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A ItEPUBUCAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOKiES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
V.
BURLINGTON, N. C. MAY 22. 1912-
NO. 2
X .
i OPES lEITER 11) Wl. 1.8. PMHE«, JB.
Dear Mr. Parker:—
I have read.. w.r letter concerning the
county finances which appearec in The sxnie Dispatch last week
(AJay 15th) and I desire to thank you in oeaaJf of the tax-payers,
especially the republi^n contingent, lor jour interest in these im
portant matters which so vitally affect alt the taxpayers, whether
democrats or republicans. You did exceedingly well to secure as
much information as you did, but there are .other things just as im
portant, in fact more so, than those you have given us, that tW
people want to know about, and inasmuch 9s the citizens of the
coubty regardless of p^ty affiliations have confidence in your ver
acity and perfect faith in your integrity, and without trying to in
volve you in any controversy or even a desire to do so, will you not
undertake to enlighten the tax payers by whatever means you are
able to command just how much money has come into the hands of
the county treasurer, or board of county commissioners to be ex
pended by them or their order covering the periods named by Clerk
Johnson in his letter to you of iViay 10th. 1912. And will you be
kind enough to ask your informant who ever he may be. just to
give you the exact figures without any frilLs or flounces ui explana,
tions which is intended or liable to confuse the mind of ihe aver
age tax-payer. I was surprised lo see you say that you believed the
letter of Clerk Johnson would do for many what it had done for
you, enable them to understand how the county finances had been
handled by the commissioners ejected from both parties, it puzzles
me to see how you know any more about how it is handled now
than you did before, unless you have some inside information not
possessed by the rest of us, if you were appointed a receiver of some
Kail Road system or other corporation, and served two or four years
and when you came to muke youz' report to the court that apppir.t*
ed you, and merely handed the c jurt the amount expended and for
what purpose, without snowing what the income during your ad
ministration was, do you tmnk the court would receive it* and say
that it was satisfied tnai uie creditors and stockholders would be
enabled to understand ho*v tne finances had been handled by the
trustee. Of course you know the court would reject the report and
order you 10 show all the receipts and from whai sources, as well
as the disbursements and for what purpose. Now this is what the
Tax Payers of this county want, they not only want to know how
much money has been spent and for what purpose, but they want
to know how ^much has been received and from what sources, they
are entitled to know this, and if you can help them out in this res
pect, you will be rendering a service that no other citizen has ren
dered, and for which the tax payers will be under lasting obliga
tions to you. It has been the custom in this county for years by
both democrats and republicans to publish a county exhibit every
two years showing the disbursements and to whom made, but nev
er a word about the receipts and from what ^sources. I condemn
the republican bc^rd for this slack method of doing busiiiei^s just
as harshly as I condemn our opp onents, and it should not be per
mitted, no matter what party holds the reigns of county govement.
No one so far as I have heard or saw, accuses any official of dishon
esty, but the charges and counter charges that you speak of, was
made for the purpose of showing that the persons representing one
party was just as capable to administer the county affairs as the
other, bat you will remember that the speakera representing the
party to which you belong do not accord us this much ability or
honesty of purpose, and if they personally believe what you say
you do, that no political capital can be made for either party from
an accurate statement of what has been done, they are careful and
verv careful not to intimate as much in the presence of their own.
political household and you had better be careful in doing so, or you
will find yourself outside the pale of the democratic fold, read out
of the party, there is one thing that your party will not tolerate,
linstinted praise of republican officials, whether in county state or
nation. There is one other service that we will be glad to have you^
render, if you can do so without txx> much trouble, and without im
pairing your party standing, and that is to have the ^^test of all
explainers to explain how the board of county commissioners com
posed of Geo. T. Williamson, T. B. Barker, W. E. Vincent, B. S.
Kobertson, and T. F. McVey, three republicans and two democrats
spent in 1907 $29,622.65 and in 1908 $40,144.27 makmg a total for
the two years of their gdministration $69,766.92 and d^^ly lef^"' a
floating indebtedness of $9000.00 Nine thousand dollars, when the
board who succeeded them §pent in 19^ only ^0.261.34 and for
1910 only $36,263.98 making a total of only $66.4^5.32 or three
thousand less than the bawd controlled by the republicans, and yet
they left a floating indebtedness of $21,000.00 this last named board
was controlled by the democrats, the taxes for 1909 and 1910 were
certainly more than for 1907 a»d 1908, these are the things that the
tax payers regardless of party want explained? ^ They c^nc^ un
derstand how or by what mathematical calculation one board can
f>pend more, and yet leave a less floating indebtedness, while an
other can spend less and leave a larger floating indebtedness. _ You
^ill readily see how this kind of explanation does not explain to
the average laymen, and if you will straighten us out up^ this
the other propositions referred to, we promi^ not to ag^n trouble
you at least until you regain your party regulanty should it become
inipaired from your efforts to enlighten a thick skulled political con
stituency. Thanking you in advance for whatever further inter
est you manifest in our enlightenment, I have the honor to remain
Very Respectfully,
J. ZEB. WALLER.
Bi^day Reception
A Delightful Occasion.
Miss Cad Willis, the youngest Philathea Class of thfe
m«f^/MrTp 1 Methodist ProtesS^^^^^
delie-htfiil i School delightfully eiftertained
WENT TO HIS IKlTg
Broad
Florence Albright, on
Street Thursday night.
The Occasion had been planned
for Wednesday night but was
postponed on account of/ the in
clement w^therir
The spacious hall, adjoining
parlor and dining room was all
aglow and thrown open to the
pleasure of the guest.
After playing innocent and
amusing gatnes the ^ests were
served dainty, delicious riefresh-
ments consisting of cream, cake
and lucipus strawberries. The
evening was much enjoyed.
Miss Willis with the aid of her
sisters provied a diarming hoste^
The hostess was the recipient of
many beautiful and useful pre
sents as a rememberance of ^e
occasion.
Those who were permitted to
enjoy the evening were:
Misses Flora Bell Morrow^
Evie Lamb, Agnes Faucette,
Ruth Lea HoH, Pauline Coble,
Halhe xiea Mebane, Mary Teauge
and Bessie, Flaurie, and Mamye
Willis.
Messers. Erwin Montgomery,
Robert Long, Paul Davis, Kalph
Holt, Herbert Coble, Wade Huff
man, Preyor Williams and Ed
ward Morgan.
Jr. 0. u. A. M. Pttbltc Meeting;
A public meeting of the Juni
ors was held Friday night at the
Graded School Auditorium, be
ginning at eight o’clock. The
program was interspersed with
string music furnished by Messrs.
Elder and Renigar. The song
“America’’ was sung by the 'op-*
der, followed by prayer by Rev.
T. E. Davis of the M. P. Church.
Hon. E. S. W. Dameron welcom
ed the members and visitors
which was responded to by J. D.
Kernodle of Graham. The ad
dress of C- B. Webb of States
ville was full of good sound truths
on the principles of the order,
and had in its trend of thought
what^thc^order is and stands for
at large. Judge N. L. Eure of
Greensboro, in a vivid picture
told of the educational advant
ages which the order offers. His
address being full of humorist il
lustrations. Mr. J. W. Sechrest
of High Point, a National repre
sentative of the order, told of the
On>hans Home at Tiffen, Ohio.
Geo D. Smith of the local order
gave some statistical facts telling
that the order at this place was
organized fifteen years ago with
only seventeen members present
and at present there are three
hundred and seventy-thr^, and
the ambition of the memners is
to soon reach four hundred. With
the pronouncing of the benedic
tion by Rev. Davis the exercise
was concluded. The crowd pres
ent was composed mostly of Jun
iors, altho many visitors were
present.
same
school last Thursda^y evening at
Harden’s Park from ^ight to
eleven.
Both classes met at the church
about 7:30, where they awaited
two trolley cars which had been
chartered for the occasion. Ar
riving at the Park the jolly crowd
found it well lighted and every
thing enjoyable. The cool, re
freshing evening breeze added
much to the comfort of the gath-
I ering. Games weVe indulged in
by the young i^ople, and somie
b^utiful se|ectionsi^e^ render
ed by a male quartette coniposed
of Messrs. G. L. Ainick, .Walter
Thomas, .T. A. Amickand E. L.
Way. ‘
After an hour of pleasure and
enjoyment the crowd was waited
on with a most delicious selection
of fruits, cakes, refreshments
etc., of which all ^>artook with
great pleasure iand satisfaction.
Just before the crowd dispersed,
Mr. J. H. Boon, President of the
Baraca class, called the B^irac^?
together and announced that he
would entertain a motion to ex
tend a vote of thanks to the Phi-
lafheas for the beautiful and de-
lightful manner in which they
had entertained the crowd. The
motion was properly made and
carried by the Baracasy their
voices being lifted to a high note
in voting “aye!” repeatedly.
This was followed by a few re
marks by Mr. Boon, in which he
told the Philatheas that they had
highly and royally entertained
the Baracas and he gave them
the assurance the Baraks were
truly thankful for, and appreci
ated the entertainment. The
hour for departure came all top
soon.
The cars were on the side-track
at 10:20, and the happy compa
ny, about 150 in number, board
ed the cars immediately after
their arrival, and was tisiken to
the west end of the car line at
Plaid Mills without making any
stops. On the return the cars
made the usual stops along the
line until the entire crowd had
gotten off, going home, feeling
very grateful toward the Phila
theas for the pleasant ride on
the cars and the splendid enter
tainment.
Thus an evening of real plea
sure was enjoyed, and the occa
sion will be long remembered by
all who were so fortunate in be
ing present and participating.
V.
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With the City Fathers.
The regular semi-monthly
meeting of the city fathers was
heio Monday night. The regu
lar routine business was disposed
and this being the time to re-
the license for the pool room
application was made by Mr. E-
i^anuel May, the vote being three
favoring and five not favoring
granting these license. Those
favoring granting the license
Were Aldermens Holt, Scott and
Williamson, Those opposing,
-^PPle, Ireland, Rogers, Stout
and Faucett. A motion was of
fered by Scott that Main Street
put in passable condition and
II necessary the money bfe bor
rowed to do the work. The vote
was tied, the Mayor favoring the
opinion of the affirmative.
this age.of high living it is
Qifhcult .to; ^ ■j*:^tV'^h%t'.-tlji,^
Qierchants vnll sell us for these
new half cent pieces.
New Buildiog
The old building adjoining The
Freeman Drug Store has been
moved, away and the foundation
is being prepared for a new brick
structure ninety by thirty, two
stories. This is being built by
Mr. W. E. Sharpe a'^d will be
rented to I. J. Mazur who will
move his stock of dry goods in
as soon as the building^is complete
which will be not later than Octo
ber the first.
Shoe Shop To Move. .
C. D. Whitsell has recently
made preparations to move his
shoe shop from over Holt-Cates
store to the building which wias
formerally occupied by Gates
undartaking establishment which
been been divided and the half
will be used by Mr. Cates and
other by Mr. Whitsell.
^ iff amingiisg *0^
of the most up-to-date shops in
this section of the state.
Dixon Claims Ohio For RooseveU^
Senator Dixon, manager of the
Roosevelt campaign claims Ohio
went for Roosevelt Tuesday by
50,000 majority and that Roose-
velt will get forty-four of the
forty-eight delegates.
The following is Mr. Dixon’s
statement:
"Theodore Roosevelt will be
nominated as the Republican can
didate for President on the first
ballot at Chicago, and will be
elected in November by the big-
gest majority ever given a presi
dential candidate. This is the
end of the contest.”
No statement was issued by
the Taft managers tonight. It
was stated at the President s
headquarters that more complete
returns would be awaited before
comment would be ihade. Both
headquarters were beseiged hy
members of Congress and politi
cal leaders tonight for news of
the Ohio fight
Light hearted Mexico does not
let a little thing like a general
uprisingihtierf ere with its fiestas;
V moTfi S)?n^$0X'
to hook bis leg& ao^und that
expensive senate s^t to hold on.
Mr. Pritchard Cannot Come.
Supt. City Schools,
Burlington, N. C.
Dear Sir:—
You have no idea
how much I regret to write this
letter. I find at theMast moment
the court of appeals wjll be in
session until the 31st. and I will
be I’equired to stay here, which,
of course, will render it impos
sible for me to get to your place
on the 24th. At thef time I a-
greed to go to your place the
court waa in session in Richmond
and I thought I would be able ^0
come to your place, but I find that
I cannot get away. I gresttly ap
preciate your cordial ipvitation
and words are inadequate to ex
press my regret on not being a-
ble to be with you.
With best wishes, I am
Sincerely yours.
Signed:
J. C. Pritchard.
Boston, May 21.—Clarence
T. Richeson was electrocuted
12:17 this mornin g.
The current was turned on
12.10.2, and the prisoner was d0
dared totally dead at I2;17.
The formerBaptist clergyman,
confessed poisoner of Avis Lan-'
nell, of Hyannis, his one-time
sw^theart, was outwardly ca Im
%hen he entered the death cham-
l>er and he maintained hts com
posure while the strapf fbd eke-
trodieft wjsre beimgadjujpi^ as he
sat in the electric chair. -
Richeson walked to th^ chair
erect, eyes stri^ht ahead until
he sat down. Iiien he clof>ied his
eyes and kept them shut until
the end.
Seated in the chair, he was
asked a series of questions by the
Rev. Herbert ■ S. Johnson, .his
spiritual adviser.
During his answers' he said:
“God will take care of my soul
and I pray for al|,j t forgive
everybody.” V *
The last of the questions was:
“Are you willing to die for Jesus
sake ?’ ’ The reply in an even^
well modulated tone,'was,simply,
“I am willing to die.”
The current ajppliedi was 1,900
volts, eight ampers. One appli
cation was sufficient. , ,
When the officials..and witness
es of the execution entered the
death chamber after walking
through the prison yard in a pelt
ing rain they Jieard sounding
through the wans the strains of
song. It Was Richeson and his
spiritual advisers. Mi*. Johnson
and Chaplain Stebbins, . sini^ng.
Distinctly audibly as they clos^
were the words: '“For I know,
what e’er befall n^e, Jeiius doetn
all things well. ”>
Richeson left his cell smiling at
12.08. Before starting on the
death march he shook hands wi th
William, A. Mor^, his counsel,
who «tt the last moment had been
admitted as a witness of the ex
ecution, and with the two chap
lains the Rev. M. J. Murphy, the
Catholic prison chaplain, being
also present.
Then he said: “I’m ready,’’
and walked on. He was dressed
plainly in a black cheviot suit, a
frock coat, white vest, white
shirt, turned down collar and a
black bow tie, with gold studs in
his shirt front, and with low
black shoes, brightly shined. His
head was shaved down the mid
dle.
The party then entered the
chamber, Richeson, accompanied
by the clergymen, followed soon
after, the unfi*ocked minister ap
pearing as calm as either of his
companions.
Among many letters s^dressed
to Richeson which were opened
by Warden Bridges today was
one which was found to contain
cyanide of potassium. It was
inailed from station N., New:
York city, bn May 19. at 3 p. m.
It contained no clue to the send>
er, tjie powder being encloised in
a small sub-envelope m^ked,
“headache powders. ” An anal>
ysis' developed that it was poison
of the same nature as that which,
killed Avis Linnell.
Attorney Morse s&id 1;hat fee
^visedWarden Bridges to make
pubJic the fact of the r^elpt of
this powder. Richesdh, was en
tirely innocent of any knowledge
of it having btjen sent, the at
torney declared. He added that
he had every reason to believe
the condemned man had no ex^-^
pectation of any such means of
death.
Richeson reflated \yes^|^y
that he probably hwiJess than
12 hours to live, and expressed
a desire to see his brother, Doug>
las Richeson, of Chicago, who
in the city. The former clergy
man told his spiritual adviser,,
the Rev. Dr. H. S. Johnson/ that
he could meet his brother; with
out fear of collasping. He had
reconciled; himbelf to his fate, he
added, and felt that he was at
peace with God and the world*
Douglas Richeson decided that he-
would not go to his drother.
The condemned man slept
soundly for four hours yesterday
mornirig, after being awake near
ly all night. He was calm and.
even cheerful at times during^
the night, occasionally singing a,
hymn or repeating his favorite*
scriptural passages.
Dtatb of E. Lonf.
Mr. E. Long, a prosperous far
mer and merchalht of McCray,
who moved to • Winston-Salem a.
month or more ago died and was^
buried at Cross Roads Saturday.
He was fifty-five years old, and
;^eaves a wil^ anii se eh}^dr
ren who will make their future
home at Winst6hv
A pobr Ne^ Mesdco sheep-her-
der dropped through a mound iVi
to a prehistoric house »}je o.thf'r
day, but most of us never real
ize our dreams of ialling into a.
good piece of property.
Names of Those Who Have
tered the JDisjpatth Contest.
Em
Graded School Commencement.
The Baccalaurate sermon of
the Graded School was preached
by Rev. R. C. Craven of Dur
ham, N. 0., Sunday night at the
M. E. Church. It was a master
ly production, delivered in a
fluent and oratorical manner.
The crowd was large, the house
being filled to overflowing.
On Tuesday night the annual
musical recital was interesting
and drew a large crowd.
Tonight Wednesday^ the an
nual Senior reception will take
place. Thursday night \dll be
class night and Friday night
the regular literary address. ^
Pro£ M. H. Stacy of Chapel
Hill will deUvfr the
diiss ait the G^sded*^^ “ ‘
day night.
WHO 18 HER THE TRUTH?
M’Kinley Says Taft Has Reach'
ed 549.
Washington, May 18. —Rep-
resenative McKinley, head of
the Taft national campaign,
today issued the following
statement:
“President Taft yesterday
came into absoljote contiol of
the Republican' national con
vention, whicli meets in Chi
cago in June. His list of
delegates to that convention
by the action of State and dis-^
trict conventions in Montana,
Idaho, Arkansas, Texas and
North Carolina reachd a total
of 549 delegates, or nine more
than enough to control. At
the sarhe time Mr. Roosevelt
gaine ? enough delegates to
make his total of instriictedy
pledged and contested dele
gates 349, all told, (^ 200 less
than President Tift’s tot»I
and 191 v(>tes ishort of control
' “
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Senator Dixon Says 600 Vot
RoQseyelt..
Washington, May 18.—In a
counter statement Senator
Dixon, head of the Roosevelt
campaign, said that “Mr. Mc
Kinley’s claim of delegates is
as preposterous now as it was
in March when he claimed 709
sure delegates for Taft. Roose
velt has today, elected in sight,
more than 6J&0 delegates.”
The statement credited Mr.
Roosevelt with' 4S^ delegates
now and continued:
“To this total must be add
ed not less than 60 Roosevetfe
delegates to be elected in Ohk>>.
South Dakota and New Jersey.
This brings, the Roosevelt
strength to 557. There should
be a;dded as reserve Roosevieljt,
strength in the ^ Chicago coi^
ventton the 40 Prc^essi’^j^
anti-Taft deli^tes efected in
Iowa, North Dakota and
consin, making the Roosev^
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NAME NO. VOTE»
Bertha May Horne 46000*
Aurelia Ellington,
Mebane, R. No. 4, 4§800>
Addie Ray 38000
W. J. Brooks 36000
Mary Lee Goble, R. No.l 30500*
Bettie Lyde May 9000'
Lizzie Cheek 8100
Waller Workman 960(^
W. I. Braxton, Snow Camp, 7000|
Martin L. Coble, R. 1. 4300>^
T. F. Matkins, 37^
, Gibsohville.
Carrie Albright, 3300
Haw River
Mrs. B. L. Shoffner, R. 10, 3000*
J. R. King. IIOO^
, Greensboro.
May Carr Hall ' lOOO
Margie Cheek lOOO
Doyle Heritage lOOft
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