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1 , BURLINGTON. N. C., SEPTEMBER 1, 1909.
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NO. 16
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OUR GREENSBORO LETTER.
Special to the DispatxA. ;
Greensboro, . .N."-. C. Aug 3
The week, last . part has -.been un
eventful in the : bistory of i the citjr.
The usual number of garnet of base
ball with a dailyj increasing jattencl
ance have been pal led off. As a
result of a most searching invest iga
tion in the iriysteriousi mnrder of
the aged spinster iss LydiaNew
man, Jim Frazier.has been cdmrait
ted to jail on suspicion vto : await a
fuller investigation, and perhaps to
be put through the usual sweating
process which of . late - has , bad the
effect of bringing so mancriminals
to j ustice. St: Leo's Hospital,""like
the house of refuge, of whioh.'we
read in Holy writ continues to be
the asylum of the afflicted of the
country, and scarcely-a . day passes
but some poor sufferer; enters its
hospitalbe walls to taKe the place of
those who nave been 1 restored to
health and discharged. v
Rev. Father J. A.Hickery of
Rochester JN. Y., who - lor a while
sojourned at the; ho&pital has return
ed to his home in te city onvthe
Erie Canal. Fathers B ickeay won
golden opinions during his stay at
jjie hospital by his sweet-christian
character and general disposition.
He is revered and anointed in the
memory of those to whom he gave
spiritual consolation while , in s this
community. Dr. W.' H. Broddy,
; this young resident physician at St.
Leo's though young in ; years, and
the ink: scarcely dry on his diploma
is rising rapidly- to the head of the
medical Troiession wnere in is saiu
there is plenty of, space, s
Mr. W. H. Stern, Jr., late of
Darham, now of this city, who
had the- misfortune on the 8th of
June last to fall and sustain a com
pound fracture of : the iiip is now
con valecing rapidly , under the skill-
m treMment of the physicians and
trained nurses at St. Leo s Hospital.
Mr. V . H. Stern3 Sr., and his son
who have just returned from New
York City where they -purchased
goods for Mr. Stern's two dry good
stores, one in Durham, the other iu
this city. ; ;
Mr. Valter Beckoni of Burling
ton was in the city during the week
and incidently paid St. Leo's Hos
pital where he had been a former
patient a visit.
Mrs. W. P. Iugle of Burlington
spent Sunday in the city a guest of
her brother Justice D. H. Collins.
Mr. J. H. Stewart and son, Mas
ter Jessie, a former patient at St.
Leo's Hospital, of -Gibson ville were
in the city Sunday and founl time
to pay St. Leo's a visit.
Mr. Anderson Councilman of Bur
linton who come to St. Leo's Hos
pital not lorig s'"nce for treatment foi
appendicitis passed away at that
iutitutiou early last Saturday morn
ing. All the skillful physicians and
tencWr nursing could do failed to
stay the hand of death. The deseae
was suffered to gain too strong a
hold on him before he 'repaired to
the hospital for treatment.
Beautiful Dance.
A delightful dance was given Fri
day night at the home of . Mr. ; and
Mrs. R. L. Walker. in Graham, in
nonor ot Misses Nora and JXeliie
Phillips, of Greensboro, from, eight
to eleven. Music was iumished by
a string band from Qreensboro.' , Re
freshments werek served and a 'grand
time spent bylall present. The follow
ing were participants: Messrs Ber
tha Brooks of Greensboro, Margaret
Snyder, Minnie Trolinger, Inetz Al
bright, Daisy Shield and Mrs. Flora
Benton. Messrs. Coy "FJinton of
Altona, Penn. Elraa Aucley,. PhiL
Dix son, Jerry Lea. Clay Lewis, Jno.
Snyder, Thos. Garner, ot Bnrlington
Cyrus H. Heritage of Burlington
. ?as. Bralton and Mr. Barbeeof Me-
Citv Editor Foust spent . Sunday
wi Mr. and Mrs. J. T.; Plott at
their oamn rn OraYinm'-Kn. J-Visit-
City of Swepsonville ;and
loot
.1
njr upon the works ot nature
Dgthe rivei near Swepsonville. -If
interested in iealtate,eAd
c a'l of J. R. Adams on 'another
The openin? day of Whitsett In"-
stitute was last", Wednesday with tHe
regular annual picnic on ? Saturday
A reasonably large crowd was . pre
sent at Whitsett Saturday and spent
6t. enioyment a3 well as a day
of profit; In ihe; morning "a game
Of half; was playedpetween Sedalia
and "Whitsett, which while hot er
rorless by any means had a number
of star plays. ' Both teams were ev
enly enough " matched in strength to
make the other work hard for the
victory which? was wone by Whit
sett by, a small -score; The -picnic
was in- form of a basket picnic near
relatives and friends placing their
dinner together and -inviting their
friends. : This was served some time
after the, meridian on-the dial had
been reached when all appitites were
wen whitted and the way those peo
ple ate is a mystery un revealed. ,
' At two p. m. Hon, SM. Gat
tis Grand Master of -the Masonic
Fraternity of North Carolina deliv
ered an eloquent address oh "Educa
tion in North Carolina" An hour of
fun was next on programme which
was participated in by small and
large boys running races and which
was very exciting for a few minutes
to'see who would be , the winner.
Another game of bairwas played in
the afternoon between Alamance and
Highland. ".- ,Free lemonade was ser
ved by Dr. -Whitsett in his office, so
after taking a drink, another drink,
and stl 1 another drink, ; which is
very; pleasantly reroeoiberedJvWe
took our departure; We were glad
to learn that the. attendance at - the
opening was at least fifteen per cent
better thanany former yean This
means that the young men and wo
men of our land a e, becoming en
lightened toithe great need of an
education, and we hope the day is
not far distant when every ftatej; in
the. union will be covered ,.by a net
work of schools Vu n n ng nine montlin
in the year, in reach" of, every lad
and lass and that the youths will
sieze this golden opportunity.
A Boys Opinion of the Gty Dads.
Dear Pa's
Ve koow you are. just the lovliest
and bestest pa's we boys ever had.
And we do love you so much. You
guard our rights ah restrict our pri:
vileges, .with such a fatherly tender
ness that is simply' amazing, xou
provide places of amusement for our
entertainment and pleasure. But
niakest us wade in mud up to out
necks to get there, but with all thy-
orondness and hviner kindness; we
havf oiie". com plaint to make, you
provide or license places where we
can go, and spend half the night
there by injuring vur health and
dwarfing our manhood. We can
roll -ten pins or play pool, at twenty-
cents per game swap smutty jokes
and swear like, troopers, ana where
we can soeud in one nisrht all we
make in a week. Bui if we want to
buv a five cent glas of bitter water
t i ' i' . a ; i f. l '
Witn a Utile wnue loam upon itai
led near oeerVto quench our .thirst
or to take the. bad taste out, of -our
morithWT Y ou step, in andsay nay,
nay young man, we, are the guar
dians of thcTf ature a i nd rising gene
ration, we know what' is best - for
you, you must not have, what r y our
dadies had. vve are proviamg ine
sweets ot life for you, and remera
berlhe sweets 5 come hign. It you
must have the bitter, it can be found
just outside the corporate ' limits, ifJ
tne condition oi tne siretis win per
mit you, go but and drink to your
heart content. But not on the in
side young man, not on the ( inside?
Do ypu think you are doing your
duty by us dear Daddies? Bo you
honestly tnink' you are doing your
duty?v;-J- fe'-r
une pi your noys) v
& The Picnic Postponed.: ;;-
The committee appointed to secure
teams: for the picnic ;for thellefo'rm
ed' Sunday School which' was to have
been, held next Saturday fiud itxim
pra6ticable to go on, the lori - trip
planned On this; account the pic
njejsj ments . cabmadef!;:::''
BANK VRECKERS.GUILTY
Breese and Dickerson Found Guilty
at Asheville and Sentenced to? i
Federal J Prison; ; : 'Vv
Asheville, Aug. 28.The jury
in the case of Breese. and Dickerson
charged "with conspriacy to defraud
the defunct .First -National B nk of
thiscity returned a verdict of guilty
against both of the defendants. '
iThey were sentenced by Judge
Newman to two years each in e
Federal Prison at Atlanta, and to
pay a fine of $2,500 each.
Under Judge: Newmans "charge
the jury did not conoider the case of
Penland, the third defendant named
in the indictments. .
Counsel for the defense ahnounc-
ed that they will appeal. -
Reducing the Estimates.
Philadelphia Press.
- President Tafl. makes steady pro
gress in( his effort, the first by any
President in our financial history, to
bring.the.. estimates, of the depart
ments do wri11 to a regular and ordered
system. ; v
These "estimates", or . demand on
congress . by- the - departments . run
each- year from r $ 1 20,000,000 to
$150,000,000 above even the lavish
appropriations made' by the national
legislature. They are made separa
tely and on ho settled plan. 'Secre
taries make little or no eftort to" re
duce bureau estimates. " The aggre
gate invites extravagance by , con
gress. At the utmost the Senate and
House cannot equal the irresponsible
pleas of the departments for more
money.
President Tafl has ended this.
Usually the estimates for the, fiscal
year opening the next June appear
in October, without any -previous
consideration .or consultation. .The,
treasury department takes them as
they come. Enlarging appropria
tions follow. This year three esti
mates' are being pruned in advance.
The war department nas been cut
$8,000,000 by cutting off 8,000 en
Jisted menf which . have been added
to the army this year. - x ,
Freight Wreck
v Last WTe luesday, at noon freight
train No. 860 was wrecked between
Elon College and Gibsonville when
the fourth car from the engine broke
down completely derailing 7 cars.
Earnest Smith sou of Capt T."- C
Smith of Chapel Hill Branch was
painiuiiy injurned, nis ankle was
broken his back'wrenched and his
head badly bruised. ?
'Mr. Smith when he saw 'the firs
car leave the track ran through seve'
rai cars ior protection Din: seeing nis
tate jumped expecting to De mashed
to death. ; . r
Mr." Smith was taken to St, Leo's
Hospital Greensboro where he is get
ting along nicely, f
Death of Mrs. W. H. Fogleman.
. Mrs. W. H. Fogleman died
Thursday morning-at their home on
R. F. D. ,No. 10 and was .buri
ed on the following day at Brick
church. Funeral conducted by Rev.
StickleV pastor of Lows 6hurch of
which church - Mrs. Foglsman was a
faithful and consistant member from
childhood. She was 60 years 4
months and 25 vdays old ,, when the
end came. She is survived by a
husband three sons and two daugh
ters," Messrs A. H. T. D, and Joseph
Fogleman and Misses - Lizzie, and
Julia Fogleman and will - be sadly
missed' in the community by a large
-circle of friends. ;v v " '7 ; i'
Holiday Notice.
. Monday- September 6th," Labor
da, being a legal holiday, the Post
office will observe Sunday hours.
iThee will be no delivery by rural
camersXThe publio will please
take faotice V - :-. K
J. Zeb, Wall,er, Postmaster.
1
T. M: Brooks & Sons begausvprk
this morningonBroad " Street -.
large force of hands and mule3 with
scrapers will putf the work through
WOULD HAVE ENTIRE
Texas Will Have Less r Than Half
'I As Many ; Bales This Year As M
Last-Some Interesting figures.
Dallas, .Texas. Aug. 28.A
movement to hold the cotton crop of
the south for better prices than those
now paid was instituted at the mid
summer meeting of the North Texas
Commercial association," held yester
day at the chamber of commerce iu
this city. Every secretary? promis
ed his active co-operation and the
movement will be made state-wide
following a meeting to be : held Sun
day afternoon at Fort Worth; '
Those present represented the sec
tions containing 10,000 farmers of
the state with a total acreage of 510,-
000. Reports' were made on the crop
situation and the most favorable
showed only a half crop this year
The percentage ai estimated from
the reports of those attending the
meeting was 48.8. An analysis of
this percentage indicates that &e cot
ton crop of Texas this year will be
less than 2,000,000 as against 4,-
174,000 bales last year. -
8.F. D. N0. L
Mrs. W. V." Montgomery is visit
ing in Gibsonville.
Mrsv D. M, Eider is recovering
from a severe attact of tonci litis. J"J
Mrs. A. A. Apple and children
are visiting relatives oh our route
this :week. , S-"' 'T: ', . - 'A - .: ;A
MrJ. W. Whitehead of Snow
Camp was the guest of Mr. and Mrsr
W. B. Montgomery during the S. S.
Convention at St Marks. '
Miss Carrie" Horhaday ofjx)ute 4
Miss Nora Price of Altamahaw, Mr.
D. H. Stewart of Greensboro 'and
Mr. Wm, Paisley of McLeausville
spent Saturday and - Sunday at W.
Mtogomerys and took- in the
convention. ';
Mr. Ray is again- operating his
saw mill at D. M. Elders
Messrs A. A. Appleand John Vau
ghn were among Sundays visitors
on route one.
Mrs. Alec Keck, is still on the
sick list. ' . ...
Miss Dora Nicholson of Graham
spent last week with Miss Stella
Nicholson.
; Mr. and Mrs.B. H: Waddell
spent last Sunday at Carolina Mills
visiting relatives.
L.L.Patterson threshed 1,279
bushels of wheat and "oats last week
mostly wheat on a hundred and
twenty-seven acre farm andhas au
excellent crop of corn orf the same;
We had tlie pleasure of doing our
part at a wheat threshing dinner at
J. S. L. Paitersons last Friday.
- Don't forget our picnic dinner
next Monday, come out. "-
R. F. 0. NO. 2.
Mises Mary, Beuhah,and
Sallfe
Foster of Burlinirton . visited Miss
Georgia Garrison Saturday and San-
day. .j
The dedication service at Union
Sunday was attended by a large
crowd. Rev. J. O. Atkinson preach
ed in forenoon and Rev. W.S. Loig
in the p. m. -
Dr.- and Mrs. C. M. Walters
spent Sunday in town.
Everybody on No. 2 is very busy
cutting tobacco and pulling fodder.
We are looking for all bfNo.2
people" at the picnic next Monday.
Although you are very busy you
wont know the difference a hundred
years . from now- Come , out and
less have a day of recreation. x -
Miss Bra na Garrison is spending
several days in Reids ville. , .
M rs, Jessie (Roberts is ; visiting
her . parents. Mr. and Mrs.' Albert
Graham. '::': ' ' . '-'r
. : M rs R. K.- Stanley of Greensboro
is visiting at Slieriflf ICernodles ;
C 'vRead ad ofilhie Holt-Cates Cq.
annbuhcing, iheir fall ; and winter
opening of Tailoring sampled. (This
firm has built up an enyitable repiuta
tidh for high grade tailoring and yon
will do well to look over their, lm
X-
The protiacted meeting which ha
been going on at the Baptist churcl
during the palt ten hlghts; will clos
f Exhausting iTh eiLarnhCT SuIy.fE
tin; his desired to discredit the po
licy of conservation 'of. natural .. re
souroesi Ormsby. McHarg the Assis
tant Secretary, of Commerce and La
l)6r overplayed hi hand ' H isV at
tack on J;he forestry service in parti
cular, showed more praj udice than
common sense. ; The prompt aecep
tehee of his5resigtio
should, be a hiut td'loose-tQngued of
ficials tpiivoid extravagance of state
meut and pay' more heed to i team
work in. Ihe public service. . 1 .
'Not expert knowledge is needed
to demonstrate the danger of exhaur
sting our lumber supply. Over im
mense acres of the i old lumbering
sections of States like i Michigan and
x isuouin vuiy mumps remain, xne
capital JnvestmehtinMichigariin1
the manufact lire of . lumber show
ed a decline of 60,000,000 in the
decade1 from' 1890 to 1900. At pre
sent" South is intent : upon strippihg
itself bare of its pine forests. t)n the
Pacific coast only th 3 prodigality of
nature retards the day ofutter deva
station. Even" if it ;' were true, as
Mr. McHarg .rashly asserted, that
"there is enough timber standing in
the state of Washington alone to
supply this country for fifty years,"
is that a reason for abandoning; all
precautions against a policy of un
restrained wastefulness? ; : ; '
With the disappeance of the pine
foiests the price of.building material
in recent . years lias risen rapidly .
W hite pine, oue of the most ser vice
able woods, within asince genera-,
tion has puintupled in value, and is
not easy to get at that. . - ,
The hard woods used in furniture
making and interior finishing are be
coming scarce. r
Associate Forester Price, points
out the real source of danger when
he says: f We take from our forests
each year not counting the loss by
fire4hreeahd a Tialf timestiBeir
growth. We take forty cub'c feet
for every twelve cubic feet ; grown;
we take 260.cubi" feet per capita,
while Germany uses thirty-seven
cubic feet Jand France twenty-five
cubic feet." Because as a people
we have so far had enough timber
we have n"t yet taken to heart the
lesson of oldest counties and learned
not only to protect our resources but
to practice systematic reforestation..
Atlanta Automobile Races Novem
. her 9-13, 1909. 7 i
' Building a Iwo mile race track,
where the ponderous machine can
fairly, fly-tli rough space, and where
a speed of -15(1 miles an hour is made
possible, is hot' an ; ordinary under
taking by any means. Thousands
of -men hundreds- of teams, and
many.giant steam shovels are: re
quired to remove ythe dirt - for the
formation of this great track. Seat
ing capacity for thousands of specta-
tors, and other things for their ac-
commodation.are necessary. Houses
' have been built, tfor . the storing of
machines, grand: stands have to qe'
erected, and railroad facilities have
to be looked after, in order to handle
the vast crowd going to such places
T. All of these things are being done
by; the Atlanta Automobile Associa
tion, a company composed of busi
ness men and sportsmen, that is now
building "the fastest atuomobile race
track in the world."" -The work will
be finished early in -; October,'and
the first race meet will begin Novem
ber 9th, continue for five days.
The Atlanta Automobile f Asso
ciatian is composed of enterpri"ing
men, who have put ,$300,OQO into
the enterprise, for the . purpose of
giving the South the biggest ai 'to
mobile" racing plant in the; United
States There is not a dollar's worth
of stock either -owned or "controlled
by any one or in any way connected
witH the automobile busines
i TlieVehtirelist iQrj(thei.November
meet will be one of Hhe largest Jn
the" history ( lautomobilercihg?
The ' weather conditions that' usually
existf invthe jSouth during November
and even ; later, in the winter, are
particularh 'favorable ,or
bile racing. "Besides bringing thpus-
ands. to view; the race, the big: track
will be the cause of scors of. automo
bile tourists coming to Georgina and
MlANCE COUNH SUN-, h:
f :?DAY:SCH00L CONYENTION
, The annual. (Sunday: School Con- -vention
? of i Alamance County " was , '
held Saturday and Sunday fat SL'v.
Marks Reformed Church; Addresses - v
of interest to both teachers and pupils
were . delivered by noied. Sunday
School workers. 'A well spread table r
of good rations, such as 8 re always (
to be found at :a country "picnioc v
awaited the arrival of - the dinner -
hour, the entire" consumption of ' -whichvwas
impossible notwithstand
ihg the Kfact that several ministers : . .
were present. IJFree . lemonade was :
served which is a rare . thingfor, a
Sunday School Copvention; Most bf ;
the evening session Saturday "was .
spent in .hearing Ttbe "report of the ' '
different schools "all of which made v'r
a- fair showing and an increase over- .(
th e previous year. 'The offi cers tor,
the ensuring year were . elected as
follows: Re v 5 J.,D: A ndrew, Pre-
sident, J T. , Cobb, Secretary-Treas-urer,
most of th e. other officers were
re-elected. One marked change "was
made in the convention when it'was
decided to? hold the convention.
hsemi-annually instead of annually as ;
nereioiore. i ne next tconvennon f
will be lield in 1 Fairvie w; township',
at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church "
Jhe last Saturday and Sunday in" 't(l
March.' Sunday -was the scene of. a
much larger crowd than Saturday t.; '
and even more were s present than -" .
could be seated in the church. a1- I' -most
the entire time 'was taken inV'
devising means to improve the Sun- , '
day school work by men who knew
something about . Sunday Sschool -work,
- Thus two days of profit were
spent by a large number of the Sun- fi v
day School workers rof : Alamance " 4
county, y ' " : '
; News Over the State
Alexander Ruyter, aged 35,'' a ;f (
prominent young- man planter of- ,V!V
Cleveland county, was instantly kill-
ed by a lightning bolty while sitting'
in the yard of friends near Grover "
Sunday aflernoon ; y Others present -were
not shocked. . ' ' -
The American A reoplaue Com-
pariy, of Wilmington, was incorpor
ated Monday for the purpose of
manufacturingautomobilesand areo- - .
planes. Its authorizetr capital Ms '
$125,000, paid in $25,000, F. A: :
Bisinger, et al, incorporators. x '-V
' Because of some defect in 1 the x'C
timbers of its foundation the large
water tank atthe Nense, River Cot-: (
ton Mills collapsed Saturday a tteiv ' ;
noon. The. tank was located on the -side
of a hill-a'oout fiftv feet distant"
from the mill' and supplied the.
sprinkler -system'. Its papacy was
alwut fifteen thousand gallons None , ,
of the factory property was damaged
j Harvey, Ritchie,, 20 years, old,
climed iuto.one'of the Fig transmis--sion
lwers of ,, the Southern 'Power
Company at AlbemarleStantly -
county, Monday afternoon, to ascer-'". '
tain if he could get I shock by touch-J y t
ing the .wires. As the" youth touch-
el the deadly wires ,his 'feet burst v
from the terrific current that eh tereel . ;
his bod v ; and : he d ropped to the - ' ?
ground dead ' y,. ' , '(f""
President Johnson, General, Man- ;:
ager Maher and Chief Engineer. (
Churchill," of the Norfolk and Wes-h
tern; President 'Emersony;- of the ' ,
Coast Line; -President H. E, Fries. .'--
and Chief Engineer Cornell, of the .
South' Bound Railway, left, - Win- , .(
sfon-Saiem " Mopday . mornisg, in' 4
auiomobiles for a tour of inspection; ; , : -of
the Southbound ' Rail way, which p :
is how-being builtto.iWadesrJOo.:.4'.v;;fcA'.;.:.
'Daniel Jones, a-sixteen-year-old t
lad employed as call . lxy by the A. i
C. L. Railroad' at'Fayetteville was
accidentally shot and killed W."A. ,
Asheworfh, an engineer of the Ral- ' '
eigh and Southport Railway Sunday .
night in a rnill1 inspector's house.
Jones and Asheworth - were playing . .' '
upon the , rater's bcd.vin the . house
when Jones rolled undc r the bed . as ..(
Asheworth ; took tip a pistol which "(
the night watchman vhal . near by, ;
thinking' if uiIoaded .pointed it un
der the bed, 'when - the revolver ex- .
ploded; the ; bullet piercing J ones'- . '
forehead. T - s
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