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T^i0{HhiODe No. 265.
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Entered sm eeecnd-class matter May
SO, 1908, atlite pofit office at Bnrling
V>a, North C^erobna, os^er the Ael of
fisstgrasB of March 3 1879.
Wednesd«jy Dec. 4,1S12>
Wibra’s, Dilemma.
Of course the many imp6rtant
duties pertannmgr to the office of
President of the United States
aiakes that position much horored
xnder the most favorable circum-
itmices’' but the President-elect
'y^'ilson will find a peculiarly
iomplex condition of affairs
ii.ifronting him when he
^ets foot in the White House
March.
in the first place, it is unques-
iionable conceded that he got the
nomination of his party through
the mighty power and influence
Df William Jennings Bryan,
and as a matter of course Bryan
Is going to feel that Wilson
jbould continue to recognize
obligations to him and follow
bis advice in all matters of Gov-
ermntal policy. Bryan was the
dominant figure in the conven*
iion, dictating the platform, and
gave direction to the campaign.
In each of his unsuccessful runs
for the presidency he polled more
jopuiar votes than Wilson recei-
7'Sd when he was elected. So,
aat urally, Bryan expects to keep
■>he ear of the President through-
sut the term and shape the
fegislation of the Nationtil Con-
gresi?,
^ Vn the other hand, there are
speaker Cint’k and Oscar W. Un-
dei'svQod. Mr, Clark justly
charges that Bryan blighted his
chances for the nomination, and
Underwood cannot have so soon
iOr„ottcin that Ijryan accused
ot infidelity to his party.
bur» ly Clark and Underwood
dent.
Moreover, President Wilson
will have to deal with a new
party hopelessly divided, not
alone in leadership, but also in
both principle and policy. Ther^
is a great conservative element
in the Democrat Party, and this
element will oppose the destru
ction of the protective tariff.
They have mildly opposed the
calling of an extra session of
Congress, and they hitve to be
rrfckoned with when that session
convenes. They are honest
enough to admit that they are
afraid of their own platform.
They argue that the American
people are now enjoying a period
prosperity and peace and that it
is well enough to let well enough
alone. They hark back to the
dark days of Cleveland and the
Wilson-G')rman free trade
regime. They are going to
oppose the radical or Bryan
Democrats at every turn, and
this is the darkest cloud on the
Wilson horizon. These factions
are as irreconcilable as darkness
and light. If he listens to Bryan
and follows the radical wing
of his party he will precipitate
a most disastrous business panic;
and if on the other hand, he turns
his back on the party platform
and heeds the advice of the
conservative wing of his party
he will lay himself open to the
charge of party perfidy and
political dishonor. If he avoids
the Scylla of radicalism he will
fall into the Charbodis of party
infedelity.
Therefore we say that the new
President will enter upon a herc
ulean task on March 4th, and
that he is in a dilemma, from
which no human wisdom, tact or
diplomancy can serve to extricate
him. Well may he retire to the
ti'ar>quill isiaiid of Bermuda to
meditate upon the ordeal through
which he must pas^s as best he
c ini but, no matter which horn
of the dilemma he decides to
take, he must lead his party to
certain defeat.
trustiee for Ihesie^^ b^ all
folly to i’un nor for everything
we use or buy. Let us make aw
effort here and now to be a re
Bourceful and selfsustainmg peo-
pl6i ■
The iegitimate expenditure of
this amount will build two hun
dred miles of road that will last
Just as rjemg as the last stone
thatwe^Milt. And wh^n the
washed away we
still will have the grade that re
move the hills, and all that will
be left of the macadam roads,
the cost of the sand claj' rof^d is
only one third that the nmcadam.
If ; this intrests any one for
the improvement of the rbads
nam^ In last w^k's issue, let
h^ from you. - j
bUton.
Our Plan.
In our last issue, weintnded to
give our plans for a three hun
dred thousand dollar bond i?sue
for sand clay roads in Alaiiiapce
County, but for some reason the
“Devil” took the outline of dur
plans from the desk witliout cur
knowledge and placed it for read
ing matter, Vv'hi ;h it did not rr.ake
consequently we fear that such a
blunder has defeated the object
of our plan. What w’e intended
to say was this: Vote an issue
We have already made known
our views on the present plan of
city government for Burlington,
but we are more impressed than
ever with the seriousness of the
situation when we hear some of
the best business men of Buriing--
ton declare that the annual loss
to the city, as result of careless,
irresponsible management as the
plan now iaffords, the sum seven
thousand dollars or more annual"
ly. This same party did not
leave us withoui hope, but named
the same remedy, we have already
suggested, and he further said
that a commission form of govern
ment could not be secured with
out some dilig-ent work on the
part of the people that are really
interested in the future success
of Burlington.'"
Its folly to talk of selling the
water and light system, for the
sale means and increased rate to
the consumer, and a profit to the
owners. The thing to do is to
decrease the cost of production
and increase the sale rate to the
consumer until the two meet, and
if the plant is properly handled,
ttie cost of production will be
sufficiently decreased that the
rate will not have to be increased
very much.
I ^We have property to £he amount
^'of two million five hundred thou-'
I s*nd doilars listed for taxation
I in Burlington and its a reflection
j upon our intelligence suppose that
I N^e can pay eigiit men twentj’-
; ^our dollars a year each to run a
I business of this magnitude suc-
' cessfully, by giving *theij
most bitterly recent the idea 'of .$300,000.00 dollars fiftv yerrs'
-■a. Brvan sacfino-fls nniit,..,.! per cent bonds, non’taxable
to Alamance County citizens.
Let the work to our own people,
provided the price is reasonable,
and we believe it will be lower
than outside contractors, and
provided farther that they will
take pay in this issue of bonds.
Employ a local civil engineer to
do all surveying and to see that
the grade is cut to the survey.
When the road is properly graded
the work of the putting on o.'fthe
sand can be done under the super
vision of a competent road
superintendent. This plan will
remove the cause for employing
engineers that have the greatest
name, to waste our funds as was
done in many places in the spend
ing of the two hundred thousand
dollars in the building of what
Macadam roads we have, and also
remove the opportunity for graft
between contractor and engineer.
Buriington and Alamance County
has taken a sufficient course in
this class of experimental work,
the time has come when it must
stop.
When the highway commission
is selected to build these roads,
seleJtmen who have plowed, cut
sproute by the day, built fence,
dug ditches, made rails and mov
ed dirt, in other words men who
know what it takes to earn a dol
lar by the sweat of their brow,
and you will have men that are
experienced in the [real duties of
life rather than men who have
01 Mr. Bryan’s acting as political
gUcii dian for the President while
\^e former is not even officially
connected with the administra
tion. Ciaik and Underwood
will be member* of the Presi
dent’s political household, and
^ey will oppose the dictation of
an outsider who is not in sym
pathy with them. This situation
«vili present to the President a
anost perplexing problem—one
which he cannot possibly solve
^th a tolerable degree of satis
faction to all concerned.
Then there are the "Spoils of
War,'" amounting to $33, 000,000,
^ be distributed in 11,000 not
^'^jA^ting fourth class postmas
ters; and there are countless
iShousands of office-hungry
Democrats crowding the pie-
counter, as famished men rush
to a feast. Not more than one
in five thousand will "'Jand his
job,” and the defeated "pone-
hunters" will raise a howl, beside
which the lamentations of Jere
miah will pale into insignificance.
These disgruntled ’’outs” and
^^ir friends will attempt to
wreck vengeance on Wilson and
his administration in some way;
for every Democrat is by tem-
perment an office-lover, and to
be turned away from the pie-
fiounter empty-handed while
others are getting fat jobs in
variably drives alDemocrat to
desperation and political crime.
There are not near enough jobs
- _ ^ r lime
j foi a few hours out of two nights
j in each month,
j Here we are with a floating
: indebtness of over forty thousand
: Cioliars and still on the increase.
; What shall we do about it? Just
: set still and “cuss’" the board of
Aldermen for following the bril-
liant example of their predeces-
i sors. This problem [is up to the
i property owners of Burlington
: in a real stiff manner, and its a
I matter that must be taken |hold
: of by the head and not by the
I tail, if w'e ever h^pe to stem the
i swelling tide of disa^er , The
! question is will the city act in
; the.Legislature pr wait until two
I more years, pass swiftly bye.
Military Meo To Carry On A Store.
Washington,"Dec. 1 -A co-op.
erative store for the members df
the amy, navy, maririie corps,
national guard and revenue cutter
^mce will be opened in Wash-
in^ontomonow. Already 1000
obtained
The establishment is the kind
to be oj»ened in the United States
for members of the of the ser-
equipment
Sli planned to
deal eventually in all sorts of
wares.
^e New York society woman
who wears a watch on her dpnc-
ing slipper does it so that she
can keep time.
Foot-ball coach, Haughton of
Harv^d, ^receiving ^10,000 a
year wonder; if he condescends
tlohs have deckired^themsel^css;
jiad that d^cl^atioii has '
heard from coast to coast,
alone who voles for whj
sincerely "believies to ibe fdi* the
best linterest of his country is ^
patrcit of the uiost noble type,
regard!^ of the partj^ for which
he casta his ballot; but he who
votes for the party only, and
wholly ignores the interest of his
country, is a slave df the vblunt^
ary type.
It is for us - to see that jur
country stands firmly and we
should therefore, rather sacrifice
our party than our country^the
model countiy of the entire
world I loved my party much,
but I love my country more. Six
Bull Moc^ preSeryes wereestab-
lish^ last Tuesday irt the^Jnited
StatifS and we, Pefihsylvania can
be pooud to lay fir st claim on the
Keystone state^;^e sigii£tl state
of all ^eat moveaients, the move^
ments for humanity.
The elphants and the donkey
are of foreign origin, and every
indication points that the mdo^
will thrive exceptionally fibe in
this their natives clime.
B, H. OCKER.
Marion, Pa., Nov. 12.
¥
mm
C. V. SELLARS
ART STORE,
BURLINGTON, N. C.
Carries in stock over
300 different patems
WALL PAPEIi
No use to order
go see it.
to «sinj^
coii^oi^ cpndehsed
shoes thju in all
iniHiotis bf Viro(^en clogs worn in die
Entjp^^ JiMt rmember America
and America's
leading 'Queen Quality”.
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Mrs. A. L. Zachary visited
Mrs Harvy Woody Sunday.
Thera- is a suspection that
Europe Is leiss concerned over
peace than she is over the
Fred Snodgrass ought to pJay
fwt-ball instead of base-ball—
may be he could hold a f(^t-ball
if he cauglit it. ^ -
The Maryland darky who shot
off hiis tOe while aiming at a rab
bit evidently put on the tail be
fore shooting.
V Occasiona;lly a candidate fails
to discover which side of the
fencij he is^on till he falls oE
-Gov, Wilson^ a flight to the
protection of the British Fiaa>
gives one some ideas of tre
boriousness of being elected
president.
:. No\v. the:great Am^r^can Satur,
day night is safe,. The bathtub
trust is dissolved;
Or. U Anti-Pa;n Pia*.
I
J
to Buy a
Herself or For the
^lUR BUYER has jast relurited from tfce
H Northern Markets, where he parch-
1 the manufacturers,
over 150 Suits and Coats at from 1-3 to
2^price. _^e Suits are of Serges, Whip
cords and Scotch Mixtures—colors black,
blue, tan and way. lley are all of high
grade material, the very best of styles and
sale THURSDAY the 5th, and are positively
the best yuues we have ever oitered for
high grade Suits and Coats. We offer 50
suits that never sell for less than $15 to
more thto 1-2 are strictly $20 suits—
your choice of the lot stt $1175.
to m! ?***“ regulw^stock from $2 50
to 16 on the suit whid IS a genuine reduction that we expect to
move all of them out before Christnu«. we expea to
in IlTSAf and Children
J ]“*. styles in all wanted colors. The manufacturers
pSe'lto be"l I* I** ****® haw it and got the go*«U at a
to $12.50, Chadren’s $U5 to $7 ’
Biirlingt
■j* V
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phcme^ ^
J. Vi!i
AJl
llliss Jeniiie Cmn of Oxf
Ie gust of her sister Mrs.
azur for 8 dhprl^ wbile.
Itfiss. Julia ^tes and
Lie spent Sunday, at Du
* visitinfir Oxfoi'd while a
^he Ghamber of Comn
j orderM a cluster of
[hts go be placed on the S
riter. ■ .
liss ElriiUi Rose daughte
B Rose. Supt of
iid Mills* who was carri(
comond some days ago bj
Lvlor is improving iiicely.
Emmett Petty nnd M
luart left Tuesday for ft
Where they will spen
jnter.
If he consolidated Bridgt
kchine Company have b
Ie operation of their plan
|e old Railroad shops and
Instraeting bridges.
iThe four Pickerts gave thi
1, Elmo at the Casino M
Ightv Th^ actors are of
lidfi reputation and will be!
I attended. The crowd M
Ight was largC
I Rev A. 6. Kendall is prea
)rae very instructive sei
the Ghiistian^Chucch. ]
ive not besen out you shou
jrvices during the week.
jThe musical ftt the Epii
Ihufch was enjoyed by ft
imberi Prof. Blyth and
[rlendo Baras of Elon O
hi j’l 3i (1 i n ir > i J selec
[ Now is the time to select
Jmas present avoid the rus
|ur complete line.
Freeman Drug Co,
Spit, quit, Fft.
Hines, Aia.
lis place, Mrs. Eula Mae
says: “I used to spit u
te, I was tired and sleej
he time. My head ached
[could hardly drag around.
yKing Gardui, this has ei
.jilt and now I fee) quite
Irs. Bradley suffered froi
aus indigestion. Cardui
the nervous system,
trengthens the womanly (
lition. That’s w;hy Cardu
Mrs. Bradley and why
|elp you. Try it.
The Pi
Of Alar
CAPITAL Ah
m
5*'
You could give 3
a receipt from tl
had made a will,
and deposited th
Vault.
And it
To have the will
choose any lawv
when we are apr
WHY NOT
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