VOLUME 1.
THOMASVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1910.
NUMBER 7
Judicial Convention.
The tenth Judicial District Demo
cratic Convention wa9 held in Lex
ington on last Friday at 3 o'clock.
Judge B. F. Long:, of Statesville,
and Solicitor W. C. Hammer, of
Ashboro, were unanimously en
dorsed to succeed themselves in
their respective offices.
In the -absence of the Chairman
of the Convention, the Convention
ras called to order by Secretary,
Geo. B. Nicholson of Statesville,
Wnd in vited , Col. W. P. Wood of
Ashboro ' to, the chair. Messrs.
Cochrane and Moore of Lexington
. were made Secretaries.
Judge Long was nominated by R.
le Wright Esq., of Salisbury and
the nomination' was 'seconded by
Geo. B. Nicholsin of Statesville. It
will be recalled that Mr. Wright was
a candidate against Judge Long
and withdrew from the race, and
his action in nominating Judge
Ivbng as well as his eloquent speech
showed him to be a man of the type
tfie country needs,
r. L. C. Caldwell, of Statesville,
placed the name of Solicitor Hammer
before the Convention and Mr. K.
E. Austin, of Albemarle, seconded
trie nomination.
Speeches were then made by So
licitor Hammer and Congressman
R. N. Page. In response to a call
for the "Youngest Man" in the
house Capt. F. C. Robbins made a
short speech.
The convention named the follow
ing as an executive committee.
Geo. B. Nicholson of Iredell; S. W.
Finch of Davidson; Jacob Stewart
of Davie; Hal. M. Worth of Ran
dolph; J. R. Blair of Montgomery;
S. H. Clement of Rowan; J. R.
Price of Stanley; R. C. Puryear of
Yadkin.
Llvt Words by Deed QtiMti.
Wants His Money and Wants It Quick.
Census enumerators all over the
country still waiting for Uncle Sam
to compensate them for their ser
vices will be able to sympathise
Hooolv with William G. Grant, of
Rockland county, New York, who
has written to Census Supervisor
James Kilby of this district com-
nlainincr of the delay. The letter
which reached 'Mr. Kilby to-day
says:
"Now that alr'the danger from
Hallev's corrief 'has1 passed and
Theodore is home again, I would
most respectfully inquire if the
government cam spare the small
nmonnt due me Jor my services' as
an interrogation paint during March
nr! Aoril. If tthey really need
it, I can wait a little longer but my
wife is arranging for, the celebra
tion of our silver wedding in the fall
and we will need it by then. She
believeB now that I have received it
and have blown it in, and nothing
but the sight of the check will con
vince her.
"We had figured on using the
money for a trip to the seaside this
summer but the figures were wrong
and now we expect to get it in time
to buy furnace coal next winter.
For the love of God call an extra
session of Congress or something
and get it through. If they can't
spare the' tfaslj to send two cent
stamps for I would like to have
some good of it , before the family
has to use it foe a white tombstone
to put o ve r the gra ve of yours truly. "
A Tribute.
i '
Jjhe following was read at the
j Main St Methodist church . Sunday
! morning, July 10: -
Since we last met as a Sunday
School the good Good Shepherd has
found that He had need of one of
the Little Lambs of our flock in
His Kingdom above.
It was on last Wednesday that He
called the sweet, gentle spirit of lit
tle Mary Elizabeth Hill to dwell
with Him.
"Baby Love," as she was affec
tionately called, had only been u
member of our School for a short
time, yet her little classmates and
teacher had become very much at
tached to her. : Kach Sunday her
bright face, attentive and obedient
manner oroved a blessing and an
inspiration to her teacher.. ( r . .
The ways of Providence are in
deed mysterious to us now, but we
know that our Father doeth all
things well, and "some day we will
understand." Until then may each
one in the Infant Department, and
even in the. entire school .cherish
the memory of this little Jewel who
is now "Sate in th; Arras of Jesus,"
endeavoring each day to live so
that we shall meet around the Great
White Throne. ' '"J -
Lillian Yow.
Just three hundred and fifty-six
years ago the twelfth day of last
month(February 12, 155t.)Lady Jane
Gray, England's nine-day queen,
was beheaded. One of the most pop
ular heroines in all history, this poor
little girl of seventeen, although
born a Catholic, went to her death
a Protestant, refusing steadily to
recant in spite of tremendous Cath
olic influence. Born the grand
daughter of the youngest sister of
that most brutal ruler, Henry Vlll.
this young woman, whose ability
was great in spite of tender years,
became the victim of most unfortu
nate circumstances. The dukes who
raised her to the throne were not
men of sufficient strength to carry
their poor little puppet queen along
to the high hills of success, the
backing they expected from France
did not come, the people turned
upon them, and the young woman
who might have been England's
first Protestant queen went to an
untimely death. On the day before
her execution the unfortunate girl
whose rule was so short wrote to
her sister a letter that will live lonij
as a sermon, for the words are a
live to-day as they were centuries
ago. The writer, in speaking of the
greatest and most wonderful of book,
which, authentic or not, to the living
is a flash of hope and an everlasting
joy to dying eyes, says:
"I have sent you, good sister Kath
enne, a book, which, though it be
not outwardly rimmed with gold, yet
inwardly it is more worthy than
precious stones. It is the book,
dear sister, of the laws of the Lord;
it is His Testament and last Will,
which He bequeathed unto us wret
ches, which shall lead you to the
path of eternal joy, and if you, with
a good mind, read it, and with an
earnest desire follow it, shall bring
you to an immortal and everlasting
life. It will teach you to live and
learn to die; it shall win you more
than you should have gained by
your woetul latnefs lands,- for as
if God had prospered him ye should
have inherited his lands, for if yiu
apply diligently to your book i.e.,
the Bible, trying to direct your life
after it, you shall be an inheritor of
such riches as neither the covetous
shall withdraw from you, neither
the thief shall steal, neither yet the
moth corrupt. Desire, sister, to un
derstand the law of the Lord your
God. Live still to die, that you by
death may purchase eternal life; or
after your death enjoy the life pur
chased for you by Christ's death;
and trust not the tenderness of your
age shall lengthen your life, for as
soon' it uoa will, goeth the young
as the old; and labor always to learn
to dte. Deny the world, defy the
devil, and despise the flesh. De
light yourself only in the Lord. Be
patient for your sins, and yet despair
not. Be steady in faith' yet presume
not, and desire with St Paul to be
dissolved to be with Christ, with
whom even in death there is life.
Be like the good servant, and even
at midnight be waking; lest when
death cometh and etealeth upon
you, like a thief in the dight, you be
with the evil servant found sleep
ing, and lest for lack of oil ye be
found with the first foolish wench,
and like him that had not on the
wedding garment and then be cast
out from the marriage. ResiBtsin
in ye yourself as I trust ye do, and
seeing ye have the name of a Chris
tian, as near as ye can, follow them
take up your cross; lay your sins
on his back and always embrace
Him: and as touchintr mv deathl
rejoice as 1 ao' ana assist ipernaps
'consider' that I shall be delivered
of this corruption, and put on in
corruption, for I am assured that I
shall for losing of a mortal life find
an immortal felicity. Pray God to
grant you and send you of His
grace to live in His fear, and to die
in the love here is an illegible pas
sage, perhaps made so by fast fail
le i,... i.,J nnithor for love of life,
nor fears of death. For if ye deny
His truth to lengthen your life, God
will deny you, and shorten your
days; and if ye will cleave to Him,
He will prolong your days, to your
comfort and His glory, to which
glory God bring mine and you here
after, when it shall please God to
call you. "The Advance.
, The Filth District Democratic
Judicial afteivvoting for 511 times
Take a Good Paper Dr. Kincaid's
Advice.
Eminent Charlotte DMnt Is an Advocate of Good
Newspapers Tho tons of The Town Paper Is
Determined by the Town Itself.
The Charlotte News in an article
on a series of sermons preached by
Rev. Dr. Kincaid, of that city, on,
the subject "The All-Round Man,
quotes from Sunday nights sermon I
the following handsome tribute to
newspapers. 'The subject last SnxtV
day night was "The Man and His
Reading." In the course of his re
marks Dr. Kincaid paid a hand-'
some tribute to the newspaper. He
said: "The daily newspaper "is
worth all it costs to print it and'
more. My advice to every yotrngl
man is to take a first-class news
paper. He can then always have
something: at hand worth while.
I recall the story of a lady who
was tei-ching an old negro man to
read. She used the Bible as the first
instiuL-tion book. One day the old
man came to her very delighted and
exclaimed, 'Miss, I done got out o
the Bible into de newspaper! '
I have no sympathy with those
who constantly abuse the news
paper. The newspaper is as good
as the people want it to be. The
people can raise or lower the tone
of the newspaper.
I was talking to a newspaperman
recently along this line and he said
'I would like to publish articles on
the order of Emerson's Essays, butl
only about 500 people would read
them, whereas at least 8,000 would
read tlie fight nt Reno.
nominated H. E. Shaw, pi Lenoir
county lot solicitor, H. ft A. Tracy
of Sampson: county withdrew on
the 507? ballot, leaving only Shaw
aqd Williams Of, Duplin' , county .10
the race. ' ' "
A Lesson for Somebody.
The department stores of Franklin
Brothers and Morris & Baird stand
side by side on the street, as well
as in Miss Barret's favor, but it
happened to be Franklin's toward
which she was hurrying when, to
her surprise and delight, she met
her friend, Olivia Grant.
--"Come with me - while Ipntcll'
someplace," Miss Barrett proposed,
ana men we win go ana nave a
cup of Bouillion. Isn't it tiresome
shopping? The clerks seem pos
sessed not to let you know what
they have on the shelves."
They were entering the large
store as she spoke, and a minute
later stood together at the lace
counter.
We haven't anything like that,
lady," the salesgirl announced,
with a side glance at the half-yard
remnant which Mrs. Barrett unfold
ed.
"Haven't! You had an entire
piece yesterday."
"Beg pardon, lady. "We haven't
had that pattern."
Mrs. Barrett bristled. "My dear,
you must De more caretul in- your
statements. I had this remnant
charged and sent out to me yester
day. Then I found that I should
require more, and decided to return
this and have mine cut from the
piece, which I saw at this counter-
yesterday afternoon."
"Did you bring back the check?"
"No. If I could see the young
woman who waited upon me, she
would probably remember."
"You are sure it was here you
got it?"
"Call the head of the depart
ment," was the majestic answer,
and while she waited Mrs. Barrett
turned to her friend. "Simply have
to fight to get anything!" she mux,
mured. "Actually, I care more to
teach that girl a lesson than to get
my lace. The reason I'm so posi
tive is because I had articles sent
from two other stores, and I was so
afraid I'd get them confused that
went, just before leaving the house,
to look at the check and box that
came with this. Ah!" -as the head
of the department stood before her.
mis young- woman tells me vou
have never had any lace like this
in stock."
The manager examined the rem
nant. "She's right, madam," he
pronouueed iccH;ctfully. "Vou
must have got it somewhere else."
"Indeed!" Mrs. Barrett sooke
with cutting sarcasm. "Well!
Probably I did set it somewhere
else, but it was delivered at my
nonse in a rranxun urotnerg dox.
with a Franklin Brothers' check in
side."
"But, madam," came the gentle
answer, tnis is Morris & Haira'e
She had turned in the door too
soon. Exchanre. ,
STATE NEWS.
ire .North Carolina Dental So
ciety is meeting at Wrightsville
this week.
A Wadesboro negro has instituted
suit aganist A. C. L. for $20,000, for
the accidental killing of his son,
a porter on that road, the 5th of
last May.
The Directors of the A. and N. C.
Railroad met at the Atlantic Hotel
at tyurehead City on July 12th and
declared a Bemi-annual dividend
f one and one half percent payable
on the 20th.
'Rev. A. J. Crane, a Presbyterian
minister of Mecklenburg county,
who has been laying out blind tig
ers -engaged in a few rounds of
fisticuff with a constable of that
county on July 11th and knocked
out the officer of the law several
times. It is said that the constable
used abusive language to the
preacher whereupon the parson
proceeded to administer a few of
the Jeffries-Johnson v:iriety.
The Trinity College Alumni
Association of Anson county was
formed at Wadesboro Saturday,
July Mr. U. B. Blalock of Wad
esboro was elected president, and
Mr'.' W. S. Claikof Ansonville, sec
retary. Rev. M. Bradshaw of Dur
ham, president of the general al
umni association of Trinity College,
was present and made an address.
Many county alumni associations
have been formed during the past
few months.
The White South.
Between 40 and 50 soldiers of Bat
tery D. 3rd, Artillery. U. S. A., tried
Friday to' lynch a negro who had
probably fatally injured one of their
comrades in a fight on a Washing-
ion irony car iouowing me; (an
nouncement, July 4th, of theiight at
HCDU,
The Baptists of North Carolina
are planning for a great Sunday
school encampment to be held at
Wake Forest the week beginning
august 8. inis encampment was
authorized by the Baptist State Con
vention held at Wadesboro last
December and the arrangements
left in the hands of the Sunday
school committee. This committee
has finished its work and what
promises to be a very interesting
program has been published.
The approaching Democratic State
convention is absorbing all interest
in Charlotte this week. Senator Lee
Overman will serve as tempor
ary chairman and deliver the con
vention address. As to nominations,
Mr. Charles W. Tillett of Charlotte
will place Judge Piatt D. Walker in
nomination for Supreme Court Jus
tice, Capt. Thomas W. Manson of
Northampton will nominate Judge
Walter Clark for Chief Justice and
Mr. Victors. Hryant will nominate
Judge J. S. Manning of Durham,
It has not yet been announced just
who will place ex-Judge Allen in
nomination. Mr. LockCraig of Bun
combe will second Judge Clark's
nomination.
winston-saleni nas received a
handsome solid silver loving-cup
worth $150, the prize offered by the
Atlanta Journal and the New
Fork Herald for a perfect score in
the Atlanta-New York automobile
tour, and won by a citizen of that
city The cup goes to the Winston
Salem Board of Trade, under
whose auspices the car was entered.
Engraved on the cup is the follow
ing: "Good Roads Tour 1910, Atlanta
to New York over the National
Highway, under the management
of the Atlanta Journal and New
York Herald, won by Mr. James A.
Gray, Jr., of the Good Roods Com
mittee of Winston-Salem, N. C, for
the perfect score performance of
their car."
JOHN CHARLES MCNEILL.
Badgered by precepts, prayers and
jeers,
By petulant friend and foe that
sneers,
She stands defiant through the
years.
Guarding the future's open gate,
Alone, unchampioned, passionate,
Unreasoning and as fixed as fate.
The hostile creed and subtle song,
The roted rules of right and wrong,
That fall so lightly from the tongue.
She shouts one final argument,
On which her soul of souls is spent,
Deeper than plausible intent.
That, with more zeal than wisdom
knows,
More courage than the hate of foes
Or love of native land bestows.
Taking no thought for ill or good
With the blind heart of mother
hood, She fights the battle for her blood.
The voice of many a buried age,
Poet and warrior, priest and sage,
Who hoarded close her heritage,
And poured into her pulsing veins
Rich with their slow, millennial
gains,
The life that crowned itself and
reigns;
The cry of children yet to be,
Whose doom she writes for time to
see
In the stern script, Heredity;
O, louder than the roaring mart,
More sweet than any speech of art
The past and future in her heart!
And never, never will her face
Proclaim creation's prime disgrace,
A mongrel, prideless, hopeless
race;
But while her seed shall yet endure,
Clear-eyed, their tread shall still be
sure,
Their blood be proud and brave
- and pure. .
Charlotte Observer.
Thomasville 1; Ladies 0.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Charged, with mailing anony
mous ; letters, containing insinu
ations -against wives and daught
ers in some of the best families of
the town, W. H. Rounsaville, a
merchant of Apex was bound
over , in a $1,000 justified bond
to the next term of the United
States district court here to-day by
United States Commissioner, John
Nichols. These letters have been
disturbing the social and family
peace and quietude of Apex and
vicinity for a year or more and eff
orts to identify the author have
failed. , Now, however the citizens
have gotten together, compared
notes and are asserting that Roun
saville is guilty. They have letters
that indicate the identity of the
handwriting. Fifteen citizens call
ed on him a month (ago, it seems,
and warned him to leave town. He
refused and his indictment is the
sequel.;- i Rounsaville i'v claims ; ; to
have received anonymous letters
himself Similar to those he is Char
ged with . writing. He has retain
ed ex-Governor Aycock for his de
fense;''' rr.llt -.- V:;;,
In a game that was snappy and
exciting in spite of numerous errors
on both sides, Thomasville defeated
Gibbs' Ladies Baseball Club here
Tuesday afternoon by the narrow
score of 1 to 0. Myers did the
twining for the locals; and it is
probable that had the visitors had
his equal in the box the result
would have been different St.
Leon, the woman pitcher, was re
lieved by Hook, a man, in the
seventh, but they all looked alike
to the Thomasville stick-artists, and
they were pounded about equally.
TL. . 1- ! .1L
a lie ureas lanie in lue siBin
Lambeth came to bat and put one
in deep center that had so much
good will behind it that the fielder
found it inconvenient to handle it
on the fly. And when the ball
finally did come up from the woods
Lambeth was prancing around
second. Kirk was out, short to
first, but Lambeth made third.
Harris hit a slow one down toward
third, beat it out and stole second.
Finch came up and made a neat
sacrifice to first, scoring Lambeth.
Features of the game were Myers'
fanning 10 men for the locals,
Lambeth's two-bagger, and Daisy's
(surname unknown) playing at first,
for the visitors.
Tabulated score: R. H.
Ladies ..,...,000 000 0000 4
Thomasville 000 001 0001 6
Errors, couldn't count 'em. Struck
out, Myers 10, St. Leon 0, Hook a
Base on balls, Mvers 1, St. Leon 2.
Two-base hit, Lambeth. Batteries:
St Leon, Hook and Polly; Myers
and Millener. Umpire, Jones. At
tendance 500
For A Sobered Country.
Losing $16,446,000 last week in ac
tual surplus, New York banks now
have reserves lower than for any
similar period during the last ten
years except 1007 and 1003. How
they will meet the currency drain of
the crop-harvesting season is a se
rious problem. Out West bank re
serves are deplorably even dan
gerously low. Bankers every
where are crying out aguiuct m
tiuvagance and excessive Specu
lation, as Well they may.- The
country is wasting ; capital at a
fate which cannot continue1 indefi
nitely. We like the bright side of
things, but we like even better to
see, things as they are. - No good
purpose can be served by attempt
ting to ignore the fact that financi
al conditions are far from satisfact
ory. Charlotte Obaerrer. ; u ;, :
A through freight on the Tennessee
Central Railroad struck a rock lying
on the track near Algood, Tenn.,
July 7th derailing the engine aud
four cars and instantly killing two
men.
A historic saloon in Unicoi coun
ty, Tennessee, was dedicated as a
church last Sunday. The trans
formation was witnessed by many
who had helped to make the place
famous, or infamous, for its orgies.
Addison D. Snow, the colored
mayor of Hobson City Ala., an ex
clusively negro town, announced
Friday that he would not permit the
fight pictures to be shown in Hob
son City lest they augment race
feeling.
Richard McGuirck a mechanic of
Chicago was arrested Friday while
trying to force his way into Jack
Johnson's home with a rifle. Mc
Guirck admitted that he had lost $125
on the tight but denied that he in
tended to harm Johnson.
The mayor of Macon, Ga., receiv-
ed an anonymous letter July lirth,
threatening his life because he had
prohibited the showing of the mov
ing pictures of the Johnson-Jeffries
fight. The letter was postmarked
Atlanta, and was presumedly writ
ten by a negro.
The United States submarine boat
Salmon arrived Sunday at Hamilton,
Bermuda, having made the trip
from (Juincy, Mass., a distance of
800 miles without accident. This
trip is of unusual interest to naval
authorities as it demonstrated the
practicability of long sea-going
voyages for that kind of craft.
Shortly after 2 o'clock Sunday
morning a mob battered down the
doors of the parish jail at Ray ville,
La., and lynched a man who had
been convicted of murdering the
popular town marshall and who
had appealed to the Supreme Court
"This is thejflutcome of the ap
peal," was the note found pinned
to the dead man's clothing.
Prince Jonah Kalanianole dele
gate to Congress from Hawaii
arrived in Washington Friday.
"Hawaii will make the next bid for
Statehood," lie said, "and the re
quest will come soon. When 1 in
troduce the bill for Statehood I
shall make a showing of the mar
velous growth of the islands."
Kishabel Murai, Miss 'Hiksas
Murai and interpreter Kurachni, of
Japan are visiting in Durhamatthe
home of Capt. E. J. Parrieh. Mr.
Murai, a banker and oil magnate,
is one of the most distinguished of
i Mikado' s subjects who met'Capt.
Parrish when the latter wan- in
Japan as a representative bf the.
American Tobacco Co. They had
not seen each other since.
Porfirio Diaz, who will be 80 years
old next September, was elected
President of Mexico. July l6ti, for
the seventh time. He was elected
first in 1875, for a term of four years
and has served continuously ever
since except from 1880 to 1884 when
Manuel Gonzales was chief execu
tive. President Diaz was elected
for six years this time, the Mexican
presidential term having been
lengthened in 1892 from 4 to I! years.
Baroness de La Roche, the first
woman .aviator, was fatally injured
July 7th at Rheims, France, by fall
ing from a height of 50 meters 162
feet She had flown around the
field once in her Voisin biplane, at
a height of SO meters when suddenly
she appeared to become frightened
and confused at the approach of
two other aeroplanes. She started
to descend but while still at a height
of 50 meters from the ground lost
control of her machine which turned
over and fell like a log. The Baro
ness' arr - and legs were broken
and her ' 'raptured.
A clever engii..-.. i. . rZ U-w VXaty
Flyer," on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Irian a robbery 15 miles
east of St Louiw Sunday - night.
Three young, and apparently inex
perienced bandits stopped the train
...11. U A i.ollklU HUM vwtucAied
the en or: s i r and fireman to go back
with theui Id uucouple the' baggage
car; in the ' darkness the1 engineer
slipped away from them; ran to his -cab;
threw the throttle open, ;;and
dashed away amid a shower of bul
lets from, the bandits'" guns. The
baggage car is said to have'' Con
tained a .Vibo uuioant of money, as
well as the -mail whicb was! Very .
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