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A REPUBLICAN'NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
VOL. V.
BURLINGTON, N, C, JUNE 26. 1912.
term/ come in daily and are exc
eedingly hopeful.
WILLJAM HOWARD TAFT
Nominated for President by Republican Party
at Chicago, June 22nd.
Miss Summers A Bride
Thursday af ternoon at 5 o'clock
^t the lovely country home of Mrs
Mattie Summers, near Gibson-
ville her daughter, M ary Annie,
became ,the bride of Hiarvy Ham
ilton Belton,
No in vitations were issued, only
the immediate friends of the fam
ily were present, handsome ann
ouncement)? were sen t imm-
Cidiat^y.
The parloir wi^ dstrkentid for the
occasion, and beautifully decora
te with ferns and daisies. An
alter was made of potted and cut
flowers and the ceremony was
performed; here. Inliss; Florence
Robertson presided at the piano
and rendered the bridal chorus
from ’’Lohengrin” as the bride
and bridegroomlentered together
and plighted their troth before
Rev. William T. Doggett, pastor
of the Presbyterian church of
Danville, an uncle of the bridei.
“TlTrovator" wasplayed during
ihe ceremony. The bride was
attired in a handsome blue travel
ing grown, hat and gloves to
irfitch. After a light lunel.e n
ana congratulations, Mr. anh Mrs
Belton left in an automobile for
GreenKburo and weni direct to
New York city. After a visit to
northern cities and a short stay
with his people in Stuart, Va.,
they will return to Gibsonville,
July 1, and make their home th r 3
The bride is a most charming
young woman, the daughter of
t3ie late Maj. Andrew Summers,
who won honorsin the Civil War.
She is of wonderfully sweet dis
position and has hosts cf friends,
• The bridegroom is a native of
Stuart, Va., but has resided. a,t
Gibsonville more than a year hol
ding a very responsible position
with the Southern railway. He is
a most excellent young man.
E. D. Summer, a prominent
attorney of ChattancKxga^, ^ brot-
her of the bride is at home for
the occansion.
brothers and sisters ■ we A^ould'
Say weep not for Jimiftiei JIe still
lives in a holier bnglatef :clime,
and though tKere is one less at
home and the charmed circle is
broken, thei^B is one ittore saved
and perfected by v ^ in
heaven. ■ '■ t
By one who ipve4 him
i Hawfields
Names of Tkme H E a
tered die Dispatdb Contest,
,^ME ' • ‘ ‘ no; VOTES:
Bertha May Horne . 55000
Aurelia Ellington,
Mebane, R. No. 4,;. 4^^
Addie Ray v ■ ^ > 44(W
W. J. Brooks 43700
Mary Lee Coble, R. No.l 365Q0
Lizzie Gh^k ; lliOO
Waller Workman ' ia§00
Bettie Lyde May 9000
W. I. Braxton, Snow CaiBp, 7000
Martin L. Coble, R, 1. 4300
T. F. Matkins,, 8700
Gibsonville.
Carrie Albright, 3800
Haw River*.
Mrs. B. L. Shoffnei; R. 10, 3000
J. R. King, '■ ■ ■ HOG
Greensboro.
May Carr Hall 1000
Margie CHeek lOOO
Doyle Heritage 1000
Cincianati Is ~ Ha)>py OverTaft's
Club
School.
Viola Covington—President
Julia Turner—Secretary, Mona
Covington, Esthef. Covington,
Margasret Oovin^^, Ma. £vans»
Pauline Freshwater, Delia Gib
son, Bes^e Jones £fottile Minor,
Annie Minor, Narvie O’Daniel;
Mattie O/JDa ieV^Maiy White.
Club No. 2 friendship High
School.
Sarah Moser—Pjresid^jal#? Lor*
ena Garrett-rSg^tai^, ■ Viva
Euliss, Elm liilUaii
Graves, ■!.; Eunie6; . Homewood*
Litsy Isley, Novella Islev, EUa
lisley Georgia Isley, Myrtle Mos
er, Swannie M^#.#^lcia!
Patterson. : ■ ' '
3 ^tban
Deatik of James £. Strond.
Taft M Sbermai! Are Renoioinated.
Colonel's Followers Did Not Walk^)at Of ConvestitHi as Was Ex
pected They iS^gltt Do, instead Were qciet ln Tbw Seats
Pref erinf to Do This Ratber Tiian be Charged wMh Bokiig
Convention Hali, Chicago, June 22, — With nearly 350 of the
Roosevelt delegates declining to vote and hastening away at ad-
joamment time t© tender to Col. Theodore Roosevelt the nomina
tion of a new party the fifteenth Republican national convention
at the end of a long and tumultuous session tonight reno^nated
William Howard Taft of Ohio for President, and James Schoolcraft
Sherman of New York,,for Vice-President.
President Taft recdv^ 561 of the 1,078 votes in the coRvention,
or 21 more than a majority.
The decision of, the Roosevelt people, under direction of their
leader, to refrain from voting, left no other candidate. The an
nouncement of tlie Taft victory was greeted with cheering from
his adherents and gr«»ns and hisses; from the opposition.
When it ’became absolutely certain early today ^■’^at Mr. Taft
would be nominated without great difficulty, the leaders in oontrol
of the convention decided to give him as a running mate his com
panion on the ticket in 190k
All others dropped from the race and Mr. Sherman was the only
candidate regularly placed before the convention. A motion from i ^ ^
New Hampshire to make the nomination by acclamation was del
dared out of order. There were m^ny scattering votes on the rol-
call that ensued.
The convention amid much confusion adjourned sine die.
^ At no time was there an indication of k wnlk-out of the Roosevelt
delegates. They expressed their revolt by silence.
In %he confusion just before the adjournment, a resolution was
adopted giving the national coramittee power to declare vacant the
seat vof any man on the committee refusing to support the nominee
of the regular convention of 1912.
Sherman’s vote was 697.
T eterans
, I have accepted an invitation
irom the people of Mebane for
tile confederate veterans of Al
amance to be their honored
and assist in the 4 of -July
celebration. Tiiey propose to
Wiake it a day of pleasure, Hr.'pe
you wili all be able to be there.
J. A. Turrentine
Commander.
Waats CoDtract With
. Years
i)urham, June 19
engineer.
City For 24
The con
Gilbert C.
Notes from Elon
That the work of the members
of the faculty in Elon Colleg is
being recognized abroad is evid
ence by the fact of information
whicJh has just been received here
of Conferring honora ry degrees
o» memters of the faculty. Union
College, Merom, Ind. has conf
erred the degree of LL. D. on Prs
ident W. A. Harper, M. A, and
Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio,
the degree of Lit D. Union Colle
ge also con vers the degree of Doc
tor of Divinity on Prof. W. C.
Wicker, Lit, D.^ of the chair of
Mathemiatics.
These men eminently deserve the
honor confei:red and will wear the
same gracefully. President Har
per has done two yeara post gra
duate work at Yale University
and has purciaed indebendent
work iti Latin Literature, these
lines being favorites with him. He
iias been a contributor to several
and magazines
and is n»jted as a literary man of
! ripe scholarship and independent
i research. Dr. Wicker did post-gra
duate work at Johns Hopkins Uni
Versity and has peisuaded the
study of Philosphy and Theology
with a great degree of efficiency
and is eminent in these lines.
The plans of the new gymnas
ium are in the hands of the arch-
i itect and the building modern in
■ all its appointment is to Jbe erec-
, ... ■" —- ... -JL— , ted.and equipped by the early fall.
•^1. u ! Thc trustoes Et thfcir recent ses-
with the board alderman in m necessity of this bui-
ing J” and provided for its imra-.
City and has begun his myestiga- gj^ection. This will be a val-
tiona. _The .*?* i uable addition to the equipment
the water ! of the College,
expires in IJlb An additional Jot has been pur-
of the_Durham Water Compa ^ ^ j chased foi the graded school and
in asking for a new contract that ^ g„]aj.ged bui-
Gincinnati, 0., June 23.— The
news of the victory of: President
Taft in the Chicago Republican
national convention created no lit
tie excitement in this his home
city. Early in the evening they
began to gather in front of the
newspaper offices ,Bcanning , the
bullentins closely. When thej
nomination was announced,, bed
lam broke loose in the tusiness
section of the tbsyn.' Those of
the relatives of President Taft,
who were in town, \yer^
teners to the Bulletins as they
came over the wires into offices
of The Timef»St^^^-
Taft’s newspaper, and their ple
asure at the announcement of the
nomination was not ;p6ncealed.
> Club No. 8 ijet&any
Mary Aarden—Presiaent, Annie
Cooper—SecretjEury, Xxertrade
Boon, Evie Cheek, Etta Cheek,
Emma Harden, Sallie Jones«
Lesie Martin, Eula Neese.
In Honor of Miss De Bais.
An informal reception was
given at the home of Mr. and
tfrs. W, C. Thurston Monday
night in honor of Miss Annie De
Bois of Raleigh. Those present
were; Misses Eloise, Ada and
Wamie Guthrie, Emogene, Ruth,
and Thelma Thurston, Messrs.
George Sharpe, John Lashley,
ISdgar Holt Chris and Hugh Isley
Claud Holt and Mr Lolseich.
, whom the city has employ'
to act in the advisory capacity
in consideration of expending an
$150,000 in improvipg the present
system, the city extending their
contract for a {period of 24 years,
beyond the limit of the .present
agreement. The new cotitract
provides for the same rate as’novv
exists, , The new.- contract gives
the citv the powers to purchase
.the. Duriiam Water '; Company
-plant'with, in every teh years, r
Iding is to be erected at once.
The contract for this is to be let
this week and the same is to .be
ready, by the beginning of school
in the fall. This building will be
two stories modern and up-to-date
in ievery particular. The old bui-
ing is to be removed. ' .
Request, for catalogus and inf
ormation and application for adm
iMop to the college for the fall
On May the 30th 1012 at about
half past one o’clock the angel of
death visited the beeutiful and
happy home of Brother James
E. Stroud of Liberty N. C. and
wafted his genial spirit to its
eternal home. He was taken
sick with typhoid fever while
away from home, but was en
abled to bear up under it until he
reached home where loving hearts
and willing hands did everything
in their power, but no earthly
power could stay the disease and
God saw fit in his love to say.^
“It is enough. Come home.”
He had renaembered his Creator
in the days of his youth, being
about ten years of age when he
professed faith in Christ and be
came a mmber of , Mt>j Zion
church where he remained a
member until death.! Sad, in
deed it seems without him at the
church where he used to meet us
with a smiling faoe, but we sor
row not as those who have no
hope for we believe from his life
and the testimony on his dying
bed, he is now with the redeem
ed loved ones who have gone
before and who welcomed him at
the pearly gate. Shortly before
he was taken sick he had a spe
cial revelation of God’s love to
him which proved to him his ac
ceptance with God and he told
his loved ones he was ready and
willing to die. When he could
speak no longer he clasped the
hand of his devoted wife, and
pressed a farewell kiss upon her
cheek and waved his hand to
ward heaven. Later he clapped
hisjhands his eyes toward heaven.
An appropriate and beautiful
funeral service was held at
Liberty Baptist Church by Rey.
Willis and his body Was laid to
rest with Junior Honors, Where
a host of friends paid their last
tribute of respect to one they
hadleained to love for his upright
life and Christian example.
The floral offering was beauti
ful, covering the grave.
When, loving hands had done
aP they could dp, we left him to
await the Resurection morn,
when all who are in their graves
shall come forth. They that
have done good; unto thejresur-;
rectipn - of „ life, and they that'
have 46he evil| unto' th§^sur-
rection of condemnation;'^ '
bereaved wife, darling baiie
A Roosevek '^Dawg” Song
About the Chicago hotel lob
bies is being su^ a ditty that
matches the “dawg” song. The
clerks from NeW York and
Washington bureaus of the Roos
evelt committee sing it to the
tuneof “Casey Jones”, Here it
is: '
Teddy'sgotta dawg, but he ain’t
no houn’,
He’s a sqnare-jawed b«U, and
his is roun’; ;
His legs is short and he’s close
to the groan’.
And you bet they ain’t Mckin
Teddy’s bull around.
Chorus- ,
aia’t
How they Voted
FOR president
Taft
Roosevelt ' ■
LaPollette
Cummins
Hughes
Not voting
Coi^lina’s vote—Taft,
Roosevelt, 1; Not voting, 22.
FOit
1;
561,
m
41
17
844
Shermft»c -
Borah
Meraam.
Hadley
Beveridge !
Gillette
Absent' i
Not voting
Noitk Caroliiia^s
m
21
20
14
2
86
338
wte—Sher
man,'6; not voting, 1; absent. IT
Short-eared bull, and Ms faee is
round.
Square-jawed biill, and ke
no houn.
Short-legged bull, close to th*
ground,
And you bet they ain’t kickin’
Teddy’s bull around.
The Democratic dawg, the un
lucky houn’
That the boys have all been
kickin’ around
It’s the same old dog that has
been sticking around
Since old Abe Lincoln eame to
Washington town
The State Bispatch begs to ac
knowledge receipt of the follow
ing invitation: .
Mr. Hvd Mrs. 9. T. U. Clapp
invit^ydii to be-
»t thft marriiiife of their davgbUt
Agim ■ ■
r, '
, Mr. 0eorg»- Hufiiaon Parker
on Tmtsduy ey^tmgy tbe tmond
at nine m'cJoek
Ai ,, ,
Whiii06tt, J^rtk Carpligim
Tub.
Josephus Daniels is Hurt
By Slipping In Bath
Baltimore, Md., June 20—Joe-
sephus Daniels, Democratic nat
ional committeeman from North
Carolina, was painfully in j ured
today by slipping in a bath tub.
He bore his pain silently thrwg-
out the meeting of the cfom-
mittee on arrangements for the
convention and then called in a
physician. Examination show
ed that his side was badly bruis
ed, but'by the aid, of bandages
the committfeeialan was able, to
continue his consultatio;is with
Democratic leaders.
A Boston Clergyman says
American women wear to many
clothes at water resorte. He is
certainly h^d to Iplease*.
An accident policy wpuld be n^re
popular with it in- ’
;S;6red. against accidental marri:
age.
Taft is Happj, HiMrkic Last^ Bill
Moose '
Washington Jane 28.— Pres.
Taft went to church this mominf
and spent the remainder of tM
day reading arid replying to tW
deluge of messages received at
the White House congratulating
him on his nomination. They
caine from everywhere from pi
itical leaders gr^atand small plaie
citizens, and folk in mostall walk*
of life, who had kind thing® to
say. ■■
Only July 3, the home circle
at the white hou^e will be broken
and the president will take family
to Beverly. After resting there a
f0w days the President v.’ill ret
urn to Washington July 8, when
with his political advisor he will
begin to map but his campaign.
There seems little doubt but
that he will make an extensive
speaking trip. ; ■
. Among the telegrams which
most pleased Mr. Taft was one
from the citizens of Augusta, Ga.
where he spent a winter vacation
one season before he was elected
President.
Jesse M. Littleton of Winche
ster, Tenn.,- telegraphed as fol
lows:
' “Having lassoed th^ bull moc»e
and made him domestic; that he
will browse on the laWn, your fri
end are j ustified in beUeving that
you laavfe^jE^^ enougfejeft to hob
ble the Baltimore d3|Mtey whe-
■ifcher he or proj^^ses. ”
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