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—7^:—“ A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AKIERICAN HOMES AND AMJ^RICAN INDUSTRIE, VOL. IV. BURLINGTON, N. C.. NOVEMBER 22.1911. \‘ NO. 28 JFE FOR ™i Gone to M. P. Conference. lieattie Csn Live if He Confesses. ^>ichniond, Va., Nov. 20th.— Clay Beattie, Jr., sitting in the death cell of the penitent iary here. e a full i.c live less than' ten feet a\vav from the electric chair in \vhich he is to die next Friday, debated with himself Sunday a problem about as strange, as tremendous, as ever a man faced. It was this; “Would 30 addi tional days of life be worth while acc5pting in exchange for a confession of guilt? Wbuld one more month of breath be a sufficient recompense for a final and eternal blackening of his name by himself?” Governor iSIann, it has devel oped, approached by all soits of influence to gi'ant the rich young \vif3 slayer a short reprieve, made this grim proposal: ‘‘H Beattie will n:^ and frank confession, until December 24, Christmas Eve- If he does not, he shall ’ electrocuted at the time now - ed. Let him decide for himself.’^ It is understood that Beattie’s lawyers informed him of the proposal \Gsterday, and that he said in reply: "Give me time to think. Give rne time. I would like to h‘ve 30 days longer. God knovvs what might happen in 30 days. I cannot decide now. It is too great a question.^’ And so, contrary to his usual custom of spending the day read ing light novels, he spent thiS Sunday pacing up Hr>d down hi^ cell, or sitting on his cot with hit head buried in his arms, wrest- lin.e with his big probiem. .Yaturaily the boy wants life. He wants every minute of it he can have. Hfc has many thues e.xclaimed passionately: “Oh, Gcd, if they'd only give me a fevv'more weeks/’ The amazing nerve that kept him up through his , trial ordeal undoubtedly has begun tu break. Within the past few days, at in tervals, he has gone into fits of ,'iolent weeping, followed by out bursts of rage in which he would rant and swear. Those who have been closest to him—apart from his relatives and lawyers—say they believe he would do anything for an add ed month of life. They ex^ct that he will make the confession. This, however, is what Henry will have to consider:. He said, “God knows what might happen in 30 days.” But if he makes the confession and gets the SO days, nothing possibly happen to save, because the confession aut omatically will remove any possi ble doubt that Govei’nor Mann might have of his guilt—and the governor is convinced of it al ready. Beattie may figure that it Vvould be foolish for that reason to admit his guilt. On the other hand, he may consider that he weight as well tell the truth, make the jurors who convicted him feel more comfortable, and take what sweetness there may be in a month of life. His aged father saw him to- aay. When asked afterward what he expected Henry would do, the elder Beattie merely said: if my boy makes any statement to the public before the end. it wiJl be greatly against my wishes ana advice.’’ Rev, J. D. Williams, pastor of the M. P. Church, and Mr. G. L. Amick, h*is delegate, left ! yesterday for Henderson, where a Month I attend the North Car- ‘^"'****11 jolina Annual Conference of the Metnodist Protestant Chu|-eh. The M, P. church here has jpaid all its claims for the year, and the pastor and delegate go to conference with a clear sheet. Mr. Amick was unanimously in structed by the Fourth Quarter ly Conference last week, to ask for the return of the present pastor. The members are hoping that his efforts along this line will be entirely successful. Mr. Williams gives the following sy nopsis of his year’s work: Ser mons Fjceached, 183; Funerals, 26; Pastoral Visits, 520; Marri* ages, 12; No. enrolled in S. .S., 300; Church members, 339; A- mount' contributed for all pur poses, S1800.00. WHO WILL BE FIRST? We have a large number of subscribers who are in arrears on subscription. We need the money and will appreciate it if >ou will come forward with the goods. The label on your paper will tell how much you are behind. If paid up this does not mean you; it not send i^s two and we will continue h/ dish out the business. a news. you are dollar We mt or Ministerial Association Passes Fine Hesolntion. Resolved, that we, the mem bers of the Ministerial Associa tion of the town of Bjarlington, having had a most enjoyable con- ^rance with our M ayor, Mr. J. Preeland, in regard to law en forcement, and in the betterment w all things pertaining to civic righteousness and civic improve- 'J^ent, do herewith pledge our selves, and as far as we are able, pledge our varibus congregations to co-operate with him and his police force, in the proper en forcement of all the ordinances in force. S. L. Morgan, Secretary. Ihe Dispatch a year for $1.00. Dr. Delia Dixon Carroll And ‘ Mrs, W; N. Hutt of Raleigh Coming. Mrs. W. N. Hutt, chairman qf the North Carolina Federation of WomenClubs, and Dr. Delia Dixon Carroll of Raleigh, will be in Burlington, Friday, Nov. 2^_, and under the' auspices of the Womans Christian ^emperance Union. ^ - On Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’ clock, Mrs. Hutt will address the children at the Graded School on “School Hygiene." At 3 o’clock at the Baptist church, she will speak to the ladies of the town on “The Moral Problem of the children.” Ai S o’clock Frid y evening, at the ‘ chuich. Dr. Delia Dixon Carroll will address the citizens of DarUngtofi on “Mu nicipal Health.’^ Mrs. W. N. Hutt is a fine speaker and is' thoroiighty ^ac-. quai,nted with the delicate subfect of the moral problem of the; child ren. , : Dr. Delia Dixon Carroll, as a member of the distinguished Dix on family, ne^ds no furthur in troduction to ouf people. The pub lic cordially invited to be prese^nt at these meetings. The regular monthly meeting of the W. C. T. will be held at Mrs. T. F. Coble's next Monday afternoon at 3:30. A full atten dance is desired. Sidewalks for Mill People. Elsewhere in the columns is printed an appeal to our street commissioners from the Minister ial Association of the city in be half of the mill people of Bur lington. If anyone doubts that the appeal is both humane and reasonable, he has only to visit the mill districts morning, noon or night, and see the hundreds of mill working people thronging the principal sidewalks leading to the mills. In the throng are hundreds of women and children many of them frail. Four times' a day most of them tramp those streets, going to and from the mills. In winter and spring the sidewalks are usually wet and muddy. During part of the winter the people go to their work before daylight; during all the winter they return home af ter it is dark. Often they are forced to wade through the mud and water, most of them without rubber shoes. They stand all day with damp feet. The re sult—colds, sickness, suffering, lost time, lost wages, doctors’ bills; sometimes weakened con stitutions, consumption, death. The mill owners, the town, the state, lose money by it. Not to improve these conditions now will be sin before heaven. Grad ually we are learning that it pays the town and state in dol lars and cents to protect the health of the laboring people who produce our wealth. And gradually our code of ethics is recognizing that town or state becomes a party to murder when it neglects to safeguard the health of its citizens. We need a public sentiment that the safe guarding of health shall be plac ed above the improvement of property. The placing of our sidewalks will indicate which our town puts highest. S.. L. Morgan. LOCAL ATTORNEY NEAR DEATH’S DOOR Sapulpa, Okla., Nov. 131911.— Affected by the sudden change of waters in l:^is bath. Attorney J. F, . Greason lapsed into uncon sciousness last night and for two hours was in danger of his life while he lay in a stupor. Only the discovery of the unconscious man by a sinall boy who lives iti the same house saved him from serious harm or probably death. Ii is said that an escape of gas fr^ ai a stove was also instrumen tal in causing the bad atmospher- ic condition. .Greason’s condition was con sidered very serious by the two physicians called to attend him. He was placed in bed and this ' orning was able to attend to his . tilce duties. He says that he did iiut. notice the escaping gas or he.! ted room until he stepped into hisi .wn ?»partment to dress. Feel ing fail, i iie dropped on the bed and only remembers being arous ed by doctors.—Sapulpa Light. ' (Mr. Greason is the brother of Mrs. R. A. Coble, of this city, is a native of eastern Guilford, having moved to Oklahoma only a few years ago for the practice of his profession.) No Democracy for Hjm. Undey this Democratic good goyernnien I find that c-vtton has fallen under the cost of pro duction. The Democratic j-arty said that Republican, high u. rriff was the cause of the high i-o^t of living, and I stay under tiij Re publican government I coui l buy two packages of coffee 35 isents for which I now have lo pay 60 cents. Sugar is nine cents per pound; the farmer’s produce is coming down and what the mer chant has to sell is going up. If that is Democratic good govern ment, I don’t want any moro of it. I am for high protective tar iff. My advice is for every furm- er and laborer to vote the ReptTh- lican ticket next fall and change this high cost of hving and loW price of cotton. — H. A. Black, St. Paul, N. C. in iialeigh Cau casian. V City Impovemiits For Graham. Some ti^via Streets are built in the neighborho^ of Grst ham depot. This will be a great improvement over the old clay streets, which have become: al most impassable inijriuddy weath er- ■ ■ Some of Graham’s best peoj»le have recently been hard at work, endeavoring tij) organize a Town Betterment Association. The citizens hav^ been invited^to meet in the courthouse on Noy; 25th, at 7 a. in., for the purpose; ofi making a permanent organiza- . tion. It is hoped that the people will show themselves eiioiight in terested to attend this meeting and that the or^nazaition will prove to be a great uplift to their beautiful little city. mSUNDiir CLOSING liW ilT IIIWTON - To the Street Commissioners. Whereas, the most densely populated portions of Burlington axe those adjacent to the larger mills in each end of the city, and Whereas, it is evident that paved sidewalks are more need ed in these portions than any where else, excepting only the central bittiness section and the main thoroughfares leading there to, and Whereas, it is both humane and profitable to the mill owners to add to the comfort and to safe guard the health of the hundreds of mill operatives— Resolved. That the Burlington Ministerial Association, as tl)^ representatives of the best hu mane and Christian sentiment of the community, do urgently peti tion our street commissioners to pave all the principal sidewalks in all mill districts, and especial ly those leading to the mill en trances. S. L. Morgan, Secretari^. Too Much Emphasis on Wealth. Eugene Foss, by his own state ment, spent $27,000 in his suc cessful campaign for the govern orship of Massachusetts one year ago. This year his statement shows he spent $16,828 for the same purpose. Newr legislation covering the matter of campaign expenditures reduced the neces sities, or the possibilities, and worked a saving for the fighting tariff reformer. However,\ in spite of legisla tion, the Bay State governor has spent close to $14,000 to secure for himself two years of the goveremorship and get in return an aggreate for the two salary years of $16,000. Evidently a poor man, or a man in moderate circumstances, cannot afford to compete with such free-handiness if he expects to remain honest while in office. Mr. Foss, of course is wealthy. • . , , . u + The example is bad, at best. Such expenditures in the pursuit of pubhc office tend to bring poli tics down in the popular estima tion. It tends furthur, to indicate that officeholding is for the rich alone and is to be attained only through the previous attainment of riches. Such a belief, while not wholly true, gets seeming support by the example of a man who is willing to spend more than twice his prospective salary in order to get the chance to draw thesalary.: Lexington, Nov. 15. —The Lex ington Boa^d of Aldermen held a special meietihg last night at which a number of interesting things happened. The church folks were present in force ;to ask the city fathers to pass a Sunday, closing ordinance, and RevC John T. SerikinSj pastor of the Firat Baptist Qhurch, made a, «i*’ong speech in favor of it.-- Alderman J. T, Hendrick in troduced the ordiance and moved its adoption, at the close of Mr. Jenkins’ address, but there was nothing doing. The motion received not even a second, and after a few min utes of intense silence, Mayor Moyer said that it looked like the Sunday closing ordinace had “died a-borning,” and so it had. This' rneans that the drug stores will remain open, ministering to the sick and thirsty, especially the latter, and that restaurants win be allowed to do business all day long. , TROLIEV UNE Mrs. Rich of Graham Entertains ' Ifii her home not long since, Mrs, W. A. Rich and Her musi class gave a recital, having only a number of invited friends, pre sent. The recital met with such approval that by re3uest it Was repeated in the opera house oh 'the night of November 17, the proceieds being used for the bene fit of the Confederatejnonuiwent, soon to be erected in th^ court house square. The peopl^ of the town shovyed theiir appreciation of the recital by their preisence and attention. Mrs. Rich is an accoihpHshed teacher. She and her Sunny Side Music Class deserve much credit for their faitl^ful efforts fittd the! great success of the recital. . Mr. J. W. Murray, represent ing the Piedmont Tractidn Com pany, spent Friday at Chapel Hill in conference with a niimber of leading business men, looking to the building of an electric car line to Durham by way of Saxapahaw and Chapel Hili. a,panaw is a cotton mill town a- bbut eighteen miles betwieen Chapel Hill land this place. The citizenis, who aire expected to take some of the bonds, are seiz ing on the proposition vnth en thusiasm. Several conimittees have been appointed to gather data ias to the probable freight and passenger traflic and to in vestigate general conations. ; It is hoped tlfeit all rights-of- way may be secured and other prieparatibns concluctedl: so that work mdy be begun in fwsBin four to six months;i The cost of - the whole enterprise from Greens boro to Durham will amount to around $1,000,000. Part of the line is ialready constructed and in operatiohi the part froift here to Haw River, a distance of 8 Death of Mrs. Dick. Makes Her Hats to Sait Her Feat ures. Washington, Nov. 19.—Parisi an milliners would envey the skill with which Mrs. Alice Roos evelt Longworth trims her own fetching hats. In passing through Washington en route to Cincin nati, where she will remain until the opening of Congress, Mrs. Longworth proudly displayed to her 'reversible hat.” This marvel of the millner’s art was an Alice Blue French velour, which, trimmed simply, and turned up.i at one side, made an attractive traveling hat. Mrs. Longworth explained that when ever she wanted to wear the hat for dress affairs she simply puti* mess of white'aigrettes on it and placed a flower here and there. Mrs. Longworth has long been noted for her beautiful and effec tive hats. She aims to make her hats suit her own face rather than the styles. Mrs. Lutitia M. Dick died in" her home betwei^n Alamance Mills and St. Marks Reformed Church Nov. 16,1911^ aiged about 84 years. Early last Spring she was paralyzied and suffered a great deal since th^t tiifne. Her funeral was held in thi^ home on the 17th by her pastoif Revll’^’'1); Andrew and her body was take^ to St. Paul's Lutheran church for buria!l.. ■ She was a member Of St. Marks Reformed Church; andwas^ g’ppd peaceable and kind wom^n. ^er husband, Mr. P. P. Dick surviv es her. They lived in niarried life 43 years, but had no chil dren. " It is freely predicted eventually the line ma^ become incorporated with the great in- terurban system of the Southern Power Company. An electric line from Duaham to Chapel Hill haq been much dis cussed for the past few years. Last year the project might have been consummated if the. ..Jjegis- lature had granted the Southern Railway permission' to take up its tracks to University Statiori. BliHAlLHOllBMM ^ Ri.leigb, Nov.. 17- ?resident E. T. Lamb an(jt?ihn~ Rumors of Beattie’s Confession Richmond, Va., Nov. 18.—Al though positi ve denial is made to night that Henry Clay Beattie, Jr. has made a confession, var ious rumors are afloat and con siderable significance is attached to the time spent with the prison er by the Rev, Benjamin Dennis. While the later declines to talk to reporters attention is called to the case of Chester Gillette, the youthful New York murderer who declared his innocence up to the moment of his taking the death chair, and then left a con fession with his spiritual advis er. ■ ■ •• ' i ■ Model Piece of Street. Greensboro, Nov. 17.--Special. What i^ probably the best piece of street in the city is the one block on Gaston between Elm and Greene, at the side of the city hall, which ^as just been completed at a cost of $1,500. Commissioner Foushee has taken great care to see that it is a good piece of work and says that he believes it will last from fifteen to twenty years without repair. It is announced that East iMar- ket from Elm to Davis will be re paved in the same manner. Death of Bahy. Ruby May, the 4 months old daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Ernest Truitt viras found dead in bed in the home of her parents near Elmira Mills last Fridajr morning. Her funeral was held m Shallow Ford Christian Church by Rev. J. D. Andrew. These parents have the sympathy of their friends since this is the first death in their family. ;h Riijfeigh today; confer!with ihe Nr^rth Carolin - ? ; •^:u .itit)ti . Gomr»issiori> and there i's gener* ,illy credited report that the Nor* .oik Southern is consummating \ deal through which it purchas es the Raleigh & Southpourt, thft Durham & South^im and the Ab~ or'^een & Asheboro Railroads. The Raleigh & Southport is operating from Ralei^t to Fayetr^. teviile and building from Ulling- con to Sanford; the Aberdeen & Asheboro, or Page road, has an important line :rom Aberdeen, .^oore County, up through Mont gomery county into Randolph to Asheboro, with trackege privi lege over the Southern into High Point; and the Durham & South ern has an important line from Durham, through Wake and Har^ nett counties, to Dunn, connect" ing with the Atlantic Coast Linet there. Just what combinations the Norfolk Southern has in view in the impending deal does not yet ^pear- It may push on south to Charleston and there may be in view extensions to Durham, Greensboro,^ Winston-Salem and ta^ng in tlie Elkiii The 5, 10 25c, Store have just added a Dry Goods counter. A Person in Authority. “Is the editor in chief in ? ask ed a stranger, as he sauntered into the office at 8 o’clock in the morning. ‘.‘No, sir,’' replied the attend ant, kindly, * ‘he does not come so early. Is there anything I can do? ‘ ‘Perhaps so. Are you connect ed with the pbetical department of the paper?” ' “lam, sir.” ‘Oh ; What do you do?” “I empty the waste paper bas ket, sir.—Tit-Bits., Mills of the Raleigh & Southport is acti vely pushing toward com-, ?letion as general manager under resident Hugh H. Chatham Again there is a possibility men tioned that the Italeigh & Ch^» lotte road, projected by E. C. Duncan, may ultimately put the Norfolk Southern into^Char-r lotte. / Mr. S. A, Horne is spending part of this week out on No. 5 quail hunting. Troy, Nov. 17—Special. It is reported here tonight on good au thority that all holdings of the Asheboro and Aberdeen Railroad Co. have b^n sold to the Sea board Air Line.; The deal was con summated at Biscoe today. The Asheboro & Aberdeen owns the line from Aberdeen to Asheboro, from Pinehurst to Carthage, from Candor to Ellerbe and from Biscoe to Mount Gil^d. It was thought here that it was the Sea board Air. Line that purchased the Durham & Charlotte a few days ago. All this means great railroad deyelopement for this part of the State. It will soon be time to cast all one’s carts away and order anoth- j er plate of buckwheat, cakes rand sausage.
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