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THE STATE DISPATCH
PnbJisheti Every Wednesday
—By—
Ike State Dmp*Ic1i PoMitliing CoMpwir,
N. C,
^r. J. A. Pickett, - - President
JOHN R. HOFFMAN, Editor
JAMES E. FOUST, Seaetsry tai T«**«r«r
asd Bein«»* Mnaager.
Otfice First Floor, Waller Bailding.
Telephone No. 265.
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1 tor opinions of
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olpt foi' eubscriptioQ for Tie S£«t«
TvUl be honored at this office unless it is
mbered with stamped fieuree.
Knt«red as second-olaas matter May
ao, 1908, at the poet office at BurOng
iV>n, North Carolina, under the Act of
tSDnxress of March 3 18T9.
W'edaesday, Nov. 13, 2912.
has been their hue and cry ever
since we could remember.
Would it not be the better part
of decency to wait until after
March the 4th., when the ad
ministration will be derriocratie’
and then take whatever is in
si^ht. We believe that to the
victors belong the spoils, bjitwait
gentlemen until the spoils are
yours, and then go for them bald
headed, but we say again, why
all this scramble so early in the
game.
One safe bet, that there are
surprises awaiting the Post office
aspirants.
Either a republican or a Sim-
mens Democrat will get the post
office, and it is our opinion that
no Kitchin men need apply.
It would seem that the Kitchin
men failed to land their man, but
ihis does not deter them from
trying to land the jobs.
It would seem to be one of the
eardinal principlasof the Kitchin
men to try to get some one elses
job and there are eighty five of
them.
Eighty five candidates for the
postmastership, and all of them
Kitchin men truly they have the
sar.oe spirit as their leader for
pie, just plain old political pie.
Candidates for the Post Office,
have a care gentlemen the Sim
mons men will have to be reck
oned with before this large juicy
piece of pie is distrituted.
Can Senators Simmons and
Overman be induced to play
cheap politics in order to secure
a small piece of pie for a Kitchin
henchman? We shall see.
Tv/enty*one active aspirants
for the post office and not one is
aSimnions man, are the Simmons
men content virith their big vic
tory that they do not want any
pie.
There are a great many aspir
ants for the Post Mastership
springing up, some of whom are
clever gentlemen, and would
make a clever and accomplished
official, here’s hoping that the
best man may win.
The Dispatch being a progres
sive pai>er, we have no choice as
to which henchman in either of
the two old two parties get the
post office if you want a good
official take a progressive, how
ever none of us are hungry
enough |to become candidates.
Why Tliis SctambXe?
Why all tftis scramble, for the
Burlington Post Office? The ap
plicant even if successful has no
patronage to handout, theassisti-
ant Post Master and all the
clerks are under civil service and
cannot be removed except for
cause, and besides Post Master
Waller’s term expires under this
the Republican administration,
and if he does not succeed him
self some other Republican no
doubt will be appointed. Of
course if the Democrats want to
play politics with the post office
department and withold confirm
ation, they niay be able to ac
complish the defeat of the suc
cessful appointee, but surely our
Democratic brethern will not be
guilty of following in the foot
steps of our Republican friends,
and make a dumping ground of
the post office department for
democratic politicians, for this
Echoes of the Election.
While our Democratic friends
are exulting over what they call
a i sweeping Democratic victory
and reveling in the hope and
anticipation of office and the
spoils of office, they should not
forget that their victory is not
due to (their own strength, but
to division and dissension in the
ranks of their opponents. Jpon
the whole, the result of the elec
tion nowhere shows any increase
in Democratic sentiment.
As to the county election, we
haue every cause for encourage
ment except victory itself. Not
withstanding the division in the
ranks, the disadvantage on the
scores of unpaid poll tax, and the
bitter senatorial contest, the Pro
gressive held their opponents
down to former majorities, and
in some instances, reduced their
majorities and members of all
parties admit that the senatorial
box was all that defeated our
legislative candidate. No one
can now deny that the Progres
sive Party has well nigh absorb*
ed the Republican Party in this
county.
The vote in the state is not
without encouraging features;
and the Charlotte Observer is
reading the signs of the times
correctly when it says that the
recent election presages danger
to the Democratic Party in this
state in the future. The vote
polled by the Progressives and
the Republicans was remarkable
under the circumstances. The
overwheling vote received in the
primary by Senator Simmons
shows the warning popularity of
anti-protective tariff doctrines in
North Carolina, The tariff re
cord of Senator Simmons seems
to have been a source of strength
to ^him; and Governor Kitchin
now says that he was .misled by
his friends Jwhen [as a matter of
fact, his free-trade arguments
and (demunciations of the tariff
record of Senator Simmons com
bined to defeat him.
Many .Democrats and Demo-
ctatic papers of the state are now
openly opposing an immediate
revision of the tariff and the
convening of an extra session of
Congi-ess for that purpose. Be
sides some counties like Cabar
rus have turned over into the
ant-Democratic column; and upon
the whole Progressive have ample
reason for gratification and en
couragement from the election
returns in this state.
But the Progressive won their
greatest victory in the nation.
When we take into consideration
the age of the party and the time
it was organizated and the
tremendous odds against which
it had to fight, we have to admit
that the vachievements of the
Progressive Party are without
para lied in this or any other na
tion. No one can now doubt that
it will absorb the remnants of
the Republican Party and present
a united front in the battles of
the future. The result shows
clearly that _Col. Roosevelt was
not properly 'treated at the first
Chicago convention iand that the
Progressive Party is the only
form able for to Democracy.
Everybody knows that the
Democratic victory wa? largely
an accident the result, not of the
growth in Democratic sentiment
but of division and dissension in
the opposition and nothing is
more certain that the Democrats
will be defeated when the Ameri
can people have another chance.
If they carry out their platform
they will wreck the business of
the country as experience has
abundantly, shown and if they do
not cayry out their platform of
course they will be defeated.
History shoWs that this nation
will not endure more than one
Democratic administration for
each generation. One Object
lesson has ^§en enough for each
generation and we are not look
ing for an exception to the rule.
Already the Democrats are
hopelessly divided on the tariff.
The Tariff-for-Revenue-Only
Democrats are clamoring for an
extra siession of Congress to re
vise the "robber tariff’* down to
a revenue basis, while others
who dare to call themselves Demo
crats in spite of Gov. Kitchin’s
demuhdations, are inisisting that
there should be no extra session
and no revision down to a revenue
basis. vBetween these two classes
stands rXjroy. Woodrow IWilson,
claiming that the tariff should be
low'ered gradually and continously
so as not to hurt business. Thus
the show has already begun and
we fear the scens of 94-97 are
to be reproduced.
Dr. Wilson is ‘\ip against it''
much as Cleveland was in the
early nineties and the country
will await developments with
fear and uremblin^.
tactless naan; a maisance wher
ever people are brought together,
One of the lessons everybody can
learn is to watch those men who
arouse adverse criticisim, and
carefully avoid their habits, both
of mind and body.
Remember^he old adage: ‘ By
others faults correct your own,"
RubyEveron.
Truth Though Crushed To vEarth
Will Rise Again.”'
I take this opportunity to thank
my friends for the liberal support
they gave me in the last election.
Some good democrats and repub
licans Vi?ere loyal to their convic
tions and supported me; not
perhaps on account of personal
preferment, but on account of the
reform measures I advocated.
To these I tender ray sincerest
thanks. To the Progressive
party whose cause I espoused, I
owe mv sincere gratitude and
lasting obHgations, not only for
their faithful service and loyal
support; but for endorsing the
reform measures that I brought
before the people of Alamance
County. This in itself should
commend the new party to the
consideration of good men of all
political creeds, and together
with its many other virturas the
new party deserves the con
fidence and respect of the best
people in the county. I am truly
glad I made the race, I have'no
longer to rely upon hearsay in
regard to “corrupt practices’' in
Alamance County politics, for I
have seen and now I know. It
is awful beyond description. In
the language of the Qneen of
Sheba upon her visit to king so’o •
mon, “The half was not told. ”
So far as my defeat for office is
concerned that is a very small
matter. I have no tires to shed
either real or crocodile, I am in
the fight to stay. No flag of truce
need be offered. No compromise
will be accepted.
J. A. W. Thompson.
.Finest Strawberry plants in
the country. Twelve great vari
eties. 5o cents per hundred. SJos.
A. Isiey.
LIST OF UNCLAIMED LETTERS
Remaining in Post Office at
Burlington, N. C., l^ov. 9, 1912.
Gentlemen:
Lew Awalim, ^6.- S. Crawford*
J. E. Fogleman, Raymond Gro
gan, C. 0. Hendley, Majord Tew,
J. P. Willaston.
Ladies:
Miss Lill Cole, Miss .May Cur
tis, Miss C. Dickiar Miss tlnua
Fowce, Mrs. Bettie Holt, Mrs.
0. F. Hester, Miss Kettle Morri»
son, Mrs. S. J. Milboui'n, (12)
Persons calling for any of these
letters will please say “Advertis
ed,” and give date of advertised
list.
J. Zeb. Waller, P. M.
A Mouse Tale.
There was old mother mouse
W ho lived in a shoe,
She had maiiy chiidren,
But she knew what to do.
She loved them and fed them
until they grew fat.
And kept them at home for
fear of the cat.
LUCILE MARSTON.
LOST—between Stiow Camp
and Burlington small plain
Iracelet. Reta Isley.
What Texans Admire
is hearty, vigorous life, accord
ing to Hugh Tallman, of San An
tonio. “We find,” he wrifes,
“that Dr. King’s New Life Pilis
surely put new life and energy
into a person. Wife and I believe
they are the best made.” Excel
lent for stomach, liver or kidney
troubles. 25 cts at Freeman
Drug Co.
0^
Sssa
to
$$.00
There# more slylc, and comfort condensed
in a pair of these shoes than in all the
millions of clumsy woodw clogs woirn in the
Japanese Empire. Just remember America
leads the woild in shoe-malmg, and America's
leading woman's d|oe is ‘'Qaecn Qualii^".
Just before going to bed,
when the telephojie line is
quiet, nobody talking, call
up BRAi>LEY---He will take
your order and send it out
next morj’.irig.
Ne^r Post Sffice
Bu?HngtOR
The Dispatch A Whole fear $1
Grown-Up Boys.
Young people rarely realize.
when criticising their elders,
that the traits or habits that seem
to them obnoxious were formed
in early life. If their manners
are rude if they lack ta^t, if they
are not well informed it is because
they have not made use of their
opportunities.' Manners are th^
truest indications of character.
A discourteous person is both
careless and selfish for the best
manners are but the expression
of the fgolden rule; they are the
card of introduction to strangers.
A friend can introduce you to
good society but he cannot keep
you there; that depends on your
self.
A boy of kindly nature is rare
ly rude. A boy selfish nature is
polite only when his own desires
are not interfered with.
Every man is the result of his
own boy-hard and yoirth. If he
has read good books, kept him
self informed on passing events
he becomes what the wotld terms
a well informed intelligent man.
If he has wasted his time in
trifling conversation read only
sensationed books and papers
neglected to develope the talent
which he surely posses, he be
comes a superficial, a tiresome,
if not a wicked man.
If as a boy he has not cultivat
ed the graces and amenities of
iife, he cannot expect to become;
that most delightful of men, a
iolished gentleman. If as a Doy
le has not studied to avoid col-
isisms with those about him, he
las not recongnized the rights of
others, has not cultivated a desim
to lead men to higher motives^
to give to others the benefit of
his own opportunities, he beccane
that moat unfortunate person, a
Thanksgiving Sale
Isley’s Department Store
$1.00and $1.25 messaline, great values 1yd. wide special ^5 cent.
75 cents messaline and fancy silk special at 48 cents. ; $1.00novelty
suiting 56 in. wide special for Thanksgiving sale 59 cents. $1.00
and $1.25 fancy suiting 54 in. wide special 69 cents. Just received
a large lot of waists. Right new, just what you want $1.50 and
$1.75 waists special $1.19. Thanksgiving prices in long coats $8.00
and ^10.00 Zibilene special for Thanksgiving $6.95. Poriey skin and
carocal coats $5.00 to $10.00. Silk plush and Boucle coats $10.00
and $15.00 and $20.00. $12.50 and $15.00 Johnnie : coats special
$9.95. $6.00 and $7.00 long black coats special 1$4.95; $12.50 ladies
coat suits, blue serge novelty effects special $9.95. $15.00 ladies
coat suits special $11.95. Great values in mens and |x>ys suits.
Special prices for Thanksgiving. Supply your wants. We will
save your money. See our new things in boys suits. See^new
styles in mens suits. Special prices. 50 cents and 60 cents, ladies
underwear special 45 cents. 50 cents m^n heavy fieeced underwear
special 39 cents. Warm lot woolen blankets just arrived. Pl^pare
for wmter keep warm. $2.50 near wool blankets Urge siz^ nicely
fleeced special $1.75. $3.50 fine wool blan kets spiM:ial $2.89. $5.00
wool blankets plain and fancy special $3.89. Nice sheeting 5 cents
per yd. Heavy sheeting special 6 cents per lyd. Pine Sea Island
sheeting 7 cents per yd. Keep your |feet Jdiy and warn and buy
yourshoes _here.^^$2 00 and$a25 gun metal, box calf shoes for
kdies $2.50 and $8.00 gun metal, vici, patent leather,
tan special $2.25. $3.50 and $4.00 shoes special at $2.95. Have you
seen the blazer coats we are selling at special prices for Thanks
giving. $3.00 blazer coats $2.39. $4.00 blazer coats $2.89. You
ought to see our line of j^ass ware, crockery and fancy goods. It
will pay you to see the offerings in this department See our line
of house furnishing, art squares, rugs linoleum, carpet, Jap ru^,
dressers, lounges, couc^s, bed springs, anything to beautify your
home. Second floor. This department is full. Fine and fresh
grocenes at all times, ^et your Thanksgiving supplies here» Every
department is full. All your wants can be supplied.
McCidl Pattern*
4Ml,Wwrt 4987, Skirt
Price, IS c«nt* e»cK
LADIES'DRESS
J. A.
Great Department Store
freemai
phoiw^^
Agents for
J. Yan lindley’s cut
a;
, Sbaflfe just recieved.
I chants Supply Co.
^ANTED—Good ablej
1 man to cut eord wood,appl
\ h. • J
Miss Cornelia Hannah wj
leen the ficuest of Mrs. T
Jfei-tin her sister left Fridi
“lover. Va. Where she!
^ch school.
Millie Teague of Telford’ ,
Iwho has been the guest ol
grandfather Mr. ^d. T
Returned home Sunday mol
Miss Bessie Zachary wh(
I been . the tuest of frieni
ll^leigh is visiting fiiendsf
I Miss Ruth Thurston ofl
IGreensboro G. F. college L
ISaturday at home the guesi
Iher parents Mr. and Mrs. ■
|Thurston,
Mrs. G. T. Hurdle ret|
Sunday from Roanoke, Va.
she has been the guest ot
Isons. Her home is on R.|
lo 3.
[Mr. J. W. Bryan of spenc
IsDending some days the
(of his sisttr Mrs. W. W.
land family.
Miss Mamie Ray spent
Ipast week the guest of I
Isister Miss Addie Ray, ri
ling Saturday to her home
Kjraham.
Miss Oliva Smith spent
ay the gueat of her sistei
fF. M. Snipes.
The Philathea Glass ofl
|M. E. Church will serve
[oysters, cake etc in the
[building On Front Street
[six to eleven Thursday e^
iNovember 21st.
Miss Vivian Huffman o|
[College has opened an of^
Ipublic stfenographer in the
lof attorney W. H. Carroll i
iFirat National Bank bui
IWe arefflad to have her
Tin our midst and wish her
success.
Mrs. J.H. Vernon and
^ave been the guest of f
at Oxford this week,
^^ernon visited them Tu
Boys shine o'possums ey
)ne of those lanterns 25
?lobe 10 cent complete 35 c
Toys at 5—10 & 25 cent
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