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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
VOL. HI.
BURLINGTON, N. C , APRIL 12,1911.
NO. 48
81ITY ?mm m i
FENNSYLVANII ill
INSTRUMENTS FOUND FL4GMAN KILLED D\
INIlOyilFORDJAILl COiiST LINE FREIGHT
Scranton, Pa., April 7. — 0ne of
the most serious mi;.e disasf.er^
which has ever visited ihis see,
tion of the mining country occur
red today at the little villaije of
Throop. a short disia.nce frori:.
this city, v/nen the lives of be
tween fifty and sii.ty men and
boys '.vere snuffuut. Among
those kr-ovvn to have pe. ishe:liire:
Joseph- Evans, who'.vasin charge
of the United States n.inc nscue
car; Isaac Dawe, a fire bos?, and
V\^ai^er Knight, a forejnan.
Evans’ death was the result of
a defective oxyg-f;n-charged nrnv
or, Charles Enzian, the noted ex-
peet, in general charge of ;nine
rescue work for the Federal y;'>v-
ernment, was also overcome and
is said to be in a critical c.; ndi-
tion. As rescuers entered tht
mine they stuaibied o^er thre;
bodies. One uf these 'a as Joseph
Evans. He vras s-?en to
his heimet from his liead.
evidently failed to worK.
\vas carried to the oren
quickly as possible, but
inhaled so much sinoke
from
th;
bun.ing-
wrench
At had
E'^ans
id;' as
he had
and gas
coal
hours.
SiHiiiar
Greensboro, April 7.—Sheriff
Jones yesterday received infor
mation that materials were in
hiding in the cells on the lower
floor, where the white prisoners
are kept, instruments with which
an escape might be attempted.
Prompt investigation discovered
an iron bar and a file, made pos
sibly from the spring of a shoe,
w'hich were thought to have been
handed to the bottom floor
through a hole in the second floor
made for a steam pipe. The in
struments w'^ere concealed in a
place where they would least
nave been suspected. The vigil
ance of the authorities was re
sponsible for the discovery.
Since the cells on the bottom
fioor W(jre of case hardened steel,
it would have been difficult to cut
out, but no chance.3 would be
taken on this score.
The instruments are believed
o have been the same used in
the recent delivery and it is
bought that the prisoners escap
ing handed them down.
that he died within a fc.\v
Enziaii's experience was
to that of Evans.
Up to a late hour tonight n.aar-
Jy two score oi bodies had been
piled at the bottom of the siiaft,
but it v.'as thought advisable not
to bring them to the surface un
til the crowd had dwindled. A
temporary morgue had be . n ei ect
ed uL the opening to the mine and
here were congregated hundreds
of women and children, relatives
of the men and boys who had
been so suddenly snatched from
khem,. Their gi'ief was pitiful
Children of tender years clung to
the skirts of their mothers wnile
older male members of the fami
ly sought to soften the angviish
of the distressed mothei's
SENSATIONAL SUOOT-
ING IN BOAK HOTEL
unfortunate
and
men
sisters of the
and boys.
None of the bodies recovered
was mutilated, death doubtless
having been caused by inhaling
flames and gases. The rescuers
are pushing into the nnne and it
is thought that ail of the bodies
vv’ill l>e recovered within a few
hours.
FU'UBULENTVOTINfilNTliE
RECENT ASHEVILLE ELECTION
Asheville, April 9.—The per
sistent rumors of fraudulent ^'ot-
ing in the fifth precinct of 'his
city, which have been heard since
the recent commission govern
ment election here, took definite
shape today when ten reputable
citizens of that precinct aflixed
their signatures to a document in
which charges of p»erjury and
fraud are openly made.
The matter is not to rest here,
hovvever, but will be carried be
fore the grand jury with evidemee
and aflidavits which, these citi
zens claim, will convict nine men
of perjury and will show that
fcurteen men voted fraudulently
In the commission government
•rlection held March 21.
The alleged illegal votes were
all cast against the commission
form of government which lost
by oniv eleven votes.
Death of D. 0. Burch.
^ Mr. D. 0. Burch died suddenly
Sunday morning at Chapel Bill
from a stroke of paralysis. He
and Mrs. Burch moved from this
town to Chapel Hill only a few
"reeks ago where he was connecit-
ed with the T^niversity Publish
ing Co. For a number of years
he lived here serving as a macli-
inest for the Burlington Newu.
remains were brought here
the eleven o’clock train.
Funeral services conducted at
Lhe Baptist Church by Rev. Hil-
iard of Chapel Hill. Burial at
Pine Hill Cemetery. He is sur-
'^ved by Mrs. Burch and one
'daughter Mrs. K. K. Lively.
^Mesdames Martha Foster and
C. Campbell, and Miss Mary
t.oster left Saturday for Winstori-
^altm w^here they will spend
Several days with Mrs, Foster’s
Mr. T. G. Foster.
Roanoke, Va., April 7.—While
in a fit of temporary insanity, C.
L. Blakitniore, local agent for a
typewriter concern, fired three
shots at Jeflierson Green, a pro
moter, of Richmond, Va. Two
of the bullet- struck Green and
ojie went wild. The shooting oc
curred in the corridor of the ho
tel where the men w'ere stopping.
Blakemore w^as under treatment
for the di^g habit. He rushed
out of his room and met Green,
who is interested in the concern
which w'as treating Blakemore.
He used vile epithets and then
opened fire on Green. Following
the shooting, Blakemore became
more .violent and was placed in
charge ctf a physician. Greenes
wounds are not serious. Blake-
more is guarded by a policeman
Benson, April7.—Extra through
freight No, 939. frpm Rocky
Mount to Florence, Captain
Stroud, conductor and Mr, Zim
merman, engineer, ran over J.
W. Bridges, the flagman, on the
south pass track here this m.om-
ing, crushing both legs, cutting
the right leg off near the thigh
and the left one below the knee.
Later this evening he died.
Bridges was uncoupling a car
on which the chain extending
from the lever to the coupling
was broken. He slipped and fell
between the moving cars, one of
which passed over his legs. He
was taken to the offices of Drs.
Parker and Utley, where tempo
rary medical aid was rendered.
Accompanied by Dr. Utley, he
was taken on a special train to
the hospital at Fayetteville,
where his limbs were amputated.
Elridges, who was a flagman,
lived at Rocky Mount and had a
wife and one child. He has been
in the Coast Line service about
two years. Several railroad men
here today said that he was one
of the best men in the service of
the Coast Line.
The occurrance was deeply de
plored by the men who worked
with Bridges and who hold him
in the highest esteem. A mes
sage was received by the agent
here late this afternoon that
Bridges died about 5 o'ciock.
The Late Michael M. Shoffner.
In the recent death of Michael
M. Shoffner is another reminder
that our Comrades of the Con
federate Army are rapidly cross
ing over the river, and that soon
none of us will be left among the
living in this world.
Comrade Shoffneir enlisted as a
private|in Company C of the 13th,
North Cjirolina Regiment in the
beginning of the war and follow
ed, with unfaltering bravery, the
fortunes of that gallant body of
men until he was seriously wound
ed at the battle of the Wilderness.
In the Company, of which Com
rade Shoffner was a member,
seventeen men were killed and
thirty-five wounded in that
bloody fight, a record that makes
the glorious heroism of the
“Light Brigade" at Balaklava,
pale by comparison. Private
Shoffner’s wound was in the
head and he carried with him to
the grave the bullet received in
that battle. It would be an idle
waste of words to attempt to add
to the laurels of our comrade,
who now reposes so
6000 RACING ASSURE
FOR OUR COlim FAlit
COM COLA COMPANY
THEIR FIGHT
REACHED TREmiNG
Chattanooga, Tenn., April-7.—
The case of the government
against “forty barrels and twen
ty of coca-cola” was decid
ed injfavor of the Atlanta bever
age in the federal court here yes
terday afternoon. In ruling on
a motion for peremptory instruc
tions Judge Sanford held that
caffeine is not an added or dele-
tenous ingredient of the bever
age. He over ruled the motion
on points relating the misbrand
ing feature of the allegations, but
counsel for the government mov
ed to dismiss without prejudice,
the case on these points. A ver
dict w^as returned in favor of the
defense! Federal counsel enter
ed a motion of appeal to the Unit
ed States circuit court at Cincin
nati.
The coea-cola case has been one
of the most important ever tried
in the federal court in the south,
and the cost of the litigation has
been enormous. It is said that
$200,000 will not cover the ex
penses. Both sides have had ex-»
perts from all sections of the
country, the most eminent scien
tists, principally chemists and
physicians. The government has
spared no expense in the effort to
prove its contentions, and the
coca-cola people have been equal
ly liberal in securing expert tes
timony.
SERIOUS SHOUTING
HU
Roanoke, Va., April 5.--An-
gered at editorials in the Even
ing World directed at his father-
in-law, Joei H. Cutchin, mayor
of Roanoke, severely criticising
him in connection with charges
broughi' by. the special grand
3W, Americus A. Johnson, a
well-known Roanoker, itttacked
the editor of the World, Jaines
M. Williams, in his office this af
ternoon. He climbed to the third
floor, where Williams works, ac
companied a part of the way by
A. Do(^ey, proprietor of the
World, who sought to pacif y him.
Reaching Mr. Williams^ Johnson
is said to have used some strong
languag;e, whereupon Williams
threw a whetstone ^t him and
leaping over a teblej struck at
Johnson..
Johnson caught ’Williainis by
the hands and threw one arm
around him, and this wais the po
sition 0 f the two men when oth
ers arrived and separated them.
Neither of them was hurt to any
extent. The World iiks been oat^
{spoken its denanciatibn of the
mayor, demanding his resigna
tion pending the result of the in^
vestigalion. '■■■■ i- -
The present management of the
Alamance P^air agrees to furnish
a competent trainer at the Fair
Grounds, to have him there be
fore Tuesday August 1, 1911, the
price per day that this trainer
will charge for handling horses
or colts will be one dollar per day.
To guarantee the expense account
of ail colts or horses in the hands
of this trainer at the date named
above, and kept in training up to
and including the fair, October
3rd to 6th inclusive, the present
management of the Fair will add
100 per cent to the entire expense
account of the colts or horses,
that make up the various classes
and must be entered in the vari
ous classes to which the colts or
horses may be ehgible on the day
of starting, under the conditions
of the National Trotters Associa
tion, and to first and second mon
ey winners, provided five start,
the management agrees to refund
training expenses.
This proposition is made so
that any man in this section who
thinks his colt or his horse can
out trot his neighbors colt or
horse may have a fair dea,l.
POLLS STEEPED IN
SLUSH, VOTES SOLD
Charlotte, April 9|. —In a scath
ing arraignment of the leaderg> of
the local Democratic party from
his piaipit tonightj Rev. Dr., He]
man H. Hullen, j^stor of the
First Baptist church, declared
that money and liquor had been
freely used “to prostitue man-
hoodi and foster anarchy ’ ’ in the
recent municipal Frimary, not
sparii^ members of his own eon-
spregation.
He declared that the polls were
steeped in slush.; that, voters
were openly bought and he had
the evidence; that liquor was
used to debauch even a part of
his congregation, and that one of
his deacons had boasted of ‘ ‘votr
ing a man." Drug stores, lie
said, took the place of the open
saloon here in prohibition Char
lotte, and he urged the grand
jury to do its duty. Even in the
ward meetings classes had been
arrayed against masses, and an
archy encouraged.
The congregation, that heard
his terrific arraigtjmeht packed
the big edifice to tSie doors.
MOSES SPEAKS GETS
THIRiy TEARS IN PEN
Greensboro, April 8.—Moses
Speaks, the High Point dual
nniurderer, who was yesterday
convicted of murder in the sec-
neacSulfv’ i degree was sentenced to thir-
lulled by th^musicof L
• ! aity for second degree murder in
of all' State. Speaks thanked the
pines in our City Cemetery.
As to Comrade Shoffner’
vate life, that for rulings during the trial
‘ and voluntarily told Judge Daniel
killed his wife because
with hiK» mends and eighbors, gj^e caused him to lose $200 in a
rugged and strict in his personal ;
integrity, strong and forceful in : ^ j assaultupon Will Miller
his opinions and utterly fearless ^
and courageous in giving expres- son-in-iaw.
sion to his views on public ques
tions.
Ruffin Camp, United Confed-
Easter Monday.
The chief athletic event of this
erate Veterans, in called meeting' section of the state will be the
assembled, desire to pay this af- iBall Game at Hafden's Park on
fectionate, though inadequate,' Easter , Monday between Oak
tribute to the memory x)f our de-' Ridge and Elpn College,
parted brother and comrade arid; We understand that there is
to extend to his bereaved family nothing doing on this date either
the assurance of our sincerest at Whitsett, Bingham or Orange
sympathy in their most grievous Grove. This means that there
affliction. .. will be a large attendance from
Jas. A. Turrentine, Commander, these schools as well as the at-
W. A. Hall, Act’g Adjutant. tendance of practically the entii^
-•—«» : student body of the Ridge and
Base Ball Harden Park, Easter Elon, This will.make the matter
Monday. Game called at 3:30. a social as ^ an athletic
Elon College vs. Oak Ridge. event.
Their Bnsiuess Growing.
The business of the Burlington
Grocery Co. is growing to such
an extent that they have had to
procure more room, and have
leased the first floor of the old
brick depot. This is an ideal
place for bananas* potatoes and
all kinds of produce. This enter
prising firm is determined to
build a home market for the ben
efit of our home merchants, and
it is the duty of our business
firms to patronize them. , They
handle everything in solid car
lots and pay cash upon arrival of
goods, this enables them to meet
any and all competition. It is
something new to see car loads
of bananas, cabbage, flour, meal,
shipstuff, oats and corn, besides
the many other items that they
handle right here within our
midst. " They are not competitors
of the other two wholesale hous
es, but carry a different Une, arid
cater to the wants and,needs of
those who handle heavy j^oceries
fruits and produce. We are glad
Williariisburg, Vfi^V .
Fire tjfiat completely destroyed
the historic Court; Hbuse in
iiamBburg broke but in- the base-;
riient of the buildirig. e^^^
morning and "was firgt di^cby0r(dd
by Mr. Engli&h, a student, who;
was ci!|:>^$ing.!t!i^,i 1:15’
o’ clocfc, ' By twb^oi^ibck nothing|
was left but the‘four w&H, two;
chimneys^ arid the fireppoof■ vault |
in the €!&st w^irig, ;which is'intaeC i
The ciburity ’ i’eebrds'! iire all 6e-
suire, the fire hivinig;; had' >no ei • ^
feet on the interior of ithe vaultl;
Many valu^Ie pi^Vsl ' dating!
back; to 1775 of a purely hist'orical
natui’e: were kept in aribtheF p^)M
of the buildirig and these'■togeth-|
er with everything outside the
vault w’ere destroyed.) The loss
is about l|il5,O0O ' with i 000 iri^
sufance. The origin of the fire
is a mysstery; but inin beliieve it
was started by an Jnceridiariy.
There badbeen noflre in the fur
nace for more than' ai week and
no one had entered i that ' part of
the basement where the fire was
first discovered for a lorig tiriiei
The ffit-e was gotteri under x>n-
trol for a few minutes by th6 use
of chemicals but before a stream
of Water could be gotten on the
smouldering embers the blaze
started again and with the iiiade^
quate v?ater supply burned fierce
ly until nothing was left to bum.
Plans of rebuilding are already
being considered and it is thought
the old structure will be restored
with the present walls which ap
pear to be intact. Court will be
held next week in thei old Wil
liamsburg hotel building which
will be the temporairjf courthouse
until a new one is built. -
The destroyed building was de
signed by Sir Christopher Wren,
the* most famous! architect' of his
day and was erected in 1769. It
stood in the heart of this ancient
city, on Duke of Gloucester street
almost; opposite the old Powder
Horn, and in the rear is the site
of Gov ernor Dunniore’s place and
historiic Palace Green. $omie of
the dccuments destroyed werie of
great historic and sentimehtaT
value.
of Sylvan Graded $cl^ool.
Chapel Hill, April 6. —As the
result of a wound received from
the pistol of Ernest Ray this af
ternoon, Henry Jones, of Vena
ble is in a serious; condition to-
night, Jones is wounded in the
right breast* and it is not kno^OTi
whether or not the bullet pene-
ti-ated his left lung. ,
Jones is a powerful man of for
ty-five years. Ray is a young
man of much smaller size, It is
said that as a, result of ill-feeling
begun in a quarrel earlier in the
day. Jones had made three
threats against Ray, and
that Ray had armed himself in
anticipation Of the trouble.
The trouble occttini^d in Bern-
donts hard^re store in Veriabler
Which is the wesjfc end of Chapel
Hill, only recently given a separ
ate charter. From all accounts,
Jones drove up to the store and
in going in, came face to face
with Ray. It is said that he
Struck Ray, knocking off his cap,
and had drawn back to strike
again. When the latter drew hia
pistol and shot him.
Ray immediately surrendered
to p#j^ty Sheriff Mac Williams,
wlio had heard the slpt, ^nd come
into the store on the run. johes^^^
was taken to his home, where he
was ex^ined by Dir.. Abeirriathy,
who consider Jbnes’ death pirob^
able unless it turns out that he is
not suffering from: iriternaJ inju-
ries», ■■,
The sentiment of; ^^e^ :citi2enft
of the, tow*ri is that, Ray shot ia
sel|-defenc0^nd iri^^o^^ to’ sta.ve
Off a'had He wtfe
sure it) recei^fe fiFOrii Jbnes. If is,
said:, that)the*troubiet begsui oy^-
a dispute about tvro do^ that tK«|
men oiwned/f ; Jonea is i a mtti(^ ‘
iai'ger, man thsaii litay,; aud
^1^ h^ jnever^ W ii|
fight> ,al]tJ^oug|i ,He^^engaged
in riibi*e than one.^ :^mong the
witnesses ar? W., T. Marin and
iPaui '
such success, and we again ask
our home merchants to gi ve them
their business.
Don’t Read this.
Dr. N. Rosenstein the eye spe
cialist of Durham will b^ at Bur
lington Tuesday April 18th, at
the Burlington Drug ; Conapany
and Wednesday April 19th, at
Mebane, stopping at the White
house to exa.mine eyes arid fittirig
glasses.
; Soatherri Pines,'/April 6. T^llChe
election vTuesday' for; $100,000.
road bonds defeated the project
in the county. Sandhills ; an^
McNeills townships voted for
township borids.' and these twp
t^^n^hips,;' w c^nstitrite the
east side of the' countj/, will b^
able by their bonds to liicrea&fe
their good roads. San'dhills voted
to issue $10,000; of bondsj which
will probably be taken by Aber
deen bank aiid fcy Aberdeen pri^
vate capital. In these two town
ships the vote for bonds was al-
most unanimous. Road ; work
will be commenced as soon^ the
organization can be effected,
The grad^ dep^irtment >f i the
Sylyari High School will close
theSe people are meeting withiLApril 15th with an entertainriment.
'The exercises will be^gin at 10:30
'jti m. and coritiriue until? 3:M pu
m.
?i Exercises will begin again at
8 too p. ,m.’a.nd coritinue until ICii.
The exercises will consist of mu-
^ic, recitations, plays, drills, and
pantomimes. A literary address
is to be delivered in the after
noon. . ■ i.. i
in Everybody is cc rJially invited
io eome, bririg dinnej*, spen;4 the
day'.arid evening/and h^ve a
eral goad time.
Death of; Mrs. Caroline Shaw«
Ml'S. Caroline Shaw who was
dangerously burned at her home
near Brick Church April 5th died
on the following day. Her cloths
became ignited from a heater and
before help could reach her she
was badly burned. She w^ sev
enty-four years of age and for a
nuriiber of years had been an in
valid. She was a conservative
Christian and faithful Church
member being a member of the
M, P, Church for - a nuriiber' of
V
It may t?,uly be said that Mrs3
Shaw was a good woman arid
loved by all who knew her. Hey
husband arid two daughters pre^’
ceded her to their heavenly ret
ward she being survived by tw^
sons, Prof. P. E. Shaw, Teach*
enys^w C. and Jno. M, Shaw 6t
Marian Ala. Witn^sed % th^
presence! of a large cOneourse;ci(j
friends and loved ones she w|
buried at Lows Lutheran Chur
April 8th. j ,
Easter $eryke Jit Lutheiran Cburi^’
Sermon and preparatory s0-
iViceiFridaj^ 7:45p; by R^
G. D. Leriken SelTO^n and Ho1l|r
Communion on Sunday at 11%
m‘. by the pastor, Rfey. C^ Bromii
Cox. Sermon and Holy
mjjnion on Sunday by Reii
G. D. Lenkefv
Synodical appointment
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