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BURLINGTON, N. C AUGUSl 30.1911.
16
EVENTS
I
Sir,
Payne
nc (o.
eets
c
ijeojarkable Visit Aad a Sorpnse
EHlnner.
jn t'-e latter part of June, Mr.
and Mrs, Laban Payne of Gra
ham R. 1 began what proved to
he a remarkable visit, by going
to the hoTie of their eldest son,
Mr a P, Payne of Liberty R. 1
j?-or>i there they went to the
hojneof their eldest daughter,
Mrs. L- A. Thompson of Greens-
coro. Then they came to this
Jitv.'here they visited J. D.
pa'vne and then visited W. H.
ivood of Graham R. 2, thence to
jjrs. Levi Sharp’s on Graham R.
1 and irom there home which they
reached Aug. 20, having been a-
way from home on this remark
able visit for eight weeks.
Payne is 84 years old, Mrs.
They have been mar
ried G1 years and had ten child
ren, seven of whom are now liv
ing. The ages of these estimable
people makes the visit all the
mo2‘e remarkable.
On the day set for their arriv
al home, the children and friends
bad arranged for a surprise dinn
er in their honor. About 10:30
on ihat morning the guest began
to arrive, and it seemed as if it
was an old time camp meeting.
There were 65 present 61 of the
number being members of the
family. Besides these there were
50 members of the family who
were unable to attend. This
makes a total of 111 in this fami
ly, and causing one to think of
the old woman who lived in a
shoe but not quite, for the hearts
o: the old were large the yard
was broad, the table long and
wide, and simply loaded with the
incst delicious eatables.
The day was spent very quiet-
. and was enjoyed by all pre-
ent. Those present were:
Rev. H. S. B. Thompson and
■:% Robert Thompson, Mr. and
irs, H. L. Woods G. P. Payne
[and family, Liberty R. 1,, J. S.
Pickett and family R. M. York
d family Liberty, R. 1., Mrs.
L. A. Thompson, Mrs. B. E.
Beal and child. Misses Lucile,
£!ma and Nancy Thompson,
Greensboro. W. H. Wood and
iamily, C. W. Wood and family
Graham R. 2., Charlie Brown and
e minutes
n work
is
Dth, that's
t looks
as
ast a life-
that it al-
:-kel
■ are r. er-
here are
I iamily G?*aham, Miss Mattie
Graves, Roy Graves, B. H. Payne
jand family, Levi Sharpe and
Ifamily, C. W, Payne and family,
|L. T, Payne and family of Gra
ham R. 1, and J. D. Payne and
l^’ife of Burlington.
3t was regretted that Rev. Mr.
[Thorripson could not attend before
]2 p. m.
Vve wish for Mr. and Mrs.
[Payne many more happy events
[before the sun of their lives
fski] set.
Mrs. Homaday Entertains.
Mrs. S. M. Homaday enter-
Itained at her beautiful home on
: ad street last Friday night in
^'jiiorof Miss Baynes of Greens-
^-0. Those fortunate enough
jt: enjoy the pleasant occasion
jj-ere; Misses Bertha and Verna
jCates, Maytie Spoon, Ruth Dam-
rfon, Swannie Patterson, Blonda
Kates and Ivie Coble. Drs. Hof-
F-aday and Moser, Messrs. Jno.
[Hoffman, Minter Coble, Clyde
[and Baseom Homaday.
priidNs TO his' death
IN G6ING TO SMALL FIRE
Picnic on Rente No. S.
A gala time, indeed, was the pic
nic at Isley’s Grove last Satur
day, Aug. 26th. A large crowd,
a fine day, a most sumptous din
ner, exquisite music, and last
and best of all, pretty girls ga
lore—these were some of the
features which made the picnic
on No. 8 unique in the history of
such occasions.
Although many of the farmers
were busy with their tobacco the
crowd was larger than it was a
year ago, and there were niany
welcome visitors from No. 2 and
other routes, prominent among
them being the beloved carrier
of No. 2, W. J, Brooks. Then
there were visitors from a great
er distance, and especially did
old Caswell make a sweet con
tribution to the occasion.
Those who were fortunate
enough to partake of the num
berless delicacies and luxuries
under whihe the 68 foot table
groaned will never forget the
occasion, and will always believe
that No. 8 is the home of not
only many of the prettiest girls
of the county, but also of many
of its best cooks and housewives.
There was most everything that
the appetite could desire, from
solid country ham to the _ most
delicious cakes and pies; pickles
of most every kind were thrown
in for good measure. And when
all had enough, the amount that
was gathered up and put back in
baskets reminded us of one of the
meraculous about which we read
in Sacred Story. Very appropo-
rately did one of the speakers
say it was a dinner ‘‘fit for a
prince.”
To lighten the pleasure of the
occasion there were the dulcit
tones of the violin and the thrill
ing accompaniment of the banjo
and mandolin, which gave forth
their sweetest music under the
hand of the Master. Speeches,
sparkling with wit and humor
and good natured jest were made
by Prof, j. B. Robertson, County
Supt. oi Public Instructiwi, W.
J. Brooks of No, 2, W. U Thorn
burg and E. S. W. Dameron.
The occasion made everybody
feel good, and the ball game in
the afternoon crowned the pleas
ure of the day.
The people on No. 8 are to be
congratulated on the success of
this occasion and especially to
their cordial carrier, Mr. J. M.
Hayes, whose reputation as the
best picnic manager in the coun
ty, is well deserved. He has de
veloped the picnic ideas as never
before and both visitors and pa
trons should feel grateful to him
for the pains and efforts which
he expended in making such an
occasion po^ible. Health and
prosperity to No. 8, both patrons
and carrier.
Vjstob.
ONE KILLED; TWO INJURED
BY UGHTNINO AT DANVILLE
A
eiuwsoN AKim
FOE WELL KISIERV
£ r
d
$7.50
Statesville, August 26. — Fire
[iMch began in the boiler room of
Statesville Lumber Com-
J^ny’s plant near the depot at 11
elock this 'morning completely
j^ftstroyed the plant and consider-
pie lumber. The loss is esti-
■f^ted at about $8,0W,. with $5,-
insurance. Hyman Harrison,
15 or 16 years, son of N.
ij^arrison, ran to the scene of the
"•e from over town, became ov-
heated and died as a result »s
* - 2'feached the depot.
Baraca and Philathea
I Sbses of the M. P. Church were
pleasantly entertained on
picnic outing Thursday
h\Tv They went in wagons to
In4r ^ Albrights
AlbemaTie, Aug. Will Walk
er, a grandson of old Aunt Han-^
liah Jones who was muixlered
Sunday night by being thrown in
an old well, was arrested yester
day and lodged in Stanley cwinty
Jail, charged with the murder of
his grandmother Hannah Jones.
It appears that the old negro
was accompanied on that fdtal
night by her son who Is deaf aiid
dum and almost an idiot. It w^'
he who conveyed ths news, that
Walker was one of the guilty ear.
ties. This boy says th^t th^re'
was another colored, man with
Walker g.t the time of the com
mission of the crime, bjit his
name has not yet been given ou:'
It is contended by some of the
citizens in the neighborhood in
which the deceased' lived that
Walker being a grandson Was an
heir to the estate, old Aunt Han*
nah having been Worth some pro
perty, and that was: his motive
for his dastardly conduct..
Walker says he can pro/Ke; an
alibi. The preliminary hiring
is set for Friday the first of Sep
tember at which time there will
b« no boubt be another defen
dant.
Danville, Va., Aug. 26.—While
attending a meeting of the Far
mers’ Union Tobacco association,
which was being held at Bros-
ville, a village about 12 miles
west of here, this afternoon at 5
o’clock Bob Allen, a proininent
farmer of that section, was struck
by lightning and died almost in
stantly.
J. T. Moore and C. B. Woodall
were knocked down by the flash
and remained unconscious for
some time, while C. P. Minter
and Smith Dishman were badly
shocked.
A large crowd of prominent
tobacco growers were in the J un-
ior Order hall, where the meet
ing was being held, when their
respected comrade received the
fatal shock.
Dr. T. 0. Emroerson, of that
place, was summoned and the un
conscious men soon regained con
sciousness and are getting aloi.g
nicely.
Beulah Binford
Washing^u Post.
DowTtt in a little Virginia town
whose i^ime is important through
having:ii^cked to its conclusicn
the imp^sive suffix of “Court
house/’the world-old tangle of
misdirected passion is being en
acted for the thousandth time.
In this forgotten hamlet there is
a meeting of the extremes. The
hay wagon jostles the big motor
car. The speedy life, the simple
life, and the double life are min
gled together The sob squad is
on hand, making the most of the
varicolored scene, and splashing
with gorgeour abandon the hues
of the iiH^nary over the drab
setting ip the dull and common
place. ;^ere is interest every
where, hangs tentatively at
the heeirof the youthful Beattie.
It fastens with keen intent upon
the heartbroken father. It gloats
reminiscently over the memory
of the midnight ride, the firing
of the gun, and the tragic death
of the wife in the lonely wood;
far from any witness, unlsss th;
stars took cognizance and thf
filmy eye of the owl made note:,.
But over and above all these, ii
centers in Beulah.
Who or what is Beulah Binford*'
If she were greater she would Ix'
better understood. If she wert
more palpably depraved, a quick
classification would soon rob hei
of her unlisted attractions. But
she is neither the one nor the ot
her. Yet, being neither the one
nor the other, the immensity of
her power for evil seems to have
been enhanced, rather than dim
inished. In the whole whirl of
evil she has been the unmov
ed and impassive center around
which all has revolved herself the
point of negation, incapable of a
praiseworthy impulse toward
good, equally incapable of an
overt act of crime, a chit of a girl
viewing the universe from her so
vantage point, her system of life
so meager and yet to her so real
her heroes so tawdy; her heroin
es so pitifully small. And with
allrthat, herself so completely
satii^ed with herself, imsting
pictures of .chee^ celebrities in
her little album, and all untouch
ed by the gloom of an irrevocable
Aiamance’n State High Scbods.
(Or PubHc Hisk Schools.)
For more than one hundred
years we have had a state Uni
versity--an institution iii which
the state has provided College
Education for its young men.
For more than fifty years we
have had In our state a system tinipnV
of Public sfehools. But it was
not untilj fbur years ago that any
provision was made to get the
student from the Public i^chool to
the College at public expense.,,
The division between the Public
school and College involves a
four year course of High school
work. This space betwteen the
Public school and college was a
charm left unbridged, so far as
the 6tate was concerned, all those
years up till 1907. The legisla
ture of 1907 passed an act that
provides for the establishTnent of
from one to four High Schools in
each county. Under this act Al
amance has established three of
these State High Schools. There
isoneat Friendship in Coble’s
Township, one at Sylvan in Pat
terson's Township, and one at
Hawfields in Melville Township.
The purpose of all three of these
High Schools is to give to the
boys and girls of Alamance
couDty who have completed the
Public school work, High School
training free of tuition. We
hope to make this fact clear that
any girl or boy in any Township
in the county has a right to High
School training in some one of
our three High Schools free of
tuition. It is our desire that
all our larger giiis and boys
know about these schools and
their work, that the schools may
fulfill their purpose in extending
and connecting our school sys
tem. Before the close of the
present scholastic year we ex
pect to work out and announce a
regular system of graduation
from the Public, school. The cer
tificate that the student will rej
ceive o#gradtiation will not only
be a legal and honored seal set
upon the work, already accomp
lished, but it will serve as full
credentials and passport for ent
ering our State High Schools.
But if there are now boys or girls
in our county who want to do H.
S. Ivork during the coming ses
sion, and have noc yet made any
a»rangcments to do so, I invite
them to see me, that I may help
them to make the arrangements
necessary to entei* one of Our
State High Schools.
J. B. Robertson,
Supt. of Schools.
MAN t THE mPLE
Work on the Drum Point rail
road is once more goingto begin
to commence.
To Onr Correspondents.
Dear Correspondents:—
We assure you The State Dis^
patch and its many subscribers
appreciate the nice newsy items
you send us each week. But oc
casionally, as you have noticed,
they are unavoidably crowded
out. The cause of this is the
time we receive them. Some
weeks we do not receive some of
our correspondent’s until Wed-
.nesday, the day the paper is
published.
It will aid us materially and
assure your items getting in the
week you send them if you will
mail them to us not later than
Monday of eiach week.
^ If you live in a section where
We have no correspondent, get
busy and ^ve us the news and
and irrepamble past, cogitating; thus help your conununity.
the possibilites of her Httle future* As a rule ouritems reach usm
Nature her moods, subKme fiTOwi shape, but occasionally the
as well as perverse. She makes writer forgets that the copy has
a woman With a soul so great that to be read and like many of our
touched by the radiance of her prominent business men, could
countenance,' men aispire pnly to
Virtuous deeds. She hblds a
Cleopatra^ and fills the panther
ereature With the desire of the
desert and the longing pf the eigist
and a warriior cries, “Le| Eoirie
not r^d the items after finished.
Piulathea Qass Entertain.
The Philathea Class of the
Methodist Protestant Sunday
in Tibe:^ melt and the wide range ! School will serve ice cream and
of empire fall!” And in an oifi
day she creates a wcmaii with-'
out a soul.
Bond Sale Confirmed.
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get-
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The sale of the remainin
the bond issue has been com
ed. The engineer is busy
ting the various grades and
work will be advertised within
the next few days. After three
weeks advertising the contracts
will be let. Hence the work
should begin within thirty days.
The Dispatch a year a dollar.
cake on the office lot Tuesday
night, Sept. 6. The proceeds
will go toward building a class
room.
The public is cordially invited.
Music will be furnished by the
Burlington band. Everybody
come and enjoy the evening and
cast your vote for tjie most pop*
ular young lady.
Rev. and Mrs. Tilley of Georgia
who have been visiting relatives
here for several weeks among
whom are her sister Mrs. J. R,
Foster returned Thursday
their home.
Bdiltiinore A:meric«Jn. _
Wh a The Aiwerican, as the
first responsible Repuhlicun news
paper of the GOUtotry, advanceid
the name of William Howard
Taft as the man crf the hour, sen
ior this distinguished
Ohioan crystallised about his per
sonality with a spontaneous ef
fect that showed him to be po
tentially the strongest man in the
country to receive the^ tidh3ina>-
tion of hi|S party for tliehi^h of?
fice of the |)resi46nc3fev; After
three years in the
White Houi^e he is no longer the
more or lesis problematic, of
the hour, but he is pre-eminently
the niah of the people^^;
in the history of the occupants
of the White House has been so
remarkable as the manner in
which the personality of Mr.
Taft, which at the first, it was
feared by those who did not fully
know him, might be overshadow
ed by that of his predecessor,
has come out into tihe full pro
portions of one of the most com
manding presidential figures up
on the pages of American histo
ry. The|jEroce$s, has been that
of an evciation of policies and
principlesih accordance with the
trend of nation's life. Mr.
Taft at the very first caught the
spirit of #ie times to be the ad
vancing of the economic interests
of the country in the direction of
the stability of business, the re
striction of predatory operations,
the promotion of political right
eousness. He has primerved an
independence of criticisms which
would prompt him to place ex
pediency above a high sense of
national rervice.
The qualities ^f President Taft
hav3 reeved th^j^^eftt ireeog-
nition ^ong hw ^sociates in
the Re|Hlican and have
commaiiHlId as w^ll t^
tion or'^^pect of his political op
ponents. Mr. no
mistakes. This assertion -is, of
course, intended to cover acts
which, by reason of the elevation
of his office, would have a
breadth of effect that would con
stitute them national blunders.
Mr. Taft may be regarded, as
he has styled himself, in no
sense jpi politician. The very ab
sence of a necessity td cater to
paipty managers and the obscure
manipulations of party move
ments has left him free to stand
forth in the proportions of a
statesman remarkably unfetter
ed in the pursuance of policies of
domestic and of international
consequence. He has done more
than any other president to place
the machinery of the country's
l^siness in the permanent move-
fflent of equity and prosperity.
His creation of a commerce and
a customs: court were forward
moves of the widest significance.
The business interests of the U-
nited States have absolute con
fidence in the integrity of the
President, in the balance of his
judgment, in his judicial discri
mination, and in all else that has
made his administration one of
effective nationalism.
About the inlddle tf June, 19-^
12, will be held the next Repub
lican National (Joiiventib^^^ At
that convention it will be decided
who shall have the lead of the
Republican party in the great
contest to ensue. There is no
despising the fact that the Re
publican party has serious prob
lems to confront and internal dis
orders to comp^. It is,, there
fore, of prime iJnpioftaniee that
the presidential nominee shall be
a man vvho Will ihsuretothe par
ty the continuance of its, control
of the ^duhtry. The%ei'-^w-^
ing strength df^Pri is. tj^
best assurance that there will be
no tidal wave of Democracy to
offset Republican chandes of r%
gening complete control of the
country’s destinies at the first
opportunity; It is sij^ificant to
note the fact that the outlook at
the present moment indicates the
selection of Mr. Taft as the can
didate of the Republican party
in the next catnpaign. It is not
ne^cessar y to rely upon precedent
to fortify confidence in his re
nomination, even though it is
significant that every Republican
president who served out his first
term was renominated for a sec
ond, with the exception of Ruth-
to I erford B. Hayes.
In his masterly speech at Ham
ilton, Mass., Saturday Mr.
sharply soiii^ed the kej^ote of
the national dunp^dgn. ne stn»ig
ly denounced the combination in
Congress of insurgent Republic
cans and Democrats for what he
aptly termed their “tariff-foiv
politics-only” mf^ures. He
showed that their methods were
ill considered and intended sole
ly fdr the purpose of embams-
sing the adiiiimstration, and he
criticised Senator La Follette and
the latter’s associates for play
ing politics with isM> important a
inatter as the tariff. The :pr^i>
dent’s wcKrds bjN^th^ defiance
to the opposition. They Were the
utterances of a fearless executive
and leader of the i^ple who has
the courage of ■ his conviction*
and knows he has the confidence
of the people.
A bird’s-eye glance Over the
states shows such a massing of
strength for Mr, Taft that his
only formidable competitor-Sen-
ator La Follette, of Wisconsin —
cannot be regarded as. having
even a Hkely chance to receive
the coveted honor of the nomina
tion. The President’s own state
of Ohio will give him a solid del
egation, while in New England
where three years -ago existed
considerable sentiniient in pppo- ’
sition to Mr; Tait, everything
points his way. The only possi
ble reservation is to be found in
New Hampshire, but there is na
La Follette sentiment in New
England, and Mr. Taft assuredly
controls this ^up of statea.
New Yoirk is absolutely solid for
him, aiflhere is not the remotest
prospect that it will advance a
favored son, Mr. RooseveH;. iiit
may be said advisedly, will no|
be a competitor in the race.
There is nothing to indicate
Mr. Taft will not; be the selection
of the New Jersey delegates,
which state is ampn^ the last to
hold its presidential primly.
Pennsy Vvaniag and^Sist^
are bedricdcte
Maryland and Betewaife a:^ sim
ilarly clasi^. Mr.’ i\ift has a
remarkaDle fund of favor below
the Mason and Dixon Line, and
in some of these states strong
Taft resolutions have already
been adopted, notably in Ken
tucky and the Carolinas. It is
not necessary to give the prob
able figures of the different states
in a summing up of thedielegates
for President Taft or Senator La
Follette. The most conservative
estimates of this nature pla^e to
the credit of the President 794
delegates arid to Mi*. La Follette
256. As it will require but 532
to nominate, Mr. Taft will as-
surdly recei ve the nomination up
on the first ballot.
■■ill
BlvketirCiBili^
A beautiful home wedding wiS
be solemnized this, Wednesday^
evening at 5:30 at the home of
the bride’s mother on Front
street when Mr. Joseph Iver
Burkett of JacksonyiUe, Fla.,
and Miss Mayme Rufftn Curtis,
daughter of Mrs, L. D, Curtis,
will be joined in ma^^
Immediately aft^ the ceremo
ny the bride and brid^»x)om will
leave for Fort WhitiB, Fla. to vis
it relatives of the grpom, after
Whieh they will reside in Jack
sonville, where th^ groom is a
proininent busing niiui;
Miss Curtis ia a niodest and
attractive young lady, havj^
been stenpgj»pher for the Vir-
^nia life Insurance Co. for three
years, whose maniw^, Mr. K.
K. Lively reluctantly gives her
up. .
Rfceiv^ Br«l(en Leg. V
While moving-Prctf. |* .H. Cur
tis Tuesday evemnir the horse of
Leonard Clapp, a «>lored man«
became frightened, ran into a
hydrant near Mr. E^est Mur»^
ray’shome, tort up the hydrant;
causing the city water to be cut
off Tuesday night. During the
accident Clapp received a broken
leg and was ^nfully hurt The
water from tiie hydrant caused
a small flood in that section of
the town.
Mrs. J. D. Hardin and Mr. Ho-
cutt Way of Ramseur, after spend
ihg a week with relati ves and
friends in town left last Thurs
day for Randleman, where they
will spend some time with tela-
tives before returning home.