North Carolina Newspapers

Spring |lorings. )ods Thousands ■•■1 ■' / -i !■ . -•A-'' ' ’^'n-v- A KEPUBUCAN I^WSPi^ER 0tVOTE0 TO THE l^^UILWNO OF AND AMERICAN lNDU^i«^ A' VOL. I''- BURLINGTON, R C./MARCH 27. 1912. lly woven domes- ,y. .iiC' ,;' 'tv- ^ ^ ^ your satisfaction. For Those who Come Early. ^oil in white and 58 in. wide at 20c. d 25c white Batist e hr French Lawn 40 at 12 l-2e. should select her 5 fo be lightly passsd ir present ert artists These the acme JR LINE To pay the running expenses from the first Monday in Peliru- ary to the first Monday in March. All of this gi^ntic sum with in 30 davs. At this rate, how much tnore will they have to bor row before the time comes to turn them out. Where are they spending this money. The taxes have been increased, there has bSn no work done upon the roads, and where has this money gone. Of course all the county officials are honest men, because they are all democrats, and of course no democrat > is dishonest. Tliprefore will not some of Our brethem of the county democrat ic press turn on the light. THERE IS A LEAK SOMEWHERE. Point it out to the ta.v payees, and lets take a look at the books. Has the Auditor been around lately, what h^ become of that law anyway. In order that some deinocratic partisan cannot say that this is a campaign lie, we give the amounts borrowed. Who from, and when borrowed. ' Gan you get around this. The first Monday in Feb. the minutes show that the board borrowed From C. F. Nefse $1200*00 “ Mary J. Evans 1000.00 And the first Monday in March the minutes show that the board borrowed from C. A; Webb>& Co. $15000.00 Your assessment has bcien increased, and therefore your taxes more. How much longer will you vote the democratic ticket? revisionist of the tariff on a pro tective pnhciple, Senator Dit; bn himsdf Was among those who voted for the Payne Tariff Law, not item by item, but for the law itselfi He was not among those^epxiblican Insurgents who oppo^d the law, and h? voted as he did at the behest of the unan imous sentiment among the Re publicans of his state. are The President Is Winning Enemy’s Country. 1)1 the -The as its head has been abandoned. Kentucky went on record, through its State Central Ccan- rsaitte, which indorsed the candi dacy of President Taft. In Mon tana, Sen^yb^r Dixon's state, the '^tate Commitiee, by a vote of 27 to 10, on Saturday declared for Mr. Taft’s renomination. Two Idaho counties—Koofcenai and 'Clear Water—have ,cho|e« delegates to the coming Washington, March 24L‘ climax of the Republican pre- coiwention campaign will fl’ifon ’'sreached. Developments oi[ thi's- week will leave the opposiaon to fpr^sident Taft's , renon;i.umtiou scattered. Results in New . York, Indiana, Colorado, I\lissis- ^ippi and elsewhere will m/jxke the ^tuation clear. The weiA just ended brought President ;^Tait*s convention siven gth to 143. T^is week will see it materi&Uy in creased, and by Saturday he will have passed the 250 ' mark. In;- diana's action is foreshadowed by the primaries, which t’irn the state conveniion over totlttJ Pres ident’s supporters and give him a majority of the districts. New York also has given so mainy pre liminary evidences of her pur- pose-the New York City Repub lican Club’s unanimous indorse ment of tiie President biiing the most recent—that a favorable outcome is conceded even by the opposition. Only eight delegates \vere ' «- lected last week, exclusi i/=; of the 10 in North Dak(.t I, whiiflh Sena toi La Follette easily woBi at the primaries in a contest with Colo- , nel Roorevelt. Colone! Roose- Committee of Montana js velt’s North Dakota ruanagers are dissatisfied with the results, charging participation of Demo crats and Socialists in tlHi'i prima ries, a condition again? t which President Taft had vtrArned in his discussion of primaries not properly safeguarded by law. Of the eight delegates chr .iiien, six were instructed for !*;i*esident Taft, with a contest promised in the case of two, and tw.o are pledged to him. Tue total strength of the candidates is now recordtfd as follows: Taft, 143; Roosevelt, 15; Follette, 10; Cummins, 2. Reports from Iowa cciatinue to show the popular favor and approval, county after county falling in line and assuring Pres ident Taft of the del^iigates at large, four of the fiva^ district conventions thus far held having already instructed for 'iiirn. Re ports from Michigan, Missouri, Colorado, and West , ; Virginia show one county ;ifter an other going on record for the President by instructing dele gates to state and dictrict con ventions. In Michigan Govern or Osborn lost not onl;i- his home county, but his city and ward as well, and Taft delegates from the Tenth and Twelftiii districts are now assured. Missouri the change in favor o: the Presi dent has come with sufficient force and convictioi! to wrest from Governor Hadley the an nouncement that any ambition he may have had jtp the vice presidential candidate of a ticket with other than President Ta^ Knral Carriers Eiaminatioii There will be a rural mrriere examination, held in Burlington Saturday the 30th, Theexamina tion will be conducted by Post Master Waller, The examination will be held in one of the Graded iciiuoi buildings, and Professor Singletary has been requested to be present to witness the exan'- inatibn, ]any other person who may be interested in this ciass of education is invited to depresent It is expected that a large class will be present. The examina tion will commence promptly at 9:30 a. m. and continue until fin ished, All applicants wiil bring their admission card, and suchot her material mentioned upon the cards of admission. There will aiso be an examination of the same kind held upon the same day at Graham, Those whose adrais- Bion card says Graham will apply there, and those which say Bur lington will apply here. This is doine to divide the clas^ to put state * thiem ail jn one class would be too ' Imttch' for one examiner. The ‘Episcopal Church Notice; The Church of the Holy Com- fortfer. The Reverend John Ben ners Gibble, Rector. Services: The Sunday next befbr^ Easter, j^Palm Sunday), as follows: Holy Communion, 7:30 A. M^ Sunday School, 9:30 A. M.. Morning Prayei* and Ante Commuhion, 11:00. Evening Prayer, 7:30. Week days: Monday, day^ and Thursday, 5,00 Tues- F. M. Wednesday, 8:00 P. M. Friday, 10:30 A. M. Public cordially invited. Pews free. Polite ushers. Vested choir. Questions relative to the Church gladly answered at any time, by the Rector. -Taft Tnd Two, ths istate, to which the opposition has been pleased iio point as a- hotbed of anti-Taft sentiment, put a quietus on that d^iara- tion through the action of its 88 county chairmen. All but 13 of these at a recent meeting went on record in praise of the Taft administration a^d in enthusias tic support of his renomination. Senator Joseph M. Dixon, of Montana, chairman of the nation al Roosevelt executive committee, suffered a crushing defeat in his own home state iast Saturday night, when the State Commit tee, composed of one member from each county in the state, at a meeting at Helena, indorsed the Taft administration and President Taft for renomination by a vote of 27 to 12. The State la is chosen by the delegates to the county conventions, which are, in turn, chosen'by a primary vote. Ac- cordini^ to the infcnaaation re ceived here today, several mem bers of the committe voted a- gainst the President’s indorse ment out of regard for Senator Dixon’s official position in the Ro^veJt camp, while, at the same time, admitting that they were not reflecting the actual sentiment in their counties do ing so. At a banquet after the La! ing the following toasts were re sponded to; "President Taft, a worthy successor to Lincoln,” and “An independent judiciary the safe guard of free government.'* The action of the State Com mitte of Montana merely reflects the actual sentiment among the voters of the state as it has been known to exist to the Taft man agers for some time. There nev er has been any question but that Montana's eight votes in the Re publican National Convention would be ca.«tt for the renomina tion of. President Taft. Last Wednesday night a Taft club was organized among the busi ness men of Helena, which in cludes in its membership repre sentatives of most of the sub stantial business interests of the state capital city. Similar or ganizations are now operating in practically all the cities of the The basis for the strong Taft entiment in Mpn^tanais the recr ■ ■ “ ~ ‘ h est in th^e examinations, and the young meii should make an earnest effort to do their very This branch of the Govern ment service is beccaning more and more attractive to those who like outdoor work. Dixie Construction Co. being Organ tied An effort is being made to or ganize a Construction Ca for Burlington to be known as The Dixie Construction Co.. Authoriz ed capital $o0,000.00 a^id more tlian half has already been sub scribed, some of the leading busi ness men of our city taking stock. The company is being promoted by Messrs W. N- Thompson A bee Bros and Hart all of whom are e:xperts in their line. The pro moters hope to secure the remain-i der of stock within a fews days! when the company will be organ i2ed and a charter secured, this is a big enterprize for the city, and any one interested wouW do vvell to have a talk with the po- moters. They already have their eye upon a quarter of million dol lar contract with our parent county of Oranga^ and should they be successful this alone would give them a two years job to start with. Those who are meet-* ^ profitable invest ment for their money, this would seem their opportunity. Death of £o«e Hulfines Bose Wade Huflfines, son of Mr; and Mrs. Jbrry Huffines died at the home of his parents near Elfeira Mills March 18th 1912, aged about 26 years, He had beei sick for quite a while with Lung trouble. About a month ago he went to Mt. Rose Sanitor- ium for treatment, but his case was so far advanced that the managers refused to take him. On ^e 27th of Sept. 1908 he join# the Burlington Reformed Chul&i, but was not able to at- teh^ regularly, Bose was Of al bright, cheerful disposition and was everybody's friend. He as pired to do the best he could with ^ij/]talents. After he became too «^^k to work in the mni he ^ldok a correspondence course and was prepmng himself to be a sign painter. He was a member -of the Holt Guards and was buried with military honors, hia funeral being conducted by his pastor Rei'. J. D. Andrew assisted by Rev. A. B. Kendall of. the Christian Church, He was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery. High Wafer . From all over thi^ country and stat^ comes the s£^m^ report that thfe riecent rain, which fell last Friday has caused the waters t6 be higher than for a number of years. The loss t» this county a» well a^ the pth^r countries is hard to estimate Mnce the da: n- age to bridges across almost all of the streams hisive etiher been washed away or damaged. At Alamance Mill? the bridge was damaged and unsafe to cross for a number of days.; The water was over the machinery in the weaving room wluch neceissitatjed the stand of the miU for several days to dry and oil the niachinery. At the Burch bridge the stream was above high water mark iand the fills on either side of the bridge washed out niaking cross ing impossible. Haw River was higher than it has for'S’ number of years, and was visited Friday, Siaturday and Sunday by large crowds. up- crime, that his appetite may ccone appeased! Thi^ |a^ known of aU ineiD> ev^n fobte aMv flabberiifaster^. It should be known to the Editor of the Sub, and to the Ministers of the BuU City. I venture a guess that be* ^ fore the ministers of Durlmm gain endorse the Sun’s attitude upon any stand, of /j^blic ques^ tion ai^tating the minds of people that they will inspect its adveirtising colupihs more closely before rusTiihg ijn where ought to fear to tread. In closing ' would remind the ministers oi Durham and also the Sun of the old Proverb, *‘Oh what a webb we alwiays weave, when first we practice to deceive?” An Humble Layman, A Pool,, and Old Flabbergraster. Names of Those Who Have &• , tered the Dispatch Cwtest. NO. VOTB S 4. NAME Aurelia Ellington. Mebane, R. No, Addie Ray W. J. Brooks Bertha May Horne Lizzie Cheek Bettie Lyd6 M y Mary Lee Coble, R. No. 1 Waller Workman v W. I. Braxton, Snow Camp, 3700 Mrs. B. L, Shpffner, R. 10* 3^0 16000 16000 14200 12400 8100 8000 10400 5600 May Carr Hall Hargie Cheek Doyle Herit^e^ ' Carrie Albright, Haw River. T. F. Matkins, • = ' Gibsonville. J. R. King, Greeiigboroi 1000 it)oa gnition of the Taft is the real Hear Hon. A. M. Scales and Sc”. MarUn Sunday Night. Mr. T. D. Dupey of Greensboro was in town Wednesday arrang ing with the various churches of our town for the holding of a Men's and Religious Forward Movement meeting at the Front Street Methodist Church Sunday night at 7:30. Hon. A. M. Scales and Mr. A. C. Martin, Secretary of the Greensboro Y. M. C. A. will be present and ad dress the audience. Both are speakers of reputation and will interest you. Almost all the churches of the town will post pone services Sunday night for this service. Everybody is in vited, ladies as well as gentle men. The five branches of the modern organization for men will be thoroughly discussed. If you fail to hear these gentle men we predict you will miss a treat. Services at the Christian Churcli. At the Christian church Sun day at 11 a. m. the pastor will be gin ajseries of sermons on “The Kingdom of Christ as revealed in His parable^ in the thirteenth chapter of Matthew. The follow ing themes will be -jonsidered on the following dates. Mar-Slst “Sowing the Seed of the Kingdom. ” April 7th. * Messages from the open tomb. April 14tlL The admixture of the good and the bad in the vis ible Kingdoxn. April 28th. The Outward Growth of the Kingdoni. May 5th. The Inner Growth of the Kingdom. May 12th. The unspeakable Value of the Kingdom. ' May 19th. The Glory of the Kingdom. May 26th. The Final Purity of the Kingdom. These sermons will be preach ed at the 11 o'clock hour in the morning. Everybody is Welcome to these services. MiUicery Opening at Graham. The cleverest artistic talent has resulted in surprisingly beau tiful creations of the milliner’s art in the hats and other artistic effects that were on exhibition at the millinery opening of Miss es A. & L. Freeland at Graham Friday evening. Their store was thronged with visitors who came to see the beautiful new styles. The event was interesting to all the ladies, and a unique feature was the added pleasure the visi- I tors enjoyed Dy the musical enter tainment given by Mrs. W. A. Rich whose skilful playing on the piano was a revalation to ma ny. No more attractive event of t^iis kind has ever been seen in Graliam. Why Sayest Thou Fiwl. Mr. Editor: Pardon me for presuming on your patience, and valuable space of your paper to answer, or rather reply to an article ap pearing in the Durham Sun of March 21st. T^is article, was a feieble attemp^ c^^d^ action of the ©UTOap 'ihin^ in, endorsing newspapers .,whft caj:iy advei'tisements, of the de structive and; ^igarette^ The Editor of the Suli says that the ministers as well: as the Sun agrees with the Old Flabbefgast- er that cigar'i^ttes is aft evil, but that it is not against the law to sell them. That when the state of North Carolina' makes it un lawful to sell them, the Son will cut out the advertisemeint. The State of North Carolina recog nizing the cigarette evil, has al ready made it against the law to GreensbOro, was at the Baptist sell cigarettes to minors, punish- Church Sunday night and ad- able by a heavy fine, and yet ' this spokesman and mouth piece of the Durham ministers says that it is not against the law to sell cigarettes. When the Edi tor of the Sun run a newspaper in Burlington, he frequently had long editorials decrying the sale of cigaretts to minors, and threatening dire vengence upon those' guilty of such practices. But no sooner than he moves ov er to Durham, where the very air is surcharged with the fumes of the devil's veed he changes tactics, right about faces so to speak, and becomes the ardent champion of the cigarette fiend. And calls those who differ with him, fools and Flabbergasters. 'The Good Book says, “He that calls his brother a fool, is in dan ger of hell fire. '* And if the good men who wrote it were here today writing £n edition to the Good Book, they would add, “He that champions the sale of cigarettes is already damned. It has not been sc very long ago, that it was not unlaw ful to sell whiskey and all other known alcoholic concoctions. Would the Editor of the Sun al low whiskey advertisement in his paper, if the prohibition law was repealed? Are we to under stand that the columns of the Sun are open to advertisers of any and all articles that the laws of North Carolina do notprohibit, no matter by whom offered or for what purpose? The Editor of the Sun says that cigarettes do not make men kill one anoth er or to become inhuman in their nature, granted that they do not directly, yet they do indirectly. Cigaretts the first step, then as the nerves become weakened and the willpower broken, the next step is a stronger nervine. Whis key, then more and mOre whis key, until the victim becomes debauched to the extent that to get whiskey Ke c(to any Baraca-Philathea Addretf. Miss Flossie A. Byrd, General Secretary of Baraca-Philathea work of the state, located at dressed a large audience on “Doing Thin^ in the Class*’* In this addrefss the speaker points ed out the duty of the President of the clas*’, who is one of the most important officers who h^ the supervision Of the committ^ of the clam. The Secretary of the class should keep a set of books legible and neat and should keep in touch with the fellow who moves fron\ one town to- a- nother, makinjg a bit of iDter-^ est'ing history for the class. Tlie map and button method was sug gested to keep trace of the one who moves. A suggestion was thrown out that the organization of a city union would be beneficial. A beautiful mixed quartette was rendered by Misses Ella Rob- inson, Byrd Daily ^nd Mesare. Shoffner and Bullard. The meetr ing was o^ned by prayer by Mr. E. Si W. Dameron, the speaker being introducing by Mr. J. H. Vernon. ' Your City Taxes Mast Be Pai4 or Yonr Property Sold! This will notify all who have not paid their city Taxes for 1910 and previous years that their property will be advertised for sale in May and their names will appear in the papers next week, as further notice. . A. A. Russell, Tax Collector. BlaMnic Leiiiirer Here Lecturer J. W. Patton of EIod College is lecturing to the mem bers of Bula Lodge No. 409, A. F. and A. M. every day from 9: to 12: o’clock a. m. and at 3: to 5: and 7:3o to 9: o'clock p, M. This is a great opportunity to masons in Burlin^n. All visiting hre^ , thren are invited to attend. J. H. Vernon, W. M. E. W. Atwater» Secretary. - • -i.' it: . ii. i-',