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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDiNG OF -AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN
INDVSTRIES.
VOL. III.
THE CONTEST AND HOW
STANDS
j\?
Burlington,
'rrs Lois A. Workman,
‘ S'vvannie Patterson,
‘ Myrtle Isley,
‘ .Myrtle Tafe,
” Lillian Turner,
BurliDgiou R. F. D's.
Jennie Whitsell, R, 4, 3,325
Emma Ovei*nian R. 1. 1,475
Annie Matlock, R. 2,
‘ Ollie Ecior, Route 2,
■ Koia Crouse, Route 4,
11,750
14,125
3,350
1,000
925
400
200
200
Snow Camp.
j-iary Stout, 14,225
ji'ing Graded School, 500
■/.'ar; Graded School, 200
-I'J
Mebane.
'ifs Grace Amick,
300
Ji
..Ui
M
Haw River, No. 1.
ss Carrie Albright, 12,900
Elon College, N. C.
3S Mollie Baldwin, 6,650
UnioE Ridge, No. 1.
:ss Lottie Terrell, 300
Republkaa County Conveation,
Notice is hereby given the
Republican Convention for Ala*
;nance Co. will be held in the
Court House Graham, N. C.
Saturday 17th of September at
noon for the purpose of nomina
ting candidates for the several
county officers and a candidate
for Legislature and to transact
i-uch other business as may prop
erly come before said convention.
The precinct primaries in all
the precincts except those in the
C'ties and towns will be held on
taiurday, Spt. 10th, at 1 o’clock
p. m. for the purpose of electing
deiegaies to said county conven
tion and transact such other
1‘usiriess as may properly come
bi^fore said primaries. The fix
ing of the time for the primaries
in the towns is left with the com
mittee of each precinct.
By order of the Alamance
County Republican Executive
Committee. .
This August 22nd, 1910.
T. F. McVey, Ch’m.
E. S. W. Dameron, Sec.
Republicans Attention.
A Primary of the Republican
voters of North Burlington pre
cinct, will be heid in the Mayor's
Hall, September 16th, 1910 at 8
o'clock p. m. to elect delegates
to the county convention, and to
{;ransa':t such other business as
inay come before the primary,
'A'hich is to be held at Graham,
N- C. September 17th, 1910.
This the 31 day of Aug. 1910.
John R. Hoffman, Geo. D. Smith,
Chairman, Secretary,
Repulican Primary»
The Republican primary for
South Buriington precinct will be
held September 8th, at 8 o’clock,
p. m. at the home of Mr. Spar
row, near Aurora Mills, for the
f)urpose of electing delegates and
alternates to the county conven
tion to be held at Graham Satur
day September 17th, 1910„ Eve
rybody who intends to support
the Republican candidates this
year are invited to attend.
W. J. Horne
Chairman,
F. S. Cheek,
Secretary.
Tht Republicans of Graham
lowhshipare called to meet in
the Court House on Satuifday
evening September 10th at 8
o’clock to elect delegates to the
County Convention to be held
September the 17th, to nominate
a county ticket.
i'. H. Holt, A. M, Hadley,
ownship Chai rman, S^icretary.
THE DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY CONVENTION
Graded School Opening.
The Graded IScliool Building
•viiich has beer? dwrnent for a
’.hree month \’%cation was nlled
v'ixh papils Monday morning
Tiore than s'jx hundred being pre*-
.-int for the opening. The work
s'-erns to be starting off nicely,
I.'; Iwithstanding the confusion
cHosed by the re-arrangement
(;j the grades. Miss Stafford is
j;.' incipal of the Grammfir vSchool
j'diss Brown princii)al of the pri-
rnary school and Prof, I'hc^kprin-
of the High School
BURLINGTON,
« The Democratic county conven
tion was held at Graham Satur
day the 3rd, of September, and
was called to order promptly at
noon. Prof. W; P. Lawrence of
the Elon College Faculty was
made permanent chairman and
the editors of the Democratic
press were made secretaries. The
first business was the nomination
of county commissioners, and as
the politicians had decreed that
none of the present board should
be renominated, but one was plac
ed in nomination, Mr. A. Rob
ertson whose friends after
wards wished that they hadn^t
been so foolish, several new names
were placed in nomination as fol
lows: J. M. Browning, Burling
ton township; John G. Clark, of
Newlins township; E. C. T\;irner,
of _ Melville township; E. L.
Dailey, Pleasant Grove township;
T. B. Barker, of Mortons town
ship; J. C. Whitesell Boon Sta
tion township; J. E. Stroud, of
Pattersons township and Geo. T.
Williamson, of Thompsons town
ship. Upon the first ballot the
following were declared nomina
ted. Geo. T. Williamson, T. B,
Barker, E. L. Dailey and J. M.
Browning, another ballot was or
dered and resulted in the nomi
nation of J. E, Stroud. Mr. J.
G. Clark who v,^as placed in nom
ination had served upon the board
once before, but like all other
former members, he was repudi
ated, as it was evident that he
stood no show. The friends of
T. B. Barker and Geo. T. Wil
liamson demanded that they be
nominated as a vindication of a
former repudiation, and they pull
ed through, the remainder are
new men, who if elected will nev
er be renominated unless they
and their friends follow the ex
ample of the Messrs. Barker and
Williamson, and then they will
have to wait until the people for
get their record, this policy seems
to be the custom of the Demo
crats, if not a fixed rule.
The next business was the
nomination of a representative
and Prof, W. P. Lawrence was
named by acclamation, but Mr,
Lawrence would neither accept
or decline, stating that his time
was not his own, and that he
would have to get permission
from the board of trustees of
Elon College. This did not seem
to satisfy some of the delegates
and Mr. John M. Cook moved
that inasmuch as Prof. Lawrence
could not say whether he would
accept or not, that he nominated
Mr, B, R. Sellars, the convention
then got into a parliamentary de
bate, "and several gentlemen who
were trying to make motions or
did make them were ruled out of
order by acting chairman, F. L,
Williamson. Col. Sam Webbcome
tx) tha rescue and tried to straigh
ten things out, but without much
success, finally Mr. Cook with
drew his former motion and mov
ed that the matter be left as it
w'as, and that if Prof. Lawrence
found that he could not accept,
that the county executive com
mittee be authorized to put Mr.
B. R. Sellars in his place. But
the convention remembered that
it was there to repudiate Mr.
Sellars as county commissioner
and must have thought that if he
could not be re-electe4 as a com-
irussioner he coaid not as a rep
resentative, and would have none
of him. Thereupon the matter
was left as it was, with the un
derstanding that should Prof.
Lawrenee find that he eould not
make the race, another conven
tion was to be ealled and the ag
ony prolonged.
The nominatfe^i of Sheriff was
next in ordelcv and the present in*-
cumbent, Mr. R. N. Cook, who
was eteftted last campaign ^ the
aid of -^Republicans was ncaaaiwated
by acclamation. The office of
R«?gister of Deeds cam« next, and
there was some show 'oi opposi
tion to the present incumbent Mr.
IC. D. Johnson, bwt the powers
’ had decreed that they needed men
this year that could get Republi
can votes and in as much as Mr.
Johnson had been getting them
he should be nominated, o. D.
Johnson, G. R. Love and Erastus
Cook were placed in nomination
for Register of Deeds. Mr. Ed-
? gar Long, a Democrat of the
I
straightest sect, placed Mr. Eras-
j tus Cook in nomination, and in
doing so he said he was getting
tired, and darned tired of nomi
nating men who after being nom
inated had to trade with the Re
publicans to get elected, but judg
ing from the vote his candidate
received, the convention did not
care how its candidates get t;he
votes, just so they get the offices
and Mr, Long’s.man fell by the
wayside, although he had been
a candidate for the nomination
twice before. He will learn to
trade if he ever gets the nomina
tion. A delegate from Newlins
township nominated Mr. C. R.
Love, and in doing so said that
Mr. Love was a native of New
lins, but that they had loaned
him to Burlington, where he now
resided. But judging from the
vote Mr. Love received from the
Burlington delegation, they did
not care if Newlins township took
him back. Bi^ such is Demo
cratic polities,'
Mr» E. S, Parker who up to
this time had kept in the back
ground since his clever maneuver
of the last Democratic convention,
came to the front and made a
plea for the man who could get
Republican votes, and nominated
the present incumbent, Mr. C. E>.
Johnson, then the balloting be
gan and resulted in an over
whelming victory for the tradei*.
Nominations for Clerk of the
Superior Court was the next and
the leaders were almost in a panic
by this time for fear that the
Hon. A. M. Garwood would re
ceive the nomination, and they
worked like beavers to prevent
it. Dr. T. S. Faucett nominated
Mr. Garwood, and made a goo^d
talk for him, but this only tend
ed to make the leaders get busier,
McBride Holt nominated the
present incumbent, Hon. John D,
Kernodle, by this time there was
several delegates shouting for
Garwood which only increased
the fears of the leaders, and Mr.
McBride Holt, Ex-Chairman of
the Democratic executive commit
tee, and a smooth worker, who
don’t care to take chances made
an impassioned plea for the pres
ent Clerk, which saved the day
arid clerk Kernodle was renomi
nated, but Gai’wood gave them a
run for their mpney.
The next in \ oi Jer was the
treasurers office,\ there were two
nominations for tkis place. Hon.
W. H. Carroll nl^naged to get
from under the steam roller long
enough to place the present in
cumbent, Mr, A. J, Thompson,
in nomination and began by say
ing that although an old friend
of his, one who had stood by him
through all his political battles
and had helped him when others
had failed, wanted the office of
treasurer, but that he thought in
as much as Thompson had only
had the office one term that hiB
was entitled to it again, and
therefore he nominated Mr.
Thompson. Hon. John H. Ver
non then arose and said that he
was not able to talk as loud as the
gentleman who placed Mr.
Thompson in nomination, but he
would do his best, launched out
and nominated Dr. B. A. Free
man, commonly known as “Dick”
Mr. Vernon said that his candi
date needed no speech from him,
that the delegates probably knew
Dick Freeman better than they
did him, at this point one dele
gate shouted that^s enough, you
have already killed your man,
but no one seemed to know what
he ?neant and the )?alloting begfan
and resulted in the nomination oi'
the present incumbent by an ov
erwhelming majority i The dele
gates from Burlington seemed tc*
have it in for all their candidates
although they were entitled to
twenty-ftVe votes, ho one candi-
ctete could muster more than
afeettt half of them.
1?he next business was the
homina,tion for coroner, some one
n^Hninated the present incumbent
Dr. Dace McPherson, but Ms
brother stated that he was away
and would not be in the county
very-much for the next two years»
thereupon some one nominated
the brother. Dr. McPherson, they
did not seem to care so long as he
was a Mac, his nomination was
made by acclamation. Then Mr.
Levns H. Holt was nominated by
acclamation for surveyor. A res
olution was passed to give Major
Chas. M. Stedman, Democratic
candidate for Congress a thou
sand majority from this county.
Then the convention adjourned.
SEPTEMBER
7, 1910.
: Farmer Friends.
Feeling assured you are inter
ested in the tobacco market at
Burlmgton, as most of you ex
pect to sell on this market (I
hope so) doubtless you would
like to know about prices. We
opened the market on last Thurs
day and prices at MORGAN’S
Warehouse ranged from $4.00 to
$14.00 per hundred. I consider
these prices very good when I
compare them with last year at
this time finding them fully $2.00
to $3.00 higher. I have had sev
eral loads of stock tobacco and
each farmer was pleased with
prices. I do not think you will
make a mistake in selling your
common curings early. When
you are ready to sell don’t fail to
drive to MORGAN’S Warehouse,
for there, MORGAN, the HUST
LER, will get you as many dol
lars as any warehousman, or
market in the United States.
We sold a little ,over two mil
lions last year. We want three
millions this season, and expect
to get it, for farmers are rapidly
realizing that the is no pay in go
ing so far to sell their tobacco
when they can go to MORGAN’S
Warehouse and there get the
very highest prices obtainable.
I suppose you are coming to the
show! If you have a load of to
bacco ready bring it along prices
will be all right that day. I take
this opportunity in thanking my
many friends for their liberal
patronage last season. I hope
to merit a continuation of your
patronage assuring you the very
highest prices for your tobacco.
. Your friend,
E. L. MORGAN.
Bible Class Association.
Report of the Men’s Bible
Class Association of Burlington
for Sunday, Sept. 4th, 1910.
M. P. Baraca Class, Present
32, collection $1.70.
Baptist Baraca Class, present
60, col1:5^4ion $1.48. .
Christian Men’s Bible Class,
present 34, collection $1.93.
M. E. church Baraca Class,
present 30, pllection $1.34.
Presbyterian Young Men’s
Class, present 17, collection $1.48,
Reformed Baraca Cass, present
21, collection $2.53.
Totall attendance, all classes
243.
Total collection, all classes $17.09
Total last Sunday 117, collec
tion-$7.91.
Our platform; “Young Men
at Work for Young Men all stand
ing by the Bible and the Bible
School.”
T. D. Dupuy, Pres.
J. H. Vernon, Sec.
Thomas-Harris.
Mr. Walter Thomas and Miss
Lula Harris were married yester
day evening at the home of the
bride’s parents in southern Ala
mance. Both are popular young
people and we join their many
friends in extending congratula
tion, Miss Harris, for the past
two year has been engaged in
teaching, which position she oc
cupies at present. Mr. Thomas
is connected with the C. B. Ellis
Music Co., of this place, having
studied music at the Shennan-
doah Institute at Dayton. Va.
He is a young man of excellent
character. 'Hie parents of both
live in southeastern Alamance,
and are prosperous farmers.
Mr. Waiter . SellaTSt, buying
representativtg for the B. A, Sel
lars & Son Dry Goods Store, re
turned Friday from northern
cities. He enumerates some in
teresting stories connected with
his trip, and especially the pur
chase of some^ unusu^ qualities
which are arriving daily.
The convention was well attend
ed and very orderly for a large
crowd, the only discordant notes
hoard were those named above.
W« make no comment upon those
nominated, but leave that for
those whose suffrage they solicit.
In the write up of these proceed
ings we have tried to be the fair
est of the fair and if we have
mistated any part of the proceed
ings, we trust that some of our
contemporaries will correct us.
With this we leave you to the
mercy of your opponents who
will be nominated ^ on the 17th,
and may the best ticket win.
OWIUIOIISEflOLD
The Democracy of Alamance Cotin-
ty Repudiates the Present Board
of County Commissioners. By
Refusing to Renoniinate any or
All of Them.
Thus saying by their actions
that the present board, all of
whom are Democrats (save and
except one) have not rendered a
satisfactory account of their
stewardship, that they have not
been satisfactory to either : the
Democrats or the tax payers at
large. If the Pemocraey will re
pudiate four of the best men in
their party for political expedien
cy, is it not time that the tax
payers was emulating their ex
ample and repudiate the whole
Democratic i),]pirty. If Ben Sellars
Alf. Robertson, Will Murray and
E. Long are not honest and capa
ble enough to give the county
good service^ are there any men
in the Democratic party any bet
ter? This is a pertinent ques
tion, and one that the voters
should consider well before cast
ing a ballot for the party now in
control of the county affairs.
This is an Old trick of the Dem
ocratic party to fool the people
once more. Every two years they
repudiate their board of county
comniissioners and nominate a
new set, thereby saying to the
voters of the county. Yes we
know and admit that these com
missioners did not do their duty,
and were not capable and efficient
and that is the reason why we do
not renominate them.. But we
have given you some good men
this time, just eiect them and
every thing will be alright. Then
the people take t'lef bait and get
fooled once more, at the end of
the term and when the time
.sCo.f3?es to renomji?..ate them th%
say: ,Yes these fellows did not
do what we promised and we are
not going to renominate one of
them again, but they go back
and pick up some of the old ones
which they repudiated two years
before and place them upon the
ticket.
They must think that the peo
ple have short memories. How
long has it been since they repu
diated Mr. George Williamson
while he was serving a term as
county commissioner, by refusing
to renominate him. Mr. William
son hasn’t forgotten it nor has
his friends. Now they come along
and say by their actions, that it
is true we refused to renominate
Mr. Williamson because he had
not rendered good service, but
the people have forgotten this by
now, and we will renominate him
because we have got to do some
thing, for the manufacturers of
the county, and George William
son is the only man that we can
throw down, and pick up again
without offending him. Well,
they may not have known it, but
if memory serves us right Mr.
Williamson was offended alright
the time they did repudiate him,
and no doubt is accepting the
nomination to even up some old
scores, and some of those who
were instrumental in helping to
defeat him two years ago, had
better keep their eyes open. The
Williamson’s are not the people
to forget and forgive an insult so
easily. .
0 Democracy, what sms
committed in thy name. It is
time that the people who have
to pay the taxes, .the people who
live in the rural sections and re
ceive little benefit for the taxes
they pay, were waking up and
taking a hand in the county af
fairs. Are you going to continue
to be fooled again and again with
out even so much as a protest,
are you willing to have your af
fairs badly manned, or rather
mismanaged, just so it is done by
the Democratic party. You can
not say this is not so, and
affairs
R. F, p.^rrier* Picnic.
I Little dp we think that twelve
months have fleetily passed
; away and Monday again we were
so pleasantly remember^ at
Hardens Park by the R. F. D.
Carriers Picnic. This Associa
tion is composed of the various
R. F. D. Carriers of Alamanc^
picnic the part
j County and the
that we desire to emphasize most
is given on Labor Day, whic^ if
on Labor Day, which is a legal
holiday, of each year, and ispar'
ticipated in by R. F. D. Carriers
Postmasters, Lawyers, doctors,
preachers, teachers, but largely
by the patrenS of the various
routes of the county whose pre
sence make it the grand success
it is. The picnic was called t»
order by their president the leaK
longlegged, shinny but good na-
tured J. M. Workman, who call
ed the first speaker the Hon. J .
M. Cook, to the stage. Mr.
Cook in his usual witty, and bu-
morousmanner telling what had
happened and what wouln ha^
pen the next twelve months,
when either a street car or an :
airship would be built to the park
deciding later it wpulfi be the
street car amused and benefited
the audience for sometime. The
next spesiker Who delivereid l^e
principal address of the day was
the honorable Postmaster of
Greensbord Hon. R. D. Douglas
more commonly known by those
who familairly knew him as little
Bob Douglas” whatever .his
name maybe or however small in
statue will riot disfcuss but will
say he delivered from that learn
ed mind of his a ma sterly address
one full of enthusiasm and exceU
lent advise to the R, F. D. Car
riers and patrons. -
As we haisten, we name the
following L; W. Holt, No. 7, Rev.
J. W. Holt No. 9, Dr. J. A. Pic
kett and Prof. J. B. Robertson,
who were given only five minutes
in which to express themselves.
These speakers gave some good
hints and jjaw breaking, jokes.
We were next summonsed to
dinner where we found the long
ta:ble completely covered witi
plates and dishes placed on sno wy
towels and napkins. There pla
tes and dishes' were filled with
food such a« children adore and
maturity can never refuse. We
can still smeH and' taste those nice
eatables. After eating to our
hearts content and drinking - of
the sparkling lerimonade, whicfe
was served free, we enjoyed and
excellent game of ball ^twiseTi
Friendship and Eldermont. The
score being 7 to 9
Thus a (fey of pleasure and pro
fit which Will linger in our
minds and never be forgotteu
was spent.
Tobacco Mmrket Opens.
The Burlington tobacco market
opened Thursday September 1st
prices ranging a shade better
than last year. Most of the
tobacco sold has been pdmingf
and of a light weight which
brought a fair average. The
Burlington market is in fine
shape this year to pay a good
average. Messrs. Hooker and
Thornburg also Mr. Morgaxt faave
large spacious rooms well arran
ged to take care of your tobacco
and pay you the mst possible
price. Why take two or three
days going to a far away market
when you can get more money at
home.
W. H. Bullard of South Caro
lina is the guest of friends ii
town.
cause the people refuse to be
ed tvwce by tne^ame in
sion, and they have to tab
men to do it with, ^s
Democrat, or Democratic
paper in this cOufity, wh
say that this is not
speak out »ow, or fo:
after hold your peate.
This article is not
detrfec ■; from the gent
were nominated for
ers last Saturday, *we
the to leave that to t
wntten to
who
milsion-
lling
voters
the I will have to eleofc d$i^ject thei
% tl '
thatthe county affairs are
properly managed, because
Democrats acknowlede that j-
affairs are not prox>erly managed | But we venTOre mBC*predi*
by refusing to ndminate any of • that should tq^
the old board, Aand when asked as to get elec^
why they did not, ^ they will tell' ty will not rj
you that it was ' because they; tiiey will s
knew they could not re-elect; thei^pwn pi
them. Why can’t they re-elect the Den;
them just as well as they can; fool the
eiect another set? Simply be- ical trie
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