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THE VOTE STANDS
,=en tne
i le nominations are closed and
battle for the valuable prizes
•le voting contest will be be*
^candidates, as their
appear in this column.
Yhe time for closing- the con-
iias been set for November
,'Vat noon. We placed t?ie
’•‘o of closing at that time in
’iJ-r top:ive the people in the
"niry districts an opportunity
their favorite candidate,
[ cv/ing that for the next few
.. .ntiiS juoney will not be as easi-
raised by the subscriber as it
■'■1 be loiter in the season, when
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From our Keguittp Correspondenfc.
v:her;-
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croy? are
rhink this arrangement
the hearty approval
ry one who is interested
i;t.- contt'St.
We will say Ui this connection
th^re are a few names ap-
airii’ig in the list below whoap-
in'enUy a re making no effort to
k-ure one of the prize. Those
ho do not add any votes to their
■edit during* the month of June
, e will on the first day of July
‘ut out their names from the list
■ contestants,
W’e wish to announce that dur
ing tl'ie month of June we will
five to every subscriber 1,000
rotes who will pay $5.00 for five
k'ars subscription to the State
bispatch to be mailed tc one
^ume. the votes to be applied to
or her favorite candidate.
iViS is an opportunity to secure
bonus of 500 votes and we feel
Iture that a large number will
ivail themselves of this golden
[spportunity.
The special prizes offered dur-
r.g the month of May are award-
Hi as follows:
First Prize to Miss Mary Stout,
;now Camp, who received 3750
|iotes during the month.
The second prize to Miss Mollie
pjaidwin, of Elon College, who
received 3525 votes during the
rnoriLh.
Special mention should be
made of the efforts of Miss Car-
[rie Albright, of Haw River, who
.as close to the second place,
. bile Miss Lois Workman made
considerable gain in her_ votes
land had fourth place in the
‘Special Prize Contest.
Burlington,
Miss Lois A. Workman, 8,500
Swannie Patterson, 7,700
Mjatlelsley, 3,150
Myrtle Tate, 1,000
Lillian Tamer. 925
Flossie Burke, 550
Callie Boland, 100
Daca Davis, 100
Bertha Lineberry 100
Burlington R. F. D’s.
'Miss Jennie Whitsell, R. 4, 3,225
Emma Overman R. 1. 1,175
Annie Matlock, R. 2, 400
" Ollie Ector, Route 2, 200
Rosa Crouse, Route 4, 200
Mattie Pennington, R. 2, 100
Fanrsie Belle Stanford
Route 9, 100
Snow Camp.
Miss ^lary Stout, 10,575
Spring Graded School, 500
Sylvan Graded School, 200
Mebane.
Misg Gi'ace Amick, 300
Essie Dodson, 100
Haw River, No. 1.
Miss Carrie Albright, 8,650
EIoq College, N. €.
Misfc MolJie Baldwin, 5,900
Union Ridge, No, 1.
Misa Lottie Terrell, 250
Death of Husband and Wife.
William Fuqua, of Alta-
vuHhaw, died Thursday night at
^ Sanitorum at Salisbury
be h.ad been carried to be
appendicitis,
had been suffering
taoerciilosis, died at the home
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of’
Washington, May 28th.~De
mocratic leaders in Congress are
now making campaign material.
To be sure, it is not very good
material, but the best obtainable.
A party witlput a record, or
whose smallrecord, or whose
small record is so bad that it can
not be defended is not in a very
strategetic position wlien it comes
to speech making for campaign
purposes.
The general point of Democra
tic attack is the tariff, and yet
c .nnot find in a single speech any
reference to the only Democratic
tariff law of the past half cen
tury, There is no allusion what
ever to the conditions of business
of labor, or capital, under the
operation of the Wilson-Gorman
lawf.
Champ Clark, Underwood, Sul-
zer, Byrd, Borland and the two
new accidental members. Havens
and Poss, made long and studied
attempts to condemn the present
tariff law, but all sang much the
same song, Ail these protective
tariff haters had a good word to
say for the tariff of 1846 and 18-
57, which brought such disaster
to American industry. None of
them, however, had a kind word
to say for the Wiison-Gorman ta
riff, but all were quite sure if
they had the opportunity they
would revise the present law so
far dow'nward that the American
consumer would be able to buy
anything he wanted from any
part of the earth~as long as he
had anything to buy it with.
The Democratic tariff talker
does not seem to realize that
when we open our ports to the
importions of cheap forgeign
made goods, that an equivalent
amount of American made goods
must always be displaced, and
that the result must be a closing-
of our factories and millions of
idle men. Some of these Demo
cratic orators, if not all, would
increase our free list so as to in
clude lumber, wool and woolens,
cotton goods, argricultural im
plements, boots and shoes, and
all other products of leather, and
hundreds of other products which
could not be made in this country
without adequate protection.
This would soon mean putting
American labor on the same le
vel with that of the poorest paid
countries abroad. It would mean
that we would have to compete
not only with continental Europe
but with Japan and other Asiatic
countries.
While the Democrats have been
making pleas on these lines, such
Republican leaders as Payne,
Fordney, Boutell, Hill Longworth
McKinlay, Hamilton. Townsend,
Reeder, Campbell, Young and
many others have been contend
ing that the present tariff law is
the best that we ever had or at
least the best that we could get,
and that under its operation both
from a revenue and industrial
standpoint the country is reaping
such benefits as we have never
before enjoyed.
It is interesting to compare
these Democratic and Republican
speeches. The Democratic speech
es are of course entirely negative
excepting where assertions are
made as to what the party would
do if it had the chance, but there
is no mention made of what it
did do when it did have the
chance. On the other hand, the
Republican speeches are filled
with tables of figure, with the
records of commerce, with the
amount of revenue, with the m-
creased number of those employ
ed and the increased wages which
have come under our new law.
The Democratic orator claims
that prices have been raised be
cause of the tariff;^ the Republi
can orator tells us in reply that
the tariff was reduced on every
article upon which the price has
been raised. These speeches
which were made while the bun-
dry Civil Appropriation bill was
under debate prove that the ta
riff is to be one of the principal
issues of the campaign, or rather
Prcs“
to the Dispatch,
Preserve the Health of Your ..... .j,
Derous Town ^J^^l®igh» May 28th. The gene-
perous lown. election in Korth Carolina this
, (Commmneated) j pair will be held Tuesday,
,Mr. Editor: I wish space in: November 8th. In addition to
the columns of your paper to ’ the county officers aud members
a few words about the sanitary of the General Assembly to be
situation of Burlington as we see|4ected in every County it is in-
it. Every fair minded man or phy- ]1i^esting to note the State offiei-
sieian, well know that hog pens : ils who will be elected this time. ,
in a town are detrimental to the i ^h^ terms of Chief Justice Wal-
health of citizens. | t,©r Clark and Associate Justices
I know one instance now, w:here ;^tt D.\Walkerand J. S. Mann-
there are six hog pens, each pert | expire next January, so they
having two pigs or shoats, whicl i | their successors will be elected
of course are germ breeders. 8th for full eight years
Now the nitrogen atmospher oir j This is a majority of the
suchNSurroundings, hour by hour u^fereme Court. Two of the three
is inhaled into the lungs day anci j'^poration Commissioners are
night when exposed to the atmos j to be eleeted, towit a succes-
phere, contracting diseases sucl'i o|5to_S. L. Rogers, who is not a
as are adapted to the humar; |  ^pndidate for re-dection, for a
race, using the human lungs a&i ^ year term and the second to
a wall for the bacteria of such | of the unexpired
unhealthful odors as originate of the late B. F. Ay cock to
from hogs and hog pens. ! Gov. Eltchin appointed
Now, Mr. Mayor, City Fathers, J Clay Brown,
Council, Aldermen, Inspectors, or I |Sach of si:^een Judicial Dis-
whatever you may call them/-’ ricts of the State will elect a
what is the matter with you all?' olicitor for four years. Only
Are you too busy surveying the up. ■ V’O of the sixteen are now Re-
and down fall of the streets of i r^iblicans.
Burlington? Think of it, right in ; ; Superior Court
the heart of of your city, just | * iSg^s successors to ten will be
east of the old railroad shops, one, '; itpted for full eight years terms
block, we e^n sit on the front I aa|is4)ne for four yeais of an un
porch and count six visible hog^' X^^^ term. The Superior
pens, each pen having occupants oiii^ judges are elected by tlie
of two pigs. Think of it! What is : f >:4te at large instead of by each
the matter with your health com- ^ Jl|twct, but there is a growing
mittee? Is the drainage of the > eriliriaent to change this so that
present construction of street ,] jdgeis will be elected as solid
work keeping you to busy t^ look tijri&re, that is, by the qualified
into this all-important matter?; of their respective judicial
Watch your city as it grows, that i i >istricte. The judges whose
you may turn at least one eye jsviecessors will be elected for eight
away from the cemetery and save I y f are Judges R. B. Peebles
living souls. Away with the hog | lh :^oi^ C. N. Cooke of
pens in the city limits, and give] ? rfinklin, W. R. Allen of Wayne,
your doctors and city physician i Adams of Moore, B. F.
a little rest. | of Iredell George P. Pel!
Only a short time ago the scrib-h>T;;:p’orsyth, W. B. B. Council of
bier saw a printed hand bill cir-1 M. H. Justice of Rut-
culating the streets of Buriington i i s ^£ord J. S. Adams of Buncombe
clean up all rubbish of germ gat;h-1 a i G. S. Ferguson of Ha;^ood.
ering nature around your premis- j i ^ Gbvimor appointed D. L
es, and the same will be hauled ? W^d to succeed Judge Guiofi,
out by the city, free of charge, i ;^30se term would expire 1914,
That is good, but did not say a,| ^ Judge Ward will be up for
word al^out those feverish germ
distributing hog pens. Kill the;
germ and preserve the health.
ction for the remaining four
I^he Wake County Democratic
5 0^: is still in fi?li blast. The
Daiiiels-Bailey Piiriifiers, in order
get a “paraiiount issue,”
i.ij
iiours after the death
•*'bund. Mr. and Mrs.
ijrogressive citizens naovji^^ v.1. -,
'’uymunity, he being boss I not the tariff question so
, ['■ nie mill. |as tiie discussion of the I'^suits
n;.‘ir df.ath five orphan ehil- j of the operation of the law under
'''■ "U to be cared for by: which we are now living.
" > 'ind friends. | Of course, when it comes i
— —— - this point, the Republicans have
J- vV. Zachary, of Coolee-i a far better argument^ in ,
^ tiie frue&t of J. W. Cates: the Democrats have f
Ak. 'at all, because no one can con
Card Of Thanks.
Mr. Editor: Allow us to ex-:g^chedt
press our thanks through the; y^^ke County Republican
colums of the Dispatch, to our; ] igttform, and now the Ring has
many friends and neighbors who; this Republican de
were so kind to us during the re- ^ and announces that all the
cent sickness and death of our | candidates are in favor of
daughter and sister, Katie Sharpe | j ,p,|ting the County officers on
especially would we thank the; sal^y. The Ring has also app-
members of the Daughters of v^vgriated “Local Self Gover-
Liberty for their ministrations.
We pray the blessings of ‘ ‘him
who doeth all things well’’ upon; has issued another address
each and every one of them, to Ihe uhterrified in which he
J. A. Riddle and Family. : cfsihis that the hing has a cam-
I pai^n fund of $10,000. When
i Democrats charge fellow Demo-
visiting ' cr;i,ls with fraud and corrupt use
Misses Julia and Lizzie Fogleman ? mone^ in primaries and elec-
this week ^ tiois it is time for the conserva-
Geo. Clbp of Burlington spent’ts ye vrters of the; State to do
Friday with his grandparents, | spme fhmking^ and on m
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Huffman. ‘ ‘ ’
Miss Donnie Greason rieturned
:' Jnt’’ another Republican plat-
plank. Josiah William
R. F. D. KO. 10,
Miss Lala Greene is
home from Whitsett last week.
Lyman Lashley of Spray, spent
a few days with this carrierglast
week.
Many thanks 1;o Mrs. Geo. Huf-
man for nice strawberries.
ceive how present industrial and
financial conditions could be bet
tered under any revision that
could be brought about by the
Democratic party.
It is believed now that the
Session will be prolonged until
after July 1st, but that the re
sult will mean the-passage of^
several very important bills and!
a they will find that both ttie
Wfciie County Republican Plat-
K ila and the State Republican
Piaiform for 1003 demand a fair
elation law, which will permit
an lector to cast a ballot priva-
without interference or dic
tation.’'
At noon today, the State Trea-
opened the bids for the
proposed bond issue of
S0,000, and found that only
£,bc4t $1,200,000, of these bonds
had been subscribed for with the
raii'^ng a little above par. On
t h ife second bidding the aggregate
bixfe did not amount to as much
as in the first bidding. The fa-
Ci >& a crisis as the State Treasu-
bonds falling
due ilt that time, it may be ne-
cesMi*y for the Governor to call a
s| K:;:ial session of the Legislature.
legislation. There seems no
doubt whatever but that the Rail
road bill will be passed and re-1
ceive the endorsement of almost i
the entire Republican vote in both i
Houses as well as the approval |
of the President. It seems, too,;
quite likely that a Postal Savings I ^ .
Bank law will be pacted. As | totj, eiited by John E. Hart, has
to the rest of the legislation pend- i ju,in’completed its second volume.^
ing, itis too early to predict^ g one among the best week-
but already it is safe to assume: Jies State and is always a
that the work of the ^rst Con- li\-,;v-^^ Mr. Hart at one time
gress under the Administration ■ of the Central
of President Taft in its special j N^ i\';C'C!arolinian of this city,
and first Session will be equal to , '^7'”
if not exceed, that of any«pre-! rLA^a^des to Elon Callege seem
vious Congress many years. to C'"* Ml the go this week.
Oor Anniversary.
RaihSi»aaD News.
T b%State Dispatch, of Buriing-
CLOSING EXERCISES OF
CnY OBADEB SCHOOL
The closing exercises of the
Burlington Graded School began
ast Sunday night with the Bac
calaureate sermon pireached - by
Rev. W. A. Lanibeth of Winston
Salem, a forrner student bf ^rof.
Curtis, from the text John 15-16
Ye have not chosen Hie but 1
have chosen you and ordained
you that ye should go out and
bring forth much fniit. ” From
this text a master sermon was
preached to a. house filled to
overflowing. ■
Tuesday nightthe Senior Recep
tion was gi’^efh to about one
hundred and fifty invited guests.
The reception hall was most
beautifully decoraited with the
class colors, cr6am and. crimson,
Delicious refreshments consisting
of cake and eream were served.
Also much enjoyment was given
the guest over the punch bowl.
Wednesday night a musicalwas
given by members of the music
department. A large number of
piano solos of special selections,
also piano duetts and quartetts,
vocal solos, tri6s a.nd quartetts
proved a very interesting pro
gramme, Owing, to the long
continued and serious illness of
the Music Teacher, Miss Estes,
the work was greatly interf erred
with, but owing to the kindness
of Mrs. J; L. Scott, who served
as a valiant leader, the riiusical
was rendered with „mueh credit
to this department.
Thursday night was class night
participated in by the fourteen
gi'aduates. A very interesting
programme which showed that
neither time nor study had been
spared was rendered. Space will
not permit U9 to give each member
of the class the credit due* How
ever we will make mention of the
class song, which was suri^ ?to
the tune of' ‘Dixie’the words
portraying how the claas had ad
vanced from Ffeshnianland to
dignified Seniors. We (fere say
that Thursday night ga^e more
wit and huinbr to the audience
than any other night during the
commencement.
Friday night will; long be re
membered by th^i large audience
present. Afters the Invocation
by Rev. P. H. Flemings, Rev; Dr
Gilbert T. Rowe, who delivered
the Litera;ry address, was intro
duced. Dr. Rowe spoke at some
length touching upon the noble
manhood and woman hood which
every school boy and girl shotild
strive to attain. We feel that
our school w?as honored by having
so ablek speaker pl*esent. After
Dr. Rowe’s address, Prof, Curtis
presented the class of 1910 with
their diplomas. This was very
sad indeed, when each member
of the class realized that for nine
long years they had been class
mates together, and now must
part never to return to the dear
old Graded School and never to
be instructed by Prof. Curtis
again. The graduating class this
year, which is composed of the
following members: Misses Lillie
Ethel Turner, Ada Esper Gtithri6,
Matie Lagrange Spoon, lone Mae
Lutterloh, Edith Elizabeth Carroll
Iris Leola Holt^ Agnes Worthing
ton Heritage^lilulia Clair Holt,
Bessie Henrietta Thompson, C.
Grady Cates, Henrietta Evange
line Love, Thomas Talbot Staf
ford, Ethie Bew Garrett, and
Myrtle Mea Patterson, is the lar
gest and in many respects the
best equipped class that has ever
graduated.
Rev., J. A. Hornaday, in afew
veiy fitting remarks, telling them
that they should be especially
proud of their graduation, be
cause of the worth this gradua
tion carries with it, presented
the bibles to th^ class. The
Franklin Literary Society and
High School, took Prof. Curtis
by surprise by presenting him
with a beautiful mahogany rock
ing chair as a token of apprecia
tion of their kind teacher. After
the farewell song» the class Pres.
Miss Ada Guthrie, called upon C.
Grady Cates, the class orator for
a toast, who resj^ndM with the
following: ' 'Swing the Goblet
aloft. To the lips let it fall, Oh,
^xortunate class to possess him.^
How drink this toast to the first |
than all--Mr. Curtis—We love—
God 1^ess him.
From the Senior Class to the
smallest tot, all feel sad to part
who has been their teacher for'
nine years will liietet tiieir face^
in the school irooin no 2»ore. From
382 pupils and seven teachers,
our school hstfj grown to nearly
eleven hundre3 paj^ls witfi twen-^
ty-6ne teacbertei in the white and
colored schools. Our school has
a twelve year course of study,,
no other graded school in the
state except Wilmingtph, has a
twelve year course and must
justly give: Prof. OurUs the cre
dit due him for making our
school what it is to-day.
For twenty coris^^ years
Prof Curtis has been engaged in
school work in N. C^^ m
these years he has been in charge
oibut fou* schools; TheThomas-
ille Female College, Shelby
Graded School, Mt, Airy Graded:
School aid the Burlington Grad
ed School. All within a radius of
one hundred and twenty-five
miles of Greensboro, and each of
the above |)laces are reealling
inP to their sujperintendeney.
We dare say this is a record but
few superintendents can boast of.
Since it has become known that
Prof, Curtis would not accept the
Superintendenry of our sehtx)!
another y ear* he has had a num
ber of flattering offers in school;
work elsewhere. He has also
been called the’ Ma,nagership^’
of an Educational Pablishing con
cern, in which he would be oner
of five managers throu^rhout the^
U. S, and Cannada. Beginning:
July the 4th he will conduct »
two weeks Teachers Institute at
Graham, and durmg the entire^
months of July ana August will
be engaged in this kind of work.
throughout the state.
We understand tl^t Prof. Cur^-
tis has not yet announeed what
he intends doing after Sept 1st.
but we believe tiiat it is his in
tention to contimiue to reside in
Burling:ton for some time at least.
Sow f;aiQi» IfefDs.
Rufus King, a minister of
Friends, preached at Cane Creek.
Sunday moining and left imme
diately tP go to Spring churcb
where he had an af>jH>intment for ■
the afternoon,
Ml'S. Mary Coble and Miss Eula*
Dixon attended qwterly mating
afe Holly v S^ng Saturday, and
Sunday. . . ,
Miss M^y Mc^ey hsMSi returned
from the Normal College, at
Greensboro where she has beenv
in school the past year.
Mr. and Mrs. Barther Dixon of'
Graham spent Saturday night and
Sunday at his father's Cicero-
Dixon’s.
Mrs. Edith Wayd of Graham,
spent a fevr days at her father’s
W. M. Roach’s last week.
Mrs. Eobt Holman left Sunday
to visit relatives in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Eug;ene Teague
are visiting at Whitsett this week
We are glad to note that Mrs,
N. C. Stuart has improved sonie ^
since last week's report
Ed Thomai^ who has been af
flicted with appendictis for some
time left Liberty early Monday
morning, in company with Dr.
Hackney of l*enn., for Baltimore
we wish for him a successful trip
and that he may return to his
family entirely cured of thi&>
dreadful malady.
The ASamance Hospital.
The Alamance Hospital Asso
ciation was inlcorporated this
week and a ebmnaittee appointed
to select site for same. The
committee is composed of four of
the best citizens of Alajmance
county, who are Messrs, Chas...
A. Scott, of Grah^, Jno. A.
Troilingeir, of Haw River, Wil
liam A. Graham and B. R. Sel-^
lars of this place. l%is commit--
tee met yesterday and went over
the contemplatea sites and we
learn will reconunend two places
in the county for the erection of
the hospital. One beingr . that
portion of the county home
property on the north side Df the
public road leading from Burling--
ton, The other is the Gov. Holt
rtiansion Haw River.
We are glad to see tliis work
progressing and we ^ hope
that Alanaanee county will have
a hospital that will be a credit to
her splendid citizens.
Mrs. Ross* Cheek returned
Thursday from Salisbury where
she received tr^atihent for ap
pendicitis. Fortunately an oper-
wli€5n they realize tlmt Prof Curtin • ation wj:^ not necessary.
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