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VOL. II.
BURLINGTON, , N. C; OCTOBER 13, 1909.
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ELON COLLEGE NOTES:
Special to The Dispatch.
Elon College, Oct. -10. -Prof. P
,1 . Kernbdle,"' forma Hy ; professor- ot
EQathematic now of Central Publish
ing Company Richmond, ,Va .y ha
been on menut ior me last tew
days looking after." his property' and
other interests here, fie has not en
tirely recovered from a severe attack
of rheumatism which he has suffered
this summer, but is very much im
proved after his stay at Grayson SuU
phur Springs. v : " -
On last evening Kark Jansob, the
schandanayian : humorist and impef
sonator of national reputatida deliv
ered one i bf his interesting and varied
programs in the 'presence of alarge
and appreciative audience. , M r, J an
son came 'at the invitation of. the
atheleiin association, y He . bad pre
viously been to Elon On two former
occasions and he was greeted with a
large audience who had before en
joyed his performances. - 1,
The Book Club, of : wnich .Mrs.
Wilson is the official president,; has
been doing excellent work this ilL
Accordinfir to precedent the club dis-
banded during the summer and re
organized at the beginning of the
fall term. Most of the ladies of the
college Hill are members of this club
which is this fal) making's, special
study of Shakespeare. -
The basket ball team continues to
do hard practice work and is getting
in excellent trim The team has not
yet been finally selected, but will be
in the next few days. Several men
of alinosUinusual skiilare trying and
it wilp)erd matter 'to select the
best. ''T&.: "
Death of Mrs. J. A. Bryao.
Alter a bnei illness of less - tbii
two weeksrMrsi J.a A.v Bryan died at
iWir suburban ?hotne on;Tliurslay
Oct 7 1909. The funeral occurred
on last Saturday . being conducted
by her pastor- KevJ C. Brown.. Cox,
and the body was"v followed to the
grave by one of the large-it proces
sions ever seen in Burlington There
is left of the broken family- circle a
husband and six sonsnhe youngest
being n small child to J whom- the
sympathies of the entire community
a rc gi ven spontaneously. 1 ' 1 ,
Mrs. Bryan's life was an exemp
lary christian life. She gavet her
life to beautifying and making ooj-;
fortable a home for her husband and
boys. Her hospitality to her frien.de
was unfounded she haLnot an em
emy. In her chnfch life she was
active and devoted she took the
greatest interest in the building: of
the new Luthenm chnrch and was
one of the most enthusiastic and
successf ul members of the Lutheran
church builders a society of-women
who are laboring for the new church.
The floral tributes at the grave
werp rpmarkahlV, beautiful two' of
Lhe most elaborate designs -fe being
provided by the Mid way Brick' Co.
lor which Mr Bryan i3 a chief stoclr
holder, and by the Lutheran church
builders as a. token of their love and
appreciation.
Mrs. Bryan died a truly triumph
ant death. Time and again as her
lite was ebbing away she expressed
1 er steadfast faith in her Savior
Christ and in the midst of her in
tense suffering would with warn
ing breath sang the Gospel songs
which had found lodgement in her
i ;irt With Amnliit "confidence
Ler
sorrowinor
C3
family and "friends
ruav sav
Sleep' loved one. and take thy rest;.
Lay down thy head upon the Savibr s
breast. - ."
We Joved the murh, but Jesus loved thee
best. ...... ''V
Sleep jd. Sleep on. Sleep on."
Notice.
On the second Thursday in Oct
1809 and Fridav' folio wing-Oct. 14
end 15th-there will be held at the
Court house at Graham a public ex
amination of applicants for teachers
certificates to teach in the public
scnools of Alamance county. Thurs
day for white applicants and Friday
3 r f lored. IJoors onen at y.UlKa.
This is J-he Jast regular; public
examination for this year, y: ;
P. H. Flemin;(untyupW
: iThe State Fair at Raleigh'. ,
"We are yery glad to notice that
everything points to a tremendously
successful State Fair -this year." W
truly believe that this ' great annual
institution will' be more instructive
and. entertaining , and more densely
thronged during; the week Of; Octo
ber 18th to 23rd at Raleigh than it
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ever uas been m lts history f and
that is Baling 4 good deal. -
Z "From what we seethe newspapers
and from whaT we. are hearing from
various quarters, we base, the belief
above stated. ;Cottoa ia up and most
of t he farmers of "the state are dong.
well.- Omcial : statistics show that
North Carolina during the first half
of the year ' 1909 made greater, in
d ustrial stride than any other State
in the union. The managemeut of
the State TTair has been -successfully
emiea voridg for 'many years to' ap
proach nearer and nearer to tbe-ori-ginal
purpose of the fair, the exhibi
tion ot the best products ot the. State
along all linesi-enUvened by, whole-
understand that ; never s before has
there beenuch; a . rush for space on
the part of 'exhibitors; for instance,
there was doubt at one time that
there would be stalls enough for the
livestock,, but it is learned that suf
ficient accomodations have been pro
vided: that several counties wjll pave
elaborate separate exhibits; and that
altogether the exhibits will be on a
magnificent scale. ..
As for the entertaining side ot the
fair, Mr. George Harden, ope of the
foremost hortinen, vouches
for the racing being the best ever
seen in North Carolina, he haying
just returned from a visit to the fairs
in Virginia, on me circuit or.wjucu
the Raleigh . fair is a member. W Hp
also speaks r in the highest ' possibly
terms of the -attractions that are to
Ang the latter are Kemp SisV
tersi Wild West Show! which will
give" many ' free ; acts; including the
overland ft&se coach: the .Great
Evenporte," who dash over a slender
wire eighty feet above ground on a
wheel of fife; free; Fress and Gen-
ette as Happy Hooligau and Loucia
iinnun tne dox car iricK auu as
aeriafists on trapeze and Roman
rings, all free: the navel balloon race,
two balloons ascending to uizzy
hight aod ea h dropping two para
chutes at the same time; and Merri-
mac ahd Monitor shows that made
the creat hji at "Jamestown: Ferarjis
trained'-wild animals; the trained
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feas; the infant Jncubator exhibit
with real live btd)ieiinder glass,
and others too numerous to mention.
j Then - the improvements at the
grounds: The midwayhas been ma
cademized; : t wenty-fi ve new horse
stalls have been built since last year-
Iota of new bleacher seats have-been,
built, there being seating capacity
now for about twenty-five hundred
outside of the grand standpand every
lhuig.p.nt?i.n.ahiwpe.r-!
There will be, inore siecial trains
Ihaii ever, before with the usual low
rates,-and extra , cars on' regulars."
The street cars in Raleigh will only
charge five cents to the grounds.
Death of a Child.
The death angle entered the home
of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Anthony of
eastern Burlington Monday vmorning
just before noon and silently took
little Mary who was but three years
old and the only child in the home.
Mary was jx bright little girl and
loved by all who knew her. Only
the kind creator in his infinite-wisdom
known Svhy this tender flower
was plucked fruhi earthy and trans
planted in the flower garden of hea-
pn. : Th lutle hteless torm was
laid to rest in Pine Hill Oeroetery
Tuesday. : Funeral: oouducted by
Rev E N Snipes. ' Mr and Mrs.
Anthony have the sympathy of their
monv friends durins' their hours ofJ
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bereavment . ' . :
Market Day. v:
The ladies of the" Baptist church
will' give market J. day at Spoons
store. Saturday - October 16th.
Chicken, cake and all kinds of good
pfitahlps will he ser ved.-TDon't fail
to have the ladies "serve TOO.-4 "By
so doing you will assist a good
J Remember Saturday at Spoons
BIG CIRCUS AT GREESNBORO
Barnum and Baily to Exhibit There
; - i on Monday Octobor 25th. -
1 The Barnum and Bailey greatest
show on earth is to visit Greensboro
on Monday October 25th. Never
since tiie beginning of time has an
amusement euterprise so tremendous
in size been organized as this one.
Its magnitude is almost beyond be
lief. All America, together with
every foreign country-.: has
been
scoured from end to end by agents
of this big shaw in search of novel
ties and the result is a performance
brim full of sensational acts new to
the circus world. In the bjg Bar-
num ana Hailey snow nearly 4uu
arenic stars, most of whom are seen
now for the first time. A' new sen
sation will be seen at every perfor
mance, in "Jupiter, the balloon
horse." This remarkable-animal
with its fearless rider ascends to the
Ldpme of the circus tent in a balloon
and descends to the ground in a
shower of fireworks. , Neariy,l,000
animals wonders are to. be found in
the 108 cage raanagerie, 8 herds of
elephants, including one herd that
actully playsupon music instruments
inatime and tune. A group of giant
giraHes, monster trained hippopota
mus, only "living" bi-horned rhirio
ceros and' hundreds of other strange
beasts.' Barn um and Bailey V big
new, free street DaTade is the most
gorgeous processional display ever
attempted in the history of circus
business. -Its tremendous size and
wonderful length can only be believ
ed! in the actual seeing. It is natural
toexpect thigKbig circus to lead all
Others in quality and .quantity of its
street spectacle . as well as io other
departments of, the big show; yet
riever in its splendid history of nearly-half
a century has it "displayed
such extravagance as is shown this
year,
Items From the UDlYersity
Chapel Hill: Oct 1 1 .The Ala-.
mance County Historical Club held
its regular monthly meeting Wed
nesday evengiog, October the sixth,
at seven thirty o'cIock in the Y.
M.C. A., building. The club was
addressed by profr M. C. S. Noble,
his main theme., being, "The Value
of the County Club to the Uuiyer
sity Man." j He mentioned tne feet
that in the past-the-two literary sc
cieties had been the center of stud
ent life, bijt" that this .r center was
rapidly changing from the societies
to county clubr and other such or
ganizations thataredoing work along
the same lines as the societies.
The university atheletic teams are
rapidly developing into what we be
lieve will be the best teams that have
represented the college in several
mi n .in . I 11
years. - 1 ne loot Dan team nas iea
the way with two games to their cre
dit. The first agaiut Wake Forest
with a score of 18 to 0, the second
against the University of Tennessee
resulting in a score of 3. to 0.
Tennis has also taken on new life
this year and we now haveanore
men playing tennis eaeh day than
any other college in the south. With
so many men at work we will doubt
less have a strong varsity team. '
Basket ball is receiving more at
tentioa here this year than usual and
promises to develop into a perman
ent aranch of our college athlectics.
Prof. Edward K. Graham repre
sented the university at the inaug
uration of- President a. L. Liowell
of Harvard University.
Dr. Joseph H. Prattand.DrrAr
chibald Henderson attended tne
Southern Appalachian Good Roads
Convention recently held, at Ashe-
ville. Dr. Pratt was elected presi
dent of the convention. '
F. L: Goodsun, a young
man. is
missing from Wadesboro, also
a
check for $500, which had been giv
en him to pay off saw mill hancs
It appears ' that Goodson had been
eiven a contract by May nard and
Godfrey to saw ia quantity.of luni-
ber for them:, They gave hini a
check for $500,which included $1 0
thJph tfipvlowed him!; the balance
to pay-off hands. : ; He appropriated
Atnsr4 tne wnoie cueuiv nuu cn v v'" 1 --rr. -vv-vtt . . - 7- -7 .7.1. ..t , t-.tvj- 1 .: t-- , k t
storelnnown . -;
- ' President as a. Speaker. '; j
Washington Star, :-
. President' Taft does not' think
himself . as well qualified as Mr.
Roosevelt fr an appearance in the
pulpit The public: will probab'y
differ ,with - himfc ."- By temperament
and wanner 'ofdiscourse and point
ot,vjewr be suggests the place more
than bia predecessor. A sermon by
Mr. Taft on the; text-would prob
ably vriiake goHlreading.'KN''.-:-''v-'
S Several bf our presidents might
fhaveerved?the public cv
tively: :by; an occasional" discourse
from the sacred desk. v Mr. Lincoln
was one . -Although fhot a7 member
of ay cbarcb, he was a man of re
verent heart and -feeling, wbo-loTed
his- fellows without discrimination of
fairy kind , Z Both his matter and his
manner, when he was .at bis best,
..ru.u UUtg ""- uuimi Bu-
ting5;well.:
utuciaj wai uciu noa ituuiuci. iu
fact, he ; was a sort-of lay preacher
,u wiuiuuuiuu .iaj n uiu uc auy i
scribed. J . Politics did
not manopo- i
lize his - thought, and : his oratory
was so natural it suited any occas-
ion. it was said ot nim tnat bad be
turned to theology instea'd of to
statesmanship he.would have led his
sect 4U America. " . I
Among the Presby teriat s General
Harrison-was a strong lay force,
He would undoubtedly have risen to
distinction in the ministry) as he did
at thebar and In Twlitics. And, as
We Ml KIWW; tne inoiner OI .WIT.
McKiuley-cherbhed when be grew
up the hope-that he might occupy a
Methodist bulMt and reach in time
the office of bihop. It wasalways
easy to associate niin witn nis motn-
rr .
Death of Young Man.
day evenine-at seven
Sunday eveninat seven o'clock
Clyde Webster who bapi been seriou
of the term and was taken sick with
fever about a month ago. He was
moved to St Leo's Hospital where
all. attention oossible Was rendered
but
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brou
morning
hnmp ,f fflthpr wh li vp nKniit
eight miles southeast of this place.
Interment taking place at Haw
hfid flpmeterv I uejwlav .eveninflr.. at
twn nVlnr-k. Fnnprl mndncied bv
Rev Lance of Mebane. Mr. Webs-
ter was a young man of only 21
years iust prepariue himself for his
ission in life. The bereaved fa-
ilv have the svmoathies of a lanre
imber of friends. Mis Annie
Webster of the Graded Scbysijl iacul-
ty and Nina Webster milliner atuW
E. Hays are sisters of the deceased
Harvest Home Seivice.
There will be a .-Harvest Home
service at Lowe's Church on Satur-1
rljiv Opt. V.A Aft-r define services I
and dinner a quilt gotton up . by the
lidies of the church - congrega
tion will le sold. The proceeds to
go for the painting of the church.
In the afternoon a picnic for, the
social enjoyment of the young peo
pie. W e hope to have guod music
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to eorne aud bring afull basket.
Tag Day.
-Thechildreu of the Graded school
grades were supplied with tags. All
worked hard to see that every body
was taged. A toal of about $56.10
was -received 'c. umuuvv
" j 1 tut enrt
slyflll atStJL Hospital, Ureerisr. v f . '
UiKJEaliss.and
entered school at Guilford College ' Unfortunately this4mpmcticaW
a few months ago at tne beginnin. onesided, narrow education is not very pleasantly and Jeft on the even-'
of no avail. The remains were -A V 7"yic vu.uv.uui. vuC 'F"v-".i last wee leturnea oome.ana report t '
gnt to mis place on tne Aionoa? r 1 .--r"."'rirv': ouc vi iuc ujush jjieasaui utuv voi ...
i train and taken to- tne"& r .Y-r --.- v..u lueu lVKK -r,r-:..-iV.". . ' -
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ueserv mucu cieuit m. p. aJSCiu , growing tobacco concern. ; The cipien
the interest which they took in pg gnuff is put UD in x 3 4 ounee b'acb. plc
Day. : Those in the third to eighth ftops (inwh' v'in 9, voun?
tags were soia. me tn.rcr graoe trftde ; t cnly in thl8 locality
which was the youngest grade in theUlt :n othpr Rations. .
contest totaled $9.00 or more.
Mrs. A. M. Buckner, of the Big
Ivy section of Buncmb county was
in Asheville last week and saw for
the first time in her life a street car
and a railroad train. Mrs. Buckner, arV showing - a v substaritial gain in capital felony in New Hanover coun
who has spent the-Tolfyear of her bnsiness all the timk- 1 , . - - ty since the Civil War. ' Stephens
life twenty-five miles from that city,
is the mother V of .seventeen ; living
OUR EDUCATION IS MEDIEVAL
PubDc Schools Fail in Providing
Practical TiLining for the
,V Needs of Today. 1
'."Pity 'tis true,"' that much of the
training received iu oar higher in-
Hiiiuiions or learning : is noi more
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useiui man cnat . aescnoetL Dy tne
writter in the London Times mauy
years ago, who says: ' vyoiumon
things are'miite as mnch neglected
and despised in the'ed ucation of the
rich as in that of the boors It is
wonderful ' how, little a youBg gen
tleman may know when he has tak
en his university degrees especially
if he has been industrous,. and has
stuck to his studies. H 'really may
spend a long timelooking tor some-
body more , ignorant than himself.
c gea, nfi is st lannitinner.
country a cockney, in town
green-
nnrn in Gnmna an irrnnwimnD
business a simpleton, in plea-ure sr
in
mi iK-rSon: evprv wfiprp om. fit nis pip-
ment.'evprvwhprA at. fopa in '-Alnnrta '
adrift; or by whatever word uttered
ignorariceand
described'
Although the pressure of modern
requirements of culture has greatly
mrvlifiprl tltA:iirrirnliim ff mr hitrh.
er institutions of learnings, so that
in some of them, at least, the stud-
ent who wisely elects his course ma'yl
secure a degree representing a par-
tial return for the time and lahor ex-
nnri1 the whno ormnanhKro ..f
these institutions is still redolent of
medievalism. While : only about
fm,r rrt iU n.m;ifl k:
Uer our-public schools become pro
fessional men or wpmen thrwhqle
ojoitui cuuvaiiuu: -i aiwuucu w
prepare
ior tne ijroiessionai me.
Many, of our Vesteru Btatesk provide
twenty years . c-t free- trairnn to
prVu"tu 10 .lue Cft,iege8 axia univer-
5 . les Dut 18 ftauaed down to the
I k A .s J ,J A. K . A. I A I
g:"wi. ami turougii mem 10
e grammar aau primary, graaes.
r . m m w '. i -I .
10 a '?ge, ,even tne man;
1 It Ml . "J.T. L? 1 . t 1
wiu.ooc aumit nign scnooi
8ues TO auu a iew practical suoieccs
to tne common school course ot m-
sirucT' WIUcn 11 1S xne msnion to
. ira"rc,s' "jr
,wl,uB
81111 tne everJastmg gnnd ot langu-
and mathematics. 1 he curncu-
lumnasoeen overloaded so that only
tne children with nydroceDhalic I
heds and myt.pic e- es? can accom- 1
plish the tasks set tor then. Al-
frpH Rnfiio Rnlrr M H in Tho I
Designer for November.'
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the'Two New Departments
The Brown & Williamson To-
baceo Company who recently put "n
the "market two new products, Kite
o co ten onun ana uoiaen urain
Smoking Tobacco, are having a tre-
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meadous sale on their new products; l
The new dep-irtments have only I
Kppn in rsrvpratinn a fpw mnnhha anH 1
the splendid progress already made I
iay
is exceedingly gratifying to, -theiheard t , . "
management of this large and rapid-J
1-2 ount;e packages, each selling . at I
rR - , ta - -
The excellence
nff h. tmvint. nA -ti1P inw nrW ia
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enabling the company touild up a
TBrown" & Williamson To
bacco Company is an independent
concern that continues to go forward
at a rapid )iace. The busineas is in
charge of the capable and experi-
encea men and all three departments
: . . . .
Big 2 ounce bag of -.Golden
jSmokingbacco' for five
1
' . ConiervatiOa of life.
Washington Posty ' 7 . "
, Ts it riot time that the. discussion
of policieand, personal ties,1, in vthe
controversy over vtbe conservation of" s
the natural resOrces of, the eountry,-N-- "
give way to' a -real conserving of the
lives of the toilers in the mines? , A i-.
report from the Geological '. Survey,-, -'
entitled TheProductioiuot Ooalvin -1908"
makes the grim annoucement
in the mopt casual manner, that JQh 1
450 mines were -killed in the coal v' '
mines last year and 6,772 . injured. :
The chapter detailing 'the accidents , '
is treated as ' but rn incident .in the , -: ,
production-of coal,4 several thousand, ''
words telling ,the condition of -
tbe coal . business in . the various ;) '
states; " Yet to the men who . - work - '
in the underground pits there is' &,t
terribW , meaning - in 'the fi&rures. V" ' -
statement that the death rate in -the
miries'of thrXFtoited Slates, for- the:
year .was 36 for;every?L000 ;men
employed j in Jiairupe the deal h
rate in the xsoal rminefir is : 1 in ? 1 ,000
HP10 and not morehan 2-uri-
stances.
Here is fine" opportunity forthe
leaaers or tne conservation move-
ment to do something real.something
tangioie. ine. saving 01 .a single
human life means more than all the
talk of policies. vIf perhaps ' means
one less , widow thrown, with her
femil7 Pn the charity of the wor-
iu. .uuiuuii uiiBflaviutt W MiWV
or r600 (and thiais the number of ,
minere waoKe lives wouw nave been
saved had we the same standards as
l!00?') aiq mere would be a con- ;
LuVttWU "iVveLue" f' a 1 1 N ;
Hav EiTer Itess.
Rev HuttoirJ filled his 'appoint-.
I mentSundayinorningltb . the edifi
ung - train for their home at Graham.,
Misses Fannie Wilkfnstm und.
v. . w - - .
Nettie and JKmma Uates attended the
Mt Zion- association at - MarsvHill
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- The Mt- Zion Union meeting w
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begin-here in the Baptfefechurch the
Mrs RT..H Jobeand children are
visiting relatives in. Orange' county. '
The series oFmeetings held at the
v;nnstian cnurcn last weeR restuted
in several proiessionti and one ac-
cession to the ehurch. - Rev, Butler
of N
Norfolk" Va.Jdid the preaching.
lt did seem that' the soirit - of the
T-rl w in tha 'mi.Uf nf i ZnAr
heaven came down Ux trreet-us.
' Julius Allen of Hih Point "and V -
T X k 1 1 ..1 rr. . .:':i:J it'i.Xw
mother in the county Sunday found .
ner in nnc neaitn. uuuuct-ieit Mon
day for his homeMn Hich Point
We judge from - tfie' many, trips
that are made from Haw River- to
Greensboro the wedding bells- will
Ting very soon. we won't tell on
fou this time. - . j t-
The many friends of Ben Clark
wm regrei w leam umt up wuuuuea
very feeble. ' He was,an old vet-we . j - '
V . a x 1 r. n Vx 4y kmm n . . . l- -. . '
- hopejie mayrbe out very,soon.
. Many ol our people attended the.
fair last week and seemed to he well '
pleased with. wha.t the saw,; and ,V
Orfr genial letter carrier is the re-
t 'ot --many - nice-apples and
asant smiles "ami words ,-f rora the
ladies on his route. Tie thinks0
hehassome of he best patrons
in-
tne county. ,
iAfter a wk'ft trial iii the Supei
Hor Wilmington, . Joseph
't.: '07 J."
Steohens. white. 27 , veara old: r wa -
I convicted last week of murder in the "
first degree. r He was chargedith 'c.
shooting lo death E..E. ' Sheilds: a
rival sanitary ' contractor, - on the
Street Jhere last July, his, being the
first conviction a .white man for
1 was Bcuwjuueu - u , eiecirocotion at
Raleigh' December lst
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