. Tull were in town Monday.
They informed us that the big plow
which has been shipped by the Nat
ional Harvester Company to the
Egypt Improvement Company, o f
Cumnock, was set up and made
ready for operation last week. This
is the largest plow its kind in the
State. The outfit weighs 43,000 lbs.
This is a gang disk plow and i3 pul
led by a 45-horse power Mogul trac
tion engine. There are eight 284nch
disks on the plow. Each one 'ruts 10
inches, making seven feet for the
eight disks.; Cutting seven feet at
each trip is plowing some and sounds
like farming in the West. This plow
can be so regulated that it can cut
to adepts of 15. inches and its manu
focturers claim that it can be made
to reach a capacity of . twenty acres
per dayT The runnnig works of
Sued For $500 and Got $1.75. .
A colored citizen of Durhan who
rejoices in tne name ol iiusoana,
was in the Hamlet wreck,: sued the
Seaboard Air Line railroad for $500
damages. . The case ; was -'tried in
Durham Superior Court last week.
It was brought out that ' the negro
had paid $1.50 for a ticket and 25
cents for a telegram advising his
people -that he. was unhurt. The
Seaboard had paid him fland .the
jury allowed him 75 cents to fully
cover his " expenditures. Alamance
Gleaner.
, Tent Meeting.
Dr. E. F. Green of Star, pres
ident of the C. C & A. Institute,
will preach at the Congregation
al church in Troy next Sunday,
the 14th, and the 3rd Sunday, the
2isr, at which tune we expect
Bro. A. Lamonds, state evange
the list, to begin his tent meeting.
plow contains four wheels and two
seats. An expert has been sent to
Cumnock by the manufacturers to
put the plow in operation this week.
Members of the company are to
I come to Cumnock and be present at
a demonstration and test which will
be made next week. The Ejrypt Im
provement Company are not to take
the plow unless it will do what its
manufacturers claim for it.
Mr. A. J. Jones, one of th most
successful farmers in Moore county,
has a gang disk plow pulled by
All christians of all denomina
tions are cordially invited to
unite with us in this battle to
overthrow sin and misery and
set up righteousness and peace,
Come, one and all.
J. S. Butts, pastor.
This Week's Issne.
mi 1 m m
ine Montgomenan is issued
this week under very difficul
circumstances and we are some-
a what delayed, wnich will cause
. Testimony Impeached.
A preacher, at the . conclusion
of one of his sermons, said: "Let
all in the house who are- paying
their debts stand up." Instant
ly, every man, woman and child,
with one-exception, arose to their
feet. The preacher seated them
said:
rrarM"iYi ononna mir rmr an lorrra aa i . .
" ' " . . our reaaers to get tneir paper
mont- an1 o irQlnohla vmoaa rr ma. I 9
u; i I new press and making other
Mr. Tuft is testing one of these big Ranges and improvements in
nlnwa cm hia farm npnr
Pinpiinrsh. tne plant, and in doing this the
The tests and experiments with the Shop Has nad to De consider
one at Cumnock will' be watched ably torn up".
with interest by the farmers of this We also have on hand a large
section. While they may never buy quantity of job work which has
as heavy a plow as this, yet "there is been delaved. and we trust our
3 - r J HIT . 1 . . . i . m. .
ana saia: . jnow, every man larming in this section or the coun-
not naying his debts stand ud. try and our farmers have come to
The exception noted A careworn, realize that the labor problem must
hungry JookfngLindlvidual, cloth- be solved by heavier and more im
edin his last summer's suit. Pveu iarm macmnery.. ,.io
sIotoIv aammorTa nrnAti1ifm1ai 011 deeP Plowing
position. "How is it, my friend,"
asked the minister, that you
coming a change in the method of patrons will kindly give us this
indulgence. , .
In a short time, when the pres
ent improvements are completed
IN AND ABOUT TOWN.
couples
at The
heavier and
carry
our farmers need
better stock. They
! we will be able to issue The
Montgomenan with more dis
patch, and to do a larger volume
up I from it, he Eaid: " ''North
are the only man not to meet his
obligati-ns?" "I run a. news
paper," he meekly answered,
"and the brethren here who
stood up are my subscribers,
and" Liet us pray," ex
claimed the preacher. Alabama
Baptist.
should not be satisfied at breaking of printing than we have ever
and preparing their land for seed- before been able to do. We will
ing withaone horse plow. It has have as good equipped printing
been demonstrated that in prepar
ing land for planting deep plowing
is the thing ihat counts.
plant as there is in this section.
Personal Mention.
. Sulphur Springs Items.
Sulphur Spring?, Apr. 8. The
railroad comnanv is hanclinz out children, grand children and ret
to them on this line. If I had atives of Col. A. F. Rush cele
my say so, some of the superin- hrated his 89th birthday last
tendents and dismtchars who &unaay. Aoout- luu - persons
are trying to make such a "rep"
Carolina ha3 kt a devoted son,
the South a most faithful ser
vant and the nation a distinguish
ed citizen. You have lost a
neighbor and a friend. It, is a
difficult thing for me to speak.
My right place is with them that
mourn." :.- y " v
The Bishop's closing words.
in which he toldTaow the: name
of Aycock Would always be held
as a household word in the fam
ily, always be embalmed : ia the
memory, was the last uttered
word upon the platform, and the
choir sang "How Firm a Found
ation." " "
The service at the grave was
short, In pas sing but to take
the trip, Governor Kitchin and
Governor Glenn walked together.
Itvaa obsetved that there were
four chief executives," including
the revered dead, a present Gov
ernor and two who had held the
office . " ' '
: The body slept under -perhaps
the most remarkable burden of
flowers ever given any North
Carolinian. It is impossible for
any Kind td imagine what they
. wVre until he ha3 seen them f-
rMj.l, Under a
higher up and at the expense of
the public and overworked train-
men would have to hunt another
jobi Think of a- road 60 miles
long and one solitary train doing
all the work. Gentlemen of the
railrc ad, give us another train.
S I: " A Drummer
The Uwharrie school closes Fr day
of this week and the closing. exer
cises promises to be interesting. Rev,
3. W. Oldham will deliver the liter
ary address. ,f : - - ; v - " V- i
canvas, the
Queen Iten : -.
Queen, Apr. 9. We are bav
ing "some verr fine weather
along now.- . ' :
There was not any service at
the church Sunday on account of
rain; - ,. V . -
UMiss. Esther Moore is. visiting
her sister, Mrs Kot Tdillikan,
at Norman this week. ' . ;
: : Mr. and Mrs. Casper Warner
visited at the home of Mr. J. W.
Warner' Sunday. '. :v ; ' .
' Mr. John M. Reynolds is mov
ing his family to Mt. Gilead.We
regret to see, them ; leave very
much, but wish them much suc-
cess. . .
v There will be preaching at
Lovejoy church . on Saturday
April 13, at 2 o'clock. -All mem
bers of this church are '. request
ed to be present to, attend to
some very, important, business
peruining-to the church. . -i;
-Hisses Eula end Lena Ray-
were there. Tne Uolonel was
very. feeble with cold, but is fair
ly stout for a man of that age.
Messrs. T. G. Webb and Thom
as tsyrd are putting in a saw
miirnear Harrisville. They are
about ready to run.
Mr. E. L.- Harris had a mule
to get its leg broken recently.3
Miss Lottie Wooley is at home
from school. -
Mr.'T. G. Webb's mules-ran
away Saturday.- He was hauling
a large tank and the noise fright
ened the mules. Fortunately no
serious damage was done.
Mr. J. M. Poole passed through
thjeseparts last week5..: -
, Rev. W. H. Strickland .' of
Greensboro, ; now has l appoint
ments at Sulphur Springs' - Bap
tist church 1st Sunday 3 - p. ' m.
and at ; Center at 11 a. m. ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. ' F. Whitlock
visited relatives in Moore county
recently;
- Mr. E Ia Harris, who lost his
arm recently? is gettmg on nice
dMr.- B. F. Rush of Sanford and
son Richard of Washington; P.
C, are; visiting relatives at Dry
Creek. : i
The Real Ground Beg.
A visitor who was in town
miHow nro fVofr t Vi e mrtiilH
i'l JllACkJ TV UO IV1U IfilOli 4 VTVWiU
call at the city market he could
see the ground hog that has
caused so much bad weather
since the second of February.
He hurried down expecting to
take a look at the little animal
that has been cussed and discuss
ed so much of late by the press
and public. Upon his arrival he
found the marketmen grinding
sausage making 1 ground hog.
He then remembered that it was
Sanford Express.
Mr. Henry Pemberton, who is in
school at Elise, was in Troy Sunday.
Local News Gathered in and Around
Town Social and Other Items
Told in Brief.
Court next week. 1
Campaign buttons are being
handed out x
A number of Troy
spent Easter Monday
Falls on Yadkin river.
Mrs. M. J. Carter has." been :
very sick for several days at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. T. -N.
Harris. At present she is
reported to be getting on well.
An eclipse of the sun will be
visible her&pn April 17th. The '
eclipse will be on when the sun
rises and will continue for a half
hour or more. It will be seen
here only as a partial eclipse.
Mayor Poole has given notice
to confine your chickens and oth
er poultry so that they will not
trespass on the property of others
people and interfere with their
gardens. After serving this no
tice one dollar a day will be
charged for each fowl that is al
lowed to run at large.
The Troy seconds played the
Biscoe seconds in a game of ball
at the latter place Saturday
morning. The score was a little
against" the Trov boys, being
7 to 14 in favor of Biscoe. Anoth
er game was played between the
same teams at Troy Monday af
ternoon and the Troy boys retal
iated, winning by a score of l6
to 15 in their eighth inning.
Mrs. O. B. Deaton underwent
a successful operation at her '
home in Troy for appendicitis
yesterday morning. Dr. H. E.
Bowman of Biscoe, assisted by
Dr. A. F. Thompson of Troy and
Dr. Howell of Covington per- ,
formed the operation, which she
stood admirably and is resting as
well today as the circumstances
will permit.
Rev. S. J. McConnell has re
quested us to announce that he
will begin a series of meetings
at Beulah Methodist church,
about four miles from Troy, on
the third Sunday afternoon at
The Irony ot fat crops -out in the
fact that tie . men whose portraits
would look best in the .magazine
ever Bucce&er in mating it worth
ffhile for the magazine to publish por-
'.raits of them,. . - ; j-- "
. Oak Grove Items.
Oak Grove, Apr. 9 Farmers
aronnd here are busy nreDaring for J
planting. " - - ,
Mr. Hal McKinnon and; Misses
Maggie and Minnie McDuffie attend
ed the Box party at" Eagle Springs
Saturday night and report a nice
time. v ' y '".v-v-::
Mr. Charlie and,. Miss Ethel Mc
Duffie, who are in" school ; at Elise,
spent Easter at homejaccompanied
by two of their fnendsj Mr; Graham
Nicholson and Miss Ethel Covington,
Miss Leonora Seawell, who has
been - teaching " achool near High
Falls, has returned home. - ' .;
Mr. Lacy McDume, from David
son College is spending this week
with home folka"-;v-'A ;'' ;' .
Mr. D. W, McDuffie attended "the
republican . convention at Carthage
The wedding; bells have been ring
ing around, here of i later (A :fi A e
thing leap' year , does nt come . only
every four years. sv : , ; yfx
The singing at MrT jlCMcDuffie's
Sunday afternoon was enjoyed very
much by att.;q',S:
: Mrs. I. W." Sullivan and : Mrs. ;T.
II. Skeen of Biscoe spent Easter at
home.-- . .-.- ;-.' "" -'. t&A
Mr: ti.: W.Brown, who has been
right sick is improving.'.yt;li-
Mrs. lhos. Hurley oi btar was a
visitor in town Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Horatio Harris
of Sanford are visiting in town,
Mr. larnest Leacn oi star was a
Troy visitor Saturday.
Mrs. John McCaskill of Ellerbe
was shopping in town Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Deaton
spent Ea3ter with relatives at Ophir.
Mrs. D. B. Johnston of Jackson
Springs was a Troy, shopper Saturday.
Mr. J. Urus Loftin, who holds a
pharmacist's position at Rosemary,
spent Easter here with relatives
3 o'clock. The meetings will-
continue through the week clos
ing on the following Sunday.
Only one service a day will be
held and that will be at 7:30 p.
m.
The people of Troy and this
section will regret to learn of
the sudden death of Governor
Aycock. The, Montgomerian
made announcement last week -
that he had consented to come
to Troy on the 26th to deliver
the literary address at the clos
ing of the graded school. - All 1
were looking forward to his com- "
ine with expectancy and this -
I . . if : ' i a. ;n v,
Mr. O. J. Blaylock and Master untuneiy aisappomuneni wiu e
Clyde Nance spent Sunday in Stanly learned witn regret.
county. the prayer meeting hour at'
Miss Essie Hunter of Holly the Methodist church last Thurs-
Springs was the guest of Miss Olivia day night Mr. Casper Warner of
Johnston Sunday. ' Queen and Miss Fannie Morris
1 Mrs. Emma D. Olive of Thomas- of this place were married. 1 The
ville is the guest at the home of Mr. I ceremony was performed bv the V
J. C Beckwith.' - : pastor of the churcn, Revr C A.
Miss Lee Warner has . returned Canipe,"4nd Mrs.- Ben T. Wad
home from; hear, Carthage,' where played the wedding march. Ihe
she taught school.' I couple are both young people ar-d
r miq w. t bt, v p. fWrW have many friends, Mrs. Warn
of Mt. Gilead were in town Friday er is the daughter "of Mr. and
on business. ;- - Mrs. G. F. Morris and is a young.
mV w: if HurW' of Jackson lady of many accomplishments. .
finrinnhsa liwn vioifino- har Annrh. lit. WaTneT IS ".the i SOU Of ' Mf,
ters at the Central. ; ; 7 ' " - John Warner of Queen,", an in-
-vr. 'A CT-- tin; TV. dustrious farmer and one of the
-s.a .uu county'B leading citizens. -The
folks. MrsH
Miss May juamonds of Biscoe. ; I ulations.
1U1 OUU JU19 TT.I U A CUIUllVU - V4 I'V-'m Li ""' '1 t J t
Norman spent Sunday with Mrs. . xveceuuy xawr. ww 6am u,
PWfmi'a'ripnW'Mr' tmri rifrsi was Dr. -W; Graham, o Char-
R. W. Frazier.
idtte. sold several persons in this
Misses Fannie McKinnon "and VEs- coy . eye glasses . at encrdou:
. - T nt V I TTM fC3 in I1TIH 111-"' LWII ttl,
tneruuney or. aaevuie were mi ; r .
town Fridav. the eUesta of Miss Bon receivms E3 rucn t3 .
Wade. - .
7 llhscs Liable Iliyward snd Tadl
UcAulay cf lit. C'.l.'i t mt a tLcrt
while ia:.t07rn'rr:':y ;ihIIi3::3
inta
ID a
cf glasses:'-: prcb illj r : t v.
cere" thn H. cents. A f :t
ir.T l "m of a strots rrrcrt.
1! 3 .rZ:zt tyrr.7 ' ':;y of
irty
cx V
c!-s ! iva returned her?. 3 frc::i
In Favor cf
Crt:e,
It 1-
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